The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-11
YALE FAvOR|TE
AMONG BET TORS.
Great Game Oh Saturday Is No
table Football Event of
the Week.
HOT FIGHT is EXPECTED
Eli Very Strong, But seas,,'
Has Been Full Of Surprises.
Football n ot..s

W The notable foot bali event OF the wcek
MIL he the game on Saturday between Yale
and Princeton. The interest Of sporting circles
u In tho result OF the great game expected Is
steadily increasing. and number OF bets arc
being booked. Tho ruling odds on Yale are
5sg to 5. though there Is some even money to be
found, Tho Philadelphia Inquirer predicts
AZ Yale victory, but declares that neither team
sSwill be beaten until the last pay Is made.
'rho Boston Record while recognizing the I'M
pr, gnublo character OF Eliss defense and the
strength OF the mighty forward line, Is not
so sure. This paper says:
princeton has los, many OF her last years
star performers, she has suffered rcvcrses, she
has been SLOW TO develop, and IN every WAY "a,
S5,r ins spirit must stlli be considered n
factor in the game No Princeton Lean. now ON
ever weak has been beaten until INC last
play Of tho game.
Expect Good Game.
Harvard men havo mora reason than has
hitherto been consistent with the teams show
Siiig to expect a good Eamo with lnie. me
Penn contest was wonderful. The men got
}intopth Eams with more vim, there seemed
g. fsr eshs Of ana tn
Whether or not tho SLOW tactics used NJ
present in the backficld will be successful
/ against the New Haven men,. Is thing Of
\ conjecture. Tho tandem formation. so close
Ito the line OF necessity limits the variety OF
Mays tliat IT is possible to successfully carry
cut
TO start an end play from this formation
is almost impossible unless the man CARRYING ,
shat must be taken to avoid his own line be-
Ing likely to throw him from his balance at
energy to avoid the opposing forwards.
81. Harvard has the material and the coaches,
sa,n oe Yales best endearoSs
outlook for the Crimson seems more hopeful.
and II tho present rate Of development CON L
tt,Stn I'm Vpyn -FCAr In IN N
walkorer for the Blue.
u The passing of Dewitt, who made It possible
stronger one. means probably that Princeton
must depend upon team pay. But such is the
reputation Of the Tigers TIM. the foot ball
effort by an Orange and Black player.
8, Both against Cornell and against West
an uphill game after being first scored upon
This is CHARACTERISTIC OF Princeton, teams but
ST also shows hat Prnceton is formidable.
y Coach Robinson, OF tho Brown team, snys
itut he does not think so highly Of the iss's
attack Princeton has proved herself n &
ratio Mi fall. q az "a
he a strong fnvorite for the garno but this
has been. a season Of surprises, and anything
M, ma happen even 10 E'is's complete over.
Foot:Ea,&l ..icts.-. #
n .rcnnsy" is still aching to get on game
with Princeton. They like very well to try It
nest Senr. Blu the Tlg + purrs low and says
nothing
& Saturdays game will introduce a new UNI
Wrenn--to eastern football &nn-&
;husiGsts AS rule. the work of the OIL
clals has been better this year than in tho
past
. Harvard has been known TO do lot In two
weeks before Yale game. The Crimson may
lsauntcr down TO New Haven with few
cards that haven't been; dealt I#
i Burke hasn't ertirely got over his tendency
to- tumble especially when the play PUSHES
him bit.
+ The head coach OF Brown University gives 1t
as his opinion that any tenn which tackles
low and hard will stop Ynles advance. And
ifhn Tigers do both, 81
q Holy Cross has spoiled two clean records
this season. being tho only team to score
on Dartmouth and Amherst
Q Woodsheds at Princeton are being carefully
supplied with combination time locks. anti
iiIatng that the Tigers may win. 8
iJ8Dr. Carl s. williams. the head coach OF
the University Of Pennsylvania football team.
4who has piloted the fortunes OF the Rod and
sHluo from the despair into which it was
plunged three years ago TO the recent VIC 4
tory orer Harvard. .a.ih probably resign ~
the close Of the prestpt season 10 give his
entire time to his Itiof6sson. The plan which
~ being so carefully developed at Pennsylvania
~ that IF REGULAR graduate coachinr system.
such rs II now in force 80 successfully at
Yale. George Brooke and Wharton are men |
Toned US possibilities.