The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-25
YALE DOWNS HARVARD TEAM, SCORE OF 13 TO Q, SATURDAY
Dope On Big Game Runs True As Eli Wins Big Three Title With Victory Saturday

NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-(By the As sociated Press )-The football sea son in the east comes to a climax to- morrow with two games that stand put as the most colorful of the sea son-the Army Navy battle at the Polo Grounds and the traditional struggle between Harvard and Yale tt Boston.
 A number of other important con :ests are listed, including inter sectional duels between Notre Dame md Carnegie Tech at Pittsburg, and between Syracuse and Nebraska at Lincoln, Neb., but chief interest will De centered in the service game and he "big three" engagement before probably 55,000 in Harvard stadium.
 Army, because of its heavier and more experienced lineup and despite it's disappointments, rules favorite over Navy, while Yale, due to it's offensive power and impressive rec ord is picked to down tho Crimson But the history surrounding these games Is replete with instances where past performances proved Of little value and critics are prepared for unexpected turns that may upset calculations.
 Analysis of the middle and cadet records indicates the elevens are closely matched for their twenty sixth annual battle, which will de- eide the leadership in the series now standing at 12 victories apiece with one tie.
 Yale, on the other hand. unbeaten this year and apparently possessing one of the greatest combinations turned out at New Haven in years, has a record far superior to that of the Crimson, whicf has bowed to Dartmouth and Brown and tied bE Middlebury.
 Importance attaches to the contest between Syracuse and Nebraska con> queror of Notre Dame, despite the fact that the Orange suffered it's first setback of the season last Sat urday at the hands of Colgate. h. terest, too, is being shown in Notre Dame's game with Carnegie, which has displayed exceptional strength this season and may surprise the Hoosiers.
 D0wnpour Mars Game.
 Spectators and players alike braved the hardest conditions for the ulti- mate big three battle of the yard More than 50,000 persons, draped III waterproofs. or blankets, and many wearing the sou'wester of the flsh- ermen sat in q steady doWnpour anu wacthed the rival elevens pursue the waterlogged, elusive ball. So slippery was the leather that few attempts were made to catch punts. The ball was allowed to lie where it fell, and usually it did not roll far
 There was no footing on that slimy ground, though the rushing game was of little use. The longest gam py rushing was for 22 yards made by Neale for Yale in Che first period. For Harvard Klee gained If yards on another occasion in the same period. These two runs represented the only first downs earned by the two teams during the entire game, Backs dropped the ball on passes from center, runnera dropped it when tackled In the fina1 period when Spaldipg, Harvard sub quaTterback, fumbled a punt on his own SO-yard line, almost every man on the two elevens attempted to fall on the ball, which nosed away from each of them until al last R. Hubbard, crimson sub tackle, gathered it in.
 The game showed a total of four fumbles by Yale players to eight by Harvard men.
 feated Yale in the mud al New Haven at the score of F to o. had a big three" battle been found under such circumstances. In many cases time was called to enable the opposing players to wipe mud from hands and 5. also were plastered with mud. liar ward wore numbers at the opening, but numbers and features soon be- came unrecognlzable, and in the sec ond half the Crimson appeared in New Jerseys without numerals, and most of the Yale men left their stocks in the locker room.
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 NeaIe And Hammond Duel.
 The bunting duel between Neal or Yale and Hammond of Harvard was a standoff in the first half but in the second half Tad Jones made master stroke by having NJ. A. stevens of Osborn, Kan, do the bunting. On dry fields this season he has booted 70 yards often but his kicks were not made regular part of the Yale N offensive because they were low and too long for his ends. Today they were just the thing with the ball stopping dead by itself. Several times he punted over 70 yards from where he stood to beyond the goal line, and on several other occasions the ball, after 65 yards punts. stopped close to Harvards goal which after ensu- ing Harvard punts enabled Yale to have the ball in Harvard territory,
 In the kicking duel which in the game developed almost at the start, Hammond of Harvard. had the adVan- tage in the first half against Neale, When Stevens replaced Neale in the