Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-11-21
ON THE GR|D|R()N.
Everything Ready For the Big
Game Tomorrow.

Glass Will Not Be Protested by Har-
vard-Yale Is Now a Fayorite at
Various Odds Raid by Students on
the Spectators Last Night-Not
Enough Tickets to Supply the De
mand.
| If Harvards line is the equal OF
/ Yale's tomorrow, Harvard with her
stronger back field, will probably carry
the day. On the other hand, it is not
believed that Harvard is enough
stronger than Yale behind the line to
win if Yale's line is the better, Yale's
1 line has shown the more consistent de-
fensiye strength all the fall. On the
ends of the line Rafferty, (Yale) will
face BoWditch Harvard), and Shevlin
/ gale will face Mills (Harvardl.
BoWditch is the most experienced end
/ of the lot and the superior of the Yale
man in general ability. On the other
extremity of the wings Shevlin looks
| to be better than Mills who, like Shev-
| lin. was recently transferred from
! tackle to end. Both are big, strong
| fellows, with Shevlin's speed and good
work in the Princeton game giving him
| the call. At tackle, Kinney YALE
faces Knowlton Haryard), and Hogan
| YALE faces Shea (Harvard). KnoWl-
| ton has done the best tackle playing
this season Of any Of the Harvard can
| didates, while Kinney has made big
strides. Hogan knows the game bet
ter than Shea, his opposite. Shea is
not as aggressive as he might be until
something arouses him, and then he is
a fierce player. Harvard rooters are
hoping he will be aroused early in the
| fray. 1t looks pretty even at the
tackle with the odds slightly in favor
of Yale, but slightly in favor Of Har-
ward on the ends. The Yale center
trio looks the stronger with Goss. Holt
and Glass facing Barnard, Sugden and
A. Marshall respectively. There is not
as much difference between the guards
| as at center, Holt being d center of
proved worth, while Sugden has yet to
show his worth. Goss faces Barnard,
the latter being first class man and
the more experienced. A. Marshall,
who lines up against the redoubtab1e
/ Glass, is as big and husky as his rival,
but not as fierce player. Glass is
generally. considered the best guard of
the year and if by any chance he should
not play. tomorrow Yale, needless to
say, will be much the worse off. Should
he be Withdrawn, Roraback, a big fell
low and a promising one, but not the
equal of Glass. Goss or either of the
Harvard guards, will take the job.
Harvard is heavier behind the line and
just as speedy as Yale. G.. Marshall,
at quarter, is rated the best quarter
back in the east, is an adept at rum
ming back punts and can drop-kick
goals. Rockwell, Yale's freshman
= tho11 81,
class, yet he is a conner, has a cool
head and runs his team with ginger
and generalship Captain Chadwick Of
Yale is as good man as Harvard has
behind her line, more reliable, though
not as dashing a player as Captain
Herman of Harvard. Neither Metcaf
Of Yale, nor Putnam Of Harvard, the
right halfbacks, has an extended ex-
perience in big games. Putnam is the
heavier and a hard line plugger, while
Metcalf is very fast and makes good
use of his weight. Graydon, Harvard,
at fullback. is the best line plunger of
the lot and has hurdling down finer
than any other player. Bowman, Yale's
freshman fullback, is hardly up to the
Graydon standard. His punting is
pretty good, good enough to make
Yale's ability in this line almost if not
quite the equal Of Harvard's. He also
can send the ball over the crossbar
from the field occasionally. AS defen-
sive backs the Harvard quartet is not
considered any better than Y ale's, al
though more proficient on the offense.
On the Stock exchange yesterday the
prevailing odds on the big game to-
morrow were 10 to 6 on Yale The
market was strong and there was not
as much attention given to football as
there otherwise would have been.
About $4,000 was bet yesterday and
about $4,000 has been bet all told.
There were several smaller bets yes
terday at 2 to 1 on Yale. but 10 to 6
| was the usual price. A Harvard sup
| porter's offer of $50 to 500 was UNI
| covered, but on the curb offers of 2 to
| on Yale went begging A firm in the
street had commission of $4,000 to
| be placed on Yale at to and sue
ceeded in placing only $1,000 of it. A
good deal Of Yale money has been sent
/ to Boston and Harvard men have not
been slow in covering it. The odds
there vary from 10 to 8 and 2 to 1 on
Yale. One individual alone placed &c.
| 600 at 10 to 6, $500 at 100 to rs, $1,000
at 10 to z and $500 at 10 to g. The
same man placed 5000 of Harvard
4 =.
$500 Harvard money was offered at
/ to 2 without takers. Yale asking 5
to 3. One bet Of 500 even was made
that Yale would not double Harvard'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 it was called a
freak bet. To-morrow's contest is note
worthy for the divergence Of opinion
as to the outcome. Some Yale men
say their team will win by as good as
Is to and some Harvard men say
j their team will win by as big a score
as last year, when % to o were the
figures. Others expect the game to be
very close and would not be surprised
to see the third tie within five years.
An unusual circumstance took place
at the Harvard practice on Wednes-
day. Head Coach Farley barred
"Slugger'' Mason, who of late years
has been one of the assistant coaches
on Soldiers field, from the secret prac-
tice. Mason was a crack catcher at
Harvard in his day and also has played
4 football. He was the receiver for big
i Jack Highlands, and in the early '9O's