The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-25
NO MORE FOOTBALL HERE.
EFFORTS TO HAVE III YlLE.
PRINCETON GAME TAKEN AWAY.

Univeraity A. C.'a Football Couimittse Pre-
pares . Report Advising That tho Con.
tests Hereafter shall Re Played On Col
. Grounds-Reasons for the Change
A movement Is on foot to do away with the
annual Yalo-Prinooto football game In this
city and have II played alternately at Prince
ton and New Haven. The member of the Uni
yersity A. c., who handled the recent game at
Manhattan Field. and who have had charge of
the affair for the past three or four years. have
taken the initiative in the attempt to take tho
game away from this city, and tho matter will
Be considered by the Clubs Council at its next
meeting. The opinions of the u. A. c. men,
bors have been placed in q report drawn mp by
Tracey II. Harris.
The reason for advocating the change is duo
20 the amount Of trouble the U. A. G. Com
mittee and the undergraduate managers have
experienced in accommodating the alumni with
reserved seat tickets. 1t Is also thought that
this move 10 being made with tho idea that I'M
less something Is done right away, the faculties
will step In with an order restricting the games
70 college grounds. Whom Tracey Harris was
seen Yesterday he said:
1T 10 true that. in behalf of the u. A. c. Foot
bali Committee,H have drawn up q statement
which will bo brought before the clubs Council
in q few days. While [ do not care to make
public the text Of the document until after 1t
has been acted upon. l feel at liberty to say that
the Football Committee, which handled the re-
cent game at Manhattan Field, is unanimous In
the belief that in tho future the games should
be played alternately at Princeton and New
Haven. II the u. A. G. backs the up,
the idea of taking the game away from this
city will be favorably recommended to
both Yale and Princeton. or course the under
graduates will have some say about 1t,
l.k 40 tkA olyta. " ~. ~
generally carries considerable weight with
them. they may see that such q change is ad-
visable. As far rs Manhattan Field is con-
oerned we have no fault to find. except in the
fact that the game in this city has rapidly de-
veloped Into u public outing to the inconven-
fence of college men. A large number Of gradu-
ates were unable to got seats at the recent con-
test, and rs q result there seems to be q general
dsslrg to have the game PLACED at Princeton or
affair" "
I. Q. Cuyler. President of the University A.
You can make It Just as strong ns you please
ing of the Yale Princeton game In this city
again: Tho tangle over the tickets made no
In spite OF almost superhumen efforts, they:
found 1t impossible to stop speculation. There
10 NO doubt that many stud ents in both univer-
pities purchased their full quota OF reserved
seat tickets and disposed OF them to anybody
that could pay the exorbitant price. asked.
Then the students paid merely an admission
fee to see tho game. thus depriving ANY number
Of grad yates of a chance to be present.
either New. Haven or Princeton, as fully be-
lfeve II Will be. the arrangements for the accom-
menL AT Springfield. when Harvard and Yale
used to meet, there were seats for %, 900 per-
s Ss1s. and Al, p few persons n.s s,S %sw up i,r The #. fo0, ball
enough to erect stands capable or seating from
10000 to $4,000 persons. Last, year at the
mer's field. there were 1880 persons present,
and each had u seat. But there was room for at
. seating capacity OF not more than ID. 500,
while there Is standing room for about 6, 1000, SO
I'm addition to this reason for taxing tho
game, away, there Is, a great objection to the
notoriety gained by the talk OF profits and other
details. The game in this city cannot be termed
Q strictly college affair. and yet 1t L. not played
for the patronage OF the public. The fact that
orally results in the presence Of an element that
10 Objectionable. By this | mean persons who
snit. i know very we'll that many wagers are
made by college men. but they are private, and
not not Haunted In the eyes OF all: Then, TOO.
are college men. wear the colors Of the univer-
sities and indulge in behavior that causes ad-
verse CON
1.-THE immense amount of money taken in for
tickets and the big profits resulting therefrom
persons believe that the game Is played simply
Tor the money there Is In 1t, aud | have often
ncIu tne TeInATk tnaL tOul6 ueu VINO klnuIy
volunteer to assist the undergraduate managers
are paid for their services. which. of course. Is
not true. The financial statements issued by
the treasurers of the two football associations
also lead to comment With ample seating
capacity on college grounds, an arrangement
could easily be made whereby all graduates.
undergraduates. and other college men could
receive reserved seats. and the absence of the
general public would quickly put a stop to
specializing BY students.
while many alumni want to have the game
taken away from here. | know there is intense
opposition on the part of any number OF gradu-
ates of both Yale and Princeton. who argue
that they cannot afford the expense of making
trips to New Haven or Princeton. They declare
That the game in this city is the only chance
they have TO see their respective college teams
play. and that they should be heard before any
thing definite IL done. But in spite Of this l
believe there will be no more football games
between Yale and Princeton in this city,"
Julian w. Curtiss, also of the University \.
C., was quite sure that the game would be
played at New Haven or Princeton next year.
he gave as the reasons virtually the same Rrgu-
ments BET forth by .Messrs. Cuyler and Harris.
ami also stated that he knew a number OF prom:
ineDt graduates OF both universities who would
ute their efforts to bring about o change.