The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-19
TO-DAY'S GREAT BATTLE
YALE AND HARVARD TO MEET ON
THE NEW HAVEN GRIDIRONo
Crimson Money Found Few Takers
Last Night, Even in the Strong
hold of the Blues.

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 18.-The city
tonight, despite falling rain, and the de-
cided prospect Of rainy day for the Yale
Harvard football game is surcharged with
excitement, and the stores, all brilliantly
Illuminated and handsomely decorated with
a profusion of deep blue and bright GRIM
son, lend an air of holiday gayety to the oc-
casion. People are congregated on every
corner ia the vicinity of the campus and
groups are discussing the one absorbing
topic in the hotel corridors. The Tontine
Hotel is the headquarters of Harvard men
and Harvard sympathizers. The New Ha-
ven House is as crowded as at a state po-
litical convention, and guards, tackles half
backs, ends and centers are coming back
to the scene of former triumphs and col
lege associations. Out in the rain stand
groups of spectators matchmaking the
Yale management. BY careful scheming,
the Spectators have had hard row to hoe
and tonight they are trying hard to dis
pose Of their tickets at face value, without
a cent bonus. This is due to the fact that
the management has still number Of tick
cts which they are selling to any person
known not to be a speculator. Of the 1890
reserved seats at the field, 1900 had been
sold tonight, and of this number it is be-
lieved that not over two hundred are held
by spectators.
The Yale field gridiron tonight Is as
smooth as a billiard table and in perfect
condition. Before the rain began to fall
thirty-six bales of straw were laid over the
gridiron. Crushed stone, too, was laid In
all the paths leading to the entrances. The
new corner stands were completel this after
noon and there remains nothing to be done
oolro fho cY7an r.
rangements go. 1t has in years past been
the custom for the team to be taken away,
either to hotel or to the inhrmary as was
done last year, on the eve OF the battle, IN
order that the men may be Kept quiet ana
undisturbed by noise or worry. Io-nlgnt,
however, they remained IN tnelr rooms:
There is but very little betting thus far ana
Harvard money is going begging; Two
thousand dollars were olIered at the New
Haven House this evening with the odds ten
to eight on Harvard, bat only small por-
ton of the money was taken. AT the other
rendezvous about the city the same condi-
tions exist as regards niue on 6dd pu' Al
Yale's practice to-day was snort, ana
consisted only of signal work by the uni
Versity and the college eIeVenS ana IN
diyidual work in catching and punting the
ball Yale will play tomorrow 10 prevent
what has rever yet happened, hdmely' ue-
feat at the hands of both princeton ana
Harvard in the same year. AS the game is
played on home grounds the men VIII play
the game of their lives ana HarVara VIII
nave to play III CXcSpliOAdA ~ ONe.
IF Vale can kick the ball into Harvard
territory and hold it there for a down Yale
may score.
MERIDEN, Conn, Nov 18.-By 10 O'Clock
tonight the Harvard football players were
bundled off to bed to dream of tomorrow
great contest and victory. They are all Mt,
in the pink Of condition and eager Tor the
FRAY They are not boastfuI or oVercon-
fdent. but still they all expect to win. They
realize that it will take ali the strength and
skill they can summon TO defeat yale In
hail rari- v.
quarter back, said tonight: We'll win, be-
cause we've got to win and that expresses
the sentiment of the whole eleven from
cSptair. The team viii leave for New
IIovav, in the morning