The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-11-22
Harvard and Yale Faced Each
Other Under Indian
Summer Haze
CRIMSON TEAM A
SLIGHT FAVORITE
Yale Supporters, However, Were Will
ing to Take Short End of 10 to z
Odds-Both Teams Had Well De
veloped Kicking Departments.

Odds-Both Teams Had Well De
veloped Kicking Departments.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.-The iutcrcol-
legiate football championship Of the
East hovered over the white griiiron of
the stadium today as the Harvard and
Yale clovens lined up for the deciding
game Of the season. The Crimson team
went into the contest a. pronounced fa-
vorite in the general betting although
the backcrs Of the Blue did not hesitate
to accept alluring odds Of Toto Or -
to 6 against them.
The weather was fine from the stand
/ point of the spectators Int the Indian
\ summer air lacked tie encouraging snap
which puts life and speed into football
players Favorable reports came from
+ both camps this morning. Il has been
nauy wears sinre The teams Of Yale
and Harvard faced each other with such
/ well developed kicking departments,
and goals from the Gcid were expected
to feature tile contest through the efforts
Of Briekley ana Mahau of Harvard ana
Knowles and Guernsey of Yale.
Harvard entered the game with the
hope Of keeping Yale from making 4
touchdown 4. no Blue PLAYER has cross
c5 the Harvard goal line nj six years.
Tire Cambridge institution also hoped
to break the ten year tradition Of its i'm
ability to defeat Yale IL the stadium
amt tile longer one that Harvard cannot
defeat Yale two wears in succession
Hotels and theators in Boston last
hight reported conditions that rgscm
bleI the boom dayS Of a Western min
ing town. Rooms Mt the leading hostel
ries have been unobtainable for several
weeks and Railways and lounging quar-
terS were blocked with cots whereby the
bouiface cared for the overflow stand
ing room only signs decorate the lob-
hies Of all the theaters. and the blue Of
Yale and the crimson Of Harvard every
other valuable point Of vantage in and
about the Hub.
Ticket spectators received from So
TO $50 for a pair Of the few seats IA
their possession and large percentage
/, OF the AZ 600 persons who expected TO
witness the game appeared 10 be anN-
i0uS to wager lust \ trifie on the
outcome of the contest. Odds n Bos-
ton last night ranged from l0 to 10 ?
70 ! on Harvard with prepouacrance
OF crimson currency i'm sight.
III the midst OF all this hubiuh tire
squads of rival gridiron gladiators were
Scqucstcre,i III quiet quarters outside the
excitement zonc. The Yale team and
substitutes spent the night at Auburn
! dale. ana an air 81 confidence pervaded
the temporary quarters Of the Elis
This feeling was accentuatej by the
excellent practice OF the blue eleven IL
the stadium early in the afternoon
y when the team showed great speed Ill
4 signal drill and Guernsey drop kicked
L the ball over the goal repeatedly iron
! difficult angles.
~ Harvard's varsity AMI substitut,
Z PLAYERS hid themselves within the 40
b main of the Vesper club on am island il
~ the Mcrrinac river near Lowell. Asid'
IS from 4 little golf AMI short sigma
Z lineup ii was an uneyeutful - hour
: for them.
u The Opening lineup, appear to Il
tile sources II greatest trouble, c-pce
lially for the Yale coaches. Some douh
existed as to whether Carter or Brani
would be at right end for the blue wheI
the team first faced Harvard, an
L. Guernsey might start the game at full
back for the Ellis No eleventh. hon
changes have been announced IN Il
at Harvard ranks, but 4 ruiuor prcvallc
II Yale circles that shift in formatio
might hc expected about > clock thi
afternoon This report probably aros
from the statement that IN case litri
- cock should leave the play. t'ima
W. would bc shifted 10 his position an
Cowcn substituted at right tackle.