The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-17
.YALE-HkRvARD
 CAME SELLOUT
 IS SCERTAINTY
No Public Sale of Tickets Offered; Frank Joins
 Eli IrlnlOrtals
By ERNEST BARCELLA United Press Stan COEresp0ndent)

United Press Stan CorrespOndemtl
 Cambridge, Mass, Nov. l7-(UP) After years of what amounted to sacrilegious indifference, the foot ball world has got that old feelin' again for the Harvard classic.
 Witness the fact that for the first time since 1929 there is no public sale of tickets for Saturdays 66th clash between these ivy.clustered rivals. The place was sold out Q full week before the game.
 Twin factors m restoring this cli- nlactic battle to It's ancient prestige are tradition and the performances of both teams during the current campaign.
 Started 62 Years Ago
 The Princeton Rutgers rivalry Is older, but none is more steeped in tradition than this. It all started 62 years ago when Yale said 1t was ready to give Harvard go at a game called football. Harvard agreed but specified that rugby rules should prevail. After some haggling during which Harvard hinted Yale probably feared the Crimson, 1t was agreed the two teams would play Q game of rugby.
 They met on Hamilton field, New Haven, Nov. 1S, 1875 and Harvard triumphed four field goals to none That started 1t all. In the 66 games since then, Yale has won g, Harvard i7 and six have ended in scoreless ties. There were no games in 1877, 1885, 1888, i806-96 and i9l7-l8. Har- yard had no team in '86. Following the 1894 game, relations were sev- cred for two years, while the World war forced cancellation of the 10l7-l6 games.
 For nearly Q half-century, the Yale.H Harvard clash was the BIG game of the year. Then came Notre Dame, Southern California, Mime. sota, Pittsburgh, and their likes to steal the nations gridiron spotlight. Simultaneously the prestige of Yale and Harvard football suffered.
 Now, however, these ancient grid. Iron greats are on the road back, Yale Is experiencing one of the most successful campaigns in its history, It reaches It's climactic battle with only Q tie with Dartmouth to mar an otherwise perfect record. It has In Clint Frank perhaps the out standing back In the nation, Q star who belongs In the same Armament with such Yale inimortals as Walter Camp, Ted Coy, Tom shevlin, Bill Mallory, Ducky Pond, Able Booth and Larry Kelley.
 Harvard Optimistic
 Though 1t has been beaten twice and tied once, HarVard's 1887 team rates as one of the best In . decade, With e proper share of the breaks, 1t might be entering this all-impor. tafit clash Saturday with spotless record. It has no one to compare with such Harvard greats as Jack Wendell, Percy Haughton, Tack Hardwick, Eddie Mahan, Charley Brickly, Ben Ticknor or Barry Wood. It hasn't beaten Yale in four years, but 1t now has the necessary equip- ment to win It's first big three title since 1915.
 It Is automatic that each year e star h born in the Yale-Harvard game. Saturday this star may bo wearing c Crimson jersey. Then again he may be wearing c blue one.
 Whatever the case may be, each team possesses the quality of great. ness. That and deeply rooted tradi- ton explains why this Yale-H Harvard game has recaptured most of It's ancient importance.