The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-11-22
Big Game of
Year Today
CARLSON AND BLUE FOLLOWERS
A1E READY FoR GRIND.
Lovers OF Game Prom All over the East
Gathering TO Witness Coness,-
weak Points ousHrsd

NEW YORK. Nov. 2l.-The Harvard
stadium Is the mecca toward which all
faithful football followers In the east
Will turn tomorrow. ON the green turf
OF that arena. surrounded by towering
walls OF humanity. Will come 20 the en-
max OF the gridlvOn season--the meet
ing OF Harvard and Yale. There Is tho
same undergraduate iHtsr.ss and "a
VARY IA the Meslcyan-I rinity. .syra-
cuse-Carlisle. Lehis h Lafayette Ste
vens-Rutgers. Aru,s-Spring neId aud
NaNy-New York university games, but
the fame and tradition OF the gridiron
classic at Cambridge oNersaadovs All
othsf contests OF the day.
for more than a week the alumni OF
ing In Boston for the struggle. ami to-
night the thousands were augmented
% the advance OF thu entire Nale IN
In place OF the early season hope OF
holding Harvard 20 low score vic
tory. Yale now believes that her team
has an excellent chance or defeating
the Cambridge combination.
mat the Yale eleven Is one OF the
great possibilities has been stated re-
peatedly by both the coaches and those
who have followed its play during the
strength. the Blue showed flashes OF a
mary games, and though defeated by
CoIsate. really found itself in the CON
test with princeton n week ago.
Steady Advance.
Harvard's progress On the other hand
has been steady and without special fea
tlre ana the Crimson goes into the game
tomorrow with "A seasons record IN
ma red by defeat Except In the con-
test with Princeton. played on "A nlip-
very. "ater-soakcd cid. the fun strength
OF the Harvard combination has not
been tested this autumn. In the eight
games To oaL. Harvard has rolled up a
.t"tsl or 20 points To her opponents is
Compared Individually. the Harvard
ward players DO not appear as formid-
abIe against the Yale eleven as the
team work and scores -souid seem 10 in
ulcate. or the TWO back fields the Grim
son quartet IS undoubtedly the stronger
ana more versatile. both on oTense and
In the line there is not the sam. ,a-
vantage FOR the Crimson that exists in
the back field. and any particular weak
ness thAt might be exposed by the saw
"he chaiges OF the Yale forwards will
nave an important bearing on the re-
SUIT OF the game. Unless Logan Brick
les and Mahan have time 70 handle the
"siI CREAMY and gain Roadway their
On tctNcness will be greatly curtallsl
AGAINST Princeton the HarVara..line de
NsIoped unexpected weakness on both
vIehSc ana defense. ana IL was only IA
ne contest with the Tigers that In.
'ilinson was put 10 real test The
SnlIt formations % princeton puzzled
hurNards forwards and they were un-
.tbIe 70 check the advance until we'll
INTO the second quartes when tho her,,
RAIN and resultant slippery field robbed
-l- iletrS or much OF their speed. IL
was IN this emergency that the second
arr defense came TO the fore 80 val
iautly. '"'
THAT tho team will play a hard fast
game from the opening whistle is ex-
pecttd by both universities. and there
hipear4 10 De no particular advantage IN
physical condition for either
ASIDE from the Harvard Yale game
the chiff interest Of eastern football
-howins 81 the Army and Navy cams
Wnich meet one week from tomorrow
u me two eleNens the cadets have De
Cldedly the harder opponents since the
Springheld Y. NJ. O. A. training school
winch visits West Point Is far more
"aus'f"us than the New York university
Annapolis.