Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1914-11-21

point to perfect weather conditions
over head and slow field under foot
for the Harvard Yale football game
tomorrow afternoon. The forecast is
for an old fashioned football day with
clear sky and cold, snappy atmos-
phere. The coaches fear, however,
that the change has come too late TO
benefit the gridiron, which tonight
vas soft and slippery as result OF
the heavy rain of Thursday
Gridiron Slow
The slowing up of the turf in the
new Yale bowl 1t is thought will have
a tendency to check the open play
which has been the feature of the To-
cal university eleven all the season
and as a result the Blue has receded
point or two in the wagering odds.
Ear,y in the week, the Ellis were back
ing their team at almost even figures.
Harvards best offer was 10 to on
the Cambridge combination. Tonight
the quotations ranged from to to
10 to and Yale money was not over
abundant.
There was no drop in the enthusi-
asm of the prospective spectators,
thousands Of whom were arriving by
railroad and motor car every hour. 1t
was the largest night before crowd
that New Haven has seen in many
years and the task of accommodating
the late arrivals assumed puzzling
proportions long before midnight.
The hotel registers contained the
names of persons from every state II
the Union, Canada, Mexico. Hawaii
and islands and even Europe.
,..t.s
cred as the vanguard of the rush that
will set in at daybreak tomorrow.
There is every indication that the
gathering in Yale's new football am
phitheatre Saturday afternoon will DC
the largest and most representative
that ever witnessed an intercollegiate
game in the United States. Former
President Theodore Roosevelt and
William H. Taft have seats reserved
on opposite sides of the field. Sir
George Paish. the English financier.
will also be present. together with
hosts of famous Yale and Harvard
alumni government officials and rep
resentatives of the social sets of the
principal cities of the East, South and
West.
Tickets Scarce
Tickets for the game were just as
scarce as though the game was to be
played on the old gridiron instead of
in the new bowl with its seating
capacity for 10000 spectators. There
was a constant demand for coupons
sll afternoon and eN ening which could
not be supplied. Even offers of large
premiums over the face value OF the
tickets failed to bring forth the paste
boards, since the spectators appear
ed to have failed entirely in their ef=
forts to secure tickets as in past
years.
Little Practice for Elevens
From a football standpoint, the Cay
was quiet one for the rival squads.
Yale players had an hours signal
practice On Yale field followed by
short punting and drop-kic.ung ses-
sion in the bowl this afternoon, after
which the old uniforms and harness
were burned in accordance with time
honored customs. This was the hnai
football ceremony likely to take place
on the old Yale field and was wit
messed by many former Yale players.
Tonight the squad is sleeping in the
regular college quarters, but Will leave
early tomorrow forenoon for the New
Haven Country Club for the hnal
hours before the game.
The Harvard squad. some 10 strong,
was quartered in New London and
will not arrive here until an hour or
two before the contest.
The Crimson schedule for today con-
sisted of an hours signal drlii al
Plant field, followed by blackboard
talk on the new plays and the defen-
siye tactics to be employed against
Yale. Coach Haughton refused TO
state whether Capt. Brickley would
enter the game at any period against
the Blue, but it was reported AT the
temporary training camp that an au-
thoritative statement on this point
might be expected tomorrow morn
ing
After a consultation of Harvard
coaches at New London lasting until
l1.3O o'clock tonight, the Crimson line
ND for tomorrow was announced As
follows:
Left end, J. Coolidge; left tackle,
Parsons: left guard, Weston; center,
Wallace: right guard, Pennock; right
tackle, Trumbull right end, Hardi-
wick; quarterback. Logan; left half
back. Bradlee; right halfback. Mahan;
fullback Francke.
Capt Brickley ran through signals
at fullback In the secret practice to-
day.
Coach Hinkey announced the Yale
lineup as follows. Left end, Brann;
left tackle, Talbot; left guard, Con-
roy; center, White; right guard, Wal
zen: right tackle, Belts; right end'
Stillman; quarterback, A. wilson;
left half back, Ainsworth; right hall
back, Knowles; fullback, Legore.
The Officials
The officials for the game will be:
Referee Nathan A. Tufts, Brown; UNI
pire, David Fultz. Brown; hnesmen,
Fred w. Murphy. Brown; field judge,
Dr. Carl Williams, University OF
Pennsylvania.
Many propositions enter into con-
sideration of the probable result of the
game, not the least of which is the
condition Of the turf. Judging from
what Yale has shown in the previous
contests, this season, the Els faV-