The sun., 1916-11-25
Harvard Rules. Fav0rite
in Battle With Yale
Stage All Set for 18th GridirOn
Contest in New Haven
Bowl To-day.
$4,000 PERSONS WILL
SEE FOOTBALL CLASSIC
~ DANIEL.

AVE." HAVEN SOnU-. NOV. .-W itn
more than 10000 persons looking on In
the Yale Bowl Tomorrow afternoon the
Harvard and Yale football teams will
meet In their thirty-seventh contest since
1878. The paid attendance will exceed
mat at any other one event In h his
tory OF world sport. Only n little less
than the entire population OF New Haven
will he grouped along the tiers Of this
modern coliseum Of concrete.
While the undergraduates discuss the
respective merits and wager on the
strength of the two elevens the un-
afnliated tradesman In Fronting and the
visitors are grooming under the load of
trebled and Quadrupled prices for every
thing necessary for man and machine.
This city has been the scene OF many
previous big football struggles and big
gatherings Of gridiron fans, but all for
Nor records fall before the rush of en-
thusiasts. the bare forerunner Of which
threatens to swamp New Haven to-
night. Hotel accommodations. unless
reserved weeks In advance. are entirely
out Of the question. and even those who
had the forethought to Engage their
quarters In September or October are
paying from SIS to $2b a person for the
privilege Of being the guest at the lead
ing hostelries Of the City Of Eims.
Every surrounding town has fallen
heir to the overflow. and Bridgeport.
New London. Waterbury and Hartford
have called for the last reserve Of cots In
order to satisfy the demand of the Yale
and Harvard legions arriving by train
and motor car from all parts Of the
country.
Els Count N Fighting Spirit.
Neutral followers OF football have es-
tabiished the Harvard T. , as a favor
lite and odds OF s to 3 are being laid
against the Yale eleven to-night there
il no scarcity Of backing for the Ellis.
Yale men hold that the game Is a very
even proposition. In which the breaks
will decide. They hold that the breaks
are most likely to turn In favor OF the
Blue. for It has proved a team Of hard
tackling. well grounded and alert play
ers who have been coaehed to follow the
ball very closely.
Yale believes that the old = fighting
spirit that KEEP: the Ellis In the ascend
ancy on the gridiron for so many years
again has asserted itself under the
guidance Of Tad Jones. ,nce famous as
a Yale quarterback.
They count on that lighting spirit to
win the day. Harvard on the other hand
! comedies Yale no advantage In spirit,
but claims for Itself a tremendous edge
In a better planned and splendidly exc
| cuted offence. As we have pointed out
before. We DO not believe that Yale will
be able to cope with h slick formations
and split plays which once were a part
Of the Yale attack. but which now have
been developed alon- special lines by
Percy Haughton.
We do concede that Yale has the bet
ter material. but II has not shown itself
to have been developed as well as that
at Harvard. Man for man the Ellis look
to be the better set Of players. but only
physically. In football sense. ability TO
! diagnose the enemy's attac'; and de-
ve,op a tricky and highly effective Of
fence the Harvard men look far su.
4 perior.
Harvard gave an inkling OF the at
tack II will Hash against the Ellis when
IL defeated Princeton In the Harvard
Stadium not so long ago. Several OF the
Harvard plays. especially out OF a kick
formation, fooled the Tigers. who were
a more experienced and smarter lot or
PLAYERS thar the Ellis. even II they could
not hold on to the ball and deliver a
punch on attack.
Keen Tilt Expected.
1t cannot be Eainsaid that the Prince
ton team was there on defence. with
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