New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-26
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rh.,so who anprovc and these who condemn
,,a,,, ,,,orts in general and the football games
=. ,,,.,i.rlor must agree that there Is immense
- n,.lor interest in the closing championship
r.,.t, If the season. II is perfectly obvious,
,,n th,. tbe interest is rapidly increasing IL
-. oIr,odv reached such point as to make
n,o THANKSGIVING Day game the most talked
aL,,t and the most largely attended athletic
.rt of tbc wear and the limit is not in sight.
So FAR from 80 900 persons, on and outside
Manhattan Field, saw or tried to see the com
hat on Thursday but this huge attendance was
,orv Inadequate measure of the interest Whicn
Lod bocn aroused. Thousands were unable 10
,,o4 soots and thousands did not make the at
.,,. hocouSc they surmiScd that it would be
'..aro,s II is not unreasonable to suppose that
h,rdrcd thousand persons would 90 10 SEQ
,Lo croat game next year if they were sure
thot thoy could witness it in comfort ana aV
,nodoratc cost. Whether or not the popu-
Ioritv Of football is rational and what causes
p or, oue.tions that can be yariouSly answered.
iut tbr fact is exceedingly conspicuous.
Naturally, therefore, those who have 70 ~
with the development Of college sports ANU
with the management of the THANKSGIVING
Dov game are asking how the swelling hoS'
e wand be spectators can be cared for mere
,rtcr Manhattan Field is undoubtedly inc
host nl,co for the contest now ObtanaDc OH
.bort notice. bat it is not large enough ana
H'''' a., ort;relv satisfactory. The
f,cIitic, for getting there, ard especially Tor
,o,tirc avav. arc inadequate and cannot be
much improved. but there Is no place on inc
island which is better, in respect to space ana
accessibility. To find or TO make perfect
roo,Loll field il is necessary TO @ further. Mr.
ill.o has sucecstcd Morris Park. whore OF
course there j, ample room. and "hcr' every
rcoui,ite could bee provided. excepting pc'haP''
tho means of getting there quickly ana com
,oltahy But the existing tnn-pordu'h IL
cltio, could probably bc so far IncI'aN'' ~
f., make access - the Park quito n comior'api'
o.. i now is 10 Manhattan F'cld. though the
trim would necessarily be longer Another
,,ilr,od limo beyond the Harlem has already
l..n projected. we believe and the prospect
of a long series Of football games might be
ulicicct induccmont, in addition Z" those
hitherto existing for Carrying ont the Sch'n''
In the nature OF things no spectacle when
attracts 4 multitude c1n BE- attended without
, considerable expenditure Of cifort and moro
or less discomfort. and there l. no use IN
bopinc that from fifty 10 n hundred thousand
persons may some day be able 10 enjoy the
proros, Of getting to and from football game
a horse raco or any othcr show such a day
will probably never come. The main thing l.
10 provide a perfectly appointed field on which
the Thanksgiving Day game can be witnessed
in comfort 10y ~ many persons rs care 10 at
tend il. and which can be reached and left
without excessive trouble. The cost OF fitting
no such a field would be largo, but the revenues
Of football are already enormous and under
such conditions they would be far larger. Inc
investment would be a good one Moreover
were such field provided it would probably
become the scene Of numerous contests which.
for want Of IT would be settled elsewhere.
Wc are inclined to agree with Mr.. Adcc that
the claims Of Morris Park ought TO be care
fully considered