New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
READY FOR BIG BATTLE.
TEAMS IN LIGHT WORK.
Boston Filling Up zcith AdUance
Guard of Football Host.
TAD" JONES Yale).

Boston, Nov. 22-The actors in the football
drama in the Stadium at Cambridge Tomorrow
spent tonight miles from the scene of the
impending conflict and far away from the turmoil
of the gathering crowds and the attending excite
ment- The Harvard team went twenty miles into
the country 10 seek seclusion at the Norfolk Hunt
Club, at Medfeld. The paid visit Cam
bridge during the day, for faculty restrictions re-
quired their attendance lectures despite the rig
orous work planned for tomorrow. but all the men
were back at the Hunt Club in the afternoon, and
an hour or two was spent In spirited but harmless
signal practice. The team will reach the Stadium
tomorrow by automobiles.
The Yale athletes reached their hotel at Auburn
Gale. in the Newton district, last night, and this
forenoon the team went to nearby athletic field
for a little limbering up and signal work The rest
Of the day spent in listening to stories of pa
Yale victories from old time pla yers many of whom
visited the hotel and remained during the evening
The Yale players viii go to Cambridge tomorrow
on special electric cars.
The probabilities for bright skies tomorrow,
and the weather is likely to be ideal for the on
lockers, but a little warm for the players The
gridiron has been protected far possible by a
Blanket OF straw, but II is almost to soggy
and wet in places, which may initiate against long
runs in the open Tad Jones will find /,
hard TO double and dodge without a good foothod.
The strength Of the tide of football enthusiasts
which will gather to witness the annual game was
felt here before to-day, and from that time
on the flood of visitors steadily increased Hotels
stopped booking guests several days ago, and ar
rivals to-day who failed TO make previous pro-
visions found accommodations difficult TO obtain.
Something TO stir up enthusiasm for the
way Of decorations on the dormitories in the yard.
The seniors started the idea by hanging out Har-
ward banners and class banners from their win
doWs, and IL has been carried out further by the
hasty preparation of signs which are draped across
the fronts of the buildings On the face OF Ho-
worthy thirty-foOt sign asks the question. Are
We Down -Hearted?" and answers it with an en-
phatic mol" On Hollis a similar sign in red white
and black bears the inscription, Remember 1901
Harvard p, Yale O." The front of Thayer is deco
rated with H" of crimson bunting which is
four stories high and thirty feet wide, and with
big crimson H" Of electric lights over the en-
trance. All the rest of the buildings are gay with
flags futtering from the windows.
Memorial Hall has been decorated in advance for
the big football dinner tomorrow. At one end OF
the big room hangs a gigantic banner on which
the long Harvard cheer is spelled in letters two
feet high, and below Harvard o. Yale O." The
gallery at the opposite end Of the hall is hidden by
four great class banners hanging in a across
fits front. Last night the enthusiasm in the hall
the dinner hour more orderly than the night
before The management had hired Kanrichs Band
to play during the dinner. and they occupied one
gallery. All their tunes given to a vocal ac-
compartment by the students and to an instru-
mental accompaniment OF knives and dishes.