Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-25
CRIMSON MEETS BLUE
IN GR|D|R0N CLASSIC
Climax OF Eastern Football Season
VIII BE Attained I'm Yale Bowl
To-Day Before Thousands.
FEAR YALE FIGHTING SPIRIT
Harvard Favored as Winner, but
There Are Few Bets at Long Odds.
10000 People Will Attcnd-'ream
Statistics and Records.


NEW HAVEN. CONN. November -.
The climax Of the Eastern football
season Will be reached here Tomorrow
with the meeting Of the cicvcns Of
Harvard and Yale universities in the
Yale bowl, the largest football aren;,
III the country. Although other series
have continued for longer uniutcr-
ruptcd stretches. the struggle of the
Blue and Crimson teams is the grid
IRON classic Of the year. attracting at
tendance and attention throughout
the nation
thirty seventh since 1915 is no cN
cepNon TO the rule" and the interest
ia the game is ns great as al any
s'itu'ions began the series forty-odd
years ago Every scat of the 5000
available in the huge bowl has been
tons for NOR" than 10000 additional
returned untitled. The demand has
been so ken ,ha' very few, coupons
have found their way into The hands
Of Spectators. Thos" for sale from
these sources being quoted at
fabulous prices, yet hndtng ready pur-
1t is expected that close to $4,000
spectators Will witness the contest,
but tho paid admissions viii fail below
,hesc hH"rcs Ewing gross Sn," r.
ATTENDANCE and receipts "ill ">c""d
mally opened tn" bow. Tn" demand
for tickets e, that time f"rc"n The
Val" football authorities 20 erect tenn
porary wooden stands along the ton
of the parapct and the same tiers Of
sTts have been replaced again ms
seAson. Tn" e"mhin"d applications 81
thA Yale and Harvard alumni and
Undergraduates alou" totaicd NOR"
than 1900 not ali OF which wcr"
granted whil. those Of the general
public could not hc considered.
This Intense interest ia the game rs
striking. IN view OF tn" fact tina, IN"
contest will not decide ~" Eastern
football championship a. has b"cn ia"
In some former years. OF the
Two r!evcus. Harvard has tho better
record ia games won and also IN con-
Sist"ut Improvement, and is a logical
favoritc ia tn" wagering Tn" famous
hrhtinI spirit OF the Blue. however.
fcrlnS anything nnt snort odhs not
withstandinG the fact that in the last
four games Harvard has Won from
Yale by scores OF 2U-o, 1915. $50 and
40.
The Yale team finished us prcpara.
'ion for the game THIS afternoon with
:, sigiu,l drill Ia Tho bowl and Il was
found that tn" field was watcr-soak"d
and heavy from TIA. RAIN OF yesterday.
~ result II was decided 20 leave the
gridiron uncovered tonight in IA" hops
that the high wind would dry the turf
10 some extent.
ON the campus tonight Val" students
We're holding nIvht-beforc parade,
with band. songs, cheers and speeches
by III" coaches.
Real football weather is promised for
the game with cold, clear atmosphere.
'" The "'f iIaTva ""ie squad. for,y.nine
strong. and with eleven coaches. spent
morrow morning. There was nothing
IN ,hs WAY o: practice except :, short
The Cambridg" univcrsity has built
W great football coaching system
under the direction Of Percy laugh
tn, 49,,
nv"r both princeton and Yale prove.
The Ellis, after several seasons Of in
different success hay" also turned 10
81 similar system with Tad Jones
Mt the helm but II is too carly to pre-
dict with accuracy the mai result OF
the change i'm coaching methods. Yalc
had more than Il fa!r amount OF foot
ball material at tn" beginning OF the
season. bur the eleven has proved
rather inconsistent, showing flashes OF
great promise in one game, only TO
slump badly i'll the next
Rival teams, which have faced the
Blue this autumn. are OF the opinion
its powers and swings into smooth
action, IL viii be hard 10 stop. Such
change Is. to some extent. a matter
OF football psychology, and might oc-
cur almost between halves 1, is for
this reason that Harvard is not count
ing in advance upon victory.
II the Harvard eleven was composed
OF the veteran material Of last year. the
Crimson would he an ovcrw hclminS
Obliged To rebuild The Cambridge" ma
chine and some Of the parts are no,
OF OF ne San" strength as lns; season,
eleven will have tho same power OF
tho offcnsc and defense.
1t may. develop that E,der fierce. bu,
1nore>or less individual opposition. iinr-
wards machinc-like play Will break
down due TO new material If such
proves the case. falc's chances of win
ming will be greatly Increased. as there
h,. ,pyl 1I', I
power and ability OF tie :wo squads
Harrards advantage seems 10 lie in
AT Cambridge by IIaugh:or If there
IS a departure from this perfected foot
pail form. Yale and Harvard will meet
upon common level. and the Blue.
playing on ITS own grounds and with
everything to gain and l:ttlc TO lose. is
likely to emerge from the contest i'm
the role OF victor.
IN me case of Harvard too. the
game IS one or more. than ordinary
interest from the standpoint of coach
, ,hs e,ae,ency' \ large proportion of
teams Of the past three years SO for
ma cn,sy has s,a been lost by sraduYlon.
Trumbpll Hardwick. Prnnock and
American first an.i second teams are
no longer In college. and Haughton
machine.
Defeated by Tufts early in the sea
'-oH' tihi Nhlu WAS SLOW 10 weld into
form. but the closing games of the
year showed that another impressive
combination was in the making The
row. and upon the Won outcome come Of the
play against Yale will depend final
ranking OF the Harvard eleven OF 1916.
Regardless Of tho result of the
game. Yale has long lead in VIC
tories which Harvard must overcome
before the Crimson can draw up on
even terms with the Blue OF the
thirty-siX contests since 1875. Yale has
piled up total of 279 points to Har-
wards 1874.
The probable lineup of the two
teams, the physical statistics or play
ers. and the records OF tho teams for
the season follow:
Player. Position. Wight Hight Ago
G Moss,ey i., ,of tae sna lSSS Eli s2
BLACK (CApt). left guard. 10 Z