Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-05
YALE STILL KICKING.
Her Football Management Yet on
the Warpath About the Thanks
giving Game Diyyy.
THE ATTENDANCE EXAGGERATED.
A Movement to Have Cash Prizes for ANA
teur Athletes Instead of the
Present Custom.
THE ATTENDANCE EXAGGERATED.
PFEFFBR AND HART HAVE SOME WORDS.
Johnny Murphy Talks Abmt Ills Proposed Battle
General Sporting News Of the Day.

ESPECIAL TELrGRAN TO THE DIsFATcH.i
New YORK, Dec 4-There is a lively
tug-of-war going on between the Yale foot
hall management and the Manhattan Ath-
letic Club relative 10 the receipts of the big
football game on Thanksgiving Day 1t is
difficult to say how matters will end.
Manager Wright. Waltar Camp and every
other advisor and participant in the foot
ball executive work absolutely refuse to
saw word They have lately shown a mis-
snthropic tendency toward newspapers and
say that not until they have settled this
football question will its inner workings be
revealed. However, it is just about as the
World put ii to-day. Yale wants SlI, 900 as
her share of the proceeds, and the check of
the Manhattan Club for S14 900 was refused
as payment in full This is $4,000 more
than the Manhattan people eyince any in
clination TO give up.
They Discussed the Matter.
Manager Wright and Heffelfinger went
down to New York last night and conversed
long and earnestly with Captain S. j. Cor
nell, of the Manhattan A. c., but the case
is still in a chaotic state, as the GUINNESS of
the Yale moguls to-day shows.
Around the college the general sentiment
is for sticking up for Yale rights and claim
ing squaring up on a basis of an attend
ance of 81, 900 people. Whether the NJ. A.
c. will secure the contract for another year
is doubtful. So far there is no sign of yield
ing on the part ST the New Haven end
Well-informed persons doubt the wisdom
NTN L. n, H. 10, Ill tho
game there was O decided variance in the
newspaper estimate of the size of the crowd.
One or two journals placed the figures at
100000 The World estimated the crowd at
$4,000, but this estimate included at least
5000 people on the surrounding bluffs
Undoubtedly there were 1000 persons, in
cluding officials, policemen, players and
newspaper men admitted free. This esti-
mate, which is liberal enough, would bring
the number of paid admissions down to
$4,000 The club has offered to pay the
colleges on basis of 90, 900 spectators
Sl4, 900 each to Yale and Princeton.
They Are Rapacious People.
College football managers are rapacious
persons. Each one strives TO make better
financial showing TO the association than
the man who preceded him. Last year
Manager Sears, of Yale, received about
Sll,2JO as his snare OF the thanksgiving
Dav receipts at Eastern Park, BROOKLYN
Manager Wright this year wanted to i'm
prove on Mr.. Sears efforts He did. The
club offered him a check fol S14 000-nearlv
$4,000 more than the receipts of year ago
While there is rivalry among the college
managers, there is also nIch stfiiGe among
organizations wh:vh have grown big enough
TO accommodate the Thanksgiving Dav
crowd. This season the Manhattan Athletic
Club. the New York Baseball Club. the
Brooklyn Baseball Club and the Berkeley
Athletic Club tried to secure the game
Last wear the Brooklyn Baseball Club got
was successful. and as there had been some
speculation to the ability of the club to
accommodate the crowd, its officials were
especially active in impressing upon news
paper men that the crowd on Thanksgiving
Dav was much larger than the one of last
year at Eastern Park. They orerdid the
business. The World had three reporters on
the field who are familiar with the capacity
Of Manhattan field and who are experts in
Judging the size of big crowds. They agree
that ., 900 people were certainly all who
were in the inclosure on the 26th ult.
Last night ii was said Captain Cornell
had gone to the Catskills for a few davs.
Wednesday night he had a conference with
Manager Wright and Mr.. Hefielfnger, the
celebrated left guard. Mr. Heffelfnger's
body said he came down to work the ''V''
trick on Captain Sammy-but he didn't.
He simply came to town for more pie.