New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-07
HARVARD-PENN TO-DAY.
QuakerS VII Play Protested Men
Changes an Crimson Lane.
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PHILADELPHIA Penn. Nov. s.-Ph.1delphia foot
OaH enthusiasts In fever heat tonight over
the prospect OF The Harvard game The fact that
the result is 50 uncertain. that Harvard protested
three OF Pennsylvania men and that the rua1o- is
gaining ground that the Crimson is about to break
OF all athletic relations with the red and blue. has
produced terse feeling on both sides
Harvard arrived to-day before noon and put up
at the Colonnade Hotel In the afternoon the
Crimson warriors practissd Franklin Field in
secret. Captain Marshall. when interviewed. said
that he had protested the Pennsylvania men. but
would give out nothing further One o1 the Har-
ward coaches. however. said that the action had
been taken without correspondence with or in
strUctions from Harvard's athletic COMMITTEES. II
this is true the Pennsylvania authorities believe
that Captain Marshall VIII be rebuked by that
body
The Pennsylvania team arrived tonight from
Mount PocOnO. and were net by fifteen hundred
cheering students at the West Philadelphia sta
ton They had little say about the protest. and
it is learned that Captain Metzgar tonight sent
note to the Harvard captain. acknowledges the
receipt Of the Iatters protest and regretting that
il was not sent 70 Pennsylvania athletic com
mittee. instead Of himself early enough date
for action by that body
Harvard. however. maintains that Pennsylvania
did not send the names OF her players Up early
enough. but the Quakers regard this as an evasion
for Harvard mas known for month that all three
were playing at Pennsylvania. II IS certain.
the cost. and the cost IS likely TO be the Harvard
game next year.
Eligibility and protests are fast being forgotten.
however. in the keen interest in the game itself
Seldom before has SO uncertain contest presented
itself between the two colleges. While Harvard i
heavier on an average Of eight pounds
team. and tops Pennsylvania by average OF
eleven pounds in the line. still there is $4,000 az
even money waEered in the city tonight
Pennsylvania must suffer from comparison with
fF-f~r cid - "a I'D
has veteran right wing IN A Marshall knoviton
and Bowditch. the Red and Blue has or her left
side to oppose these one guard who played last
year and who could not be clasSed even a second
rate line THIS is PiekarkskL VINO has his 10
pounds distributed feet inches Of rather
loose frame He is somewhat improved over last
year and Is the best man in Peu1syi wanna line
At tackle opposite knOwltOn is ButkieWicz; who
was a substitute last year. and who could only
make substitute centre at princeton DeIore NJ anne
20 FtiliSy ~ Ma Al iet enc, y u l.le
Bowdtch. Is Weede. who could not make the quaker
At centre Pennsylvania has shade the better Of,
il. Parkinson is experiment, and at rt2h-
Harvard viii play At right tackle Pennsylvania
is slow in her man Zsisler out Le M9yne Is an
.,-Iyanta e oye-tonDed on its right side while the
other wing presents a question 10 be answered BY
At quarter the Quakers have a green freshman
Just from his prep school TO match against the
trast IS most marked Behind the line PennsyI-
vaEia has a big advantage In smith, VINO Is one
OF the best IuItDaCkS on Lle Erl4lrOu to-ltS- 01t
at the halves neither Drake nor Reynolds is quite
fast Nichols. although both are a shade
more capable than Hurley.
Taking il ali in all. Harvard has the better team
paper. Her line from end TO end will outweigh
Pennsylvania BY eleven pounds, as II did last year
ana the backfeId will BE- about the same Harvard
has more experienced and she has been de-
velopinE at a great rate in the last two weeks
Both teams however. have played 50 erratically
that only the supporters o. either college at
tempting a forecast Of the result. Leaving the
Columbia game out OF the question. Penusy wanna <
record Is the better. Harvard however always
develops SLOWLY. generally surely Victory now
hangs in the balance
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