New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
CLEAR AND COLD FOR
A FOOTBALL CLASSIC
Good Footing Promised, Too,
When Yale GrappIes with
Princeton Team.
BLUE QUARTER LIMPING
Springs Slight Charley Horse,
but Will Start in Game This
Afternoon-New Haven
Packed to Doors.

New Haven. Conn, Nov lf.-talr
weather and "A fast field are all that Is
needed to make the Yale-Princeton foot
bali game. at > o'clock here tomorrow
memorable in the already long list oil
gridiron contests between these Ola atm
letc rivals.
In every other respect the contest prom
ises 10 be a record breaker and, as though
approaching the responsibilities, the iocai
weather man holds out preliminary
promise Of ideal football conditions. Inc
moon is shining tonight from an UNI
clouded sky, and a stiff November "ihu
is rapidlv driving out the turf, deadened
by the forenoon rain.
Inspired by the bracing atmosphere ana
the prospects Of thrilling battle on
Yale Field tomorrow afternoon, the au-
vance guard of the thousands or specta-
tors who will witness the struggle are
filing into the city by train ana motor
car.
Hotel accommodations are as scarce as
tickets for the game, and strange anu
extreme measures are being taken to care
for those who I'm moments OF thoughtless-
bothering to reserve quarters In advance
Even the prospects OF night spent !"
a stiff backed chair or on the inhospltaDle
surface of a billiard table fails TO XIII
the enthusiasm Of the real football spec
tators. and they are Haunting their col
lege colors. although they know not "here
they may lay their heads. The blue OF
vale and the orange and black OF Prince
TON dazzle the eye. From buttonhole
window and doorway the hues of the two
connecting universities snap and hutter
attuned 10 the songs and cheers OF 'he
gathering graduates and classmen.
The wisest seer, however, would IAN
in his efforts 10 find an omen OF victory
i'm this panorama Of color, for among
the flags. buttons. arm bands and other
decorative effects there is missing a pre-
ponderance Of hue which might lead 10
the belief that either Vale or Princeton
was an overwhelming favorlte.
This same sentiment is reflected In the
WAGERING Princeton is a slight favorite
at odds Of 10 TO :, but betting on the out
come OF the game Is comparatively lght
and most OF the wagers during the AFTER
noon and early evening were OF the freak
variety having 10 do with the method oil
scoring and total points.
Red" Rrann probably will start the
game at right end for Yale, with carter
AS first substitute. All the regulars. with
the exception of Wilson. are In perfect
condition. In yesterdays workout the big
Yale quarterback sprang slight charley
horse. but he will start play.
TWO thousand students marched out 70
the field this afternoon and lined up
around the grdlron. cheering the eleven
individually and singing the new song
Good Night. Princeton
The team ran through signals in snappy
fashion I'm the open practice that tol-
lowed a half hours drill In secret, In
which the new formations that Will be
used against Princeton had tryout.
The signal practice was interrupted by
a ralnstorm that drove the undergradu-
ates 10 the cover Of the baseball grand
stand. where they practlsed songs ana
cheers for a half hour, with Captain
"Jack" Blossom OF the nine as cheer
leader
After the regular practice Otis Guern-
sey and Pumpelly had long drop KICK
ing session and Captain Ketcham ana
Knowles practlsed placement goals
The men went to the inhrmary after
dinner TO spend the night.