Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-25
Yale and Harvard Compared
for Today's Great Battle.
DARK BLUE STRONGER
AGREEMENT OF GEORGETOWN
AND GEORGE WASHINGTON.
Techs Had Easy Time Trimming
Easterns- Won at
Basket Ball.


mark the close of the season for 1905. Two
important games will be played next week,
but Yale, Harvard. Columbia and most of
the other college elevens will line up for
the last time today Chief interest natur-
ally centers in the annual struggle between
Yale and Harvard at Cambridge, as, to all
appearances. it will decide beyond question
the so-called championship of the east.
There are other games, however, which will
provide close and hard-fought contests Co
Iumbia and Pennsylvania will lineup at
New York, and indications point to a strug-
gle that will keep the crowd on edge from
kickoff to final whistle. New York Uni
versity and Union will be the opposing
forces at Ohio Field, and here, too, game
of more than usual interest is promised.
Dartmouth with a victory over Princeton
and tie game with Harvard to its credit,
will meet its natural rival, Brown, while Lee
high and Lafayette, Syracuse and West
Point and Annapolis and Virginia Institute
will struggle for the mastery. The sched-
ule follows:
Georgetown vs. George Washington Uni
versity, at Washington
Yale VS.. Harvard, at Cambridge.
Columbia VS.. Pennsylvania. at New York.
Union VS.. New York University, at Ohio
Field.
West Point VS.. Syracuse, at West Point.
Mass.
Lehigh VS. Lafayette. at South Bethlehem.
Carlisle VS.. Washington and Jefferson. at
Pittsburg.
: Annapolis vs. Virginia Polytechnic lnstl-
tute, at Annapolis.
Pennsylvania State vs. West Virginia, at
State College.
Wesleyan VS.. swarthmore, at Philadel-
phia.
Trinity VS. Haverford, at Haverford
Holy Cross VS.. Vermont at Worcester.
Johns Hopkins VS.. st. Johns, at Balti-
more.
Rucknell VS.. Villa Nova, at Philadelphia
Fordham VS.. Rutgers. at New Brunswick.
Yale and Harvard Compared.
Today will show whether the ponderous,
weighty and little varied Harvard tandem
attack can control over the darling, wider
and more diversified attack of Yale. The
success of each depends good deal on the
speed and consistency and unison with
which it is manipulated The Harvard at
tack may be just as wearing on the men
who execute 1t as on those who resist 1t, but
it has more of a suggestion of smashing
power about 1t than any other mode of ad-
vancement of the pigskin. The condition of
the field is likely to have a bearing on the
score, but If the Harvard men have &C
quired speed they will be just as much at
home on q dry field as Yale. Harvard, in
compliance with Yale's wish, has been
spreading straw over the field at night all
week. thus showing sportsmanlike spirit.
When the two teams trot on the field the
Yale men will look fragile alongside the
beefier Crimson. but they hope to make up
for this in skill and endurance The Yale
men run up to the wiry rangy type.
Experts say that the Yale men follow the
ball better than Harvard, are quicker to
act when opportunities arise and are better
drilled in team effort. A man for man an
alysis does not render a satisfactory con-
clusion of what Is to be expected today. II
previous performances this season have a
bearing on such analysis the result would
lean toward Yale, for both as individuals
and as a team Yale has done the better
work; but studying the Harvard men from
the standpoint of what they ought to be
able to do when.at their best. not what they
have done one could satisfy himself that Har-
ward was as good, IL not better, than Yale
individually Harvard. We are told, will
fight better today than ever before. If she
does she has the individual ability to make
the fighting tell. provided there Is team
work with 1t. The records and actual play
ing of the teams far this season indicate
relies on spirit to Offset this. AS to Yale
spirit. there never Is any question.
Shevlin the Best.
On the ends of the line Capt Shevlin of
Yale faces Leary of Harvard while Gates
Yale's left end. plays opposite Knowlton,
Haryard's right end and new captain. Shev-
lin. as has been often said. is rated the best
end In the country. He can do most every
thing a foot ball player should do and Is the
best of defensive ends. Leary is not his
equal in experience or all around cleverness
but Leary Is hard, nervy player fast
runner and plays his best every minute of
the game He showed more life and agrees
siveness in the Pennsylvania game than
any other Harvard player, and while not as
hard tackler as Shevlin is a trifie more
certain in making his tackles. Gates Of
Yale is faster down the field under kicks
than Knowiton. who made his reputation as
a tackle several years ago and was dug up
this season to resume playing. Knowlton
was frst-class tackle. and with his foot
ball instinct is just as apt to be first
class end. Both men are sharp tacklers.
with Knowlton likely to be the steadier on
defense He will have to hustle TO follow
the ball as well as Gates Whether the lat
ter will be at his best depends on the con-
dition of his shoulder, which was lame In
the Princeton game.
Brill, the Harvard left tackle. IS a bigger
and stronger man than Bigiow, Yales right
tackle, and a hard man to stop in the tam
dem He can make big holes and carry the
bali well. but Biglow is the quicker of the
two and has done better playing In the two
departments of the game. That Is to say,
while not as powerful as Brill in rushing
the ball he has evidenced an evener balance
of ability In combining offensive and de-
fensive playing. He Is the header player Of