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Show YALEAND. Forty Thousand Spec-, Spec-, tators See Scoreless Game New Haven, Conn., Nov. 19. The eyes of forty thlusand enthusiastic spectators feast cd today on some 9. ot0 square yards of chalk-llncd turf on Yale Field, where Yale and Harvard Har-vard struggled once more for the fool-ball fool-ball championship. Seldom In tho history of the game, which these two colleges introduced into the country In the early Tu's. had interest been aroused t such an extent and never had there been flo many questions to I? settled a-s in today 's game. Fully as important as the outcome of the game, to the minds of many, was the question whether ihe latest modifications of the rugby game wcro practical and should stand. It was ideal football weather, both, for players and spectators. The November No-vember nlj- had Its customary criminous crimi-nous and incentive for active exercise. exer-cise. Poth teams spent tho night among the foothills of tho state far away from excitement and did not come to the city until noon Everv man was reported to be In the fittest condition. condi-tion. The footbnll crowd reached New Haven mostly by rail. Nearly forty j special trains rolled into the station. . Automobiles liroughr. in thousands more. The main spectator army advanced on the city Just before noon and snatched a hasty bite at some lunch room and headed for the field and tho game. With the nrrival of the crowds, Vt- ting on the game became brisk. Harvard Har-vard ruled favorite, but there was so much confidence in the Yale rejuvenation rejuvena-tion that the Crimson odds were hammered ham-mered from 3 to 1 to 3 to 2 and 5 to 4 today. There was much money wager- ed at 2 to 1 on Harvard. Neither team wns able to score and the final result was: Yale, 0; Harvard, 0. |