The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-11
STATE COLLEGE GAME TO-DAY
YALE'S LAST GAME BEFORE THE
 CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST.

Game to be an Important One in M any
 Respscts-visitors May Use tho Cele-
 brnted Guards Back Formation-Rc-
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 Evident-The Line-up. The game between Yale and the Penn | sylvania State college eleven at Yale field this afternoon will be an impor- tant one in many respects. In the first place, it will bring Yale up against a set of plays and formations in which the eleven has heretofore been almost l entirely unskilled. The Pennsylvania eleven, it is reported plays a modifica- tion of the celebrated guards-back play made famous by the University of Pennsylvania eleven. This is the play which Harvard so successfully met in its game with the latter eleven on Sat urday last. If Yale is able to meet it | this afternoon one result of the secret practice of the eleven will become ap- parent. If Yale is able to run up big score on the visitoYs the coachers will undoubtedly be satisfied with the result  state college eleven is by no means an easy team, and it is not at all improba- ble that they may hold Yale down to a small score. In their game with Prince ton they held the latter down to two touchdowns, and in their West Point game they easily came out the victors. As this is the first game the eleven has ever played with Yale they are espe- cially anxious to make good showing. Tn preparation for the game the men have been trained by Coach Boyle right up to the limit.
 Again, those of the Yale eleven who play in the game will' undoubtedly be the ones upon whom the eyes of the coachers are set, and from their num- Der the makeup of the eleven for it's game with Harvary may easily be picked.
 Yaes new formations will also be given a test in the game A new code of signals has been formulated, it is said, and will be tried for the first time. Scouts from Harvard and Princeton may be expected in large numbers, as any line they may be able to draw upon the eleven will be extremely important to them. It is not probable that any of the trick plays the eleven has learn- ed in secret practice during the week will be tried as
 The practice of the eleven yesterday afternoon, being the last of the week. was witnessed by an unusually large crowd of undergraduates and others. Outside of the secret practice the work was extremely light and much of the time was spent in trying to block punts. Much of the bunting was done by Billy Bull, who purpose1y kicked low at times in order to give the opposing line an op- portunity to block them. The same men were in line as on the day before. The coachers on the field were not many, and Butterworth was the only new one.
 It was reported yesterday that some of the players were beginning to show slight traces of overtraining in their work. and Sharpe, Hale and Olcott were mentioned as the ones affected. All three men have shown slight disposi- ton to lag a little in the last few days, although it has been scarcely noticea- ble. In Sharpe's case it is more than likely, however, as his poor playing in the Wisconsin game was attributed to
  has, if anything, been heavier. There was some talk last evening of not play ing him in to-day's game. His showing in the Columbia game was very poor. As to rumors about the men being over- trained, Trainer Jim Robinson when seen last evening said it had not the slightest foundation.
 The lineup of the team in the game will be as follows:
 Cunha, center; Brown, left guard; Ol- cott right guard; Francis, left tackle; Stillman, right tackle; Winter, left end; Gould, right end; Fincke, quarter back; Dupee, left half; Richards, right half; Mcbride, full-back. FOOTBALL CONTESTS. The college football games scheduled for to-day are as follows:
 Harvard vs. Dartmouth at Cam- bridge.
 Yale vs. Pennsylvania State college at New Haven.
 University of Pennsylvania vs. Uni- versity of Michigan at Philadelphia
 Princeton vs Carlisle Indians at New York.
 Cornell vs Lafayette at Ithaca.
 Brown vS. Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Providence.
 Wesleyan vs. Holy Cross at Middle- town.
 Williams vs. Amherst at Williams town.
 Columbia vs. West Point at West Point. Bowdoin vs. Bates at Brunswick.
 Colby vs. University of Maine at Oro- no.
 Amherst Aggies vs. Worcester Tech- nology at Amherst.
 University of Vermont vs. Colgate at Albany.
 Andover vs. Exeter at Exeter.
 Worcester academy vs Friends school 1t Providence
 The Yale freshmen eleven will play the Worcester academy team at Wor- cester this afternoon. CAPITALISTS INTER-
 ESTED.
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