Evening journal., 1907-11-16
YALE AND TIGER
MEET TO-DAY
Great Game on the GridirOn
at New Haven This
Afternoon
BLUE OF ELI THE FAVORITE
ny rHE JouRNAL.s spee.al wire.

BY THE JOURNALS SPECIAL Wire
NEW HAVEN. Nov. 16.-The Tiger
or the Bulldog is the question of the
moment Twenty thousand beribboned
strangers surging through the stree $
Of this little city to-day are asking it.
Fakirs selling badges and college
flags were on the streets, hawking
their wares. winning colors,' aud
"chOice seats between the tifty-yard
lines" If the spectators were to be
believed all Of the $1,000 seats in the
Yale amphitheatre Were directly be-
yond the coveted centre line. All the
confidence lost in the financial world
recently seemed to have gravitated 20
New Haven to-day and to be equally
divided among hackers of the blue and
orange and black.
Up to the kickoff there was no pos
slbilty Of picking short ender.
Prlnceton's hackers swore Nassau
could not be defeated. Yale men We're
equally confident Anything other
than victory for old ELI was out Of
the question
Betting on the contest had all the
earmarks of frenzied collegians fnan-
lciering
Yale the aVorite.
In the main YYaie is a favorite at
8 to 3 and thousands of dollars have
been wagered at these odds in Wall
street Princeton undergraduates came
TO town to-day, however, demanding ?
to /. They couldn't get it. Some bets
were Registered at to 3. but deluge
OF messages from tine Princeton camp
at Norfolk, Conn, caused hackers of
the Blue to think there was a nature
fakir in the Tigers camp and that
stories Of the crpples among the
Princeton players were false. As n
rule Yale money tightened and many
even money bets were registered
on form Yale should be the victor.
The Tigers stacked UP AZ points
against Wesleyan. while the best Yale
could do was 25 TO 0.
Il is true that the Yale-Villanova
game was 45 to 0. while the Princeton
iNlIannova contest resulted IN As to
score. But the Yale game was play
cd later in the season and Princeton Is
much stronger now than when she met
the Catholics A later line is furnish
ed by TIE showing against Washington
and jefferson. Eleven TO nothink was
Yale's best effort. while the Tigers roll
ed up "a 40 to o score. So much for
tho done On form it apears all Yale,
while the Princeton averages 19l II,
the seven Yale forwards average
1877 "a The Flyers hack field aver
ages 164 IA against $50 1-2 pounds of
beef to the man behind Yale's line.
Coy is certainly a better kicker than
Mccormick. Yale men say he will
outpunt Harlan in a duel Of toes.
Stronger on Line Pluneina.
On line plunging Yale apears strong
er. but the season has shown that a
team with strength at the opening
game stands q good chance Of offset
ting line plungirg. The Indians at
Cambridge last Saturday demonstrat-
ed clearly what a lighter team can dc
against huskier opponents with skill
and speed.
After all has been said and proper
discounts made. the fact remains that
both teams are tit for the game Cd 5h5
year. Each team possesses tricks and
ability not revealed previously. Each
is apparently equally fitted to buck the
I line. punt or circle the ends. Barring
the unforeseen the best team viii wiz
and the game should be the contest
of the year.
eBfore daylight the first Of a con-
| tinuous procession of motor cars from
New York and a smaller line from
/ Boston honked its way into New
Haven After daylight there was M
let up Of cars Every machine wa.
bedecked with colors Of one of the con.
testants.
Twenty special trains, the first ar
irving i'm the forenoon, added thous
ands to the throng which turned the
city into bowling sea Of humanity
shouting "Rah, Rah."
The demand for seats exceeding th'
supply BY thousands. Spectators hat
no trouble in getting from s. TO S25 70
choice seats. AS announced this morn
ing. the revised list Of officials is al
follows:
Referee, Michael ]. Thompson
Georgetown.
Umpire, J. L. Okeson, Lehigh.
Field Judge. A. E. Whiting, Cornell
Timer. Charles c. Young, Cornell.