The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-19

tels had been engaged in advance and some who had not been Of the fortunate number with that forethought were of fering large bonuses for beds but these offers were accepted in few instances. Every train during the evening brought in crowds, and the number Of visitors in town at midnight was at least twice as large as the number in town I the night before the Princeton game last year All the cafes in the central part of the city were crowded during ! file evening. up to 12 o'clock, with shouting, jolly, crowds. These includ- ed large numbers of Harvard under- graduates, all enthusiastic, some decked | out in crimson ribbon and others wear | ing large crimson chrysanthemums. Oc- casionally a crowd would go up Chapei street on a trolley car giving the hoarse Harvard cheer, which was answered by sidewalk crowds of Yale undergraduates with the familiar long brek-ke-ke-keX we'll which so many times has cheered Yale teams to victory
 Very little betting was done during the evening, and such bets as were made were small ones, the largest ones being only of $50 and $100. Most of the bets were of 80 and $10, and most ot them were even money, although m a few cases odds of 10 to and to were given on Harvard These, however, were placed by Harvard undergradu- ates under the influence of enthusiasm l Some Harvard men demanded odds on Vale. and they seemed generally not to l believe the stories of the poor condition of the members of the Yale team, think ine that it was only the usual Yale hard l luck story.
 The Fair Haven and Westville Rail- road company, which handled the large crowd so we'll at last years Yale and Princeton game at Yale field, has ar ranged to do as well, if not better, this year. It is estimated that the crowd to be carried this year will be considerably larger than last year. Then the seating capacity of the stands around the grid iron was about 15,00o. Since then stands have been erected at the corners ot the quadrangle, where last year there were no seats, and these extra seats Will ac- commodate about 2,600 people, making the total seating capacity this year
 nearly 1S,0O0. The Fair Haven and Westvile company will have on not
 only the same number of cars which they ran for last years game, but will also put on all the open cars and extra cars of the recently acquired New Ha- ven Street railway
 Beginning shortly before 10 o'clock in the forenoon, in order to accommodate
 the crowds for the freshman game, and
 continuing until the close of the big
 game, cars will be run from Temple
 street to the field, through Chapel
 street, on minute-and-a half schedule.
 Extra cars will be brought up the Wa
 ter street line and run to the depot and
 from there direct to Yale field after the
 arrival of each special train. Starters will be stationed at the depot, corner of
 State and Chapel streets, Temple and Chapel York and Chapel, and at the
 terminus of the line at the Derby ave
 nue bridge. Every precaution Will Dc
 taken to guard against accidents ano delays, and flagmen will be stationed al College and Chapel, York and Chapel , sherman avenue and Chapel Norton
 and Chapel and wherever it is seer
 that one is needed. Last year the com pany had only one tower wagon to use
 in case of broken wires, but this veal there will be two, one at the corner oi
 York and Chapel streets and the other l at the corner of Norton and Chape streets.
 The first special train will arrive
 about 10:30 this forenoon and will come , from Boston. The first one from New , York will leave that city about Il o'clock All the specials are expected , to be in by 1 o'clock. It was stated a , the railroad office last night that there would be four specials from Boston, ont | from Springfield which will be trans , ferred to the New York, New HaveT ! and Hartford road at that point iron , the Boston and Albany road. There
 will be six specials from New York. , The police arrangements for the game , were all perfected last night. There : will be at the field seventy-six police i, men from the New Haven police de partment and twenty-four special con- stables of the town of Orange. Walter A. Main. warden of West Haven. will : be at police headquarters at 10 o'clock l and 12 o'clock to-day to swear in the New Haven policemen who will be al r the game as special constables of the 5 town of Orange. The entire force oi one hundred men will be under com. f mand of Sergeant Bergin. The entire