San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-11-23
KICKING THEIR WAY TO GLORY.
HARVARD AND YALE AT ANNUAL
FOOTBALL.
The Greatest Contest of the Decade
Will be Kicked Out Saturday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Nov. 90
Tomorrow afternoon, on historical
Hampton park grounds, the
elevens of Yale and Harvard will
compete in their annual football
contest. The young athletes Of
both colleges have never trained
harder than for this great event.
The change in the rules, requiring
q more open game, has been the
means OF equalizing the respective
strength of football teams all over
the country and has made the
probable result Of this contest
more problematical than ever.
Each team has its partisans, but
Yale, by reason Of .ih11 prestige
gained by her sturdy kickers in
the past twenty years, in which
time Harvard has only won one
game, Is a favorite in the bet.
ting by about two to one. Har-
ward was never more confident.
She has the best eleven that has
worn the crimson in years, and
Yale's defeat lastyea byPrinceton
has shown that the representatives
of"Old Eli" are not invincible. Con-
sequently Harvard will have her
friends and more OF them than
ever. Charlie Bowers accident has
fortunately proven not as serious
as was first thought, and the Cam
bridge boys will enter into the
game with her full team and all
the players in good condition.
Neither team will have any ad-
vantage in weight. The elevens
that will face one another do not
vary but a pound in the aggregate,
Harvard's gross weight being l,790
and Yale's 1871 pounds. Two
more evenly matched teams never
faced one another. 1t will all
come down to case Of team
work. The one that shows the most
ability IN this respect will win'
Individually there seems to be
no advantage for either. Both have
new men on their teams that have
never taken part in varsity con-
tests of the Importance Of this one.
This is thought to have seasoned
veterans, the heroes Of the big
games In previous years, who, when
they face each other in the arena,
will fight to the death for the glory
and honor of their alma mater. 1t
will be a battle royal and will be
viewed by thousands of excited en-
thusiasts. Gray haired, sedate
graduates will vie with shock
headed, exuberatant under-gradu-
ates in shouting the college slogans,
and the fair friends Of the athletes
will lend beauty and enthusiasm
to the sport as they only can. AS
spectacle it will be a grand one; as
q contest it will be remarkable.
Both teams will take their last
practice before the great game
today. Secret practice has been
INDUCED in by both. The
plan of battle to be adopted is of
course, problematical. The famous
Deland, the originator Of flying
wedge and other less momentum
plays, in years past, has been a
constant attendant at Harvard's
practice and is said to have origi-
mated some new moves under the
present rules which will cause
more sensations and possibly a
victory for the crimson. Yale has
had the non-state attendance Of all
her famous players Of past seasons,
and can be expected to put up her
usual "never say die" game. The
uncertainty of the result was never
80 doubtful. Arrangements for
the game have all been completed
and crowds are already taking
Springfield by storm.
MORGAN Horse Breeders' Association.