The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-24
Great Contest of the Year for
Football Honors to Take
Place on Yale Field.
ENTHUSIASM INTENSE.
New Haven Filled With EN-
cited Students-Both Elev-
ems in Superb Form.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

REPU BI.fC SPECIAL.
New Haven. Conn. N1v. 2S.-The Yale
football eleven went through Il tweuty-min-
ute half of only signal practice this even
ing with qu!csneSs of movement aHd
occasionally in formations that pleased
the coachers.
Frank Hinckley. who came this morning.
expressed himself as we'll pleased with thc
showing Coy and Could. the ends. who
had worked for an hour in the morning nii-
der Hirckleys tutelage did well.
After the signal practice the seniors of
the squad danced abou; bonfire in the
traditional way. 1t is 4 sort OF superstition
with Yale football men that the hoodoo is
not laid except BY the building of banttr.s
Portions of discarded uniforms are soaked
in kerosene oil and the mattel; applied.
"Ali seniors in the squad come this way.
said Captain Brown. when Trainer Murphy
had set the fire. Captain Brown. olcoit.
Stillman, Coy. Wear. Ffncke. Cook. Ricn-
srdsnn, Tomlinson, Kunzig. Thomas. Ward,
Dupee and Adams. joined hands and began
the war dance. Those fourteen men repre-
eent what Yale will lose by graduation next
June. Round and round they jumped. sing
ing bright College Years and Here's 10
good old Yale This was ended with It
rousing cheer for Yale and another for
1901.
Played Like Boys in Straw stack.
The whole squad then stopped with
Captain Brown and listened TO just 4 Jew
words of thanks from him When he mn
ished witt, a command to take the cur 10
the gymnasium. Olcott and Stillman bfoit
into a race down the field for L heap ui
straw Both men dove into ii Ike friskS
echoolboys. Others OF the squad 'fot"Wel.
and soon almost every man gave the .'li!
csptain and the substitutes was ro!ithS
over in the straw. Some of the men cam.
10 their feet with blades Of the straw Ill
their mouth. 1T ,;,.
BIoomer cried ''Boah-boah. You look like
Billy Goats. soon there were iiloic pte.'N
ings from every side.
Nothing better signifies the high spirits
and the excellent physical condition oi tne
team than the boyish HghtheafteuiieSs VI
Bioomer alone limped. but he is fit 10 play
as hard as any one IN the squad: NeNe:-
theless. the team and the substitutes We're
sent to the Yale intirmary on prospect HUI
tonight TO sleep. The coachers thought II
wise to get them away from the noise.
which will prevent sleep on the campus un-
til a late hol,r Tonight The players We're
permitted TO spend the early evening hours
with friends. but none of them We're away
from the irfirmary after o'clock
New Haven Filled With Students.
Ha-vard's first contingent came 10 town
a; 7:10 D. n. in 4 special train from an
bridge The students marched through the
streets shouting. They had II little money,
but not much TO wager. ana tonnu some
trouble placing 1t. as they wanted odds OF
10 to I. A few bets were laid ~ to = on
Yale.
Carriage men to-day made. CONTRACTS for
tomorrow, charging from SO 70 sSV ]ot
parties to the game. The local street rail-
way company will start 100 cars, every
thing on wheels in its complement TO faie
field at noon. Fifty Of the cars will meet
trains at the station. Every hotel IN town
Is filled up tonight. and late arrivals Will
have TO spend the night IN the loboies or
End furnished rooms.
The gridiron on Yale field was covered
over late this evening with straw to Keep
the ground in good condition With cold,
clear weather tomorrow and the field IN
perfect shape the conditions for the big
game will be all that could be desired.
No matter which team wins the game to-
morrow New Haven will Il celebration.
The ticket spectators have turned to some
extent from football to theater tickets. and
Harvard men. as well Yale students. i'll
considerable numbers, have bought admis-
Eions.
The spectators claim that this game has
been the least profitable of any Champion
ship of this year, because the Yale man
agement claim that counterfeit and dupi'-
cate tickets are out The public has be-
come frightened and hesitates TO buy OF
spectators.
HARVARD'S UNEXPECTED FORM.
Meriden, Conn., Nov. 23-The work of
the Harvard team this evening WAS very
satisfactory. indeed TO coaches Boai, Lew
IS Forbes, Dibblee. Dean and Harding. 50
all of whom followed the first team around
the small inclosure of Hanover Park. They
and collected. did not tumble. get off-s;de.
or start nervously before the ball was put
1n play.
Though rather slow at first the backs at
length woke up and, forming their inter-
ference with snap and admirable quickness.
skirted ends with commendable speed.
Ellis had tremendous power in him, and
then Captain Daily ran the plays with TN
excelled speed. accuracy and generalship.
Like the backs, the line men, Eaton and
J. Lawrence. especially. were right up on
their tiptoes. The whole team worked to-
gether with the utmost precision.
Harvard's Line-Up Announced.
At length the Meriden popuiace outside
the gates became very demonstrative. and
finally were admitted to see Burnett kick
off couple of times to give the men prac-
tice in forming flying interference on
kick-offs.
Tater and DAILY did splendid work in re-
turning punts and F. Kendall sent the
leather between the uprights from place
kicks on the thirtyfive and forty yard
lines.
The pretty feature of the day was the
last thing of the practice Daily walked
his men slowly ate entire length of the
field. and then. at signal. the whole
bunch raced back the whole length OF the
gridiron. with such speed and force that
they keeled the goal posts over.
game will be follows:
Left end. Campbell: left tackle. Eatun:
left guard. Lee: center. Sargent: right
guard. Barnard: right tackle. J. Lawrence.
right end, Hallowe,l: quarter back, Daiy: