Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-20
The Final Work of the Harvard
and Yale Football Teams
Who Are to Meet.
ODDS ARE ON THE YALE FELLOWS.
Local Players Have Good Practice Game
at Exposition Park Prepara-
tory for Cleveland.
GRIFFIN EASILY DEFEATS LARkIN.
Cross Country Athletes Make a Kick in the East
General Sporting News Of the Day.

rsPEcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DrsPATCH.l
New HAVEN, Nov. 19.-The Yale team
put in its last afternoon practice, before the
great game, in the field to-day. They were
given easy work in perfecting signals They
will go to Springfield tomorrow afternoon
and put up at the quarters of Stages Chris
tian workers, which is about two miles out
of Springfield. They will have the use of
the Y. NJ C. A. building and grounds, and
have a good chance to practice ''tricks' un-
molested under the supervision of Stags.
Yale men are getting their courage UP over
the game. Nearly all the old coachers who
have been watching the players feel con-
fident that Yale is going to win on Satur-
day. Those who have seen both teams play
arc now putting their money on Yale. Two
of the old players, who have been coaching
the team this week, said this morning that
they felt confident of victory for Yale.
Yesterday Harvard man came down to
New Haven with 81 900, which he said he
wanted to put. up at odds of 10 to in favor
of Harvard He made the statement before
several Yale men and they at once went
out to get 500 more, but when they re-
turned the Harvard man backed down and
fused The makeup of the Yale and the
substitutes, as given out by Captain Nc
Chung this morning, will be as follows:
faIe's Big Team.
Hartwell, right end; Wallis, right tackle;
Morrison, righs guard Sanford, center;
Heffelfnger, left guard; Winter, left tackle;
Hinkey, left end; Barbour, quarter; L. L.
Bliss, McClung (Captain), half-back; Nc
Cormick, full back; Ferat, first substitute.
Yale, halfbacks, r. C. Bliss, Dwyer and
Norton; full back, Noyes; quarter back,
H. Graves; end rushers Crosby and Cox;
tacklers, Mills, Cochran and Messler;
guards, Beard and Paine, and center, Still
man.
A special from Cambridge saws: Har-
wards football practice for Saturdays great
struggle with Yale is finished To-day's
work was very light Captain Traford had
his men on Jarvis field for little while
this afternoon, practicing few minutes and
familiarizing themselves with the new sig
nails. Then they took run to warm them
selves up and keep thei- wind in good con-
dition. After the CUSTOMARY looking over
by DR.. Conant, who took their weights, they
were taken to Boston, where they dined at
Boston's swellest club. the Somerset, as the
guests of the coachers. DR.. Conant prepared
the bill of fare, which was the same as would
nave been served AT the training table In
Cambridge, and they sat down to dinner at
the regular hour.
About Harvard's Eleven.
Of the IL men whom Captain Trafford
wants TO put on Hampden Park against
Yale only one is out Of condition and doubt
full, that is Sam Dexter the big guard, who
is scheduled to face Stanley Morrison. Dex-
ter has not been on the field since Monday,
when he twisted his leg. DR.. Conant will
not say until the day of the game whether
or not Dexter can play, but he will un-
doubtedly be in the line when Referee
Moffet blows the whistle for the game to
begin. Whether he can play the game out
is a question, but if DR.. Conant allows him
to play at all it will imply that he is all
right and fit to play for his life. Harvard
will send to the scratch their very best foot
hall eleven that ever represented the GRIM
son. The rush line will average few
ounces over 17S pounds to the man, which
is shade heavier than Yale's line. But
Harvard's backs are so much heavier than
Gale's that the team averageis 1I3l4 pounds
10 a man, while Iale's is only 1851. Fol
lowing is lis, of II men who will play
Saturday, with the three subs who are the
most liable of all the list to be called upon: