New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-30
CAMBRIDGE CELEBRATES.
RED FIRE AND GIANT CRACKERS GALORE
BOSTON IN THE HANDS OF HAIR
WARD RIOTERS.

BOSTON IN THE HANDS OF HAIR
WARD RIOTERS.
Cambridge Mass, June % Especially When
the news of the great victories at New-London
reached Cambridge those men who had not
gone TO the race showed that they had not for
gotten the art Of celebrating
A great crowd had formed in front Of THE
Harvard Crimson" office. where the bulletins
arrived and the first one telling Of the great
work of the freshmen started the excitement.
There were cheers for the youngsters. and their
classmates made the air resound with their
wells Then came the result Of the substitute
race. and everybody felt happy. 1t began to
look as II It was Harvards day, but everybody
feared that Yale grit might still win out and
there was not any talking till the last bulletin
arrived at little after o'clock
It had hardly been posted when the bombs
and giant hrecrackers began to explode on
every corner. Every man on the varsity was
cheered Coach Storrow was given tremen-
dous cheer as was Patrick Donovan. for every
body knows that he trained six Of the varsity
crew and had the practical choice OF the fresn-
men. When It grew dark 1t appeared that all
the shop windows were decorated with red
lights. Sammy" Ramsden, the college restau-
ranteur quite outdid himself in decorations, and
IN MS JOY announced lHdI ne "Oulu SlNe a IVA
Of cigars to the stroke of each crew. just as he
had given a box to big Biz Reid after the
football game Alexander, the newsman, ap-
peared on the scene with his rickety wagon
loaded down with firewood, and he wanted TO
know where the bonfire would be held But
there was not enough of course in Cambridge
for a fire. After dark the college YARD was
agow with red fire for great part or the time
Everybody happy, and when Professor Hol,
lis chairman OF the Athletic Committee, passed
the rough crowd somebody said to him, Great
work" He answered Bully, bully ana that
expressed the sentiment of the crowd in the ex-
act Harvard slang.
Later in the evening the whole college ad-
journed to Boston to celebrate. The Harvard
men owned the town, and painted 1t the most
artistic red that 1t has had in years They
swarmed into every hotel and they took pos
session Of every place where there was excite
ment permitted and no questions asked. AS
soon as the trains began TO arrive from New
London the excitement increased. The men un-
loaded and made directly for Washington ana
fremont SITS. and soon they were cheering the
crew in succession and making general havoc
of the streets. Everybody in town, whether ne
was a college man not, donned the good
crimson and cheered Just as heartily as II ne
had four years in the old institution. AT the
concerts the Harvard men owned things ana
ran the music TO suit themselves. Ihey oe-
manded encore after encore, and yelled for all
the Harvard tunes from up the Street which
they accompanied by whistling, to Fair Har-
ward" at which every man rose ana sung the
opening stanZa.
Old graduates Joined in the demonstration and
helped the students in the yelling. They had not
had the chance to cheer a crew victory TOT a
long time, and they Just wanted 10 snow that
they had not forgotten the way to DO II.