New-York tribune., 1906-11-25
GAY THRONG ON HIND.
What the CrosCd Did and What the
Crosod Sac at the Game.
TBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

| New Haven, Nov. 24-The inhabitants of
| this town have been suffering for the last few
days from a bad case Of footballitis. 1t has
affected old and young alike, and rarely, II
ever has 1t broken out in such virulent form
| New Haven kept open house to-day and the
| thousands who came for days visit were
| quickly infected. even If they had not already
| contracted the disease. There was cure, how
ever. out at Yale Field which was effective as
| IL was strenuous. although 1t had vastly diff
ierefit erect on different persons 1t left about
| one-half the patients IN deplorably weak and
! discouraged condition. from which It may take
| days TO recuperate; 1t left the other half In a
| highly stimulated and excited condition, which
| found vent In wild antics and continuous up-
roar for hours, for Yale had beaten Harvard
again.
Inc advance guard OF those who came to see
| the long expected struggle for football su-
| premacy between Yale and Harvard arrival
yesterday. There were a good many, and they
| made their presence felt 1t was as q drop in
the bucket however. TO the horde which poured
| INTO the town to-day from points far and near
Two enthusiasts had come all the way across the
| continent from far-oH California, and thev
| wanted everybody TO know IT, They said thew
| We're going to start back again tonight IL Yale
| did not win, they had their tickets and
| would trust to luck for their meals
and Boston began to arrive, and the hundreds
who tumbled out of the trains took the town
| by storm Some wanted to see the campus
under the old elm trees"; some wanted to
satisfy the demands Of hunger and get out to
the field before the rush began some wanted to
secure tickets for the game There was no
eFouhie IN seeing the campus; there wGs some
trouble IN getting square meal; there We're all
kinds OF trouble in securing tickets unless one
was Wiling to dig deep and pay high Here
you are! Nice pair of seats in centre section only
80 apiece Only one eXpectant buyer re-
marked, We'll, guess I'll take half ticket and
snare my seat with somebody else The specu-
lators who had a few seats 10 offer got their
prices FOR what was mere money TO seeing a big
football game?
Those who came the later trains were well
provided with lunch boxes and tickets and did
not care about seeing the campus or ANYTHING
eISe' except Yale Field. Yale Field not easy
10 see, however, or, rather, not easy to get TO-
1hefe were trolley cars to be sure and carriageS
ana stages and moving vans and sight seeing"
automobiles, and one and all were packed TO a
point mat made moving impossible and breath
ing difficult Walking pleasanter and hun
dreds walked and they the field first too,
as the trolley cars labored along like a creeping
infant 1t is always at New Haven, for a
Dig football game. The automobiles, of which
there were hundreds in line loaded down with
pretty girls and dash1nS fellows. could not have
broken the speed law If the drivers had so de-
sired Say. Pop, could beat that touring car
with my pushmobile,' one youngSter remarked
and he spoke truthfuly. New Haven must still
wrestle with the problem of how 10 get thirty
five thousand persons out to Yale Field and back
again. 1t has not been solved.
The crowd was q happy one a good natured
one. out for days outing. 1t only ques-
field was reached by o'clock. Almost everybody
found his seat before the referees opening |
whistle sounded and those that didn't made the |
New Haven was dressed for the occasion !
Blue was the predomnating color; 1t was right |
and proper that such should be the case. Huge |
= Ia maj ri
Vate houses. The ShopkeeperS, with an eve 10 |
business, were less partial. and the crimson OF |
Harvard was not neglected in decorating the |
windows. The crowd itself color bedeCked |
as is always the case in college gatherings There |
We're plenty of blue and plenty of crimson, plenty |
OF Nloiets ana plenty OF red carnations and. red
dish brown chrysanthemums. The girls affect |
ed ribbons and flowers to show their loyalty; the
men hatbandS, arm bands and streamers. Almost |
everybody carried tlag-sOme blue. some Grim
son. Get your winning colors." the first |
sound heard on alightng from the trains and |
those not provided fer in this respect got their
winning Colors" without much impOrtuning or
bargaining.
Those who went to the field early ate their
luncheon in peace and enjoyed the gathering
of the crowd. 1t was a scene that once seen
can never be forgotten. Slowly at first, but
faster and faster the time for the game began
10 approach, the huge stands, ranged tier above
tier the four sides of the field filled up. 1t
seemed as If the steady stream from four en-
frances would never stop flowing and that a
mistake had been made and there would not be
seats for all The time came however when
every seat was occupied. and when thirtv-tvo
thousand more persons sat looking down on
the chalk marked Gridiron, where twentv-tNo
sturdy young athletes were in their places wait
ing for the strife to begin. 1t need not be re-
corded that the attendance limited only by
the seating capacity. The hundreds who want
ed to get tickets and failed would have filed
another huge stand.
The Yale cheering section I'm the east
stand. as usual, ana the leather Iunged under
graduates made noise enough To satisfy the old /
graduates that the Yale spirit needed no doctor
ing The Harvard men were IN the west stand.
and were not behind the Eli cohorts in numbers,
noise and enthusiasm. The rival camps had |
bands to help them out and they sang and sang
and cheered and cEeered as if the noise making
apparatus would never wear out or grow husky.
Some III feeling was said 10 have been aroused |
over the question of officials for the game.
but there was no evidence Of it, Harvard |
cheered Yale and Yale cheered Harvard. and tho |
crowd applauded. There little To choose
between the two camps in The effectiveness of
their singing aud cheering. Yale has usually |
held the palm in this respect but a new spirit
has been aroused at Cambridge in recent years.
and the undergraduates support their team with |
an enthusiasm that can only be equalled. not
oelled The cheer leaders both sides did not
have to exhort. but only mark the time, and
there were occasions when they could not even
control the wild outburSts.
Those who were seeing big football game
for the first time appreciated the singing, which
was a decided feature, usual. Well
Boola Boola Boola'' was the favorite ditty OF
the Yale followers. with Under the old elm
trees" and more work for the undertaken as
close seconds Fair Harvard" rang out from
the l,on,bridoa Infergraduatas with force