The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-18
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
OLD RIVALS READY FOR THE BATTLE
on SOLDIERS FIELD.

Harvard Men Believe Their Team win Win
To-day, but Only After Hard Fight
The Players Are In Fine Physical Condi-
tion-Yale Undergraduates Are Hopeful.
CAMBRIDGE. Nov. Ito night the Harvard
team rests for the contest tomorrow. with all
the hard work behind them and nothing ex-
! cept the game with Yale standing In front OF
the most successful season Harvard has ever
had. Every man In the pink Of physical con-
dillon and At to fight for his life. Ia a sound
that 0lls the heart OF every Crimson "rooter +"
| with Joy. The work Of the afternoon consisted
merely In getting into clothes and rum
ming through signals a little. The light
work OF yesterday brought the boys
! to their toes. and they looked as II
they had Just emerged from a health SAM.
tarlum. instead Of from the last practice OF a1
arduous and severe campaign. All the men
were singing aud laughing as they ran In and
some OF them INDUCED in an impromptu game
OF football. In response to the question II he
| was glad the season was over. one OF the men
| said: NO. indeed. It has been ono continual
round OF pleasure. 1 wish IL lasted week
longer" This about expresses the way tho
men feel There IL peculiar swartby ruddl-
moss about them that has not beon seen in
team here previous to this season. As to what
the eleven will do tomorrow that 10 another
question W. Cameron Forbes. who was head
coach last year. when asked what he thought
OF this team az compared to the one OF 1893.
said:
THE team Is as we'll trained. and has greater
posi- billties. because OF the better material at
hand 1doubt whether the men arc as able to
| get every point OF their openings as last years
team. but OF course this will be proved by the
game. The men are In IA fine shape as II Is
possible Tor them to be. and are capable OF
playing for all there Ia in them. 1t is the point
| OF SKILL not Of physique. they are lacking In, 10
they lack at all. OF being every bit the equal OF
last seasons eleven"
Coach Dlbblee said: I've are in good share
physically for the game. but Of course we know
very little OF Yae's possibilities or whether abe
has improved as much as reported II the team
works up to their limit they will do oil that Is
asked OF them. We naturally hopo to win."
Jack McMas' er said: This team IL rs willing
crowd OF workers rs have over seen and IL
has been pleasure to be with them. They are
all In the finest Of condition. have never seen
men better. and any one whothinks they won't
fight will get an eye-opencr tomorrow Tho
team that wins will certainly have to work for
every inch, and we go in the game with that
intention and to do our best under every cir
cumstance"
p ID. Haughton. the Cornell coach said:
Harvard has been classed as below Yale In
this IL the case. IIarvard's Kicking game il az
strong "a It ever was and do not think that
depa rtment. The men are in condition to
play for their lives and / do not discover any
confi,isn,re that has been attributed to them"
a, W. II n'T III 1fd; - ,n feeling pretty wells
The sSod shap" and nt
knows t. What Yale. men can do nobody
saSGsr III hsy will Pet win III" by ont;
from iumhltn AMI the expensive misp'ays
TINT IN, have cost her 50 dearly in the past, she
contest. Yale counts a great deal on being
able 70 stop Ellis. on account Of his Anlover
Hnde r Of '2a ;nH ,hds R Ssy 10 do Z,
with. ltthey do succeed in holding him down
have Ya n beating b Fn2T rr n"w r.s
II at a moments notice. That man IL Blll
Reid lat ye9rs inl back This ,ts
ssvsty SSoita,ion Il ,hs line and I'VE %r each
ieclinssi The local weather reports say that hat
az II It would he true There is Feasibility Of
frost and IT,. criiron Is being, covered with
afforded mi" holding t" The backs anil line.
men. Cambridge j. already beginning to
show IN" nearn,-s Of the struggle. There nrN
steady stream ~ visitors to the grounds this
afternoon to locate their seats.
NEw H,vEv. Nov. 1.-THE Yale tc,m and
substitutes left her" for roston at = a o'clock
cred ~ front Of Osborn Hall to chez III" team
send IN as Su n9 ,b get as
were OF before the crowd was well aware OF IT,
severn hundred students left with the team.
many from leaving New Haven, but no,with-
lion Of fully so unierrraTmte nav with 'T them
bhat the letting here. which n week ago was
ncra, sHs,"St eon r now IT, ndtcass the
among Yale men that their team Is going to
win.
-, In comparing the Harvard and Yale elcvcns.
the superiority oil the Crimson seems apparent
against the Blue last fall viii c only four ii,V 81
M,h REID sTS and e a1aSr.9sy Gsa,c. "man
can produce the same team. with lie rxcrption
Of Dibnlec. Hanrh,on ard tGchi an" that wal.
punttng Harvard may not 10 as effective
lowell or Reid, though both good me mem r ain,
not excel Hanghton. In physical cond ton tho
os % the men har" been %f is
The Yale eleven. in striking contrast 10 Har-
tHr asys an e ,a hn A. been
have never mot Harvard c"vsn and Tor Tor that
have been carefully coached Ly Tie most " "y
Pert corp, o. instrnr'ors and are reported 1T;
down for them remains to hs seen. Sanford. |
the olumbia coach. who spent several days !
OF this week at New Haven, discovered thar
there was fatal weakness in the ccnrr" OF The |
line, which no did his best to remedy Whether
Hale or Cunha Nils the snap back place experts
look to see most o. Harvard gam made AZ |
thai point. lncxIcrlence Is a fault To be feared
most by the coaches. but they hope that alter |
the hrst few m"mrpts their pupils viii |
cap cam, OF this sort, Ihe men are all
OF unlimlted sand and are also well supplied |
with football brains. although In this respect |
Harvard Is considered to he a class above
Yale coaches say TINT II he eleven follows in.
ward will have to play harder than at INV
other time this year To win.
In comparing the mon individually Harvard
appears TO have the call, Yates ends hnyr been
causing no end OF trou lilo all the season and n |
ilnal selection has been impossible until III" |
Inst moment, lIuhbell. Of last, wears team.
Harvard's stars Campbell and IiallowciI On |
form Harvard appears 70 have u marked |
advantage, although ,llubbell IL almost as |
speedy as llHLI4Tell, In getting, down under
IL HnyiuK great lpul. Enln'a tnnL M