The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-21
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
ODDS or 10 TO g AND e TO I on
YALE FOR TOMORROW.
Mason, tho Former Harvard Baseball
Crack. barred From the Practice
Belief That He Disclosed Secrets
How the Teams Look Man for Man.


On the Stock Exchange yesterday tho pre-
vailing odds on the big game tomorrow
were 10 TO on Yale. The market was strong
and there was not as much attention given
/, football as there otherwise would have
been About $4,000 was bet yesterday and
about 81, 900 has been bet all told There
were several smaller bets Yesterday at 2 to
on Yale. but 10 to was the usual price
Harvard supporters on 'r of s5j 70 500 was
uncovered. but on the curb offers of = TO on
Yale went begging 4 firm In the street had
u commission OF 5000 to he placed on Yale
at S to 3 and succeeded in placing only 1000
OF II, 4 good deal OF Yale money has been
sent to Boston and Harvard men have not
been slow in covering IL The odds there
vary from 10 to to to on Yale. One In
dividual alone placed $4,000 at 10 TO Q. $500
at 100 to IS. 90 at 10 10 and $500 at 10 tn g.
The same man placed $500 of Harvard money
at TO 2 Later any part OF o.. 500 Harvard
money was offered at TO without takers.
Yale asking to 2 One bet Of 800 even was
made that Yale would no double Hnrvard's
score and another of $50 even that Harvard
would score Recently "a bet of 500 to $500
was made that Yale would not score and II
was called a fr ak bet To-morrow's contest
Is noteworthy for the divergence of opinion
- to the outcome. Some Yale men say their
team will win by as good as Is to and some
Harvard men say their team will win by as
n
figures Others expect the game TO be very
close and would not b. surprised to see the
third tie within Ave years
An unusual cirCumst ance took place at the
harvard practice on Wednesday Head
Coach Farley barred "Slugger" Mason, who
of late years has been one of the assistant
coaches on soldiers Field, from the secret
practice, Mason was a crack catcher NJ
Harvard in his day and also has played foot
ball He was the receiver for big Jack High
lands and in tho early 9Os helped beat Yale
ut the Polo Grounds by banging out home
run tn" first time up, and that against fale's
star pitcher. Walt.r Carter. Mason was
II was suspected he had divulged secrets of
ESryaTds play to the Dartmouth M, team Sim
Farley refused to discuss the matter beyond
saving he had good reason for acting n he
d 6Ms wa s XIX Time %f thai n0lSa
high-Society coaching stan was ousted from
Harvard
II Harvards line is the. equal Of Yale's
to-morrow. Harvard, with her stronger
the other D hand il IS no, believed that Harvard
I, enough stronger than Yale hrhind the ,,ne
line has shown the more consistent defen-
sive strength all the fall. on the ends OF the
line Rafferty, YALE viii fHce Boy RGTd Itch 'W M:
f HHarq, apa Bowditch Is the most cxpaT-
enced end of the lot, and The superior of the
better than Mills. who. like shevlin. was
Both "t are biz. strong fellows, with shevlins
speed and good work in the Princeton game
him the cal a. G's sSd f hossn
faces Shea Harvard Knowlton has done
the best tackle playing this season OF any OF
inside big strides. Hogan knows the gam.
better than Shea his opposite. shea is not
thing arouses him, and then he is q fierce
PLAYER. Harvard ,rooter,s are hoping he
bil be aroused early in the fray ,.,o ,,
IL looks pretty even AT the tackle Win
the odds slightly in favor of Yale but slightly
IN favor OF Harvard on the ends II" Yale
Holt and Glass facing Barnard. Sugden and
A Marshall respectively. There Is not as
centre. Holt being centre Of proved worth
While susd1n has yet 70 STOW ms wo ~;
class class man nan and the more 'eSperienced 4.
Marshall. who lines up Against the redoubt;
ss6e G'ss T. as big ana nH i as .S Tihi
considered the best guard of The year and II
on Should ho be- withdrawn, Roraback.
a big feIlow and 2 promi,iing ling one eu ,,, not
ard guards. will TAX" IN" Job
Harvard is heavier behind the line and Just
n speedy "a Yale. {. Marshall. az quarter.
l. rated the best quarter back in III" Fast;
t. az adSGt a. rnnI RGGkv pix h'i rd Sha
man G,iirt"r i apparently not in Mars halls
class, yet be- j. a conner. has cool head and
capt chadwick of Yale is as good man
a. Harvard has behind her line, more reliable
hs2nsn not % E. 4yT c ss f'S
Yale nor pn,nam Of il,ryard, tn" rleht ray his
backs. hns an extended eNperirnGe IN nl f
line plurger while Metcalf i very fast and
Inakes rood "" of rs weight Gr9ydon.
Harvard, at full back is, a." best line pluneer
OF the lot and has nurdling down finer than
any other nllyer, Bowman. lnlc'S freshman
fan back is hardly up to the Graydon stand;
en-" nj to f mak" yal,s ability in this iSs
1lmo,, II not quite tI e. Hanli OF iarvard u.s.
from the field occasionally. As defensive
backs the Harvard quartet i no, considGrrd
on the oh-nc'.
completed her training for tn" Harvard
same, and tas without sGrImyn ni daItns
seem Thoroughly satisfied with the chances
Headed by the Second Regiment Band
g. y G.. 800 Vale students marched from
the campus to the Val" field this afternoon
and disnlaycd the greatest enthusiasm which
4, field a continual now of cheers and songs
ac"ompanicd the Yale boys on their mnrGh:
The scene at the field was lively. Fully
900 townspcope wer" out to witness the
las, work of tine team.
Tonight the substitutes broke training
with "A banquet at their training quarters.
Specchcs were made by the coaches, Capt.
Chadwick and others Betting here to-day
favors Yale. and to IL the figure. Although
few tickets ar" expected TO be returned
from Harvard still the demand cannot pos
sibly be supplied. and it. is estimated that at
least 5000 applications Will have 10 be- re-
fused The 800 now seats will be ready for
occupancy on saturday A big gang of
men has been at work night and day this week
to get them ready
The first of the 80, 600 who will come to this
city 10 root for Yale or Harvard in Saturdays
game got into town tonight Many young
women wearing the oolors OF their favorite
university arrived during the day Many
Yale graduates who had sent in their appli-
cations at the specified time cannot get tckets,
According to the Yale alumni weekly to-
night Yale graduates have asked for over
o. 100 seats to the Harvard-iae football
game this year. To meet this demand the
Yale University Foot ball Association assigned
b,tween 3,40O and $500 seats on the side
stands. The rest ihad TO come from the
end and corner stands. The regular appli-
cations, undergraduate and graduate re-
oaiyed on time amounted to over 1000 seats.
The overdemand has placed on the MEM
bers of the ticket department more than twice
the burden OF an ordinary year. Nearly
5000 tickets were In the mails by Monday
afternoon last.
The public Is not in II at all. In past years
tickets not wanted by Yale. There Ia a
wanted to see the game and are unable to get
speculatos to-day for $500. Yale man
Il 1,.I lie LOT ami IF nta