Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-17
MANY BIC GAMES
ON GR|D|RON TODAY
Princeton-YaIe Battle Principal
Contest for the Enthusiasts.

While Yale faces Princeton in their an
nual game there will be other games of
almost as great interest played on the grid
iron today The Pennsylvania Michigan
game and the Carlisle Minnesota game. in
tersectional contests, should have especial
significance. Unfortunately both Pennsyl-
vania and Michigan appear to have inferior
teams below their usual standard, but Car
Isle and Minnesota rank exceptionally well.
Yet the fact that the great Yost is at last to
have a chance to try his team against one
Of the big four will make the game at Phil
adelphia of real moment.
Until last Saturday, when Capt Curtis of
Michigan was hurt, Michigan was regarded
as the certain winner. Penn's poor show
ing in the preliminary season contributed
to this opinion. But Pennsylvania really
only lacked an efficient quarterback to be
very strong team. and she appears to have
solved that problem IN Lawrence. II ne
does as well as he has In the past two
games the Quakers should make hne
showing On the other hand, Michigan. by
losing Curtis, lost the keystone of both Of
Tense and defense, and Is badly handicap
ped Her hopes declined to just the extent
Pennsylvania advanced. It Is now ex-
pected Penn will win by a small score.
The Harvard-Dartmouth game has lost
interest because OF Dartmouths bad defeat
lively certain victory in the game with
North Carolina, but the Cornell and
Swarthmore match promises to be q real
contest The games scheduled for the day
are:
George Washington VS.. Virginia.
Gallaudet We. Baltimore University.
Yale VS.. Princeton.
Pennsylvania VS.. Michigan.
Carlisle Indians VS.. Minnesota.
Cornell VS.. SwarthmOre.
Harvard VS.. Dartmouth.
Annapolis vs.. North Carolina.
Amherst VS.. Williams.
Bowdoin VS.. Maine.
Gettysburg VS.. Medico-Chi.
Chicago vs.. Illinois.
Brown VS.. Vermont
rem. State VS.. Dickinson.
Lehigh VS.. Ursinus.
Fordham VS.. Villa Nova.
Herring at Tackle for Tigers.
PRINCETON, N. j., November 1.-THE
cold northwest wind yesterday dried out
University Field so that last night the
ground was In fairly good shape. Coach
Roper held short signal drill yesterday
afternoon and decided on placing Herring
at tackle to alternate with Phillips at CEN
ter. Capt. Dillon is not in the best shape
whole game. Walter Daub Is his substi-
tute. All the other members of the team
are in the pink of condition and ready to
put up the fight of their lives.
Yale Confident.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, November H.
Yale foot ball players had half an hours
signal practice on the Yale field yesterday
afternoon. Every regular was In his place
and the plays went off with pleasing swift
ness. The players are confident of winning
again.
1t was learned that the entire Yale back
field has been shifted In preparation for
today's game. Capt. Morse has been at
fullback and Roome will not start the con-
test. Veeder has been assigned left half
back because of his punting Knox has
been moved from left to right halfback
Roome will probably replace Morse in the
second half
Hockenburger and Brides will alternate
at center and guard offenSe and de-
Harvard Patched Up.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. November IL
Harvard will face Dartmouth today with a
patched-up team. but the Crimson is conf
dent of winning by a substantial margin.
The team that will meet Dartmouth had
long practice yesterday afternoon. The
greater part of the time was devoted to
signals This was followed by a dummy
drill Reid gave the men long practice in
handling punts and kick-offs and then sent
linesmen to tackle the dummy.
Osborne. the left tackle, has blossomed
into a crack place kicker. He sent fifteen
tries out of seventeen across the goal posts
yesterday afternoon, kicking from the
thirty -hve-yard line. Reports from the
Dartmouth camp In Boston are to the eff
feet that Capt. Glaze will not be able to
play against Harvard, as he developed
case of water on the knee.
Now Up to Michigan Boys.
WESTMINSTER. Pa. November III
have done all that can for the team. The
matter of victory now rests with the play
ers' Thus declared Fielding Yost. the
Michigan foot ball coach as he sminngly
discussed the prospects for victory over
Pennsylvania in teday's game on Franklin
Field The general tenor OF his converSa-
ton indicated that he was not confident of
success.