The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-26

IOF Nne hpecthtOThs as u hDOunuh IN Open play
which even the verisst tyro understands
now rHE Dfa CROWD cor HFRE. =
How the great throng that gathered from
every point OF the pass reached here should
be instructinR. The morning broke clear and
cold. Jack Frost had during the night sketched
fantastic figures on window pane and pond,
and bound the gray earth tight In his iron grin
II was a glorious morning. The blue waters OF
the Connecticut River spatkled in the sun
shine: the tips OF the Derivatives looked gray
and sombre. and the smoke from ssouH0ess
chinneys assembled In n moving c0fnutn Of
white. The carly workman hurrying U his
daily toll wrapped his coat closely about him,
threw his head back. and duickened his gait,
until the blood pulsnted through his veins with
the speed OF race horse. Even the college
lads. who had been celebrating the whole
night long. found eShilaration in the deep
drauehts OF ozone they took In at each breath.
and their cheeks we're as rudy despite their
hours Of dissipation. as tn ose Of the shop girls.
who hurried through Main street before the
greater portion OF the town was awake.
Az the sun mounted higher trains began
pouring In from Boston and other points to
the north. and from Hartford and New Haven
and points to the south. and by 8 o'clock Main
street had quite q holiday appe arance. In
another hour the late to- bed but yet early
rising college conting ent--for who could think
OF sleeping late on tho forming OF the day that
Yale and Harvard settled their annual RrudRe
at football 7-wers astir making themselves
felt and heard elsewhere The crimson pre-.
dominated In the early morning thronR. but
as the day wore on and Yale's cohorts arrived
the blue quite held its own. Up and down
Main street with measured tread paced the
steadily increasing crowd until the sidewalks
were swept by startling display OF stalvart
manhood and blooming beauty. for each long
coated and bushy-haired youth had his sister
or sweetheart with him
coLLEaE coLoRs EVERYWHERE. q.
Emblems OF allegiance in the shape OF flags.
banners. and badges foated everywhere.
Nearly oil the young men wore their oolors In
the way OF q scarf. but ms any carried streamers
Of blue and crimson. the ends OF which were
whipped By the breeze as their wearers strode
along briskly In the cold sunshine. The young
women were fully as proud OF their oolors as
were their escorts. and bestowed approving
touches now and then upon obstreperous bows
that somehow would nestle too closely to a
sheil.iike ear or check. that was made all the
moro lovely by the caresses OF the frost king.
Everybody was warmly clad, and many men
carried rugs in which to wrap their fair
charges when the game began. There would
be no time then to keep the tlood In circulation
by moving shout, no time in which to do any
thing but cheer the gladlators while they
fought In the arena at as dangerous q game
as the ancients knew or ever practfsed.
Occasionally q maiden flushed roster even
than tho weather demanded. Perhaps tho
young man at her side who spoke so earnestly
could tell the cause. But boys. and college
boys especially. will make love. and what time
could DO more propitious than this. when the
very air 10 charged with magnetism. 1t was
In truth day to be remembered. and the man
who could stand by and drink in all the beau
ties Of the picture and remain unimpresssd
By It must indeed be dullard.
HOW NEW WORKERS MADE THE TRIP.
As noon approached and the New York and |
Boston specials poured their thousands into |
the huge granite depot to be emptied into the |
streets. It became apparent that all records In |
the way OF attendance at Hampton Park would |
DO surpassed. Many showed their forethouRht |
By bringing their luncheon baskets along. and |
the hotels and restaurants were thronged to |
the very doors the instant IL O'clock arrived. |
Dinner was served in q number OF the New |
York trains. and the Excelsior Club In its |
gorgeous palace Ger, with Henry Duval at the |
helm. dined su mptuously viii lie their tenn orsry
homo was side-tracked. Those who were not |
supplied with colors found hswkers with red |
and blue. and chrysanthemum knots OF rib |
bons with tiny football pendant. and flags. |
peddling industriously. and selling them for |
prices that insured them good round profit |
But majority Of tho tourists brought their |
eolors with them.
THE COACHES WELL SATISFIED.
The coaches OF Harvard and Yale and few
favored friends spent the morning with their |
respective teams. only coming down to the |
hotels at noon to see how the betting was go |
ing on. The men OF both teams passed tho |
morning quietly taking q brisk walk after |
breakfast and then waiting with the i'm |
patience OF youth for the fray to begin. The |
snaiIs pace, and it seem cd as thought o'clock
would never come; The plays and tactics to |
sssin aSd sSs utmost Sas ss
pressed over the fact that the conquerors and |
q sSs %Ss Ssvs ssr to
that their ,sdnirers had taken al The :yen
smiled and were happy Tor a time. But they they
knew that the game was not yet won. and
a most determined struggle, and every Hsf.
k.s sa an sosa With her
20 the foe. and only Yield whom their pluck and
the great college game,
a. AT THE BATTLE GROUND.
sh SSo q; %
moved along and soon a seemIpgly endless
beneath the railroad bridge. dividing into two
streAms. the followers OF Yale upon the left |
and Harvard upon the right There was no
on the stands erected for their aceommoda:
tton. The arrangements were 30 perfect that
there wasn't q single hitch. each person know
ing where his or her seat was. and they pro
ceeded there by tho shortest possible route. |
hundred OF Boston,s most stalwart police were
stationed about the grounds. dozen or so
guarding the dull-gray square of earth. frozen
IS hard as adamant upon which the game was
to be played |
Rising on all sides from this arena, which
WAS smooth and level. perfect football field.
with the customary goal posts and the Ave
yard lines marked with whitewash. were the
stands, rising tier above tier until the top
most line OF spectators was at least fifty feet
above the field.
GRAND LOOKING AssEMBLAGE.
into the stands chatterinR. laughing and
the picture OF health and happiness. trooDed
As hns looking an Assem- blags as this country
can boast OF. There were gray haired men.
who remembered with pride the days when
they could kick football with the best OF them.
and there were RrAy-haired women at their ell
bows who could bear Testimony to the fact
and probably saw again In their cons the
'Ather over again, Then there were eomely