The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-20
TIGERS AT TWO TO ONE.
PRINCETON MEN, CoNFIDE HT OF
~ YALE ON THE GRIDIRoN.
Roth Teams, with ono or Two Exception. In
Good Physical Condition for ihc GrOnt tame
or the Yenr-PInSInR Ground Covered with
-. 20 usrotpct II from n Suoustoru.

or the Y~enr-PInSinE Ground Covered with
straw to Protect II from n Snowstorm.
Nrw HAVEN, Nov. 1o.-On tho eve Of the
greatest college football game OF the year tho
Princeton Tigers are favoritcs ovor Nalc's mon
in tb, majority of minds. Although the ~latter's
supporters here are moro than hopeful for their
teams success, they arc not what might be
termed confident. They realize that Princeton
has n formidable eleven, and that Sale's play In
to.morrow's game will have to be better than last
Saturday ngainst Harvard, in order to have the
blue placcd above the orange and black. The
additional fact that Princeton supporters arc
offering odds Of y to / on Capt. Cochran's mon
TO win "a creating n moro general belief that
Yale will have an unusually hard task to carry
off the palm.
Several Princeton conchors and cx.playcrs
who arrived here this afternoon expressed them
selves as being quite sure that Princeton will
win by at least 1S points. They did not mako
this boast opouly. because they might have been
embarrassed by the loyal Yale men who have
money to wager IN such chances. The first
really big wager was made this afternoon, when
several Princctonians placed $1,000 in cash
with the clerk at tho New Haven House to DO
put out at . to /. In less than an hour 81, 900
in Blue money covered tho short end. Later
there was another wager OF 81 o to $500 that
the Tigers would win, and plenty OF wagcrs OF
800 to $50 and smaller figures were made on
tho sam basis. But there was not nearly so
much money in sight as one might h vc OK
pccted. Possibly the speculation will tako ON a
boom tomorrow just before tho game.
There is one thing that 10 particularly encour-
aging to Yale men. The mcmbcrs of tho varsity
eleven are in magnificent physical condition,
and are perhaps 30 per cent. better than they
were u week ago. Tho fact that they have not
been overturned is proved by their behavior in
public. They are still eating at tho training
tables in the public dining room of tho New
Haven House. SO that they can be pretty we'll
sized up rs they put away the wholesome
dishes made especially for their benefit. At
dinner to-day those who saw tho players re.
marked that they were as fine a body of young
fellows. physically, as ever sat down together
at n single meal. There were good feeling and
happiness apparent on all sides, and at one
period the boys broke into roars of laughter
over n joke cracked by one of the couchers. 1t
must have been a funny one. too, for tho noted
silent man" Frank Hiukcy, relaxed his fca.
lures for II molnent.and actually smiled. In a
word, there was no anxiety or nervousness
noticed, and the players seemed to be trained
to the hour.
The Yale coachcrs. headed by Frank Butter.
worth, who deserves credit for developing this
years material, were all present during the
ulIlht IOuI. uliu uilcF INC HlphIlS nlu Dccn
thrown down an order was issued to start for
Yale Field. So quietly did the players and
coachcrs depart from the New Haven House
that very few knew of tho move. So that when
they drove out to the field in closed carriages
they found nobody there but workluCn
putting tho finishing touches on the great
stands. The gridiron. though. looked like
n small farm in harvest time. As IL
showed considerably this morning tho
Yale football managers. fearful that the storm
might continue and thereby bury the Sridiron
under a layerof the " beautiful hustled around
town and soon had wagons filed with bales Of
straw on the way to the field. These bales were
cut open and the entire playing ground was COW
cred with straw, the idea being shat in case Of
another snow storm tonight. and tho weather
sharps predict one. the straw can be rakcd Off
tomorrow and the field will be in fairly good
shape.
The moment the Yale players saw the straw
sprenders at work they concluded to hurry their
practice on one end of the field that had not
been covered. Before getting down to work.
however, every body was ordered outside tho
fences and the gates were closed, SO that the
men might practice II bit in secret. This was
particularly disappointing to Nelson Poe. the
Princeton player, who had arrived in town carly
in the day and had strollel out to the field 10
look the blue players over. He had TO be content
with standing outside the fence until the men
came out and quickly jumped into their car.
riages. Head Coach Buttcrworth said that they
had simply been running through tho signals
and had done no hard work. He expressed sat
isfaction with the condition Of every one Of his
men. Tonight the players slept at the Yale In
frmnry. which is located on the outskirts Of tho
city in n quiet place.
The team that will line up against the Tigers
will be practically the same that met Harvard
last week, except that Dudley may play left
half back in place of COrwin. The impression
prevails here that Yalc's centre trio will prove
stronger than Princeton's, although tho Jersey
"%roOtcrs y do not like to believe it. Thol ttCrsav
that Edwards, Princeton's right guard, viii be the
surpri . of tho day. He Is one OF the heaviest
men on the Two c!cvcns, yet IS wonderfully fast
in getting into plays and down the ticld on kicks.
however, and the latter was never in
finer trim. C~hadwick's game against Harvard
was in the nature OF a rovclation, and he is cx.
pccted 20 play star football tomorrow. Like
Princeton man, who knows what he is talking
about, said tonight that he believed old
Crowds would redeem himself by easily hand.
ling Brown. the man who outpluyci BouvG OF
Harvard. Crowds did well with Kinchart in
the game with Lafayette. and. as Rinchnrt is II
Crowdis's increasing proves. Booth and Cad.
waladcr at centre are regarded as a fine match.
weights. Booth. however, has been coached Ivy
Ballet, who was the best centre rush that ever
wore u princeton UNIFORM.
As THE sun has all along stated, there is n
feeling that Princcton's backs, punters. aud end
PUSHES will prove superior to Yalc's experts in
these places, and that on these points the lido
OF fortune Will turn. Unless Princeton has some
Of her best mon hurt, or suffers from stage
fright and rattles, she ought TO win, say i'm
partial critics. There are many Yale men, too.
VINO say they. expect defeat. but will 20 10
the game bent upon encouraging, their eleven
to the end. As there Is no Ill feeling be-
tween the colleges. the game is expected to ho
clean and entirely free from any Objectionable
features. inc Dflglll9- llnrfnrI nI IptFttN
referee, and Da8hiel of Annapolis. umpire, arc
competent enough to prevent any unpleasant
features, and will hurry matters so that there
will 10 no unnecessary delays. If the short
playing time OF tho Harvard game can be re-
pcated, there will be a widespread feeling of
satisfaction.
Tho grounds, or, rather. tho amphithcaire.
which will seat the big crowd tomorrow. is u
model in its way. The stands. built of wood.
are movable. and can be turned around to any
part of the field proper, which contains probably
100 acres. For instance. the east stand, which
has been set aside for 1900 Yale mon, can be
turned completely around whom tho baseball
season arrives. SO that IL will face the diamond,
| which IA nov" i'm the rpur pf rho fnp'l1l II rril-