Evening star., 1923-11-24

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In 90 far as attendance is concerned.
however. today'S total will not equal
the totals of recent saturdays. Many
of the leading clevenS are conserving
their energies for THANKSGIVING day
engagements, while others already
have ended their seasons, and as a
result the program is less extensive
and the available seating space
limited.
Interest Is Nation-Wide.
But. although many are denied op-
portunity to witness the play. interest
in the games is none the less keen
throughout the country. Thousands.
via the radio or play by-play score
boards, will follow each move of the
ConteStinE teams
Yale and the Army rule respective
favor1tes in the two leading contests,
yet close followers of, the game be-
Heve both Yale and the Army are
about to face the most difficult as
signments Of their seasons and many
students of foot ball will not be sur
prised to learn of the defeat of one
or both of the odds-on elevens.
Another annual of long standing on
todayS program is the Lafayette
lehigh game at South Bethlehem. Pa.
In which the former team rules the
favorite. The Boston College-Vermont
Clash at Boston is promising in thrill
ing, stubborn play. and there is as
the Holy Cross Buffalo, Brown-New
Hampshire. Rutgers Fordham and
New York University Boston Uni
versity games.
OF countrywide interest is the
meeting Of Syracuse and Nebraska a [
Lincoln, Neb. The former. although
defeated last week by Colgate, is
regarded as one Of the most powerful
organizations in the east. while the
latter recently climbed to fame
through nf no, Il
a battle of rare proportions seems as
sured when these intersectional rivals
clash.
Experts See Close Game.
The team with the best straight
away attack will win today's Army
Navy game"
Such was the prophecy of foot ball
experts today after testing the turf
, where Uncle Sans service elevens
are about to engage in their annual
sridiron struggle.
The heavy rains Of yesterday and
last evening had transformed the
field into quagmire, and such soggy
cap the broken field specialists of
the two elevens and restrict their
play largely to line plunging and
close slants off tackle.
However. Army and Navy teams
often have encountered just such
conditions in their historic series. and
this year, as in the past, they have
come equipped with plays which can
be effectively worked on muddy fields.
GrappIe at Cambridge.
By the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, November ga
An undefeated Yale eleven, confident
of its ability to avenge four consecu-
tive defeats at the hands of John
Harvard, prepared today to take the
field pt the Harvard Stadium, bat
tleground on which no blue team has
been arle to push across touchdown
since 1907.
Although the historic Yale Harvard
series, which saw it's first game in
1875, shows twenty-three victories
for Yale against thirteen for Harvard
and five tie scores. the Crimson has
won eight of the last nine starts and
today seeks to establish a new rec
ord of five straight wins over Eli.
The team wearing Harvard's colors
for the forty-second game between
the two universities will face the final
and objective battle of their 1923
season with a record of performance
far from impressive.
tie score with little Middl ebury
and defeats by Dartmouth and Brown
were blots on the CrimSon's escutch-
con that nothing but defeat of the
traditional enemy today could efface.
,
Harvard players and supporters ex-
pressed the confident belief that the
team had found itself" however be-
1atedly, and that yale could be beat
en-"
In modern foot ball history. Grim
son adherents maintained the fierce
Bulldog of Yale, on many occasions
has fallen victim of Harvard's "psy-
chology." But followers of Eli for
tunes declare IT will take much psy-
chology to tame the Bulldog team in
vading Cambridge today.
Yale's record of offensive for the
season is 217 points scored by the
Blue against 3S scored by opponents.
Against this Harvard has run up rs
points against AZ scored by oppon-
ents. The Blue has pushed over %
touchdowns; the Crimson, TO-
Both squads were reported at the
top of their form for their final bat
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