Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-21


out in a game of national interest today
other contests will be going on OF I'M
portaDce The Crimson Blue encounter
has nv reason of various influences and
events leading up to it become the Dig
gest game of the present foot bail year
In the college world il is the climax
though there are two big games yet 10
come-the Army VS. the Navy and Penn
sylvania VS. Cornell. There are other
games however which do their snare
toward making today's schedule attract
i've. Syracuse VS.. Michigan. Indians vs.
Minnesota and Amherst VS.. Williams
being prominent among them. The day
schedule follows:
Harvard VS. Yale at New Haven
Syracuse VS. Michigan. at Syracuse
Carlisle VS. Minnesota, at Minneapolis
Chicago VS. Wisconsin, at Madison
Cornell VS. Trinity, at Ithaca
West Point vs. Nillanova, at west
Point.
Annapolis vs.. Virginia Polytechnic, at
Annapolis
F'ordham vs.. r. p. l.. at Fordham.
New York University VS. Havcrford, at
Haverford.
Amherst vs.. Williams.
Bucknell VS.. ursnus.
Franklin and Marshall vs.. Delaware
Dickinson VS.. Mount ST. Marys.
Johns Hopkins ST. John s
Lafayette VS.. LehlSh-
Ideal Weather at New Haven.
NEW HAVEN Conn, November :1.-
The weather today was ideal for the
game. Frost lay like snow on the straw
thatch which has protected the gridiron
within the quadrangle of banked seats on
Yale Field but the morning sun caused
this to quickly disappear and the mols-
ture did not penetrate beneath. me laie
team which stayed at the college iaSl
night to be out of the excitement when
prevailed everywhere. went out 10, the
Country Club during the forenoon ana
for luncheon at the New Haven House.
The Harvard squad came down from
Pennington shortly after IL O'Clock anu
also went to the same place for luncheon
Afterward the players went TO gym
nasiums to prepare for the game
Thirty-six special trains came III during
the forenoon.
Some ticket selling is said to have been
in evidence during the morning, but many
DEPUTY sheriffs and city constables sour
ried here and there running down reports
that spectators were busy Arriving
college men went to the ticket department
to see if any tickets had been returned
hut this year very few tickets came pack.
Will Coy RepeatP
That is the one absorbing and vital
question
overshadow:ns all else in the academic
shades OF Yale That Fascinating Poss'-
bility is equally of consequence to the
hosts from Harvard, who are ALREADY
suaruiua about New Haven. betting their
all in rolls of yellowbacks upon the OUT
come of today's mighty combat between
the foot ball warriors of the Blue anu
Crimson. -,
he
iron fighters of the two great UNIVERSE
ties. That is. Harvard ought to WIN II
young Mr.. Coy, the gridiron Colossus
doesn't grid up his loins anew ana IN
fict upon fair Harvard the same dose
of irresistible line smashing that ne iul-
posed upon the furiously hShting 1lsers
of old Nassau.
hackers of Eli are putting up their
uads upon the plausible presumption
that young MIR. Coy is, like Barkus,
very willin' person, and insists upon
repeating his unmannerly trick OF pound
ing out two touchdowns against Prince
ton nv the greatest individual work OF
recent years on the foot ball field.
Better Team on Paper.
But YOU never can tell, and that Is the
way that the supporters of capt. burt
great eleven are affected. Harvard IS
trained TO the minute. Her team Is
spiendily balanced machine. working with
and the Crimson is better. on paper, man
for man than the husky aggregation that
viii fight for the glory and honor of good
old Yale.
Harvard is undefeated. Harvard
swamped the Indians, and put maj ana
complete ouietus on the championship
asp;rattons of the dashing Dartmouth
eleven. that had humbled the swift ann
tasty fighting Igers foot af panthe for
u,or6 mass the onS.de kick all the In
Then why shouldn't Harvard win;
smash her way to yetpTs a as re S
swamped the Blue - to o, or. IN lsoo
farther back it will be observed>, by
the score OF II to o?
There is just one answer Plus the Weh-
known staying powers of a Yale team.
That answer is spelled in three letters
coy. If the twenty-year-old giant. who
beat winning Princeton team. can m
augurate another ground gaming satur
MALTA then the cohorts of Hi VIII nave
amassed huge sums of money-sums
wagered at evens--with the possibility or
Going to = to ; on Harvard before the
games beginning.
Yale Lacks Something.
Yale hasn't the old-time strength. the
old time finesse or power. For thirty
minutes of swift play Princeton COM
nIetely outgamed, outfought her one
week ago The well-oied Yale machine
OF old. with power and startling variety
of play was missing. II that power and
openness of play has been regained in
the past week the revelation VIII be
astonishing to observers Yale defeated
Princeton through her youthful fullback' S
line plunging.
One fact IS certain, Harvard isn't gong
to be pushed off the grdiron map with
out wonderful and thrilling struggle.
At the Yale-Prnceton game arsus-eyed
Harvard coaches observed young Mr..
Cows exhibition, resulting in two touch
downs When they left the jungle they
appeared buried in profound thought.
For the past week the evidences OF their
exercise of thinking power were shown
in a series of plays drilled into the Grim
son eleven. constructed for the sole pur-
pose of stopping Coy. If Harvard can
stop the young phenom.. Harvard VIII
win On form the Crimson ought to be
good for at least one touchdown.
Open Play-for a Time.
There is reason TO believe that for at
least one-half the game will thrill the
vast throng with some marvellous open
play. To the spectator the forward pass
and the on-side kick are par excellence
the plays Of foot ball.
That will happen. and is as il should be-
But when the second half begins or is un-
der way, and should the score be a tie
old tendencies will arise hidden or unbid-
den ard as sure as there are little green
hot TO-. mill no S-t.,,,,