Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-11
ON THE GRIDIR0N.
Chances of fhe Teams Who will Cohs
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 Of the many football battles sched- uled for to-day that between Yale ana Brown at Providence should attract the most attention. Brown has a strong team this season, one calculaI- ed to test to the full the real strength of the rush line of the Ellis. So far no team has been able to make it's dls- tance against Yale except Wesleyan, and Wesleyan only did so in the sec ond half of the contest after the Ells had filled up their ranks with suDstl- tuteS.
 Harvard, despite her poor showing against Amherst on Wednesday,, should find the University of Maine an easy mark. The Crimson eleven is really much stronger than the coaches will admit, and the failure to make more than six points against Amherst is no criterion of the strength of the team. If the reports sent out from Cambridge are to be depended upon, the Harvard team is an un- known quantity. Ten days ago the coaches were bewailing the fact that the eleven was Woefully weak, but af- ter ldSIs 5 W4b1 1OcNeN@s' the situation took on more cheerful aspect, and the coaches announced themselves as satisfied with tic team. On Wednesday the coaches again changed their views, and since then the reports from Cambridge have been anything but encouraging. However, while Haryard's line is not equal to that of Yale, her back field is wonder 11T.1 the real strength of the Harvard eleV- en.
 The Tigers may find worthy foe men to-day in the Middies, who have improved since Georgetown took their measure a week ago. Still, on form, the Orange and Black should have no trouble in winning. There is not the slightest doubt but that the Tigers will know there has been a football game when the Cadets get through. The navy has always had fighting team and one that made it interesting for it's opponents from start to finish. To-day's contest should prove no exception to the rule. In to-day's game they will line up as follows: Left end, Davis; left tack le, Baker; left guard, Bradley; center, Short; right guard, De Witt; right tackle, Reed; right end, Brown; quar- terback, Burke or &etterlein; left half back, Foulke; right half back, Hart; full back, Kafer or Delaney.
 Cornell has an important game with Williams and so man of the lthacans are suffering from injuries that the coaches are a! little fearful of the re suit. o Brewster, Hunt, Purcell, Burns and Webb are crippled, and on that account the practice of the elev- en since the game with Hobart has been light. However, Cornell is strong and, in spite of the misgivings of the coaches, she should win an easy victory.
 Columbia will have her first serious proposition to-day, when she tackles the team of the University of Buffalo Last year the Blue and White was shut out by the Bisons, but to-day the boys from Morningside Heights should turn the tables Buffalo does not ap- pear to be as strong as she was in 1901 ,, while Columbia undoubtedly has a team that gives promise of holding itsE own with any seFeyen it is sched- uled to meet. On Wednesday Buck nell got away with Buffalo by a score of 29 O, and if the Blue and White ex- hibits the same aggressiveness as dis played in the game with Fordham, victory seems certain.