Morning journal and courier., 1893-11-25
THE GREAT GAME.

Victor at the Great struggle mt
Springfield T0-daY-COmPar1son OF
the strength of the Two FootDaii
Observation-Disclosures In Boston ana
Great Enthusiasm-SixS Specials rom
New York To-day.
All the speculation and worry as to the
victor of the greatest football battle OF the
year will be ended to-day. Blue flags with
the letter Y and young men with violet
boutonnieres were conspicuous on the
streets yesterday. A large number OF
students took the train for Springfield to
be present at the assembly at the Spring
field city hall last evening.
The Yale team went up on special train
yesterday afternoon and took possession of
the restaurant specially provided for them.
Not much is thought of the Princeton
game just now as the great struggle of to-
day obscures for the time being all
other thoughts. ..
Those who know best how to predict the
game are the coaches. They have of course
seen the men constantly during the past
two weeks. But they cannot judge of the
work of the Harvard team, thanks to the
secret practice system. But Harvard surely
thinks its star is in the ascendant this
time. Students who stand near the GRIM
son management have been sending money
to New Haven for the past two weeks to
be laid at even figures and odds have been
already given by Harvard men in Boston.
Thus is Cambridge confident.
here Harvard counts on having the advan-
tage, but Hsrvsrd's right end is weak.
Ysle's ends and center are strong.
It is now decided that Adee will start In
the game at quarter for Yale, while Beall
will be behind Lewis for Harvard. Both
men are new creations, brought out to take
the place of better men who have besn IN.
jured, namely Morris of Yale and Foster OF
Harvard. It is toss up between the two.
Harvard's eleven is said to have great con.
fdence in Beall, while the Yale players, al
though they are very sorry to lose Norris,
whom Captain Hinkey believes is the
have confidence in Adee's ability to play 6
safe game.
Brewer and Butterworth are expected tc
do great work.
Captain Hinkey took along to Spring.
field the entire second eleven as substi
tutes. The first substitutes will be: Ends
young Hinkey aud Cochran; tackles, Mess
| Ter, Judd and Holcomb; guarda, w. R
Gross and Brown; center, P. Cross; quar-
| ter, Morris and Henry; halfbacks, Eator
| and Jerrems; fullbaeks, Richards an6
Hart.
The Yale team will have the benefit o.
singing by the Yale Glee club, who viii
lead the singing and cheering. They vii
be supported by about eight hundred Yale
l students, all of whom will be punched nea
| together on the seats. The songs hav,
been printed and were distributed yester
| day aud more of this ammunition will b.
| distributed to day among Yale men at thu
| game.
| SIX SPECIALS FROM NEW YORK TO-DAY.
| NEW YORK, Nov. PA large delegation
of New York football enthusiasts and sup
| porters of Yale and Harvard will go tt
Springfield tomorrow to see the great con
| test between the teams of these universi
ties for supremacy in the great sport. TIL,
| N. Y, N q. & II R R. will run six spe
/ cial sections to accommod the big crowd
1t is expected that abour 1000 persons i,
all will go to see the game from this city
THE SEATS ALL RIGHT.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov. 4-We, tn
undersigned, have to day examined tn
seats built on Hampden park for the Har
vard-Yale football game. In our opinion
they are perfectly capable of standing an.
strain that may be put upon them for tn
purpose for which they are built. We fee
that they are even stronger than last year
Signed: Warren S. Buxton, state inepec
tor; Charles M Slocum, city engineer
Jason Perkins, architect; John D. Knight
state inspector.
GREAT TIMES IN BOSTON.
Boston, Nov. 24.-Long before 8 O'Clock
the time for the departure of the Harvard
football team, the students began to az
semble in front of the store which Is tn
regular headquarters for such occasions
Slowly the crowd grew until few mir
utes before 3 Harvard street was file
from curb to curb with an eager throng G
students, their gase all centered on the tw
barges which were drawn up beside th
| walk, They could not wait for the eleve
to appear, but they were SO excited tina
cheering was started before the team cam
out, and then for about ten minutes Their
stration. When the players cam
the barges, the din was terri
fc. The densely packed crow
swayed to and fro in the narrow stree
and the clsng of the bells of the electri
cars had no effect. Then, as the barge
filed away with the players leaning out an
waving sweaters and hats, it seemed as
the students would go wild. The regult
ton three times three cheer was n,
enough to express their feelings, and eve
, | the booming three times nine was not ar
too long. The long "Harvards" rolled c
even when the bsrges had turned the co
: ner by Beck hall, and with this part,n
i beuediction the eleven were off tn the frs
with the heartiest farewell ever accorded
Harvard team ringing in their ears. Abo,
thirty lads in all were taken.