The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-22
FIGHT SCHEDULED TO TAKE
PLACE AT HARVARD STADIUM
Old Eli Relying On Tradition Living Up to
Fighting Spirit for Which Institution
is Famous

the team the finer points of play and
the real Yale fight ng spirit. The
success Of this last-hour effort TO
raise the eleven to the usual stand
ard Of Yale football teams was
shown to some extent in the contest
with Prince ton last Saturday I'm
proyement was noticeable in tho
few lne-ups during the week, and
Harvard coaches and adherents are
not being carried away with the
idea that the Yale eleven tomorrow
will be as weak or az poorly gener-
allied as the one that was defeated
by Colgate and held to no-score ties
by Main and Washington and JEFF
ferson. + ~ -Ter%aF
Harvard supporters also are
troubled by the thought that per-
haps tho Crimson forwards will not
prove as dependable in the final test
If the season as was the case year
ago. The game agnst Princeton
demonstrated that the Crimson line
was far from being invulnerable
but the shifts after that contest,
which brought Hardwiclc from
lalfback to end, Storer from end to
tackle and Hitchcock from tackle TO
guard, appeared to %nsiterialy
strengthen the rush line. Braalee,
who took Hardwick's place in the
backfieId, also strengthened the
secondary defense, and unless there
are changes at the last moment in
the combination, it win fall to the
lot of these reorganized elevens to
battle for the Blue and Crimson,
Due to these eleventh hour sh fts
and the well-known ability of the
Yale elevens to rise in their might
against Harvard, betting on the
game has been rather light. and the
odds small and fluctuating. The
Crimsos hackers have not lost sight
OF the fact that Harvard has We, to
defeat Yale in the stadium at Sol
dier's Field. Several times in re-
cen years the Cambridge eleven,
thought to b an Overwhelming fav-
orite over the Blue. has been either
fchecked or defeated by the desper-
te rally and play of the Yale teams
4 the closing contest of the year
Nj these conditions and circum-
tances are being taken into congid-
ration by the Harvard adherents
Who are cautioning each other and
he players regarding the danger Of
lverconfldence. It is hut natural
therefore,, that this feeling of un-
| certainty should affect the wagering
from a Harvard standpoint and the
opes Of Yle supporters who looked
or Gizable odds against the Blue.
1t is demonstrated by the history
the past thirty-three games that
ale is neber defeated until the A.
1al whistle terminates the game.
Although Harvard won the initial
contest played in 1875, the Cam
bridge University teams were un-
sble TO keep up an even percentage
# victories in succeeding years. In
Ill the game since 1875 Harvard has
'cored but six victories to Yale's
twenty-five, while the remaining
1--we were ties, there were no games
n 1877, 1884. 1888, 1895 and 1896.
Laving the Odds. {
New York, Nov. 21--Plenty of
money was offered in Wall Street
'oday on the Harvard Yale football
game saturday. but not q great deal
IF actual betting took place, for the
Yale men wanted better odds than
were quoted
On the curb it was reported that
Harvard men were offering $4,000
at 10 to Z. The yale men wanted l Q
fCnncIudad IN paOa Vhraa