The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-17
BIC MONEY N FOOTBlll CANES
Tast Suns ore Taken in At the Chan
pianship Contests

Battles. Which are the Most Impor.
iant Contests I'm Athlesics-Grea,
Cost OF Keeping Training Table q,
Harvard.
When the great Stadium on Sol.
diers' Field is filled in every part.
when the bare seats Of the mora.ng
have been hidden by one great mass
Of excited humanity. when the bI1od
tingles and flags are waved and the
:reet human bank reaching far up un-
til even the faces are not recogn.za-
ile, and this great multitude OF hu-
nI,Ins r ses and cheers in the widest
enthusiasm, what does il mean in dol
lars and cents9
What does 1t cost this great cir GUAR
bank of men ard women to SEE Har-
ward and Yale meet or h gridiron. 10
watch the struggle for supremacy
which means So much to both, TO shout
and yeii, and undergo ali the sensations
which only a great football game Fan
| lIoulIG LII lit i.ashah bols
Few count the cost, the enormous
cost of { H~arvard-Yale game, The price
Of tickets is 81: some have paid SIS.
:hcrc are times when any sum OF tan
ey is forthcoming for 4 place on the
stadium, but aside from the amount
actually coming to the promoters Of
the sport are he immense profits OF
the spectators, which makes it im.os-
! a. 1Ant 1911 49,
cept IN general terms. To see the game
that cheering :cowd has paid not less
than $4,000.
The Profits of the game at the Har-
yard Stadium o. ON Yale field are lin
tied by the seating capacity. Thousands
, are urned away from the gates each
ear after the grand stands are filled.
Even with the limited seating
capacity, there is more than $780,
600 net profit in the sale
of seats, and that amount is divided
equally between the two teams, d GUS
tom which was established by Yale af-
ter the strained relations between he
two colleges were amicably adjusted.
SPLIT UP $4,000.
Harvard and Yale each received n
net profit of more than $31 900 from
the game at Cambridge two years ago.
The kealing capacity at That time was
| $4,000 n for each seat there were So
in the hands of the treasurer of the
athletic association. The heavy eX-
penses that year deducted considerable
from the gross receipts. At Yale a year
ago the receipts after all the preiiIIi-
nary expenses were paid amounted to
more than $50, 900.
The Stadium at Cambridge has a per-
manent seating capacity of some % 900,
according to H. S. White, the chairman
of the graduate committee of the liar
ward Athletic Association. With the
erection of a temporary stand the
chairman expects to increase the seat
ing capacity to $4,000.
Although free tickets are distributed
to privileged persons for the Yale game
the committee declares that those tick
cts are not in reality complimen'ar y
passes, as the committee pays for Zach
with a part of the subscription which
is collected annually for the sport
Certain officials, players and coaches,
| receive a limited amount. Yale will
not recognize 4 complimentary ticket.
FIGURES ON COMING GAME.
WIFI Il SSdIllS Capacity VI of,oou IOl
the game which is to be played Sat
urday, November Is. at Cambridge,
some $685. 600 will pass into the hands
| Of the treasurer OF the athletic associa-
ton. From that amount he will first
deduct some s11, 900 for the erection Of
a temporary stand on the north side
of the field. The actual expenses OF
both teams in preparing for the game
will be paid, and lastly the cost of
advertising and other incidentals Will
be taken out. Unless there is some
thing IL of the ordinary in expenses
the net profits of the game will
amount to something over $4,000,
which will then be divided equally be-
tween the athletic associations.
While the average football enthus-
last who has never attended Harvard
or Yale, and who has not been able 10
secure tickets for the great game of
the season through friends a present
or past member of the student body,
has possibly been called upon to pAS
anywhere from So to s25 a ticket. espe-
cially Upon the last day, the varsity
association receives only n price, and
the advance is brought about by he
spectators, who are ready TO pay a
on any TICKET, OWL ihtt
they can make a small profit at least
on the purchase.
WEDDING OUT SPECTATORS.
While the athletic association at
Harvard as well as the members OF
the graduate committee, have done al
in their power TO prevent the sale OF
tickets by spectators, they " not
succeeded as well as they desired, rs
they are obliged to give tickets to eve
~ student, past and present, who ap-
plies at the regular price, 50, and he
student a sell them to any one he
sees fit. IL one of these students Is
financially embarrassed, he is able to
make a little money by buying some