Morning journal and courier., 1891-11-20
BEFORE THE RATTLE.

Advancement of Seats-PersOnnel
 of the Teams-Trafn Servfce-Bet.
 ting is Not Brisk-The Whole Col
 le2e Gets a Cut.
 Tomorrow doubtless one of the greatest football games ever seen in America will be played at Springfield. The defeat of Yale by Harvard last year and the doubt there is about which college has the win ming team have given to this contest more than it's wonted interest. Preparations have been made for sitting room for about 18, ,000-6,00 more than last year and standing room for at least 5000. The tickets on sale at Springfield, Hartford and other cities have been insufficient for the demand and speculation has been rife. Much dissatisfaction has been evinced at the way the tickets went to the Boston Athletic association, as runor has it, in stead of going to the students; but at Yale the sale passed off smoothly.
 The arrangement of the seats is the same as outlined in the COURIER several weeks ago, when the contracts for the stands were given out. Bleachers will en- close the rectangular shaped field. The west side is naturally reserved for Yale and the east for Harvard. The ends are open to all.
 The faculty at their meeting yesterday afternoon agreed to give cuts to the classes reciting after 9:30 o'clock, Saturday morn ing, but to require double work at the next recitation.
 The team practiced yesterday afternoon for the last time before the game, under the tutorage of Bull, the famous Walter Camp, Knapp 's2, Stagg, Billy" Rhodes, and McClung. All the tricks were prac- tised for the last time, the signals were carefully gone over and the finishing touches put on the work. The ultimate makeup of the team will be as follows: J. A. Hartwell '92 M. s., height 6 feet ] inch, weight ITO pounds, age 22, right end; :; c. w. Mills '93, height 5 feet Il inches, weight IFS pounds, age 21, or A. H. Wal lis '93, height feet 9 inches, weight ITO pounds, right tackle; s. N. Morrison '92, height 6 feet U inches, weight 1S3 pounds, age 21. right guard. G. F. Sanford, 94 S., height 6 feet 2 inches, weight 1855 pounds; center. w. w. Heffifnger, P G., height 6 feet 24 inches, weight 200 pounds, age 8; left guard w. c. Winter, '93 s., height 5 feet Il inches, weight 174 pounds, age 20; left tackle. F. A. Hinkey, '95, height feet inches, WelSnt 14o Pouhos, age So, left end F. H. Barbour, '92 S., pounds, age 2l; quarterback. L.S. Bliss, '93 S., height 5 feet 84 inches, weight 15O pounds, age l9 years, half-hsck; T L. Mo Clung '92 (captain), height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 155 pounds, age 21 years, half back; V. c. Mccormick '93 S., height feet 6t inches, weight 149 pounds, age 19, full back.
 The following is the list of substitutes: Half backs, 0. Bliss, Dyer and Norton; full back, Moves; quarter back, H. Graves; end rushers, Crosby and Cox; tacklers, Mills, Cochrane and Messler; guards, Beard and Paine, and center, Stillman.
 Harvard will line up as follows:
 Right end, Emmons; right-tackle, Wa ters; right-guard, Dexter; center, Bangs; left guard. Mackie; left-tackle, Newell; left-end, Hallow.ll; quarter, Gage; half backs, Lake, Corbett; tull-back, Trafford.
 Sanford has been surprise. Stillman seemed to be sure of center, but Sanford has improved so rapidly lately that he out-classes all other competitors for that position. Wallis will play right tackle if he is we'll enough, and the latest indica- tions are that he will be well enough. He was hurt in the game with the University of Pennsylvania Saturday and it is quite possible that he will not be in condition to play. Otherwise the team is in capital order. Their team work is a surprise to those who have seen them in late games in which substitutes mostly were played, and the dash and spirit with which they play is remarkable considering the long time they have been practicing.
 Accompanied by Dr. Thayer of New York and Trainers Fitzgerald of Yale and Cavis of the Berkeley Athletic club, the players will leave this afternoon on the 3 o'clock train for Springfield, where they will stay at the school for Christian Work CTS, two miles from Hampden Park This is the school with which MT. Stagg, Yale's famous athlete, is connected, and which will throw open the hospitality of it's buildings and grounns for the use of the defenders of the blue. The Harvard men will go down to Springfield this morning and will, as usual, be quartered at Mrs. Gardner's boarding house on Main street. There they will have the use of the back yard to practice and plenty of seclusion.
 Many souvenirs, as usual, are being pre- pared and put on sale, and many are of unique and pretty designs.
 So far the betting has been slight. A week ago the bets were even, but now Harvard demands odds of $5 to $3 and $7 to $5. There will be great deal of betting, however, the morning of the game, as the Yale men intend to go with well-f filled purses.
 The "owl" will leave New York tonight for Springfield in two sections and will carry Chauncey M. Depew and party and many others to observe the game. Three special trains, in which there will be twen- ty- one palace cars, will leave New York tomorrow morning. Every seat in the palace cars has been engaged since We'd nesday.
 A special train will leave Hartford at 1915 and arrive at Springfield at 12:55.
 Four special trains will leave the Union depot here tomorrow morning at 10, 10:40, 10:45 and 10:50, and will arrive at Spring field at 11:45, 1920, 1925 and 12:30 re- spectively. Return trains will leave at 5:3O, due here at 7:O5; $40, due here at 7:15, and 5, due here at 7:3O. The time of the fourth has not yet been decided upon.
 In addition to the special train, regular scheduled trains leave New Haven at 10:15 and :05, arriving at Springfield at 12:l3 and 12:45 respectively, and returning leave Springfield at 43O, 633 and 8:3O, ar irving ill New Haven at 6:50, 8:04, S:55 and 10:5O p m, respectively.
 me rare TOT Cuo TOuEd CTlp, ROOu only on special trains, is $1. 75 It will be no little task to handle this crowd and convey them to and fro. The Consolidated road expects to have all the cars and facilities that are necessary, however. The special trains will doubtless be found the most comfortable, as these will be sent out one following another as soon as they are loaded, and as many as are needed to con- vey all who wish to go.
 In answer to an inquiry we add that tickets are for sale at the gate, but the buyer must take his chances of getting a seat or even of getting standing room where the game can be seen. The gates are "pen at 12 o'clock and the game begins a , o'clock.
 A FORMER NEW HAvENER PRoNOUNCES THE
 ARRANGEMENTS ALL RIGHT FOR THE BIG
 GAME.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 Having just visited Hampden park in this city, where the famous exhibition of prowess, strength and skill is soon to occur-the game of football between Yale and Harvard-I find the most ample pro vision has been made, not only for seating the crowds of people that will attend, and there is no outdoor event that calls out a more distinguished class, but excellent ar rangements have been made in every re- spect for handling the large number who will witness the contest.
 Previously all the details have been left to students inexperienced in such matters, but this year 8 committee of business men of this city have charge of the arrange