Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-20

uniform. but would run through simply
a short signal drill
Yesterdays practice marked an acct
dent which will keep John Fitzpatrick.
the brilliant end rush, out Of the game
for the rest of the season. He was
crippled three weeks ago. and was grad
ually recovering. 1t was known that
he could not be in good shape for the
game tomorrow. but it had been decided
| that he should play part of it. He was,
therefore, lined up at end for a short
drill. He leaped into the air to take d
forward pass and came down heavily on
his knee. dislocating 1t. He was taken
off the field and sent to his room. His
knee was adjusted last night, and he
will be laid up several weeks.
Several hundred undergraduates assem-
bled at Yale Field soon the gates
were opened and sang the foot ball war
songs. brass band furnishing noisy
accompaniment. The crowd cheered the
eleven till the players left the field. The
freshmen and scrub fought fifteen min
utes in the closing scrimmaging of the
season All the players except the TWEEN
ty-five men who may get into the game
tomorrow broke training last night with a
banquet. The Harvard backs and center
came here for the purpose of giving the
Crimson kickers an opportunity to test
the air currents that float over Yale Field
and to stamp over the same earth over
which they will battle tomorrow. The
Harvard bunch arrived here at noon
lunched at the New Haven House, dress
ed at the Y. NJ. c. A. gymnasium, which
will be their headquarters here, and spent
an hour at Yale Field punting and work
ing out end plays. Yale students were
stationed as pickets outside the Enclosure
to guard the Harvard players i'm their
secret practice.
Seats for the game are bringing $50
each. Betting has come to display Har-
ward giving odds for the first time in
many years. Several wagers at : to in
favor OF Harvard were laid yesterday
The Yale eleven was taken to the college
infrmary last night to escape the campus
noise. 1t will be quartered there till
after the game.
Busy Day for Harvard.
PENNINGTON. November 20. The
Harvard squad had busy day it's first
whole day in Pennington and the work
was very. satisfactory to the coaches. &C
cording to statement last night. Yester-
day morning the backs and the kickers
went down to New Haven tt get acquaint-
ed with Yale Field. They lunched at the
New Haven House. side by side with the
Yale eleven, who they will meet. and the
members of the two teams chatted pleas
antly together. Fred DAILY. who is Cam
bridge boy in Yale. knew several of the
Harvard men and made the whole party
acquainted.
After luncheon the Harvard backs and
kickers went out to Yale Field for an hour
and a half practice. The practice was all
in secret and consisted principally of try
ing for goals from the field. The men
wanted to get used to Yale Field and
asked the Yale management for permits
sion to use it, which was Immediately
granted.
Capt Burr was asked after the practice
if he expected to play in the game tomor-
row. He said that he did not know
whether he would be able to or not. but
he hoped that he could. Dunlap and Yer
weibe will be able to play. After the
practice the team returned at once to
Pennington. The rest of, the team had
signal practice. linemen filling up the back
positions Today it is planned to have
short scrimmage and two long secret sig
nal practices.
The Pennington people who have tried
to see the practice have been refused. and
the management will not even allow
photographer to get picture of the men.
The following players made the trip
down from Farmngton: Browne. Corbett.
Cutler Gattela, Kennard, Leslie. Nourse,
Sprague, Verweibe and Capt Burr. In
general the men who came here were the
centers. the quarterbacks and the punters.
Their trip was taken to size up Yale Field
conditions. such as the skyline, the condi-
ton and texture of the gridiron and the
general layout.
Cornell in Final Scrimmage.
ITHACA, n. Y, November 20.-Antici-
pating a stiff game at the hands of Trim
ity tomorrow, the Cornell coaches yester-
day perfected their smashing machine for
the game. Incidentally they gave the
varsity squad it's last scrimmage of the
year Sunday the team will take a rest,
and Monday several hours will be de-
voted toward polishing up the plays. Cor
nell will probably leave for Philadelphia
Monday night and stay In a suburb I'M
til few hours before the game. Capt.
Walder rested yesterday because Of
bruises received in Wednesdays scrim-
mage, and Shearer is being handled with
care. Wight. who was badly cut about
the eye, was back in the lineup, and
Crosby. a sub end. who was hurt,
played as if nothing had happened. The