THE GAME.

Harvard and Yale play the annual football game today on Soldiers Field. For months both elevens have been preparing for this game and for one of them it will close the season. Harvard has been more successful than Yale in the preliminary season and the problem has been to choose an eleven from exceptionally good material rather than to break in new men, as Yale has been compelled to do. Five out of the seven men in Harvard's line played in last year's Yale game, and two of the backs have replaced men who were on the team last year. The great delay in choosing the Yale team must make a difference in team play.

The defense of the Harvard team is stronger than last year's and is conceded to be stronger than Yale's this year. Harvard's goal line has been crossed but three times, by the Indians, the second eleven, and by the Freshmen. The Yale line is not uniform. The guards and one tackle position were easily filled, but the other four were undecided for a long time. On Tuesday, Hale was moved in from tackle to Cunha's place at centre.

Yale's strongest offensive play is a mass on tackles and neither team will put much reliance on end plays. Harvard will depend on dive plays inside the tackles. Yale will probably direct many of her plays at Lawrence, but his great improvement this year makes him fully equal to Donald. Harvard's centre is impregnable.

Yale will have a great advantage in the kicking of McBride which must be offset by greater aggressiveness and better condition on the part of Harvard to secure a victory. Boal may not play and in that case Sargent will take his place. Otherwise the team is in perfect physical condition.

The line-up follows: Harvard.  Yale. Campbell, l.e.  r.e., Schweppe. Donald, l.t.  r.t., Stillman. Boal or Sargent, l.g.  r.g., Olcott. Burnett, c.  c., Hale. Burden, r.g.  l.g., Brown. Lawrence, r.t.  l.t., Francis. Hallowell, r.e.  l.e., Hubbell. Daly, q.b.  q.b., Fincke. Sawin, l.h.  r.h., Richards. Kendall, r.h.  l.h., Sharpe. Ellis, f.b.  f.b., McBride.