The evening world., 1913-11-21
Harvard's Football Forces viii
Meet Hall Way Any Rough
Stuff That Yale Tries to Intro.
duce in Game Tomorrow.


Copyright. 1919 nv The Press Publishing Co.
THE New York World.
VHE sporting world 10 all asoe ove-
to-morrow's Ya'e-Harvad game,
= and all because the prophets say
W1l be more Of . frss.for-all scrap
shan anything else. No denying Il,
mankind retains the pramordial love Of
. eood fight whsn our ancestors were
swinging their first stone axes every
one-that h. everyone VINO looked on
from tho sidciines and didn't happen
TO get In the w&y---admtred the fellow
Who could strike the iustiest blow.
Yale showed . sample q her goods In
che game with Princeton. where Law
Aad his head ont open by . kick In ono
of tho early scrknma3ca, and was much
mAuled about aftrrward. and Baker
was hammered until his speod left him.
People are wonering just now what
Wi happen whom Yale men 90 out to
set" Mahan and Brickiey. For be It
known that Harvard has Q hshtins
1nAm too. and when that particular
0tyls of play besins Harvard won't
euen the other cheek and gently re-
Qssst another swat upon that eide.
Yale win fnd that Briciiley AMI
n1Ahan arc quite ~ hard and ragged
sitiscns a. Law and Baker. Also that
shsy are we'll backed by men able 20
ass0 knee for knee.
In fact. looking the situation over
carefully. II is hard TO figure out Just
hOw either team can escape total an.
asAilaston. That's the burning question
tAAt has made N.O0o holders Of tickets
- Saturdays game tho envy OF all
WAo won't bs thsre 10 ses the fun II
explains why telegrams to eight leadin Z
Boston hotels yesterday afternoon
beousht eight uniform responses: "AIl
eun."
THE weight question IN the Ritchis.
Murphy hGht was settled las,
night by wire. ana Jim Buckle,
starts for tho Coast at once 10 TAX.
care Of the training OF Murphy and
Gunboat Smith. The weight for tn.
Ritchis-Murphy nEht 10 10 he IL
pounds one hour before entering the
ring. This 10 practically l35 ring side
as very little weight can be taken or
only an hour before fighting.
TYARRy POLLOK. MANAGER o,
II rr"ady Welsh, writes. Dot
a representative At the ring side o.
the Ntch!e- Murphy match In sar
Francisco. Dec. 10. ready TO post
forfeit for a Ritchie-welsh champion
ship contest In Great Britain for
S5.0W purse Vernon Is on wild
goose chase. and I've told him 80
When Richie met Vernon last wsel
Hob asked mo TO he at the meeting
! oeclined with thanks. having 4 goi
engagement and not wishing to vast
my valuable time. There I. the sam
chance Of getting little Willie into
RAG with Welsh as OF pushing owe
the Metropolitan Tower with q tooth
pick. And know Il. Instead OF sign
inG to meet Welsh, Rltchie has gon
70 the Coast to engage In terrib ii
battle with Harlem Tommy Murph,
Harlem Tommy had his hands full las
week with Phil Bloom. y0unSste
Just graduated from the preliminar
caAse. Welsh meets him next Tuesda
night At the Atlantic Garden, and afte
you SEQ Welsh and Bloom In actio
you can Judge for yourself who
entitled to championship battle wit
Atohie. Welsh or Murphy"
There h no reason why Pitch
should be any more censured FOR ngh
tnS Tommy Murphy. who has mad
GOOD in the long fights on the Goa,
ana who In regarded. out there, as q
most dangerous contender for the iigh
weight tiue. than Welsh should be Z,
taking a match with bloom. ~ youn,
cter Just graduated from the prs,i.l
mary class"
rCHIE'S description Of the NEE
Il ing with Bob Vernon supper
- the theory that there was tin
wasted. While might as well have be,
playing golf himself. when ! ask.
Nothing. We asked Vernon II he hs
any forfeit to post, and he said
hadn' We asked him who the peop
were that he represented. and n tn,
were responsible promoters, and
said he really didn't know exactly. :
had Just received cable from som
body In England asking hun TO on
me . match. lie had nothing else
base an offer on. 30 We didn't was
any more time"
While Freddy Welsh II waiting for
that ne IN In earnest and that he IA
some confidence In his own hghtil
ability BY taking on Jack Br!tton
Leach Gross. II he defeated either
these young gentlemen. the pub!
which has held u pretty good opin!
Of Richie since his bout with Gro
would take Welsh more seriously.
BY the way, wouldn't II be the easi,
course TO Just invite President Hue,
W to see the Army-Nsvy tooth
game?
Nike Gibbons and Clarence Ferns Q
to hxht In New Orleans Dec. 10. {
Clarence!
Charlie Miller. ex-''hops." says
had malaria while fighting In the Ea
He certainly did seem 70 have O ci
the night he met Gunboat Smith.
,s;I & e. kH.sSkS;Sil * il,i s.Sss:.! 1:s G. u n