Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-24
HARD WORK FINISHED
Harvard and Yale on Edge for
Great Battle.
ELS INVADE CAMBRIDGE
Loose Ends Gathered Up by Grim
son Eleven in Last Set-To
With Scrub.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November d.
The seasons preliminary work ended at
Harvard yesterday when the varsity
team for the last time lined up against
the scrub and put the finishing touches
on the game as they hope to play it and
to make it go against Yale Saturday.
The Yale team broke camp at New
Haven yesterday also and last night the
players. with Jack Field and two Of his
assistants. Morris and Brooks, went to
Auburndale, Boston suburb. The Yale
men arrived at 8 o'clock, and this
morning went to the stadium for ar
hours practice. They will be away again
down to the field to cheer their own clever
In its final signal drill on the battlefield.
Yesterday afternoon there was no hard
foot ball, but the Harvard varsity lined
up against the scrubs. and spent much
time In making plays go smoothly, and in
trimming up the defensive work Of the
varsity line against Yale plays. The line
up was the same as the day before, with
Potter at quarterback, Parmenter at CEN
ter and FELTON, at right end FELTON, is
not worrying the coaches any more. He
has recovered from his injury entirely,
and will not be harnessed at all when he
enters the game. Whether he will start
Is q question.
Potter was active yesterday. but has
developed quite limp, and the coaches
are not SO optimistic as they were re-
garding his chances for remaining in the
game for any length Of time. Both Pot
ter and FELTON, may be in the game to-
gether when the Harvard team takes the
field, but when FELTON, is kicking Harvard
is out good man to go down the field
with Smith, while Potter's kicks, although
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covered by Smith and O'Brien. the latter
having developed to be q really first
string end in a few weeks. The Harvard
men are now in fine condition physically
to put on their very best foot ball against
Yale. The coaches are not overconfident,
but believe that the team will be able to
hold Yale. and possibly win If Howe can
be suppressed.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,. November "a
The largest and most enthusiastic crowd
of Yale undergraduates that ever speeded
a Yale foot ball team on its way to Cam
bridge journeyed to the railroad station
yesterday and filled the station platform
and yard. Over twelve hundred under
graduates were in the party. The men
cheered Capt Howe, Jack Field and the
team and gave several long cheers for
Yale. An amusing feature Of the teams
departure was the presence of theatrical
troupe on the same train. The cheers for
the team were turned into cheers for the
chorus, and the students demanded q
speech. One Of the girls started to open
window and simultaneously every stu
dent in the crowd deluged the coach with
hundreds Of pennies. The speech was
never begun.
The coaches and players are more con-
fident than ever of defeating Harvard. AS
usual, they have nothing definite to say,
but in private conversation and in their
general attitude their confidence is plain.
A victory is surely expected. This conf
dence has considerably increased the lat
ter part of the week. especially since the
condition of Capt. Howe has so materially
improved. Yesterday all of the men were
in good condition. fit to play the game of
their lives, and everything has been done
to put the team in readiness for Harvard
The expected lineup remains unchanged
from that announced Wednesday.
Twenty-Five players made the trip yes
terday, and the squad OF scrubs wiz fol-
low Saturday morning The largest
crowd Of undergraduates ever leaving
New Haven will go up to the city today
or tomorrow in several special trains
Today the team expects to have light
signal practice in the Harvard stadium
merely to accustom the men to the field
and to timber up their muscles. The
practice will be short and consist only OF
kicking and signal work.