Comparative Statistics.

Speculation as to the-result of the big game, based on previous scores, are notoriously unreliable. The games which Harvard and Yale have played this year are given below largely as matter of record.

HARVARD.

Sept. 29. Harvard 22; Dartmouth 0.

Oct. 3. Harvard 48; Exeter 0.

Oct. 6. Harvard 46; Andover 0.

Oct. 11. Harvard 18; Brown 4.

Oct. 13. Harvard 14; Orange A. C. 0.

Oct. 17. Harvard 30; Amherst 0.

Oct. 20. Harvard 32; Williams 0.

Oct. 27. Harvard 22; Cornell 12.

Nov. 1. Harvard 40; Boston A. A. 0.

Nov. 11. Harvard 36; Chicago, A. C. 0.

Nov. 15. Harvard 18; Brown 0.

YALE.

Sept. 29. Yale 42; Trinity 0.

Oct. 3. Yale 28; Brown 0.

Oct. 6. Yale 10; Crescent A. C. 0.

Oct. 10. Yale 23; Williams 4.

Oct. 13. Yale 34; Lehigh 0.

Oct. 17. Yale 34; Dartmouth 0.

Oct. 20. Yale 24; Orange A. C. 0.

Oct. 24. Yale 23; Boston A. A. 0.

Oct. 27. Yale 12; West Point 5.

Oct. 31. Yale 42; Volunteers 0.

Nov. 3. Yale 12; Brown 0.

Nov. 7. Yale 67; Tufts 0.

Nov. 10. Yale 50; Lehigh 0.

Nov. 14. Yale 48; Chicago A. C. 0.

This shows Harvard with a total of 326 points to her opponents' 16, while Yale, in a series containing three more games, has made 449 points to her opponents' 9. The difference is partly explained by the fact that Yale toward the end of the season played three games with weak teams, in which she was able to roll up large scores. Both sides have been scored against twice, but no team has scored against both Harvard and Yale. Last year in eleven games Harvard's total was 392 to her opponents' 5, and Yale's 357 in eight games with no points scored against her during the entire season.

A comparison of the weights of the two teams as they will probably line up this afternoon will doubtless be of interest:

HARVARD. YALE.

Emmons, 179 140 L. Hinkey.

Hallowell, 172 170 Murphy.

Mackie, 207 194 Hickok.

F. Shaw, 194 200 Stillman.

J. E. N. Shaw, 195 200 McCrea.

Waters, 186 195 Beard.

A. Brewer, 162 157 F. Hinkey.

Wrenn, 148 154 Adee.

C. Brewer, 150 165 Thorne.

Wrightington, 163 158 Jerrems.

Fairchild, 152 158 Butterworth.

This table shows the following averages of the two teams:

HARVARD.

Average weight of rush line, 185 lbs.

Average weight of three backs, 155

Average weight of the centre, 198 2-3

Average weight of whole team, 173 1-2

YALE.

Average weight of rush line, 179 lbs.

Average weight of three backs, 160 1-3

Average weight of the centre, 198

Average weight of whole team, 172

The weights of the two teams are seen to balance pretty evenly. Harvard is a little heavier in her rush line, Yale in her backs. The three centre men on the opposing sides differ in weight by less than a pound, but at this point Yale has the advantage of greater experience. Hickok, Stillman and McCrea are all veterans, while on the Harvard side the two Shaws have never before been in a big game. What the result will be can not be foreseen.

Probably no name has been more widely known in connection with the game of football than that of Walter Camp, the coach of the Yale elevens, which have so long been victorious. Since his graduation from Yale in 1880, Mr. Camp has been the leading spirit in the development of football at that college. His early experience peculiarly fitted him to take such a part. For six years he played on the Yale 'varsity eleven, of which he was twice captain, and he was in every Harvard and Princeton match during that time. When he was finally forced to give up play, he still retained a keen interest in football, and was a warm supporter of the game before it was as firmly established in popularity as it is today. His chief field of action, however, has always been at Yale. As her leading coach, the invention of many of her most effective plays must be credited to him, while from year to year he has been very largely instrumental in determining her general football policy. The success of Yale is Mr. Camp's highest praise.