The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-22
FOOTBALL WARRIORS READY.
TO-DAY THE MIG GAME BETWEEN
HARVARD AVID YALE.
Both Sides Confident. with the Betting
FavOrins the Iilue-Attendance Tx.
pccted 10 Tax Capacity OF Stands
and the Interest Is At Fever Heat.


ball game which will bc played at New
Haven to-day between Har, ard and Yale.
Tie foot ball championship of the East i. at
stake for the Crimson and tho Blue are con-
Ccdcd TO excel all others. but the winning
Of tie championship il n secondary com
sidcra,ion to to feeling Of satisfaction and
del Ih which the partisans of the winner
viii experience at triumphing over their
anc snt, honorable and keen rival in the
mos, important athletic struggle OF the
oollcgc year. Harvard and Yale are both
believed 20 lave teams this season which
o)mparr fayorabv with their best, than
which there are no better
II viii clash o. giants. in which en-
durancc. team play and speed will tell the
tale. One thing that a'tests the interest
in the game j. the fact THAT the betting on
IL has been heavier Il aL ever before. All
sorts Of scores are predicted clDr. ou'~
and one-s.dCd oncs. The seating capacity
of Yale Field has bcca inCr,ar, d 10 ~ 90.
and, gwen a good day. tAe attendance VIII
be limited only by the capacity Of the stands.
II will he the biggest fooi Dgll crowd Of the
year, the most picturesque, tho most obul-
lent-a sight for gods ana men. !, il the
elimination, the principal game OF tn year.
The opposing gladiators are ready ior tie
word
The great confidence that permeatcs
Harvard supporters is not backed up 10
any great extent finanoially-not in this
city. Two to one on Yale was again o.
fered on the Stock Exchange yesterday
About 5000 was bet at thes. Odds The
general price continued 10 to on the Blue
and at this price not all the Yale money
was covered. Several bets of 81 900 to $500
we're made and about $4,000 in all was
wagered during the day. With a. good a
team as Harvard has this year it is not quite
clear why Harvard money should permit
any such ODDS a. To TO to exist for min
ute. In Boston there has been plenty of Yale
money at 10 To I, but on the other hand an
abundance of Harvard money at to 10. A
betting commissioner in Boston comments
on the fact that a certain Yale man Who
bets in the neighborhood of S. 600 Oh the
annual game has not bet a cent so far
this year. The same Yale man held of
last year because no considered Yale inferior
to the Crimson. He is said to be waiting
for private information from New Haven
before investing any wealth on the Ellis.
In Boston Harvard money is more plentiful
the case in New York.
Notw outstanding the unprecedented de-
mand for tickets for the ga me a Spectator
visited the Stock Exchange yesterday with
big bunch Of the precious pasteboards.
1t looked as if it might contain a hundred
tickets. The man offered the tickets for
so apiece, but found no buyers. In another
part Of the city man WAS inquiring for
4 in tor mi. 70 bar,
The opinions of coaches Of other college
teams, such as have been secured, favor
Yale. Coach Mccormack of Dartmouth.
predicts a 10 to o victory for Yale. Coach
Lewis of Harvard, after some remarks
to the effect that when the Empire State
Express, consisting Of Graydon, kernan
and Mills strikes Iale's guard the sand
will run out OF his Glass, goes on to say that
this years Harvard team is better than
last years Harvard team. This being the
case, Harvards chances are bright. AL
though Gould of Yale has predicted an
Is TO D victory for Yale. the Yale Goa ches
rs rule are saying little However. rarely
has there been game IN which both sides
have appeared 80 confident.
NEW HAVEN, Nov. 2l.-For the last time
this season the Yale football players to-day
got into their toys for practice work Every
man of them, with the exception of right
half back Metcalf looked to be in the very
best of condition.
Signal formation occupied the atten-
ton Of men and coaches. The more intri-
cate mass plays were not used at the field,
neither were the plays which are the main
stay of the team for to-morrow's game.
The Harvard football squad arrived here
from Cambridge this afternoon at o'clock
and was taken to Morris Cove, five miles
from the city. The Harvard headquarters
there is at the Pequod Club. There were
fifty-two in the squad,
During the afternoon the Harvard team
had light practice in an open lot near the
club house. Half dozen Harvard men
kept away curiously inclined persons who
stopped to watch the practice. The coaches
said tonight that all the members Of the
Varsity team were In splendid form. While
they were not saying much at the Harvard
quarters about the outcome Of the tussle
with Yale tomorrow, the team will put up
a fight that will astound the Yale hackers,
so some Harvard enthusiasts said tonight
Capt. Herman would not predict the re-
suit, but said. THE men are IN great shape
all Of them"
Head Coach Farley said: The team will
win out"
Thousands came to town tonight for the
game. There is already a big following
here OF the Cambridge team supporters,
and the Harvard cheers mingle with the
Yale cheers. At the New Haven House,
where all the football leaders of the two
universities met tonight to discuss the
the odds being 8 to S. One Of the Yale
coaches said tonight that he believed the
score would be: Yale, III Harvard. o..
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 2l.-The Harvard Var
sity foot ball eleven left Harvard Square at
s o'clock this morning for New Haven Pay,
where the men will remain until Just before
the game tomorrow. The undergraduates
turned out and gave the team a rousing
send-off Tonight Harvard feels that she
has a team that will give Yale "a hard a
rub as she ever had. and a team that can
win il 1t plays the best football that it knows
Harvard has been coming all the week,
whereas Yale at best has been stationary
Physically Harvard has n wonderful team
MacMasters has the men just where he
wants them for the Yale game, and not a
man Is bruised or hurt
week ago few could be found who
even thought that Harvard had a fighting
chance, but now the odds have gone from
2 to | on Yale to 10 oS. There IL plenty of
Yale money in Cambridge and Boston at
odds of i0t o 2, and there In plenty Of Harvard
money also, but the Cambridge students
mivei sally demand at least 10 I. Several
small bets have leen placed at 2 to l, even
within the last few days and more at 10
TO 0. Coach Lewis and Head Coach Farley
both expect Harvard to win. The men are
oil in the best possible condition.
The Harvard second team will leave
Boston tomorrow morning at 0 O'Clock
on the Harvard limited The band will
get an earlier start, leaving at ss5
The lineup Of the teams follow
Harvard Positions. Yale
Mills ,.,,.,.,,,. Lett end ...,.,.... ia fcrty
Shea ,.,.,..,.., Left tackle .,..,..,.., Kinney
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