New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-18
FOOTBALL.
YALE VARSITY NOT BACK YET.
SWAMPED BY APPLICATIONS
FOR SEATS AT HARVARD GAME

10y TELEGRAPH THE rR1RrNEl
NeW-HaVen. Conn. Nov. T.-Only the substitute
players of the Yale squad were out for practice to-
day, the regular varsity not returning untu to-
morrow night Wednesday and THURSDAY there
viii be no practice except light signal work and
Friday will end the practice season. Trainer Muir
phy said tonight that he confident the eleven
would go into the Harvard game in as good con-
dltlon as they entered the Tiger contest Former
ends Coy. John Hall and Charlie Gould will be
with the varsity this week aching the end plav-
ers. and especially substitutes Wilhelm Hare and
conn. II was announced tonight that the Har-
ward team would arrive the Pequot Club house
IN Morris Cove Friday afternoon. and would
go Yale Field in special trolley cars on Sstur-
day. Previously Harvard has always spent the
night before the game in either Meriden Hart
ford.
Preparations are being made on an elaborat re
scale by the Yale football management for the re-
ception Of the immense thronE Of Yale and Har-
ward enthusiasts game day. Saturday. Manager
Alan Fox, of Yae. says that previous time
has there been anything like the demand for
coramocations a. the that has literally
swamped the mana cement this season. Last year
there were 17ooo seats in the big football arena.
To these We're added 300 more the first of this
season. making - 90 The enormous number Of
applications for the game. however made neces-
sary a still further addition. and this week 500
more seats going up. There Will nc, therefore
an attendance of $500 AT the Yale-Harvard game,
and besides these it reported at the football
Offices this morning 5000 applications will have to
be thrown out AS the oversupQlv is all from grad
uate and undergraduate application, IL is safe 20
say that there viii be regular public sale OF
tickets this year, \ few may get to dealers in
New-York and Boston. but big premiums al
ready being offered for right
The seats Will be about evenly divided between
the two universities though Harvard desired more
than half and there enough Yale applications
10 Ill two-thirds Of the seats The Yale Alumni
Weekly is usual handling the Yale section, and
the seats will be distributed Wednesday morn
ing.
Tis, New-Haveu road is making extraordinary
eHo%s 10 handle the football crowds Saturday
morning All OF the twenty yard tracks viii be
utilized sidings Cor special trains from New
York and Boston. and more tracks have been laid
on new ground 10 accommodate the rush OF trains.
ticket saving where his train can be found after
the game, and complete system is being devised
70 get the crowds on board the outgoing trains
directly after the game with the least DELAY. All
OF the extra parlor cars Of the company have been
lea sed private parties from all New-Eng-
land and New-York State. and these will have
special sidings near the Union Station
The Fair Haven and Westville trolley road.
which conveys the crowd 70 Yale Field from the
city Will this year for the hrst time have every
facility for handling the thousands Of passengers.
Field has been double tracked TO half a mile be-
yond the Field. thus allowing Of steady process
sion OF going both ways from State-st. to
beyond the field An interesting phase Of the car
rvfng situation is the struggle between the local
and out % town hackmen for patronage The
local Ia cknaen charge sometimes $40 for the two
against this exorbirance. The hackmen then tried
keep all outsiders away by court ruling and
failed. Outside hackmen expect 10 be in the city
IN droves on game day TO underhid local drivers