New-York tribune., 1899-11-18
FOOTBALL.
uARvARD-YALE GAME TO-DAY.
,Ny1-AL STRUGGLE BETWEEN THE TWO
rNTvERsITIEs-OVERT THIRTY THU
SAND SPECTATORS EFFECTED
AT CAMBRIDGE


7ris ,s tho dav Of the annual Harvard-Nae loo'-
bau rare. and all eyes will be on the struggle AT
tlsaa Harvard-YaIe game IS an historic
go, and every play that Is made in Il Is talked
over nv the undergraduates for years aIter"aru'
and every touchdown or goal scored by eilher siue
g celebrated in college song and story Inc game
-. a-,1s O. large crowd. but there is no ques-
ZION that this year the interest is far greater thah
eyer before and the turnout at Cambridge WI" De
.h,.5 bv considerable. OF anything before on
-s.--d The seating capacity of Soldiers tleld al
C9r-srdra has been enlarged so that between thirty
thousand and forty thousand spectators can "hile
g,ar.d get an excellent view OF the contest ana
Il, Is stated that every seat has been SOLO. Oh-
S--.urats.y. number OF seats have founo theii
"a r .-to the hands OF spectators in Boston ana
.,e,a has been a hue and cry raised over this oy
,.c Harvard students There will however oe
,9arl FOR every one. and the field is superbly ar
Iaased fo- football combat.
heavy contingent from the Harvard Club or
ths city went on 20 Boston last night by the Sound
s.s,-ers and by the railroads. and the best seats
q. the AelJ have been reserved for these New-York
graduates This is In the nature OF courtesy IN
return for the generosity Of the New ork graduates
N sunDlying Harvard with new boathouse.
heavy delegation from Yale will start early TINS
morning from New-Haven and many other col
Isgee will have .arge aggrega lions. especially
Princeton who will be anxious to get Hhe o"
yaIe.s plav in anticipation Of the game next Satur
DAY. - 49,.
The betting on the contest IN wall Suee' i,HS
bAan odds Of . TO ! on Harvard. but II Is haruiy
posslble that such odds should prevail at Boston
~ Cambridge to-day. Harvard's hackers have had
TOO many bitter experiences OF putting ther money
on teams which Yale. far inferior on paper mas
steadily. vauquished. Harvard men. however. be-
leve that the tide has turned and that the Harvard
eleven now Is worthy OF every confidence On
paner the game should go 20 the Cambridge men
win TWO or three exceptions the Harvard eIeNtn
has an the men whom IL used in us triumph oNtI
the norfecf team work that characterized the tN'
last season hut the record Of the year nau pt.iI
an excellent one Harvard has defeated an coiheIs
vth com IA "a tive ease though she has been scored
o. 70 points by the Carlisle lndlans. She sho"eu %
strong play in the game against the Quakers TWO
weeks ago though at the same time some Ioose
fumbling Harvard is inferior this year IL KICKING
sbibfv and Yale will Outdo her In that respect Dut
the Cambridge men expect 20 win tHe efIile " oD
STEADY line bucking which they are stronger
than before. Their delelce i e~Veeui''si' SUM
and hard 10 penetrate. D., ,,.., ,o..,o,
When II comes TO Yale. there is little question
that the material IS not good as at Harvard ana
thai IN 20 date the Yale eleven has not shown up
nearly so strongly Reports from NeW-Ha@VeH Ven nav, nav
declared that the team has taken WONDERING Drace
in the last two weeks. and this may readliy De
believed Yale has not by any means abandoned
hope Of victory but the IN blue VIII ma II eX-
tremely difficult 10 score on Harvard Last season
the physical condition OF the two eleVehs counted
good deal i'm the final result, Harvard showing up
much better IN this respect Inc 1aIe men are
safe 70 be in first rate shape THIS year, ana lhe
teams are likelv to be par in this respect Inc
game will be called 81 ?. m. and the lineup OF
the eleyens viii he found elsewhere IN this paper.
The record OF the games OF the last rev years
between Harvard and Yale Is as follows;