The morning times., 1896-11-17
ALL EYES ON THE BIC -FOUR
Great College Teams Prepar-
ing fer Saturdays Battles.
GOSSIP OF THE ELEvENs
Princeton Seems to BE the Favorite
in the Yale Match-wise Ones
Look to See Pennsy Win a Ter.
rible Fight From the Crimson.
Notes of the GridirOn.

Although there will probably be more than
a hundred games on Saturday between
various college football teams, naturally
the greatest Interest Is conferred III the two
games Of Yale VS.. Princeton and Harvard
vs. Pennsylvania.
Only four days more OF practice rem iins
and the army OF coaches are bending every
effort to lnstill into the minds of the play
ers the small points on the possession of
which in the aggregate often depends VIC
tory or defeat.
OF course, the fitness OF the players for
their various positions Is u matter OF the
greatest Importance, but at this late Gay
when The personneis Of the teams has been
practically decided upon, the main I-Iint
is In drilling the men in their work and
impressng upon them the Importance OF
their individual duties in the game which
they are shortly to play.
DR.. Josh Hartwell, Yale's veteran
coach, In IL recently published letter gives
his opinion of the relative strength of
the teams in a very skillful and compre-
hensive way. In view oil his long foot
ball experience his estimates are always
received with respect Dy the followers of
the game.
VERY EVENLY MATCHED.
1t Is his opinion tnaI there is very little
to choose between Harvard and Pennsyl-
vania. While II is generally thought that
Pennsylvania will win by a small margin,
there IL stIii plenty uf doubt as to tile out
come. Pennsy is particularly weak atquar-
ter and full back. good deal Of time
was wasted In practicing Woodruff 1t full
and King Dickson at quarter, since rclther
Of them We're able to fill the positions sat
tsfactorily.
Weeks now seems settled at quarter,
While Mouie will be seen at fullback in
Saturdays game. Neither of these men
can be considered equal to Beach and Brow II,
the Harvard men in the same positions.
Brown is certainly superior to Mouie in
both line backing and punting.
AT the first glance IL would seem that
Pennsylvania, with Wharton. Overiieid
and Woodruff as guards and center, is
stronger in center, but the work OF Bowie,
Doucette and Shaw il the Princeton game
WAS OF such excellence that this sec:nlag
advantage will not be greatly in PeEnsy' s
favor. Thomas and Colbert as halves an
not be said Ia excel Wrightington and Dun
Iop. In the Princeton game Dunlop PLAY ed
ma enificcntly, most OF Harvard's gains
being made by him PenDsy may havesome
slight advantage N having Boyle and Byron
Dickson a. ends, but il is not great. The
tackles or Harvard are, If anything, slightly
better than those Of the Quakers.
Both Pennsylvania and Harvard have
shown a tendency to go To pieces at times,
with Lafayette and Boston A. A. This
fault is probably due to the fact that
new men are occupying some of the most
important positions on the teams.
To an impartial critic, Judging tie re-
spective merits of the two teams by their
seasons records, it would appear that they
are more evenly matched than has jeen
the case for the past two years, when The
advantage has been greatly with Penn
sylvaDia.
The result OF the game will depend in q
great measure upon the effect which Harv-
ard'srecent reverses has had upon the men.
III they are dispiritcd by the poor howing
Of the team, Pennsy will surely win. On
the other ha nd, II may stimulat the Grim SON.
clad athletes Ia make the most gallant
fight and probably carry them IL victory
The situation between Yale and Prince
ton remains practically unchanged AS
the individual strength Of the teams las
been so frequently compared 1t will suffice
Ia consider their respective chances in a
general way.
rrinreton has much the best Of it in
backs this year, all of them being ex-
perienced men andhaving hadthe advant age
of working together for n considera Bile time
Baird, the Princeton ful1back,, is easily
the best player in that position of any man
on the collegiate football field today In
the opinion OF George Brooke the famous
eX-Pennsylvania fullback. he is one OF the
best fullbacks ever developed on the
American gridiron.
PRINCETON IN FINE FORM.
Princeton should certainly win on form.
The students of Old Nassau are already
planning what they Will do with the Yale
cash which they expect to bring back with
them. If the Tigers were TO lose there
would be many an attenuated purse and
elongated face in classic Princeton the
day after the game.
The same situation will prevail among
the sons of Ell if the Tigers win, hut in
d less degree, as the Yaiensians viii GER
tainly exact odds in the betting. Saturday
Will be great day On the collegiate grid
iron, as it will practically bring TO an end
the football season.
or course New Workers are looking. for
ward to the Carlisle Indian Brown ga M on
Thanksgiving Day. The two teams are
probably a evenly matched o S any of equal
prominence in the football world and a
splendid game is anticipated.
Popular sympathy is certainly with the
Red Men, as they have Won hosts Of
friends by the clean straight football they
invariably play. Then there is novelty
in the idea of the stoical aborigine aying
a game which is always associated with
intensely demonstrativc enthusiasm
1t is likely that one of the largest crowds
ever witnessing Il football game will see