The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-11-25
Army-Navy and Harvard-Y ale
Games Climax Eastern Season
Record Breaking Crowds
Throog to Polo Grounds and
Giant Bowl Today; Bulldog
Boasts improved Team,

NEW YORK. Nsv % The climax Of
the eastern football season Will be
reached this afternoon with the play
Ing Of the Harvard Yale, Army Navy
and several other contcsts OF lesser gen
eral interest For the first time IN
many years two Of the so-callcd grid
iron classics conflict by coming on tho
same day, but apparently THIS will have
no effect ON m, utt-uduur" which is
expected to break all previous records
al either game
More than 77.OuD seats have been dis.
trihutcd for tho struggle I'm the Yale
bowl I'm New Haven, while close 10
o. 0uo spectators viii witnors tho inter
service clash at the Polo grounds In this
city.
Many Turned Away
II II had been possihl" TO nCcommo-
dat" al applicants for tickets the at
tendance at these two games would have
approached close to 100000 Tho total
gate receipts viii exceed S2l5 900. THIS
amount would be- grrh,ly increased u
all the Navy Army seats wcr" put ON
salc, but no more than on"-thrd ot the
service contest tickets. however are dis
posed Of In thv manner
Yale win send against Harvard tho
best combination that has represented
the Rluv IN recent seasons ana Whil"
II lH the first tDs' Of the Tad Jones
coaching system opposed TO the uclhods
OF football tuition us advocated hy Percy
Haurhtou tho outcome Is considerably
In doubt
Yale has sound of football PLAYERS
Of more than average strength and alert
ness coupled with a fighting spirit
which is fully up 80 the old Eli gridlrOn
traditions The chlyf fault durlns IN"
preliminary games has been an errauc
tendency.
Harvard Team Green.
II the Harvard eleven was composed Of
the veteran material Of last year the
Crimson would bc an overwhelming IA
voritc but llaughtOn has been obliged
10 rebuild the Smhridge machine ana
some OF the parts are not ~ the same
strength AZ last season lts strength
under the circumstances viii lay In the
smoolhncss I'm which the team players
and the Judgment used by the field di-
rector II the rriwsou's play breaks down
due To inexperienced material the Blue'
playing on its own Rrounds and with
everything to gain and nothing TO lose,
is likely TO emerge victor.
Somewhat similar conditions prevail
IN the Army Navy game The West
Point team contains several veterans
who plaNrd pRcviOus seasons with tho en-
dcts or other institutions and who have
established regulations ns gridlron
stars The soldiers backneld, with OH
uhaut and Vidal playing, contains two
OF the most finished all-round offensive
ground gamers In the country. The line
from tackle 10 tackle, " one OF unusual
strength and ability II there is any
weakness II Will he found In the ends
and possibly at quarter.
Navy Has New Team.
The Navy, on the other hand IN COM
pnrntivcly new combination. While
II contains number OF players OF much
promise, these men have not as yet
reached the. full height Of their football
power or Eucation The team has not
PLAYED WIN the same swing or consist .
enCy ~ the Army In the games TO date
and has not shown equal ability on
either the offensive or defensive. The
annual contest however, In notable for
the ncrceucss with which every yard IL
fought and form ~ occasionally thrown
aside for the mlu-to man gamc.
Under these conditions individual eN-
perieuce aud ability is always the dccd-
Ing factor aud here again the Army ap-
pears 10 have the advantage.
In the other games OF the day Penn
sylynnia viii meet West Virginia Wes-
le,nu. while Cornell is wrestling for the
annunl Thanksgiving day contest with
the Ouakefs syracuse faces TUFTS
which early In the year beat Harvard.
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