The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-22

:. .;;S.ITENTION OF EAST
IF ~
uENTERS ON GREAT
GR|D|RON STRUGGLE:
Clash Between Yale and
Harvard Climax of the
Gridir0n Season
YALE ELEVEN ONE OF
GREAT POSSIBILITIES
Followers of Blue Believe Team Has
Excellent Chance for Victory.
Crimson Does Not Appear as
Strong as Scores Indicate

New York, November 21.-The Har-
ward stadium is the Mecca toward
which all faithful football followers
In the east will turn tomorrow. There
will come to the climax of the grid
iron scason-the meeting of HARVARD
and Yale. There is also the same un-
dergraduate interest and rivalry in tho
Wesleyan Trinity, Syracuse Carlisle,
Lehigb Lafayette Stevens Rutgers,
Army Springfield and Navy-New York
university games.
For more than a week the alumni
of the two universities have been gath
ering in Boston for the struggle and
tonight the thousands were augmented
by the advance of the entire Yale un-
dergraduate body from New Haven.
In place of the early season hope of
holding Harvard to a low score vic
tory, Yale now believes that her team
has an excellent chance of defeating
the Cambridge combination. That the
Yale eleven is one of the great pos
sibilities has been stated repeatedly
by both the coaches and those who
have followed its play during the au-
tumn.
Noted for its defensive strength. the
Elue showed flashes of strong at
tack in several of the preliminary
games and really found itself in the
contest with Princeton a week ago.
Harvard's Progress Steady
Harvard's progress. on the other
hand, has been steady and without
special feature and the Crimson goes
into the game tomorrow with sea-
sor's record unmarried by defeat Ex-
cept in the contest with Princeton,
played on slippery, water-soal<e ed
field, the fun strength of the Harvard
combination has not been tested this
autumn In the eight games to date
Harvard has rolled up "a total of 21a
points to her opponents 16.
Compared individually the Harvard
players do not appear as formidabla
against the Yale eleven as the team
work and scores would seem to indi
cate. OF the two backfields the Grim
sun quartet is undoubtedly the strong
ct and more versatile. both on defense
and offense.
In the Harvard line particular
weakness that might be exposed by
the savage charges of the Yale for
wards will have an important bearing
ON the result of the game. Against
Princeton, the Harvard line developed
unexpected weakness on both offense
and defense.
Hard Game Expected.
That the teams will play hard, fast
game from the opening whistle is ex-
pected by both universities and there
appears to be no particular advantage
In physical condition for either. Yale
IS likely to attempt to upset the Har-
ward combination by savage attack
and tacllling at the very outset of the
game. If the Crimson can maintain
its composure and deliberate machine
like play during these early onslaughts
one crisis in the contest will have been
safely passed, for Yale has great re-
spect for the slow but sure methods
that have proved Irresistible in all
games this season with the one ex-
ception of the Princeton contest. where
slippery footing nullfed much of the
strength claimed for this system.
Aside from the Harvard Yale game,
the chief interest of eastern football
enthusiasts will be centered in the
i~showing of the Army and Navy teams,
zhieh meet one week from tomorrow.