New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-14
SPORTS AND
SPORTSM EN.
FOOTBALL.
BLUE AGAINST THE CRIMSON.
YALE AND HARVARD GETTING INTO SHAPE Fol

YALE AND HARVARD GETTING INTO SHAPE FUR
THEIR FINAL STRUGGLE NEXT SATURDAY.
Saturday next closes the football season o. w
A Harvard victory in the Yale game makes the
Crimson the virtual champion Of the year VIII
Harvard win? There are two answers 10 this. and
Harvard men are looking for the right one All
that they say ccr;Ilnly AZ present Is that they
have won one Of their TWO bic games ana 'hat
makes them nearer the championship by one game
than they have been since 1880 wren they heId H.
But this means q good deal to the Crimson PACKERS
This year is the first one Toy long time tha'
Harvard and Yale have had their final tussle after
the results Of the Harvard and Pennsylvania ana
the Vale and Princeton games have gone down INTO
history. Ana this makes different iace on Inc
problem OF the coming week
The victory Pcnasy lVaHia means III least
that Harvard Will into the game with better
spirit and free from the belief that fate Is utterly
against hcr She has beaten the Quakers IN
great game and that. too. in game that makes
her feel that the chances OF defeating fNe are
better II may sound like foolish superstition
but II cannot he DENIED that Harvard men find as
much consolation in the fact that they won from
PENNSYLVANIA partly through luck as in the tact
tina, the team played good football
Yale has big cripple list at present hut the ap-
proach OF Harvard-Yale game is great tonic for
twisted knees and ankles. on the other hand Har-
ward has her in the best Of condition. ana
fair amount Of luck will keep them there. They
are playing fast football and they feel the right
.or, Of dash and life The prospect least is FOR
q great game aid that whichever way It
turns will so down into football history as a bat
tie royal.
In the centre Harvard has wholly green men,
with the exception Of Boal to buck against vet
eran Yale centre Marshall at right guard comes
against Boal and the other SIDE Brown comes
up face to face with Burden. Boal plays a great
Offensive game and works well with his tackle and
centre but he Is often too aggressive and gets on
side now and then Marshall of Yale has some
superb points. His worst faur is that he does not
keen his eye on the ban and fast opponent IKE
Boal is likely to get the jump on HIM on the
other side OF the line Yale, with Brown. VIII have
about an equal superiority in dash and experience
but will have a hard man to work against. Nearly
everybody has made comments of an unfavora0le
nature about Burden. bat Burden has Kept right
ut his work and IT, spite Of all The Quakers re-
puted strength held his own on the defence and
opened some good holes for Red. on the whole.
Brown will ouclass the Harvard man. for he was
q star last year. and he has played great game
thus far. He is aggressive 70 a fault
In the centre there viii be the Rev. Mr.. Cutten.
Of Yale. agains; Burnett or Jahray. OF Har-
vard-whch one is as yet Of the problems
of the day. Burnett has made somewhat OF
reputation for himself by the goal he kicked a
week ago. but he is not sure enough of these and
they do not come often enough 10 warrant putting
an inferior man into the line. Jafray is great
credit 10 Coaches Lewis and Cranston. Three years
ago this big awkward young fellow played game
against Princeton. and was right on his toes most
OF the time. Since then he has been repeatedly
given up too unwieldy for service but this year.
in despair he has been worked upon with crafty
ing results. OF the two candidates. Jafray is a
little better in the line. and present IS in better
condition but he does little out Of his position. He
does not get out 10 the ends OF the line and does
not follow the bal closely. Burnett on the other
hand. is weak in the actual duties Of his place
Whichever man plays ard the chances now
about even. Cutten Will be the stronger. he is
little in the matter of swapping the bail back
and does not follow il well alter II is put in play,
but he is coming along every day. and that Will
much by Saturday, with Philip Stillnan 10
teach him The game IN the centre Will be q close
one in general. with Yale having the advantage
The OF tackles are FAST hard players.
Chamberlin the Yale captain. comes against Nal
colin Donald. the Harvard star. These men Will be