Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-22
HARVARD AND
YALE FIT FOR
!. BATTLE TO-DAY
10000 Fans viii See Annual
:'Gridiron Struggle Between
Eastern Colleges for Title.
By j. W. Conaughy.

~ OSTON. Nov. % The West
* minister Abbey Of the United
States was turned over In a
lump TO the football army to-day
Some 81, 600 perfectly useful men
and women. including the student
modes of half dozen colleges have
Isken possession of this well-known
tity and were conCentra ting on Har-
yard Stadium for the great Yale
Harvard football game this afternoon.
j. was figured that fully $40 600 was
bet on the game In this city In the
past three days
The last reports from the outlying
precincts where the fighting forces of
The two universities were enCamped
were TO the effect that the teams
iRere as ht as time and money and
erperts could make them. Captains
ketchAm and Storer We're quoted as
saying that they felt ready for the
light Of their lives. and they hoped
that an American would win it.
THERE is some uneasiness in the
Yale camp over the condition of
Marting's knee Marting Is the cen
ter rush, doubling with Captain
xetcham In that capacity, and he is
rot expected TO do any kicking that
is to say. he Is not expected TO do any
Of the kicking of the football in the
course of the riot,
But in the dear old pastime as she
=, is played by the genial boys you never
(. can tell when a good, earnest, surrep-
a titious Kick will be grand stroke for
- the dear old alma mater, and IL is
y Just as well TO have both legs in good
q shape.
q The captain himself, we are happy
= TO report, was never better. They say
+ he has been knocking his sparring
{ partners around to beat the band,
= Head Coach Jones comes forward
81 with the announcement that his bunch
= will present the same Blue line of
z heroes that faced Princeton week
n ago. This does not speak very well
: for Princeton, and practically elimi'
ss7Ales that bunch for consideration for
= Lhis season.
w ULLTr1NS from a bush league
%R@station known as Tyngsboro bring
y the glad tidings that Harvard has
" nothing to fear. The team left there
rs late this morning on the way to the
y Stadium. with every man fully expect
r; ing TO do his duty. There was some
=. uneasiness about the condition of Mr..
~ Hardwick and Mr.. Hitchcock. Neither
= Of these gentlemen Is at all fractured
in any vital part. but when the squad
left for this place in the provinces a
few days ago It was observed that
both of them looked rather drawn, as
if ii had taken too much out of them
10 make the weight.
There was good deal OF indigna
tSen about II, too, for IL Is well known
that all of these battles are at catch
Weights. But the rest of several days
rs~expected to have them fixed up.
tsN the last practice of the varsity
the celebrated young Mr., O'Brien
was not performing at his performing
place on end. quiverlng gasp OF
CONSERVATION quivered through the
student body when a Mr.. Dana was
observed at that position. But those
ia authority hastily assured the loyal
progeny of John Harvard that Mr.
UBrien would be there with both fists
and pair of feet when the gong
sounds this afternoon.
Consider this, Mr. Children, 1t is
Wonderful tip-off on the Harvard of
to-day. Here is the whole outfit
wrought up over the prospect Of an
O.Brien being replaced by Dana.
Why, we can bark back to a day when
an O'Brien would have been lucky to
-se~able to buy ticket for the game
much less land a place on the team
That things have changed is the prin-
asfAI reason that Harvard was q
sight favorite over Yale, a.
q Our modest forecast of the betting
's,spsyed as accurate as the habit of
'gsf5qff modest forecast There WAS a
'(at' of talk of 10 to s and 10 70 3 on
-Rlervard. but In strictly college cir
,,EHs the bulk of the betting was at
sA@len money But technically Harvard
%FxS the favorite for while her fair
cons would not stick up any reckless
<fls on a victory they were willing
r0-give odds that Harvard would score
AS many points as her rival. This is
merely another way OF betting that
yale will not do better than tie
THESE added much 10. the gayetY,
L of the assembled populece one.
Of the most popular sports here on
The night before the Yale game is to
sit around the Hobbies of the hotels
and watch the expression on. the faces
jGsthe tardy guests ana pitying clerk
when an unprecedented demand for
1~foom is made.
IAN Of the store windows, saloons
ma other popular spots OF the his
toric city were decorated 10 the fun
limit OF endurance With the deep Grim
son and heavy blue Of the opposins
armies
Mayor Fitzgerald. who is one OF the
best little announCers eNtant. an
uuunced that the keys OF the city had
been turned over to the football horde.
This was doubtless Commendahle.
only kick is that, judging from the
sounds that sssailed our windows all
through the night, Mayor Fitzgerald
forgot TO take the keys to the vine
CELLARS OF the ring before he turned
lhe KEYS Of the city over
ndEy
- FRENCH FIGHTER WINS.
PARIS, Nov - The French mlu
SseNeight MarChamp, knocked out Bat
Tag Robinson, negro tighter from
the United states, ia the NTH round,
7ts, night