HARVARD IS READY.
Comparison of the Players Who will
Meet on Saturday.
Cambridge, Mass., November 6.—
The Harvard eleven has finished its
hard work in preparation for the game
with Yale a week from to-day. The
practice that remains will be mainly
rehearsal of the signals and formations
that will be used in the game.
During the past week the team play-
ed only one game, that against \¢S-
leyan on Wednesday. The favorable
showing made a week ago against Cor-
nell was repeated on this occasion, al-
though the visiting team was incapable
of testing the Harvard defense as did
the Ithacans. The cleanness and pre-
cision of Harvard’s play in advancing
the ball made it very effective against
the lighter line of her opponents. The
Young brothers on the ends of the
Wesleyan line were not able to break
up the Harvard interference and pre-
vent gains directed against them. The
score, 34 to 0, would have been eight
points larger but for the failure to kick
goals.
Since the Wesleyan game, the prac-
tice has been secret, except for a line-
up to-day before the Harvard-Pennsyl-
vania Freshman game. The probable
line-up next Saturday is: Cabot (capt.),
l. e.; ‘Swain, Lt; Bouve, 1.g.; Dou-
cette, -c.; Boal, r.g.; Donald, r.t.;
Moulton, r.e.; Garrison, q.b.;  Dib-
blee; Lh: b.:* Sawin, tne b,; Haugh-
ton, 1D.
NO LINE CHANGE.
The line shows no change from the
customary order, except the substitu-
tion of Boal for Shaw at right-guard,
which was predicted in the last issue of
the WEEKLY. This change has the effect
of strengthening the offensive game, as
Boal has proved a most reliable ground
gainer. He is not so reliable a man
as Shaw on the defensive, and does
not open up holes as well. All things
considered, however, he is the better
player. The fact that a veteran of two
years is crowded out of the line by a
Freshman player of last season shows
the abundance of material at hand.
With Shaw for substitute guard, Mills
and Wheeler tackles, and Richardson
and Graydon on the ends of the line,
Harvard is well off in case any of her
players are forced to retire. Behind
the line, Cochrane is a good substitute
quarter-back, Sullivan and Parker are
almost, if not quite, as good as Sawin
at half, and Warren, except in punting,
is the superior of Haughton. Brown
can fill either the half-back or full-back.
position creditably and, next to Haugh-
ton, is the best punter on the team. It
will be seen that Harvard is favored in
the matter of substitutes.
Of the regular men, Doucette is the
most experienced, if not the best, snap-
back of the year. He is short and
thick-set, but is unusually active for
a heavy man and follows the ball well.
He is a better man than Shaw, who
played the position last year. His
weight is about the same as Cadwala-
der’s, and the two will be an interest-
ing pair to watch.
Bouvé and Boal will face the Yale
Freshman guards, and will have a slight
advantage in weight and the assurance
that comes with greater experience.
Bouvé is the better all round player
and will line up against Brown. The
Harvard.man played last year on the
University and the previous year on
his Freshman team. Brown’s consist-
ently good work during the season at
New Haven promises well for an even
contest at this place in the line. Boal
played right-guard on the Freshman
team and has improved steadily this
Fall. He will have about twenty
pounds the advantage in weight and
should outplay Marshall.
YALE’S ADVANTAGE AT TACKLE.
Yale has the advantage in the tackle
positions, but it is only by a narrow
margin. Captain Rodgers knows more
football than Dofiald, his Harvard op-
ponent. Donald is the equal of Rod-
gers in defense, but the Yale man is
more aggressive and a better ground
gainer. On the other side, Swain will
face Chamberlin. Swain played against
Hillebrand in the Princeton game last
year and about held his own. He is
quick, but the Yale man is quicker.
Harvard has a considerable advantage
in weight in each of the tackle positions
On the ends Captain Cabot and
Moulton are both heavier and more
experienced than the men they will
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have to face. Cabot is playing his posi-
tion for the fourth year, and Moulton
is now playing his third year on the
University. Cabot is a good ground
gainer and interferes well. He is, how-
ever, lame, and will hardly last the
game out. Moulton 1s the fastest down
the field on kicks and is stronger on
the defense. 2
Behind the line, Garrison is much the
same kind of a quarter as deSaulles, but
the Yale man is probably a shade the
better. deSaulles uses more judgment
in interfering for the runner. Garri-
son plunges in, hammer and tongs.
Dibblee is the peer and perhaps the
superior of Benjamin as a half-back.
His style of running is different, how-
ever. He runs high, dodges well,
makes the most of his interference and
squirms along after being tackled.
