South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-22
YALE STADIUM IS
SCENE Of CLIMAX
IN 1918 FOOTBALL
Crimson and Blue Clash Today
in Annual GridirOn Classic
Old Eli Conceded Chance to
Beat Harvard.

NEW YORK. Nov. 22-The Har-
ward stadium is the mecca toward
which an faithful football followers
in the east will turn saturday. ON
the green turf OF that arena. surround
ed los towering walls of humanity,
will come the climax of the gridiron
season-the meeting OF Harvard and
Yale. There IS the same undergrad
uate interest and rivalry in the Wes-
leyan-Lafaye cite. stevens Rutgers.
high-Iafayette: stevens Rutgers.
Army Springfield and Navy-New York
university games but the fame and
tradition OF the gridirOn classic at
Cambridge overshadOws all other con-
tests Of the day.
For more than week the alumni
Of the two universities have been
gathering in Boston for the struggle
and Saturday night thousands We're
augmented by the advance of the en-
tire Yale undergraduate body from
New Haven.
Yale Has Hopes OF Victory.
In place Of the early season hope
OF holding Harvard TO a low score
victory, Yale now believes that her
team has an excellent chance of de-
feating the Cambridge combination.
Harvard's progress has been steady
and without special feature and the
crimson goes into the game Saturday
with a seasons record unmarried by
defeat. Except in the contest with
Princeton, played on slippery, water
soaked 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 20 points to
her opponents Is
Compared individually the Harvard
players do appear as formidable
against the Yale eleven as the team
work and scores would seem 10 indi-
cate. OF the two hackhelds the Grim
son quartet is undoubtedly the strong
er and more versatile. both on Of
Tense and defense.
Hard Fast Plays Expected.
In the line there is not the same
advantage for the crimson that exists
In the backheld and any particular
weakness that might be exposed
10y the savage charge of the Yale for
wards will have an important bearing
on the result of the game. Unless
Logan, Brickley and Mahan have
time TO handle the ball cleanly and
gain Roadway, their effectiveness will
be greatly curtailed.
That the team will play a hard.
fast game from he opening whistle
is expected by both universities and
there appears 70 be no particular ad
vantage in physical condition for
either Yale is likely TO attempt to
upset the Harvard combination by
savage attacks and tackling at the
very outset Of the game. If the Grim
son can maintain its cOmpOsure and
deliberate machine-liSe play during
these early OnslaUghts one crisis in
the contest Will have been safely pass
ed. for Yale has great respect for
these slow but sure methods.
Watch Army and Navy.
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the chief interest of eastern football
enthusiasts will be centered in the
showing Of the Army and Navy teams,
which meet one week from Saturday.
OF the two elevens the Cadets have
decidedly the harder opponents since
the Springfield Y. NJ. 9. A. Training
school, which visits West Point, is
far more dangerous than the New
York university aggregation, which
meets the Niddies at Annapolis.
BOSTON Is ENCTTED.
BOSTON. Nov. 22.-Not in years
has this staid and dignifed New Eng
land city shown the stress of excite
ment that prevails on the eve of the
34th game between the football elev-
ems of Harvard and Yale universities.
Judged from actions and converse
tons OF the inhabitants and their
guests. the gridiron battle of Saturday
is the one event worthy Of serious con-
conditions for the game is temporarily
OF far more Importance than any ulti-
matum that Huerta might release in
Mexico City.
The local weather man admits that
10 may be warm and clear Saturday
afternoon or cold and rainy.
Spectators are Busy.
Ticket spectators are receiving
from $35 20 $50 for pair of the few
seats in their possession and every
one Of the $4,000 persons who expect
TO witness the game appears 10 be
anxious 20 wager just trihe" on the
outcome. odds range from 10 to- : to
To / on Harvard with a prepOnder-
anCe Of crimson currency i'm sight,
In the midst OF all of this hub bub
the squads Of rival gridiron gladia-
tors are seQuestered in quiet quarters
outside the excitement zone The
Y ale team and substitutes are spend
ing the night AZ AuN&ndaIe and an
air OF confidence peTNadeS the tempo
rary quarters OF the Ellis. This feel
ing was accumulated by the excellent
practice Of the blue eleven i'm the
stadium today when the team showed
great speed in signal drill and Gucrn-
sey dropkicked the ball over the goal
bar re Esatedly from Cdfficult angles.
Harvard at leper Club.
Harvar@-s varsity ana substitute
players have hidden themselves with
ia the domain OF the Nesper club ON
IN island In the Nerrimac river near
Lowell. Aside from q little golf and