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'' lhr football piu,y arrived m town about
.uIr"r time Tonight luly i've thousand
"utnu-ll-'. came M uu lfnins from New Iofk.
Iir. ton uud W., stations The hotels ne there
tore crowded aud th.r" T. piru'v 81 excitement
What WITH ~" crrmsun aud hlur decorations
'u'hrs shup window, ard h" haunl'ns "l stream.
er- hy the passing crowd on Chapel street
~ San be- easily seen that when Harvard and
VA" line up on N" gtidirun here tomorrow
tie rivalry will bc intense tv"ry fpothnlll
"Nl"rt ~ be- puts m an appearance l. asked
what hr thinks of the coming batt" and IA
almost every ease the answer - An even
break liI' some ol th" more cunfiden' >as
men ARE predicting a signal victory for the
Blu" Trainer Mko Murph, ~ th"h eleven.
u man ~ tow words, said Tonight when asked
iur an opinion.
al" will win and hy a surprisingly large
scur" The Vale eleven j. IN" strongest that
| ! have ever seen Harvard has good eleven.
III admit. but II viii not carry the dav The
Vale rush line is the potent factor Harvard
| will not bs able to break through II, and will
also find Nale's ends impregnahlo Iiarvard's
defence. whllr powerful, will not beat on The
| assault OF Yalrs backs and tackles It,
| Val" victory sure
One of Murphy'- friends said that IA" trainer
| prt the score az about 30 'o 5. but II Is hard TO
believe that Murphy would make snch a wild
| prediction Yale beat Princeton 20 to :, but
Harvard could probably have rquaod this
feat if the CrmsonS had been in the place, of
| 'hc Blue
Julian Curtiss. one II the most conserva-
| tive Il Yale graduates said 1t viii be- a game
| between the strongest "l'Vcns that have ever
| represented the two universities II liar-
ward wins II means that Harvard has a wondrr-
| iil football team Yale il confident, but he
men understand that the Cambridge players
ure neither the Tigers nor the Indians
The New Haven House is the centre II the
betting fraternity There the speculation all
| the evening has been at even money ilar-
! ward men want odds Of to T. but the Yale
| backer- do not feel inclined to be 80 generous
| This appears to be an indication that Yale men
| are not 50 cock-sure OF victory ~ Trainer
| Murphy i Coaches Butterworth and Mcbride.
| when asked for line on the game, refused
| point blank to say a word. except that all Of
the Yale players will enter the game iii To play
| the hardest game of the year Old graduates
| and former Yale players looking for informa-
| ton from those SUPPOSED to be in the know"
| can get no tangible evidence that would lead
! them 10 expect sure victory
They are convinced that the lae eleven is
| ON" Of the finest that has ever been put on IA
gridlron, but they Dc not know how fast lIar-
HSta M prevail. that that Yes Yn "rh tT To W yT ,h- &
| time W put up the shutters. As one Of Yale's
former football captains put i. The Harvard
| sam" that played "A draw with Yale last year
Harvard, then was admittedly stronger than
ule Harvard i no stronger now, while Yale |
! has a team three times a. powerful! On this
tasis. therefore. Yale ought 70 win"
What few Hazard men have arrived here
the hotels and Smile quietly. They seem TO
feel that ale Will he treated to surprise II /
Is the prevailing impre->iun among Harvard
supporters that iales quandary relative " the /
quarter back position may favor the Crimson. !,
1t l. fact that at late hour tonight I'll. ale
coaches mad not decided whether TO I,ay finck. |
or Wear al quarter back and that the play ius II
sharpe at half back was also All uncertainty. |
generally beieyed that he WILL Sharpe viii play |
eft half But If Wear s"e' INTO hi old position |
half as Chadwick's running mate. This ,.n.
settled state OF affair is source of encourage
that the ale eleven may be mixed up because |
OF the lateness Of tfe change and that blunders
NAV be looked for
Yale men set forth the argument that Fncke
PLAYED quarter back successfully last year
and therefore does not lack experience Il is
All" SI e"ied ,ha, s1pS SGsTp1 i he Edia{r & vi" pro.
has brcn so handled by The Yale coaches that
he viii not only only pm punt &nd drop hick Win his
gain, by plunsing into the line. He /, blg
enough 10 do II and the coaches say that he is
been brilliant success az half back tis
season and has al-o been SUFFERING from Mater
ou the knee. He has many friend, Yho beirvr
gui-h himself be Will embrace It.
:, All Of he lale players are mnglng with
they viii go 10 bed ~ 10 o'clock They are
the centre uf attraction. Nearly all OF them
UIr over feet tall and weigh close TO 700
Il A a.F al.
thc hour. they lout fully equal tu the task !
"Ir oUt '?r them Perry Hale. the great iui
fSr HaI fi"G a Ia lad aT s ',.gT. s% t'"@ @a H. @
lie met Mike Murphywh SAID Ia him What
are yoa dong CT here Just looking ,ri9
early. remarked Murphy "You bet / viii"
rr'oricd Hale and IN be up early too; Tie
Perry .,rode away Murph, said, That, ,he
lind ~ man To- have with you II makes !
one lerl safe Hes the greatest foolball player
Tie Harvard eleyen Is at NIerd"u, fifteen
mile. from here From Ne trinc"uN head
that big "ku~t"r' Burnett l. 10 play either
centre IN pls"e, - ,haIley SARGENT or right
pounds and Is though, 20 he a better man =
oppose capt Brown ~ ale, who scales at cuj
yound~, than BARNARD, ,irnius Ia" lean at ~?
must face Sheldon, weight Pa. and this dir
ference Ia bulk i REGARDED a. -evrre haildlcap
for the former Bg, Lee !. quiCk aud fierce,
which may help him 10 Offset the handicap
The other weight comparisons are interesting
Blo0mer. Yale's lett tackle, l9O pounds faces
Lawrence. iiarvards right tackle, IA pound
Stlllnan lale'- gtt tackle. lSs pounds. Opposes
Eaton, Harvard left tackle. ?Oi pounds Camp
belt Harvard left end, l70 pounds, meets Gov.
Nalc- right end l9O pounds while IIallowell
Harvard'- right end, ias pounds will run up
against Gould. lH"'- l-it "id. lBS pounds Of-
colt. Nae's centre, weighs l91 pounds. A. against
Sargcpt- 10 OF Burnett go ln the back
field Hale, the Yale lull back, scales at lss while
His Of Harvard wrlghs lgu Sharpe and Chad
wick the Val" half backs are recorded AT $50
aud lGi respectively. while Harvard hair back,
Kendall ard Sawtn, are on tho prograun. ut
~ aud l7u respectively Dalv. HarVard-
captain and quarter back. is "a $50 puiluGyr
While Fnckr tips IN, beam at about l5S
All Harvard men, who know anything about
football. are banking on the u eed of their
eleven. They Ngur. II out thai II the men
get the linIp on the Val" plays IN the way |
hoy did IN the penns;lvanin ganr, the Bue~
will not be- ahl" Ia tear gp the Harvard rush !
line IN the manner they did III" Princ.tuIi-
The point Of III urgum'n' was w" illustrated
by Harvard enthusiast al ia. Tontine this ]
evening II" said
If a uIdu takes a teu-vard run ~ another I
who l. standing still hrncsd tu meet the attack |
~" latter j. bound To- break grou'd brCarse