The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-13
CROWD OF 10000
EXPECTED TO SEE
! YALE AND TIGERS
Greatest ThrOng in History Of
Annual Battle Gathers in
New Haven.
SUPPORTERS OF BLUE
COVERING = TO I ODDS
NEW HAVEN WEATHER FORECAST.
Unsettled; Possibly Rain.

NEW HAVEN " " ~"
for the annual football struggle with
Princeton tomorrow In the Yale Bowl.
The Bulldog mad his fnal workout there
this afternoon. IL comprised a brief sig
nal drill just long enough to keep the
new plays uppermost In the minds Of the
ELI players. I ne team Is on edge for the
game. Princeton IL spending the night
in Hartford and will not reach New
Haven until noon tomorrow. when the
team will be taken directly to the Yale
track house to dress and thence to the
Bowl.
The Yale coaches were pleased with
the showing their charges made this
afternoon. There was real polish to the
work OF the eleven. the first that has
made Its appearance this season. Yale
will not have the finish expected OF the
Princeton eleven. but the team is in FAR
better form than Mt any previous time
this year. The new plays upon which
the men have been drilling all week have
been mastered. When they are uncov-
cred in the Bowl to-morrow the ELI en-
thusiasts expect to see the Tiger some
what surprised.
titlic 10 hHoNu pupibtiN VI NV ihi'
offence. for Il has been developed this
week behind locked gates I'm the Yale
Bowl. II probably will include "A com
binatlon OF open formations and straight
football, as well as a try at several drop
kicks IL Yale can carry the ball within
range OF he Princeton goal posts.
Guernsey. who will do Yale's drop kick
ing. will be an important factor in the
attack of the Yale eleven.
The rush line has been developed TO q
point where IL is believed that II can be
depended upon to hold back opposing
players who try to break through to
block kicks. Guernsey has been under
fire before. for he scored on a field goal
against Harvard when Yale played IN
the stadium in 1918. He IL expected 10
keep his head and give a good account
OF himself. His punting and drop kick
Ing have been going very well the last
two weeks since he returned after al in
jury in the Lehigh game.
Nal Scovil. the former Dartmouth star
who was the best ground gamer the Blue
had until he sustained a fractured lef,
thumb in the Brown game last Saturday
will play part of the Princeton game. the
coaches said tonight. The bones In his
thumb have mended rapidly and splints
and a ~bandage will make It possible 70,
httit W SIup cisttuplI. tUe u
left tackle who has been out with q
shoulder injury for three weeks. may
play part Of the game, taking Gates,
position.
- only other likely substitution, III,
coaches said tonight, will be that oi
Higginbotham at left end for Church
~Higginbotham outweighs Church b,
many pounds. hut is handicapped by .
weak ankle. which retards his speed
somewhat. He Is sure az a forward pas,
receiver. however. and may be sent In Il
Yale decides to try open tactics agains'
the Tigers.
fale's chances Of winning on a We
field are better than Princcton's, accord
ing to the experts, for Yale has a ru.t
line which outweighs that of the Tigers
There was much talk in New Haven to
night about the possibilities of a we
Held. for rain began falling shortl,
after O'Clock. n the official forecas
was: Unsettled possibly rain Tn.
tale OF two Princeton fumbles In tn,
Harvard game last week brought solac.
to those who have banked upon q Ia,
victory, for such a contingency nigh
ahord Yale the opportunity to snap vi
the ball and run for a touchdown. OF,
timers who have watched Yale an,
Princeton play for years said n We
fteld would hamper the Tigers, who de
pend upon "A speedy running attack.
Betting odds tonight are 2 10 I OF
Princeton to win. Princeton money 4
plentiful. but there are plenty OF Yal
takers. New Haven Is the centre o
the football world Tonight and clubs
cafes and hotels are filed with Yale an,
Princeton graduates who are engaSed 4,
discussing tho relative merits OF the tw,
teams. The University Club, the Quin
nfntan rlnh and cha E.l <u.i
are centres.
Thousands OF ont OF town peopl
reached the city this afternoon By mo
tor, boat and special train. and thou
sands more will arrive In the morning
1t il expected that 1900 will se
tho game. This will be the largcs
crowd by approximately 10000 that eve
witnessed a Yale-Princeton game, 70
Palmer Stadium lacks the seating ca
pacity of the Yale Bowl.
Yale supporters are confident to-nigh
that their team will win Tomorrow
They base their hopes on the coachin
OF Tom Shevl!n and his assistants, til
Improvement OF the men during IN
week and the fact that Yale has ma
terial OF high calibre this season. Their
Is "A spirit OF optimism on the va
campus which II inexplicable, whe
Yale's showing thus far this seas son
taken sto consideration The Blu
il not relying on precedent. howeve,
and undergraduates and players expeC
to win.