The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-11-17
SPORTING NEWS.
Yale-HarVard Football Game
Tomorrow
Crimson Is the FaVOrite In the
Betting.
BE HARDFOUGHT
Teams Will Be Spurred on by
Delegations of Graduates.
Washburn to Play at Manhat-
tan Monday

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 1.-THE
Yale football eleven yesterday after
noon had its final practice preceding
the Harvard game of next Saturday.
About an hour of the Hghtest sort OF
work was done, principally running
through the signals and the simplest
formations, the varsity side by itself
and the college substitutes by them
selves.
The lineup of the varsity side today,
taken to be, in the estimation of the
coaches. YaIe's strongest aggregation,
is as follows:
Hale, center.
Gordon Brown, left guard
Olcott, right guard.
Stillman, right tackle.
Francis, left tackle.
HubbeIl, right end
Snitjer left end.
Fiucke, substitute.
Sharpe and Richards, halfbacks-
Mcbride, fulback-
The cOachers today, after a confer
ence, refused to acknowledge that the
lineup of today is conclusive. In the
case of the ends, there is the slightest
possibility of SchWelppe substituting Tor
Schnitjer though the formers injured
shoulders make him less a favOrite than
the inexperienced but speedy Snitjer-
Some doubt exists also as to quarter
back All Of the players, both regulars
and the substitutes. are in fine physical
condition. The cOacherS decline to
make the slightest prediction one way
or the other.
From the Harvard point of view the
great game with Yale alone remains to
be PLAYED. The time is in readiness
for the contest. Yesterdays practice
consisted only of signal work to put the
perfecting touches on the players A
number of coaches were present at the
practice, but Dibble and Wrenn were
the ones to take any active part in the
direction of the team. All the minor
details of the formations were carefully
watched. Otherwise the practice was
solely to keep the men in the import
ant good condition.
A dispatch from New York says: One
of the features of the Harvard-Y ale
game next Saturday will probably be
the physical condition of the rival eleV-
ems which have been prepared for the
battle by former Princeton trainers
Jack DTcCaster has already made his
reputation as an expert trainer at Har-
ward. Since he took hold OF the Grim
son players the eleven has not INDUCED
| in a. single game in which it lacked
good trim. Jim Robinson, Y ale'S tim
er, has been allowed to put into eff
/ feet &. number of pet schemes for con-
ditiOning the varsity, with the result
| that the team has been gradually work
! ed up to superb fettle. The Harvard
| and Yale coaches have not yet decided
/ how TO arrange their backs, and VIII
/ probably not arrive at definite con-
/ clusiOn before Friday evening. The
rush lines, however, will probably face
| each other this way:
Harvard-Campbell left end; Donald,
! left tackle; Boil. left guard; Burnett,
center; Burden, right guard; Lawrence,
| right tackle; Hallowen, right end
Yale-Winter, left end; Hale, left
! tackle; Brown, left guard; Cunha, CEN
ter; OIcott. right guard; StillweIl, right
| tackle; Gould, right end.
Yale may incidentally spring a sur
/ prise at the last moment by SUBSTITUTE
ing the Rev. Mr.. Cutten for Cunha at
| center. Yale men want odds of to 1.
1t is said that number of local book
! makers will go to Boston prepared to
| take the Yale end in the betting, pro-
| vided to 1 or better can be obtained.
| Fully 1000 Harvard and Yale grad
yates are expected to leave here for
Boston by boat and rail on Friday af-
ternOOn. The midnight train will prob
ably be run in sections, according to the
| railroad officials at the Grand Central
| station, who say that the demand for
| sleepers on that night is unusually
large