Unless tackled hard in the Yale game
and thrown back in his tracks he will
drag the ball forward for yards. Be-
tween the other three Harvard half-
backs there is little to choose.
In the full-back position, Yale has an
unquestioned advantage. McBride com-
bines the punting ability of Haughton
with the line-breaking qualities of War-
ren and is a shade better than each at
his specialty. Haughton has the same
tendency to fumble that characterizes
McBride’s work. Harvard expects to
be outplayed in the kicking game, but
is making strenuous efforts to strength-
en this department as much as possible.
Haughton is somewhat slow in getting
the ball away and some of his kicks are
likely to be blocked.
The statistics of the Harvard Uni-
versity eleven and substitutes follow:
Name Pos. Age. Ht. Wt.
N. 'W: Cabot te. 21 5 ft. 11% Ve
C.-O.: Swain]. 20: oat 177
G. W. Bouvé Ig. 22 6 it; 1%. 210
A. Ex Doucette:..c. 25 5 it--9 230
W. E. Boal po. ao - Oat 7 197
M’lc’m. Donald r.t. 20 -5 ft. 1134 185
7. B. Moulton re: 21.541. 9 173
WW 1jGarris ag. pb: 22-5 it. 6 140
BH. D’blee dhe b:21 5 it.<8 153
G, A: Sawin 1, hh, bd. 10 5 ft. 20 172
P, D: MH’ ehton=1, 5. “21. 6 ie
SUBSTITUTES.
J; EB. N; Shaw. =476. 27 5. tt 1244-203
S. F. Mills Pt. 16: Sites 189
S.W. Wheeler I.t. 19 5 ft. 1134 209
J. 5. 4graydon te... 21° 5.40. 4a 150
EW: ch'ds ate. 21 5 it. Bs 147
BD, Cchr'necd. », 20. S10 152
Jj Ae Sullivan: fb... 22° § 018 3 160
G.S. Parker hb. 19 5 ft. 9% I50
L. Warren t. b. 20. 5. ft. 4ioa: -174
R.W.H.Brown : b.- 21..5 tt. 6% 158
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J. WESTON ALLEN.
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Last Week’s Footbal! Games.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
At Cambridge—Harvard, 34; Wes-
leyan, oO.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6.
At Princeton—Princeton, 57; Lafay-
Srté.. 0;
At Philadelphia—University of Penn-
sylvania, 20; Carlisle, to.
At Amherst—Amherst, 6; Williams,
6.
At Newton—Brown, 24; Newton A.
10;
At Ithaca—Cornell, 45; Pennsylvania
State College, :o.
At West Point—West Point, 48; Le-
high, 6.
At Medford—Tuits, 20; Bowdoin, 8.
At Hartford—Wesleyan, 6; Trinity,
4.
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Facilities for Getting to Yale
| Field.
The town authorities have decided to
lightly macadamize the Derby avenue
road from the West river bridge to the
gates of the Field, and a fence is being
built along the edge of the embankment
near the Field. A foot-path will be railed
off on the bridge to prevent confusion
between teams and _ foot-passengers.
All carriages are advised to proceed
out North Chapel street and take the
cross road off that to the entrance of
the Field instead of taking the usual
cut down Derby avenue. The Fair
Haven and Westville company will lay
a new switch at the corner of Chapel
and York streets so that traffic may be
greatly facilitated. A number of police
officers will be brought from Bridge-
port, Meriden and other neighboring
towns to aid the New Haven officers.
. sufficient excuse.
VV ao to SS
COMPULSORY GYMNASIUM WORK,
New Course in Physical Training for
Freshman.
By the advice of the Class officers
of the Freshman class and the directors
of the Gymnasium, the Faculty have
thought it best to institute a new course
in the required work of the Freshman
Academic class. This course consists
of a training in practical gymnastic
work.
Before the present gymnasium was
erected in 1891 a regular compulsory
course in gymnastics was held in the
old gymnasiun. In 1875 this work was
first started and continued up to 1801,
when the new gymnasium was built.
It was thought that, when this building
was completed, the superior facilities of-
fered and the improved accommodations
and equipments would prove a suffi-
cient inducement for the Freshman to
take advantage of the useful and health-
ful training to be had there. Therefore
the courses were made optional. This
plan has not proved a success and the
classes are poorly attended; hardly at
all by those who most need them. For
this reason it has been contemplated for
over a year to make the work in the.
gymnasium compulsory and has finally
been brought to a head at the present
time. The first class began work last
Monday evening. |
Yale does not by any means stand
alone in this matter. Amherest, Wil-
liams, Cornell, Oberlin, University of
‘Wisconsin, Leland Stanford University,
University of Ohio, Wesleyan and
Brown have similar compulsory courses
and Columbia is seriously considering
such a move. It has proved satisfac-
tory in these colleges and also in Yale
during the period in which it was
operative here; so much so, indeed,
that the Faculty raised the number
of hours of required work from two
hours to three hours a week.
