Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-20
Tickets For Big
Game at New Haven
Won't Go Around.

New Haven, Conn, Nov. 19.-To a
ertain extent the asles on the Yale
ficld grandstand will be used by spec
ators Saturday, and tickets have been
ssued for this space, but the demand
s far from being satisfied. The amount
If cash returned with untitled appli-
atoms is $4,000. A list of untitled APP
elicatiuns of Yale men has been made
lp and If any tickets come back the
list will be followed. City officials have
,lot received tickets this year as there
ave been none for public distribu-
ion.
Yale and Harvard football players
net in a friendly way here today. no
yer the tea cups, but over the dining
ables at the New Haven House. t
which, the respective squads had gont
at noon for luncheon. The Harvard
JACKS and kickers mad come down
rom Pennington to practice for al
hour on the Yale gridiron and went to
luncheon at the same hour the YAH
men were at their regular training Ia
lie. There was no opportunity for more
han an exchange of greetings. Har
ards practice consisted of kicking at
ercnt parts of the field. The idea was
20 familiarize the back field players
With the surroundings and alos thu
turf The Yale squad went out for ligh'
scrimmage and signal practice at Z
o'clock and this practically ended tn.
hard training of the squad
John r. Fitzpatrick, Yales most ag-
gressive end, whom it was decided this
morning should start the game at left
end Saturday against Harvard, was Sc
riously injured and had to be taken t.
the infirmary. Afraid that he would be
injured the coaches had decided not
to use him in the scrimmage today. but
did not see how anything COULD happen
to him in the signal drill. fitzpatrick
jumped up into the air to get high
forward pass and when he came down
fell over onto his knee. The kneepan
cropped and he also twisted the knee
so that he was unable to walk.
The effect of the injury TO Fitzpatrick
was so depressing that the coaches de-
cided not to have scrimmage. lons
signal drill followed with Burch and
Logan at ends. These men VIII start
the game, but it is thought that Haines
VIII take the place OF one Oh tneIu Sool'
after the game starts.
About 1000 of the students marched
to the field to practice songs and
cheers, arriving just as Fitzpatrick was
being carried off the field This seemed
to put damper on the spirits of the
men and the songs and yells did not
go off with the usual enthusiasm. At
ter tho Varsity signal drill the Fresh
men and scrubs had short scrim
mage, neither side scoring, the scrubs
having all they could do to hold the
Freshmen.
Tomorrow the Yale scrubs will have
their final scrimmage and then dis
band after the customary ceremonies
and dance around a bon fire on the
field The close of the hard training
fir,ls the Yale men in good condition.
Some of them look as II they were
trained down a tritle fine. Coy cspe-
cially looking as if he had lost consid
cradle weight. He and Coach Bigelow
declare the men are feeling Splendidly
and are in fit condition for very hare
battle 1t is quite noticeable today thai
some of those close to the training o.
the men are rather worried over the
team. The feeling is that the hard bat
tie of last Saturday at Princeton had
taken away some of the energy of the
men and while they are in good shape
there is no rebound such as comes with
fresh energy. All the Yale men are en-
however. and confident of
No more changes in the lineup
are anticipated.
The Harvard men who did not come
down here had signal practice and
light scrimmaging on the grounds of
the Country Club at Pennington. The
men who came here We're Captain Burr,
Browne, Corbett,e Cutler, Gallatti, Ken
ard, Leslie, Nourse, Sprague and Yer
Weibe.