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YALE FIELD, NEW HAVEN, Nov. 24--Harvard met Yale this afternoon on Yale Field in the annual gridiron contest between the Crimson and the Blue. Fully an hour before the time set for the game, the crowd of 36,000 people had begun to arrived on the field. The weather was bracing and the field itself in excellent condition, although a stiff west wind was blowing directly, acrose it. The sky was fell of clouds interspersed with chinks of blue through which the sun shone at intervals...
Long signal practice was engaged in this afternoon at 4 o'clock in a canvas enclosed field near the quarters. The work was full of life and the men seemed to be in excellent condition. The weather is very bracing and good for sharp practice...
...full of life and showed that the men are in excellent shape. In the open practice, the signal work was followed by a short period of punting practice in which, Burr kicked to Newhall, Starr, and Foster. Newhall handled the ball in splendid style considering the extremely wet weather. Kersburg will do very little work before the Yale game, although he is rapidly recovering from the injury to his knee. Captain Foster played at left half in the defensive work in the cage, but was not tried in the scrimmage. As soon as the first eleven had left the field...
...graded crew races, postponed last Friday, owing to unfavorable weather conditions, will be rowed this afternoon in the basin over the one and seven-eighths mile course, downstream, from the Longwood bridge to the Union Boat Club. There will be two divisions, the first and second Newell and Weld crews starting at 3.30 o'clock, and the third Newell and Weld crews at 4 o'clock. The captains of all the crews will report at 2.45 o'clock at the Newell Boat Club to draw again for positions. All the crews will be on the river at 3 o'clock...
Yale won the intercollegiate shoot held at Princeton Saturday morning, by a score of 206 out of a possible 250 birds. Princeton was second with a score of 198, Pennsylvania third with 194, and the University team was fourth with 156. The weather conditions were favorable for high scoring, and the best individual record was made by Clark of Yale, who broke 46 out of a possible 50 birds. The score follows...