The Freshman Academic class will
be divided into three large sections,
each of which will meet Dr. Anderson
twice a week, and these sections will -be
‘divided into classes. The classes will
be made up according to the physical
capabilities of the men in order that
they may progress more evenly in the
work. The men will be marked in-
dividually according to their progress
in the work, upon the regular scale of
marking. The customary cuts and
marks will be given to those who ab-
sent themselves from the classes without
All members of the
classes will ‘be required to undergo a
physical examination by Dr. Seaver of
the gymnasium. Men who are in regu-
lar training for the athletic teams will
_be excused on filling out papers to that
effect. These papers must also be
countersigned by the captain of the
team. Those physically disabled will
be excused after an examination. As
in any other required course, a satis-
factory stand must be maintained or
the student will be conditioned and such
condition can only be removed by the
same process as in other courses.
The course is required so as to give
every man of the class a thorough and
systematic physical training. Strength
tests will be made first and afterwards
especial attention will be paid to devel-
oping the thorax and widening and
deepening the chest. The classes will
consist of forty minutes recitations and
will be held in the evenings of the week
at 7.30 o’clock, except on Saturday,
when the recitation for that section will
come between eleven and twelve in the
morning. - The classes will meet reg-
ularly until Easter.
It is hoped that this course of exer-
cise will be of great benefit to the Class.
It is also thought that it will bring out
a large quantity of new material for the
athletic teams as a number of men
would prefer the training for the team
to the regular gymnasium work.
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Special Trains for Princeton
Game.
Special parlor car trains will be run
from New York to New Haven on
Nov. 20, to accommodate the crowd
which will see the Yale-Princeton foot-
ball game. The first train will leave
New York at 10.15 A.M. and will be
followed by others, as long as the sup-
ply of parlor cars lasts.
The Princeton Club of New York
will have a special coach-train for the
six hundred members who will attend
the game. As yet, no other applica-
tions have been made for special coach
trains, but sections will be added to the
trains running on the regular schedule.
ALREADY A STRONG TRADITION
Yale is a place full of tradition. ‘Ira-
ditions not only govern the conduct
of Freshmen, the relation of classes
and the status of institutions, but
also the business dealings of the new
comer. They direct him where to
go for the necessaries and the lux-
uries of life.
Some of these traditions become
strongly intrenched in a few years,
and there is generally a very good
reason for it. We think if you will
communicate with our store by a
personal call or by correspondence,
you will see why the tradition has
become so strong in a few years
among Yale men to get their fur-
nishings of
CHASE a CO.,
NEw HAVEN HOUSE BLOCK.
FROM MR. CORBIN.
Since the year of “Lamar’s run,”
New Haven has not seen a cham-
pionship football game. But the
twentieth of this month will find
the town swarming with _ the
alumni. If you can wait until
then for any clothes you need this
year, stop at our store at the corner
of College and Chapel, and look at
our stock. Drop in and see us,
anyway. -
My next day in New York is Thurs-
day, Nov. 18th. Usual place and
time—Astor House, 12 to 4.
FRANK A. CORBIN.
Whose Flag Is It?
A Harvard graduate desires to return
to its owner a Yale flag. picked up at
one of the Harvard and Yale games be-
fore June, 1893. It is a heavy silk Yale
blue, swallow tail, burgee, embroidered,
793 in the upper right hand corner and
a small capital R. in the lower left hand
corner. Anyone who thinks this be-
longs to him and would like to get it
back may write to the WEEKLY office
and he will be given the right connec-
tion.
Have you your seats P
That is, of course, the first question, with
two great football games only ten days
ahead.
Next, for your comfort and appearance on
these festal days, when the college world,
twice ten thousand strong, men and women,
youth and maidens, are massed about a
single gridiron, -
HAVE YOU YOUR HAT?
Soft hats for football enthusiasts of both
Sexes, Make an important part of the pictur-
esque setting of these games, when they
come from KNOX.
WHAT’S MORE—
They stand all sorts of football weather.
as only the very best of material can.
Full-ecrown Men
—LIKE —
THE SUN.