The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-11
HARD SECRET PRACTICE
'VARSITY GIVEN 4 HALF HOUR or
 THAT WORK YESTERDAY.

Mcbride Has Improved In His Ability to
 Place Kicks-Chances of Winning Har-
 ward Game Considered Good-Rehearsal
 ofsongs for Harvard Game-Other Notes.
 Fully five hundred people, many of | whom were of the fair sex, Wended their way to Yale field yesterday after noon to watch what was announced to be the final hard practice game before the contest with Harvard. The major ity were, however disappointed, be- cause the open practice did not last more than twenty minutes and consist ed only of bunting back and forth by the full-backs, Mcbride for the Var sity and Hine for the college. The short practice is attributed to the tact that the men were given very hard work in secret.
 This was given in order to give the line men practice on breaking through the opposing line and getting down the field afterward. The Varsity men showed up in good form in this respect and succeeded in dropping the catcher of the punts in his tracks.
 McBride's bunting was better than at any time during the season. He has made much improvement in the line of directing and placing his punts This work will be feature of the Yale of- fensive game in the Harvard contest on Saturday.
 Walter Camp 80, Frank Hinkey '95 and Kid" Wallace 'S9 were among the Icoaches on the field. Before the two teams lined up yesterday the three cen- ter men, Cadwalader, Marshall and Brown, were given some special coach ing by Hinkey.
 Some surprises will be sprung on the Harvard eleven Saturday. This is talk en from the fact that the college eleven tried several formations which have not been used at any game nor in any open practice before this season.
 At present the all absorbing question among the undergraduates is whether Yale is going to win the Harvard game or not. The majority, with the true Yale spirit, declare that the blue will be victorious and are willing to wager on the result. It is the general opinion that the contest will be a bitter one and that the score will in consequence be small. The almost inconceivable inn prOvement made by the eleven in the past two weeks, and especially the magnificent game played last Saturday, has caused many to be more confident. Many reason that if Yale wins the liar yard game, and her men escape acci- dent, with the advantage of week S work the Princeton Tigers will be the victims of the sons of Old Eli This is all very well, but it must be remem- bered that the Princeton eleven have not been scored against this season Besides, this Princeton team is almost the same as the one of last year, and it is well known to every Yale man the in New York last fall.
 The advantage of having played to- gether for two successive seasons can hardly be estimated. The very import ant fact that there are only three men on the Princeton team who did not play on the first eleven last fall must not be overlooked in estimating the compara- tive strength and chances of victory.
 The chances for victory for Yale in the contest with Harvard Saturday are about even. Both elevens have strong teams. Each plays fast aggressive } game, while the defensive is not SC good.
 A PLEASANT AFFAIR.
 The entertainment given by the Young Peoples union of the First Uni l versalist church last evening was a l very pleasant affair. An improvised
 programme was rendered, followed by
 8 supper at the close.
 INTER- CLASS FOOTBALL. 5 The final game of the inter-class football championship series was play ed yesterday afternoon by the senior and freshmen teams. The contest was , exciting and resulted in a tie, [ Each team secured touchdown, but l failed to kick goal. A large number of members of the two classes were ir | attendance.
 The two teams lined up as follows: seniors-Left end, Scranton; Jeff tackle Meigs; left guard, A. D. Smith center, Gilbert; right guard, Hay; right , tackle, Paxton; right end, Harrison - quarter back, Garrison; right half back Fewsmith; left half back, Curran; ful back, Hine.
 t left tackle Keppelman; left guard Richardson; center, Hale; right guard l Richards; right tackle, Kelly; righ t end, Coy; quarter back, Wallace; lef half back, Wear; right half back l White; full back, Dupee.
 = YALE NOTES.
 D, W. Hubbard 1900 S., has beer