The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-11-17

more tickets, TOT IoOlpaii cOuteSH 90
| pecially.
! HOW TICKETS ARE DISPOSED or.
Under the existing rules. no one not
. member of the university an hay
tickets for the Harvard and Yale game
until after the students. past and pres
ent have been supplied. All applies
tons must be made several days In ad-
vance OF the annual struggle. and af-
ter a certain day. If there are any tick
cts unsold they are placed on sale -
stores designated by the COMMITTEES
In charge Of the tickets. There are
comparatively few tickets offered for
sale. however. and they are disposed
of like hot cakcs TO those who have
been watching Tor an opportunity o
grab them when they were offered Ia
the public.
That football Is the one game in the
larger universities which is not ouiy
self-su:porting. brit which supports al
most eTery other branch of athletics.
is the unanimous opinion OF those d.
rectly interested In the athletic wei
fare of the institutions. Baseball. 10.
Is self-supporting. but the majority OF
n other sports are continually draw
ing on the treasury from one end of
h season to the other. and giving In
return only a small amount which
those directly interested see fit TO SUD-
scribe. Rowing is one of the heavt-
est burdens financially on the larger
colleges. The best coaches mus be
secured, shells huilt. a training table
provided. and many other requisites
must De taken care OF.
FOOTBALL SUSTAINS OTHER
SPORTS.
Without football, athletics In many
OF the larger colleges would be such
a sourc. of expense that IL would he
necessary for the athletic committee to
seek funds continually. The big lame
of the year for Harvard, that with
Yale, is only one OF the contests when
pays. There are several games with
other colleges. and the attendance is
generally very large, larger in many
instances thar The greatest ever seen
at a baseball game on the college
grounds.
The money received from these small
Ter games at the Stadium during the
football season is more than enough TO
pay all the expenses of the team up
to the Yale game. From the day The
college e until after team is cali
ed on the fielC to try their chances
with the o n of Eli there is a contia-
ual heavy expense. There are general
ly scores of candidates, who go out TO
make the team early in the year. whose.
work sufficiently satisfies the coaches
until they get into a game with a
strong opposing team. and then they
are dropped. Even for the Yale game
Harvard will have, as usual. some
thirty additional men OF the side lire.
all trained down 10 go in IL n or
the regular players are disabled.
EXPENSES OF FOOTBALL TEAM.
With more than forty members OF
the college in the football squad. the
% of providing coaches, whose agsre-
gate expense for football alone TO the
athletic association Is more than $10,-
900, is only one of the many items
which must be deducted from the
annual receipts. The services of medi-
cal directors, the corps OF ubber to
rub doTn the players after ach prac-
tice n regular game, the expense or
a training table, and the cost of all
the material, including football sut.s
and balls. must be paid for. While the
output has been exceedingly large In
years gone by, the graduate om!nit
tee Of the athletic association has urg-
ed h greatest economy. The mem
bers of the comc1ittee do not want to
be too close in making expenditures
when they are necessary, but they
want to secure only what Is necessary.
The athletic association Of any large
university mus almost be q financial
institution in itself, especially where
almost 5000, 900 Is annually taken In
and expended. Men who nave had
some experience in business affairs
must necessarily aid the younger stu
dents, as there is always danger OF
having money squandered where there
Is so much coming in and going out
all the time. All the money of the
Harvard Athletic Association Is han
died by a graduate treasurer, elected
by a graduate committee. He does not
pay out one cent until a bill has been
properly audited and endorsed for ray
ment by an auditing committee. which
is composed of graduates and under
graduates.
800, 900 RECEIVED FOR ATHLETICS
In the course Of a season the Har-
ward Athletic Association receives in
the vicinity of 500, 900 from the gate
receipts and from subscriptions. In
anticipation Of the receipts. expendi-
lures are being made all through the
college year for the several branches
of athletics. Budgets are presented by
the managers of each team or of each
branch of athletics and the graduate
committee decides upon the amount
that will be extended upon each.
Even in those contests where there
are no gate receipts. IS rowing, la
crosse, tennis, and many others. the
home team is obliged to pay the travel
ing expenses Of the opposing aggrega-
ton. That, too, makes a hole in the
treasury.
What remains after the expenses are
paid is devoted toward improvements
about the athletic grounds, and also to-
ward decreasing the amount still due
on the Stadium. The Stadium cost
between $3.50. 900 and $780, 900. and
there Sc still hafweap s50 600 and ESQ :