New Britain herald., 1928-11-21
TRADITION IN YALE
 HARVARD MEETING.
Packed Bowl Will See Defeated
 Teams Battle

New York. Nov. 2l (UP)-There will be better and more important football games played next Satur- day. but Harvard and Yale are meeting on the gridiron, backed by a wealth of tradition that will not be denied.
 Disappointing as the showing of the Crimson and the Blue may have been this season. there remains an aura over the filth combat between these ancient rivals which is lack ing elsewhere.
 Yelling for skin
 The future jobs of the coaches of the rival elevens may depend upon the outcome Of the battle in Yale bowl. for already the alumni of Harvard arc yelling for the hide ot Arnie Horwcen and the graduates Of Yale are out for the scalp of Nal Stevens
 It once was customary for the second guessers to await the out come of the climatic game of the season before demanding that a coach be removed. but football has advanced financially to q place where constant success is all-impor- tant. Up at Cornell. they are shout Ing Tor coach to replace Gil Dobie, and many another college, disap- pointed by the showing of it's team tnls season. already is debating a change in its football staff.
 There is another side to this story, The current season has stamped cer- tam coaches with greatness. Bill Alexander. for example, has made his Georgia Tech eleven one of the outstanding ones of season which has seen one after another of the leading teams toppled. Judge Wal. ter Steften. who leaves the bench Ill Chicago to Coach Carnegie TecI over the week ends. has done won, dcrs with the Skibos. Smlcng .Jo.
 Mckcnny of Boston College has nc need to yield the palm to anyone. Material No Excuse To get back to Harvard and Yale each has had q season frausht witt | disappointment. In the case of eaci of these old rivals. lack of materia 1 cannot be claimed as the cause o, !, failure. It is many seasons sine Harvard has had line with tn. | power and aggressiveness of it's 19os team. Yale has plenty of grea' ! backs. and aside from d weakness in the wing positions boasts line which should be ble to hold it's owr against tho best in the country | From tackle to tackle, the Hulldoe is strong and there should be yer, itahle battle Of giants among tn, | forwards who meet across the chalk.
 marks of Yale Bowl next Saturday Word comes from New Haver
 that Nal Stevens has found himsel
 hampered by student politics. which
 in the case of Yale. means fratcrpi , coach. X number of men aprar
 cntly capable of playing first clas;
 football have been relegated to tn.
 side-line
 However much truth there ma,
 he in these reports. it is obvious tha Yale has not made the most of it.
 material this year
 When the whistle shrills through
 the Bowl at New Halen next Satur
 day, touching off the thumr of tn.
 kick off and the first shock of Grim. son jerseys against f,iue. all tbes. i considerations will he forgotten. Started In tS75
 Since 1895. Yale and Harvard have Leen engaged in football rivalry Ghosts of heroes of other decade! | will move swiftly across the Crdiror l in the wake of the ball. Many :: 1 younEster who is driven face doWi into the muddy turf will sense tn comforting pres"nce of the groa' ones of tho past at his side, T'hs Hinkeys and SheNinS and Hcffel- fingers of Eli fame will he inspiring the boys in Blue. while a thrust against the Crimson lin" will be harder 10 make because of the memories of Tack IIardwick and Ham Fish in tho minds Of these Harvard players oe 1928.