����� This weekends game will be the feature game in Eastern Collegiate football.� The entire east coast will either be at the game, or listening to it on the radio.� Over 30,000 seats in Yankee Stadium have already been sold.� Most fans will be cheering for their New York team, but almost 800 student tickets have been sold, as were 1,700 alumni tickets.
����� The team practiced long and hard all week, staying out on the field till sunset.� The focus was on quick passes and speed and smoothness of plays.�� The ball was moving so fast, it looked like a basketball game out there.� One scout for NYU watched a practice then reported back to his coach, "They pass to everybody but the water boy and referee."� Coach Cann has been holding long practices as well.� He had his second string learn Colgate's offense, so that his first team can practice defense.� The line up is more or less the same as last weeks.� Bob Samuels injured knee has become infected, and he will not play this weekend.� The starting lineup for the backfield is still in question, as the second string is just as good as the first.� Joe Hill was injured pretty badly at practice yesterday, he will not be in tomorrows game.�
������ The spirit this week at Colgate has been overwhelming.� Wednesday at Chapel, spontaneous cheering erupted.� The pep rally last night also went very well.� The band led a parade from the quad, down past the gym and field, then all the way to town and back.�� Tonight there is a send off for the team, and after this week, they should be certain that the entire student body is behind them.� The freshman team is travelling to New York with the Varsity.� They have a game against the NYU freshman Friday afternoon.� Last year, the two freshman teams met, with Colgate winning 3-0.�
������ The Hotel Taft is the unofficial headquarters for Colgate in NYC.� The Colgate band will be playing in the hotel lobby on Saturday morning.� Colgate is bringing a 50 piece band to the game.� And their uniforms have all been washed and cleaned, and the instuments have been freshly polished.� Jimmy Miller is the drum major this year, the songs "Fight, Fight, Fight", "A Colgate Day" and "Faith of our Fathers" will be featured.�
���� This will be the 5th meeting of these two teams, with Colgate winning one, NYU has won two, and there has been a single tie.�� However, NYU shut out Colgate last year, in our only defeat of the season, and the Violets lead the total series in points 66-13.� Last year, McNameras punting almost was enough to beat Colgate by itself.� He is back for another year.� Bill Abee and Harry Temple are both excellent blockers.� They have two players who are 6 feet tall and 200 pounds.� We are going to see a battle of two fundamentally different game plans this weekend.� Colgate uses speed and deception, NYU relies on strength and power.� Their line rushes hard on defense, and they will try to barrel you over on offense.� Which one of these styles will emerge victorious, will not be known until the final play.� But the winning team will move one step closer to being the best in the east.
������� John Orsi will be featured in a new movie that has been released.� It is called "The All Americans" and is about the 1931 All American team.� It was filmed over the course of 4 weeks at Universal City over the summer.� The film will be playing at Smalley's theater next week.
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