The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-16
WAR NEAR AN END YALE is FAV0RITE
Turkey Realizes That Further Princeton Must Win Be
s Useless Pushed Off Map.
May Situa Biggest Game in East Today
ton Much Harder $4,000.
ARMISTICE Is LOOKED FOR KANSAS IN BIG GAME
To Be Followed by Direct Ne Outweigh
potiations for Peace. hawkers Expect Victory
All the Carlisle, Undefeated Indians,
Conquered Territory. Meet Pennsylvania
Biggest Game in East Today
Draws $4,000.
COrnhuskers Outweigh Jay
hawkers and Expect Victory.
Carlisle, Undefeated Indians,
Meet Pennsylvania.

Princeton. Nov. 16.-Princeton and
Yale are scheduled to meet on uni
versity field this afternoon in what
promises to be one of the premier bat
ties of the season. Indications at the
start of the battle were for hard
close game. Both elevens were on
edge for the battle.
The outcome of today's contest will
have an important bearing on the
final rating of the socalled big elev-
ems" Should Yale come out on top
Princeton with the defeats by both
Harvard and Yale will be out of the
running, while should Princeton win'
it will be either a case Of a three-cor-
nered tie or the championship for Har-
ward, depending on the outcome of the
Harvard-Yal battle week from to-
dav
The Princeton eleven, contrary to the
custom of former years spent last
night in town the entire squad sleeping
in Patton hall, which is situated
considerable distance from the center
of the campus where noise and hustle
was rife until early this morning. The
squad attended the joint concert of
the Yale and Princeton Musical clubs
which was held in Alexander hall last
evening.
Fast Game Is Expected.
The condition of the gridiron is IA
vorable for a fast game being fairly
dry. This has raised the hopes Of
the Princeton followers considerably
as they did not believe that their light
eleven would have an even chance
against the heavy eleven from New
Haven if the gridiron was slippery and
the turf soft. Supporters of both teams
seemed fairly confident of victory al
though the confidence of the Blue con-
tingent was without question much
stronger than that of Princeton men.
The Yale followers are basing their
- -.
showing of the Tigers at Cambridge
two weeks ago, but Princeton enthusi-
asts have felt that the team did not
display its true form in the battle
with Harvard and would give the Ellis
a much harder fight than they gave the
crimson.
The Tigers are centering their hopes
on the speed of their backs-Captain
Pendelton Waller and Dewitt-and
ability Of the line to set the jump on
it's opponents. If the orange and black
players find themselves equalled in
these departments, Yale's greater
weight may prove the deciding factor.
Princeton, to win, must outrun and
Outright her opponents.
The advance guard, composed main
ly of Philadelphia alumni, back for re-
union, together with a number of the
fair sex down for the senior prom"
which was also held last night, began
to come into town early yesterday af-
ternoon but the greater part of the
throng has been arriving this morn
ing. Special trains from Philadelphia
and New York have been rolling in
since o'clock and a conservative es-
innate puts the number of visitors at
10000. With the rise in population
has come rise in prices and all of the
local tradesmen are seizing their op-
portunity and reaping harvests such
as come their way only once in every
two years.
The Scalpers ScaIped.
Betting is varying from 10 to to
10 to Z, with Yale on the long end.
Consid derable money has been placed.
AS all those who applied for tickets
were forced to sign pledges not to sell
them to strangers, a comparatively
small number of the precious paste
boards have fallen into the hands of
the scalperS.