New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-15
DARTMOUTH KEYED Up
+. FOR INDIAN BRAVES
Men from Hanover, Unbeaten
This Year, to Test Plan of
Numbering Players.
FOOTBALL FIREWORKS
Big Crowd Sure to See One
of the Most Spectacular
Games of Season at
Polo Grounds.

While Princeton and Yale are graphing
at New Haven. Dartmouth and Carlisle
will be engaged in football combat at the
Polo Grounds in this city.
This game will begin at o'clock and
is expected TO be one Of the most spec
tacular Of the season If played on a dry
| field. as seemed probable last night and
should develop a remarkable exhibition OF
open football Both the Indians and the
Hanover men are extremely proficient In
forward pass and trick plays, while well
| grounded in the fundamentals and tactics
of close formation on offence and defence
It is probable that the contest will be
of the rapid scoring variety, with advan.
tage shifting first one way and then the
other. and with plenty Of football fire.
/ works.
| The Dartmouth players will be num-
bered, which will lend added interest to
the big crowd Of onlookers, as by this
plan. so long advocated In The Tribune
| II will be possible TO identify the players
and to know what particular man is max.
| ing some dashing run or brilliant tackle
The Indians would not Join in making the
experiment a thorough test. so the Dart
mouth eleven will go II alone, much 70
| its CT edit.
Franz Cavanaugh, the head coach. had
his men from Hanover out at the Polo
Grounds yesterday running through sig
nails and formations and handling punts,
so that they could familiarize themselves
with the lights. shadows and air currents
for the struggle this Afternoon.
The drill was In secret, but after II was
all over Captain Hogsett said that the
PLAYERS were all in excellent CONDITION
and that. of course they expected to win
and so wind up most successful season
without defeat
The Carlisle Indians arrived here last
evening looking the picture OF rugged
health. Even Pop" Warner. the head
coach. was more reticent than usual. but
seemed to exude a certain amount OF con-
| fdence.
Dartmouth was slight fayorite in
what little betting was done in the Wall
Street district yesterday and around the
hotels last evening. The odds varied
/ from 10 TO 9 10 10 to /.
The advance sale indicates big crowd
and for the convenience OF those gong
TO the grounds by subway the Speedway
| entrance will be open.
| The two teams are made up or tast'
sprinting. powerful-charging inesmeh
and backs. and appear TO be fairly evenly
/ matched.
The personality and strategy Of the two
coaches. Cavanaugh and Warner. IN
| doubtedly will be important factors in
/ the game. and some new and extraordi'
nary PLAYS are likely TO be uncovered at
critical moments Of the game.
Harvard will not be called upon 10
meet a particularly formidable foe IN
Brown. and for that reason the leading
| Crimson coaches and several OF the play
| ers will attend the Nale-Princeton cams
! in order TO secure a further line on tns
! ability OF the Blue, which must be met
| a week hence at Cambridge. Brown mas
been defeated by Pennsylvania 2s to o
and Yale Il TO 0 this year.
One Eastern team invades the West Tor
| the final International contest OF the sea-
son when Pennsylvania faces Michigan al
| Ann Arbor II is the last opportunity io'
an Eastern eleven to upset the over.
whelming list of victories in favor OF
| Western teams this autumn. for Micni'
| gan has defeated both Syracuse and Cor
nell and Notre Dame has triumphed IN
games with the Army and Pennsylvania
| State.
| Unfortunately the Quakers will be han.
dicapped by the absence OF Minds ana
| Marshall In the backf'eld.
number OF other games which prom
Use to develop football OF an interesting
| character are also scheduled. Latayeuo
will play Cornell, at Ithaca; Colgate faces
! Syracuse, at Syracuse; Williams and Am
herst will clash at Willismstown' ana
Trinity will tackle Rutgers at Ne"
Brunswick. The Army has Villanova a.
an opponent, while the Navy will mee'
! PENNSYLVANIA State at Annapolis.