Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-19
BIG INTEREST IN GRIDIRON
BATTLES OF EAST TO-DAY
Yale Picked as Favorilc i'll
Scrimmagc With Harvard
at Cambridge,
WIN NAY on WET EIELD
ELI Players Declared Morc Rugged
Conhiunt ion, Possessing Greater
Physical rnwrr md stamina Thnn
Harvard Warriors.
lBv Associated Prcss.l


NEW YORK. Nov. iS.--Although
the waning OF the Eastern football
season is indicated by the shorter
list OF contests for tomorrow. The
OF interest. surrounding all other
games OF tho day, is the Yale-liar-
ward clash at Cambridge. For the
f1rst time in n decade. the ELL eleven
Will enter tho SCrimmace an odds
on faVoritc in the wagering.
With y wealth OF material in both
i'nC, back field and reserve strength,
Blue, in certain quarters. is definitely
selected IA defeat the Crimson. The
chief basis for this prediction Is the
defeat of both princeton and lirown
by Yale rs compared with tHc over
throw OF Harvard by the Tigers and
the extremely close contest between
Brown and the Cambridge team last
Saturday.
Power Carefully Analysed.
A careful analysis OF the football
power and ability Of the two teams,
however, docs not Indicate any great
prepondcrancc OF strength OF playing
skill for either. Although princeton
defeated harvard. 10 TO ), il was a
long forward pass received by Gil
roy in The nnal few minutes OF the
game that changed the score from a
S-to-o lead FOR Harvard. into II vic
tory for the Orange and Black.
While Yale outpiIyed Princeton
most OF the timn last Saturday, the
Tigers came within an ace of tying
the score on Sn:velcy's long pass 10
Gilroy in the closing minutes Of play.
a seconds respite after his catch of
the a:tyyarG ra"S. might have meant
another touchdown which IL followed
by y goal would have won the game
for Princeton.
Yale ran rourhsGcd over Brown
early in the season. but when the
Providence eleven went TO Cambridge
last Saturday, -four times as strong
rs when II met Yale. according to q
statement Of the Brown coach. the
Harvard sccond-string' team managed
10 defeat the Hrunonians in Il last
minute rally, to I.
Has Polished Machine.
Under these conditions the result
of the game resolves itself into 4
question of individuality and team
playing ability and physical power.
II is generally conceded that the Blue
has the stronger group Of first and
second-str!ng players. To offset this
superiority, Harvard has more
polished football machine, with an
attack more deceptive than anything
the Ellis have faced this fan.
The game Will he played on wet
field. and this is expected to initiate
10 some extent against Yale's run
ming and rusA'rS attack. The foot
.,ldr,ch viii find fast rcotwork more
hazardous than Mt Princeton. The
extent to which the Blue depends
by q comparison OF the gains made
by both Yale and Horvard. The Ellis
made $50 yards by rushing. while the
Crimson gained but 49,. In forward
for Harvard made H. yards 10 Sale's
forty. In punting, the average dis
tancc of kicks was thirty six yards
by each team.
Ynlc Has HnErcd nnnrh.
Individuals. the Yale players are
n more rugged combination. possess
ing greater physical power and STAN
ina. Several Of the Cambridge stars
arc likely TO be forced out OF the game
before the sixty minutes Of play eX-
pires. in the matter OF replacement
material, Yale has a decided advan-
taEe.
In the other more Important games
of tomorrow. Syracuse is thought
to have slight advantage over
Dartmouth, du.S 10 ,,as,str"nsc"r line
Fayettc appears Ia bavc greater all
round strength than I.ohGh. and
Brown ana Colgate should prove
evenly matched. Several OF the teams
which have contests scheduled for
THANKSGIVING Day. or the saturday
following, will not play tomorrow.
The leading games ~ the day with
the scores for 1929. where III. same
institutions met last year, follows:
Yale at Harvard. TO q
Colgate n Brown. to H.
La Fayctte at T.ehigh. - to 7.
Syracuse VS.. Dartmouth At New
York, 10 TO o.
Williams n, Wesleyan, 30 to u.
West Virginia at Rutgers. II 10 o.
Georgetown At Boston College. TO
Havcrford at swnrthmorc. to 2S.
= Tufts ut MASSACHUSETTS, Aggics. 0
to 81.
Union a, Hamilton, : To 2.
Trinity a, New York University, 90