The Washington herald., 1910-11-19
HARVARD PICKED
TO DEFEAT YALE
Big Collegiate Game at New
Haven This Afternoon.
THE BULLDOG IS CONFIDENT
Crimson supporters Omer ? TO L
odds and There Is Plenty OF Yale
Money I'm sight-wearers of the
Blue Engage in Light Practice.
spend Night Out OF Town.

New Haven, Nov. is-Every Yale man
who came 10 town tonight was told that
X Harvard thought she had q cineh IN
the game tomorrow she would find her.
self mistaken before the contest was
over Hundreds OF the Yale crowd were
given to understand that the Yale eleven
was IN excellent condition to meet Har-
ward Yale men are not overconfident
Most of them think. as Walter Camp ex-
pressed himself tonight, that It Will be
very hard battle.
Quite delegation OF Yale rooters and
Harvard supporters arrived In New
Haven this afternoon and all the evening
trains brought in more. There was one
thing missing 10 the Yale men who came
back for the game, and that was the old
New Haven House. for a quarter of a
century the gathering place OF the foot
bali hosts the night before the game
Half this building has been torn down
TO make room for a new hotel to be
known as the Taft Hotel. named after
the President and a Yale man. In the
absence of this rendezvous there really
isn't any definite headquarters for the
football enthusiasts OF both universities.
and they were scattered through the diff
ferent hotels OF the city.
All the old Yale graduates who have
arrived wanted TO see the men on the
team or wanted to get a line on them
from Head Coach Coy but the eleven
and subs went out of town for the night.
the first time in many years, In order TO
avoid the excitement and 70 be away
from the distractions of the anxious Yale
alumni. They went 10 Meriden for diver
sion. and while there listened TO a talk
on north pole region incidents from Harry
Whitney and Capt Robert Bartlett, who
went on the trip 10 the pole with Peary.
The two lecturers threw IN stereoptieon
views OF happenings in that northern
country.
Betting Odds Favor Harvard.
There has been little change in the
betting on the game. Harvard men to-
night backed their team generally al odds
of 2 20 l. Considerable Yale money was
put up that Yale would win the game.
II was given out that Ted Coy. Tom
Sheviin, Brink Thorne, and Foster San
ford had all declared that Yale was sure
/ TO win = game. and such statements
gave courage TO the Yale men To back
their team with cash large sum of
money was telegraphed this afternoon
from brokerage offices in this city 20
Boston at the prevailing odds
a big delegation OF Harvard men came
as far as Hartford this evening and
stopped there for the night to be near
their team, which is stopping at Farming
ton, few neiIe out from Hartford The
Harvard eleven VIII get here about noon.
and after dining at the Yale dining hall
viii so % the Yale Field
The Yale coaches could not hnd a field
level enough near Meriden Tor practice
for the varsity football eleven this aft
ernoon. SO the team and coaches piled
into automobiles and had ride from the
Highland country field at Meriden to
Yale Field.
There had been d report circulated to-
day that the team might come down. and
a few hundred undergraduates. who arc
FAR more nervous than the team, went
ont to the field and had the pleasure of
seeing them so in behind the gates and
the gates closed But they gave a cheer
and waited patiently until the greatly
reduced squad came out
There was only signal drill In the Sc
cret practice outside of a little indi-
NluuA WORK Ihere was a little running
back OF punts, in which Vale has been
weak this year, and then there was the
signal work.
Yale Teams Lineup.
The team lined up as it will start the
game tomorrow: Fitzpatrick. left end;
Scully, left tackle: Fuller, left guard:
Morris. center; MeDevitt.' right guard;
Paul. right tackle: Brooks right end
Howe, quarter back; Field. left half back;
DAILY, right half back, and Kistler, fun
back
With the team are several of the subs
who are likely 10 get I'm tile game To-
morrow. There was Bomeister. Vaughan.
Savage. Francis Buckingham Corey,
Suout Demlng, and Baker. Yale will
use Eaary men in the game tomorrow,
and viii take fun advantage of the rule
allowing a man to so In at the beginning
of each period.
After the practice the members OF the
team left Immediately for the Highland
Country Club 10 remain there until to-
morrow forenoon