New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-29
NOVEL WAGERS At YALE.
One Loser Bugs Junk-Another
Carries Advertisements

New-Haven. Conn. Nov. Is CSpeciaD.-The paying
on OF bets in unusual ways has created much
amusement at Yale this year among the under
graduates. The latest one Of these payments that
have come TO public knowledge IS that Of a sbap
field Scientific School senior who lost his bet that
Harvard would score against Yale on Saturday and
who has therefore taken out junk dealers license
from the city authorities and masQueraded, on the
Shen campuses as dealer in old iron Some
novel ways Of paying of bets not OF the money kim
were In vogue at Yale this fall Early in the year
queer looking character who appeared In the
streets OF the business quarter Of the city one even
Ing between sandwich" advertisement boards at
tracted general attention. He was tall and rather
thin and extremely odd clothes, in which
yellow and green checked trousers yellow coat
and green dot bow tie predominated He
walked between hanging boards on which was
painted the advertisement OF some one Of the old
clothes men who infest the undergraduate cam
puses. It noticed that this strange figure an
peared in the streets only at night and there
considerable discussion as 10 his identity II
finally leaked out that the walking advertisement
was student in one OF the lower classes of the
Yale Law School and that the bet he had lost was
that Yale would go through the football season
with clean slate. AS Holy Cross made ten points
against Yale. the Law School man lost his bet
The penalty that he should parade Chapel-st for
five evenings carrying such sgnboard was re
lentlessly carried out by this mans classmates
little later In the football season the YaI,
freshman class football team lost its game Il
Harvard, and the payments OF bets between tn,
members OF the class this game were many anc
varied The most interesting-to the outside public
that sometimes behind the college campus
scenes-wss the supper which six freshmen ate
on the floor Of Of the dining rooms near the
campus. The supper lost by them, and, as part
Of the bet was that the losers should eat their
meal In humble spirit under the table this was
dole Astonished patrons OF the lunchroom came
In only 10 find six undergraduates seated on the
floor and enjoying full repast under the table
while ring OF enthusiastic classmates stood about
them and cheered them on. Among the freshmen
who thus paid for their assurance that their foot
pan team would win were some of the best known
men in the latest Yale class and the campus is
still amusing Itself discussing the incident
There were several other bets paid off this fan
on the football season. One night last week g
crowd OF undergraduates was walking through
Elm-st, a block so from the campus when
trolley car rounded the corner Just ahead One of
the undergraduates grinned foolishly at the boots
OF his fellows and then went out into the street
and stopped the car When the conductor looked
down TO see what the in the street wanted
the latter calmly put his right foot up on the car
step. unlaced and laced up his short shoestrinx
and then, with smile and polite bow waved
his hand at the conductor with: Now YOU can go
on. thank you" Inquiry among the laughing un-
dergraduates on the sidewalk ELECTED the infor1na
ton that the undergraduate who had stopped tho
car TO give him footrest while he tied his shoe
merely paying lost wager on the Princeton
football game.
But the most unusual payments OF lost yasers
yet recorded at Yale occurred this week when in
consequence OF the victory OF the Yale football
team over Harvard with no score by the Grim
son eleven. two Sheffield Scientific School seniors
had TO present themselves at the City Hall and
ask FOR licenses. one TO act Junk pedler and the
other as bootblack. Chief "Bunnie" wrinn OF the
New-Haven police force was extremely surprised
when the first OF these applicants appeared in his
onlce In the City Court Building George G.
Coolidge Is a popular senior In Shelf and halls
from East Orange. n. J. He is famous for
being one OF the best dressed men IN Shelf {"
ana is a cousin OF J. Perpont Morgan The Joke
IS somewhat on Mr.. Coolidge. however as there IN
very stringent law In this State that Junk
oealer VINO has taken out the necessary Icenss
must hand IN a sworn statement each week of the
amount OF business he has done where he nur
elaseS ms Junk and to whom he sold it. and Just
WAT hho OF thlngs he dealt in. AS Mr.. Coolidge is
nov a licensed junk dealer, the Police Department
may nave 70 request Of him weekly stateroents -,
his business. he paid - for his license ais Gas
mate, also rom East Orange n. j. and nanad
r. Z Johnson. (r-. is the other license recinient
on account OF the Harvard game Mr. 1ohnson
walked into Chief Wrinns Office and asked poIItely
for authority 20 pursue a shoeblackng Career
When the chief had recovered from hts astonisb
ment Mr.. Johnson told him he had TO paw a LOST
wager and planked down his 81 and walked off WITH
his shoeblockIng license Mr.. Johnson will NOT
have TO hand In any report the amount OF his
business. but he is already being laughed AT gen
orally among his classmates for his new business
venture.