The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-11-26
CRIMSON AND BLUE BATTLE.
TWO GIANT TEAMS RATTLE FOR
CHAMPIONSHIP OF EAST
I TODAY.
Hasard Scheduled as Winner. but
Tales Showing Against Prince
ton Last Week Has Made Crimson
Cautious-Immensc Throng Gath
crs ON stadium for Annual Event.
Results I'm Past Battles-The Men
Who Play.

Nah"fiuse' MASS, NOV. Z2.-Witn
every available seat in Soldiers Field
occupied by loyal rooters, Harvard
and Yale were prepared to clash in
their annual football battle. This
time Yale has journeyed to Cam
bridge to wipe out the sting OF the
defeat administered by Harvard last
year. when the resultant score was 20
to o.
At the beginning of the present sea-
son Yale made very poor showing
and tho dopesters proclaimed that
when the final clash of the season
came. the Harvard game. Yale would
again be showed under. But those
same critics have changed their opin-
ions to a great extent since the Yale
Brown and e-Princeton games, In
both OF which the Eli Bulldog show
ed that he still had the old fighting
spirit. and the ability to come back"
In the stands money is being wager
ed at 10 to 0 on Harvard or at even
ward boys were Offering 10 to and
10 to on the Crimson.
That the battle will be the most in
teresting and the hardest fought of
tho year Is to be expected No
stronger rivalry exists. rhan that be-
tween Harvard and Yale in athletics,
especially on the gridiron.
So far Yale has had the better of
the argument during the many years
the two schools have met on the
striped field. The first game was
played in 1875 and since then the con-
test has been an annual event with the
exception OF four years. 1877. 1888.
1895 and 1896. Thirty-three games
in all have been played. 22 Of which
have been wor By Yale. s by Harvard
and have been ties. These tie games
took place In 1879. 1899. 1910 and
1911, and In each. the score was to
0.
The highest score which either
have attained in the games between
them. was the score OF as to o made
by Yale in 1885. In 1901 Harvard
made z2 points to Yale's 0. the high
est score which the Crimson has yet
made against the Blue.
Several Thousand Yale undergrad
yates accompanied the team from
New Haven. and graduates and friends
OF old Eli helped swell the Yale root
ing section to almost twenty-five thou
sand. Harvard rooters number as
many. while the few visitors, who are
here merely to see the game and are
not roofing for any particular team,
swell the grand total to almost sixty
thousand. New York and Boston So
ciety. as we'll as the social elect from
other eastern cities and many from
other parts OF the country are repre-
sented In the stands. The crimson
pennants on one side OF the field vie
with the blue on the other. while vio-
lets and chrysanthemums are seen in
profusion In both stands
The spectators expect to witness
some fine punting during the contest
this afternoon. The Harvard line has
shown remarkable strength all season
and the brace which the Yale team
has taken in the last two weeks. es-
pecially In the Princeton games, gives
rise to the belief that tho fast Harvard
bsckfield will have great difficulty I'm
opening up any holes in the Yale
line. Princeton. with her fast backs,
streit. Baker. Click and Law, was un-
able to break through tho Yale line
for any consistent gains. Both teams
will be compelled To resort To a kick
ing game In order 20 work the ball
into their opponentss territory.
Harvard will probably depend on
the renowned Charlie Brlckley to do
most of her kicking. while Eddie Ma
han can also be depended upon to
send the leather for goodly distance.
The recent shift i'm the lineup has
sent Hardwick. who formerly played
at half-back into the line at end, and
Capt. Storer has been shifted to
tackle. This shift was made for the
Brown game. but just how 1t will
work against Yale Is not known, as
Brown did not give the Crimson team
enough resistance To bring out either
the strength or the weak ness OF the
Harvard line.
Soucy at centre, Pennock and
Hitchcock as guards. Storer and Gil
man as tackles. with Hardwick and
O'Brien or Dana holding down the
ends. will probably be the line which
Harvard will present To- Yale. Brad