New-York tribune., 1905-11-26


roofs The Boston record for the arrival Of pri-
vate cars was broken all to smithereens- Some
of the private car parties came from as lar
away as Chicago while there We're half score
of them from New-York alone.
To the New Yorker it seemed that Boston
must be a small town after all. Nobody VINO
knows New-York can imagine the metropolis
being swamped by even the largest footoan
crowd, yet Boston was swamped by to-day 3
| multitude. Last night you could not get room
at any of the principal hotels Tor any price
You were lucky to-day If you could get any
thing TO eat in any of the same hostleries
Standing room was at a premium in the lobbies
and the overflow into the surrounding streets
vast. From State-st. to Harvard Square
you could not take step without being re-
minded that this was the day of days only
once in two years does Yale play football on
Soldiers Fied-and this the day.
ON THE WAY TO THE FIELD.
Long before noon the tide of humanity began
to turn toward Cambridge It got there in every
conceivable way-on foot, in cabs. by trolleys.
by automobiles, in moving vans. and even in
the justly celebrated Boston herdic of an
tiquity equal to that of the sacred Goldfish. Bos
tons three hansons were leased days ago.
1t took miles and miles of packed trolley cars
and 100000 worth of automobiles to get part
OF the crowd to its destination. Cambridge. or
course, was football mad. The crimson was
faunted everywhere, save in the shops. which.
thrifty remembering that thousands OF Yale
partisans would come along, did not forget to
make some exhibition of the blue. The police
thoughtfully made edict that vehicles or
autos should be allowed to approach nearer
to Soldiers Field than quarter of mile. 1t
was well they did, for Boylston-st. to the bridge
and North Harvard-st. beyond that choked
with human beings for an hour before the game
The bridge formed the narrow end of the funnel
for which all Boston was the large end.
Tickets could not be had at any price half
hour before the referees whistle shrieked. They
had all been sold some of them at well nigh
incredible prices. The management had an
nounced that tickets sold by spectators would
be refused at the gate and they employed de-
tectives to help them enforce this rule A few
held of be
gates, their tickets taken away, and the par
value (S2) restored to them. They complained
bitterly but it was of no They were but
a few. however. and hundreds paid high pre-
miums. In fact, never have football tickets
been held at so high price The sum of S10o
was offered last night for two seats opposite the
centre Of the gridfron. Spectators were freely
offering to pay So for any old seat, and they
asked and got S1V for the most remote seats.
WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE.
1t fine day for the crowd, but rather
too warm for the players. Rain fell here last
night from o'clock to midnight and more
rain was predicted for to-day But the prophets
We're wrong about that. The day dawned fair
ly clear and by IL o'clock the sun was out
from the southwest and it quite like a day
In April. Coats We're carried freely over the
arm and the sweater, so often friend in time
OF need at football game. was conspicuously
absent
It was feared that the rain might have soft
ened the field to make the footing poor for
the players, but this mischance was avoided
The Harvard management had taken the pre-
caution TO cover the gridiron with an overcoat
of straw, which so effectually protected 1t that
1t was in good shape for the fray. At Lao
O'Clock practically every seat was taken in the
huge anphltheatre, and the throng settled down
to wait for the teams. The Harvard centre Of
interest was the west side of the stadium where
the cheering section was located. and the Har-
ward colorS were massed for the most part on
that side of the field On the east rose tier upon
tier of Yale enthusiasts dotted with the dark
blue, though here and there there blazed out de-
family speck of crimson that was not to be
showed under by the tons and tons Of violets
Harvard started the days din few minutes
before o'clock with the famous marching song
Up the Street led by huge brass band, espe-
cially recruited with view to filling with noise
as much as possible of the vast recesses of the
sacrificing, athletic cheer leaders was lined up
inside the gridiron fence. They led by
Burt Stevenson, captain of the baseball nine
All Of them were provided with crimson mega
bitter end
Across the field Yale had her usual allow
ance of four conductors. whose reading of the
score was pronounced by eminent musical critics
to be unexceiled. It isn't every conductor who
has chorus OF 10000 voices under the control
of his baton. All the Yale cheer leaders had
blue blue megaphones and if the issue of the match
have been draw game
Yale's 'Boola' answered up the street"
Then Harvard gave long cheer for Yale and
Yale replied with for Harvard heaping
heaping up the Goals of fire by rapping out
screamer for Captain Hurley, the injured leader
the City Hospital, waiting for bulletins of the
match to be brought to the side Of his white cot.
ARRIVAL OF THE TEAMS
This courtesy the part of Yale ELECTED
thunderstorm burst Of grateful applause from
the Harvard side of the stadium. and started
the afternoon with a wave of good feeling.
The forest of blue flags leaped into life pre-
cisely on the dot of o'clock Captain Shev-
lin appeared at the corner of the gridiron at
the head of his men The Yale players trotted
leisurely out upon tht field and formed in circle
TO pass the ball around.
Just half a minute later the back haired
KnowIton was seen emerging upon the field at
the head of the Harvard squad-the varsity
players wearing the canvas jacket and the substi-
tutes the Harvard sweater. At once the Grim
team fell to running off plays up and down
the gridron. They. too got a great reception,
the cheers lasting twice as long those for Yale
probably because there were twice as many
present to give them. At any rate, they did;
but, though it may help. cheering doesn't act
ualy win games.
Three times three for Hurleyr' beloved the
Harvard cheer leaders unanimously through
their crimson megaphones. And the cheers
given with such a will that the injured
Harvard chieftain might also have heard within
the distant hospital IL he had been listening,
perhaps he was. While the wait lasted Yale
roared out a specially prepared version of the
slogan that proved effective at the Prince
ton game;
Harvard. Crimson big and tail.
What yer gwine ter do when yer git that ball?
Then came the usual brief and formal con-
ference between the officials. Captain Shevlin
of Yale and Knowlton, who, in the absence of
yard When the coin fell KnowIton guessed
correctly and chose at once to defend the south
goal At that time the wind blowing pretty
stifiy from the south, so the punter with his
indeed, the progress of the match In the first
half plainly showed.