THE YALE GAME.

With two defeats and two narrowly won victories behind it Captain Parker's team will face today an eleven which is generally reported to be one of the strongest Yale has ever produced. To a disinterested observer the outcome of the game may seem already settled. Those who are familiar with the Harvard team, however, very justly feel that it has possibilities which have only cropped out now and then in the early games. They know that a majority of the players are facing Yale for the last time, and that all their skill and energy will be used to bring a victory.

During the past week enthusiasm has risen to a pitch probably higher than would have accompanied a season in which Harvard's goal line had not been crossed. The primary object of this was to inspire the team with the idea that the whole University is behind it. But the frequency and effervescent spirit of these spontaneous outbursts prove that they are not forced, but that underlying it all there is a real confidence in the team. We know that every man on the eleven will do all that lies in his power to justify this confidence, and we wish them the reward which they so richly deserve.