New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-11-17
GAY CROWD AT GAME.
STREETS RIOT OF COLOR
Pent-Wp Enthusiasm Finds Vent in
Ne1C HaUen.
TBy Telegraph to Tho Tribune.l

New Haven, Nov 16--SOme thirty-four tho,,su,
football enthusiasts invaded New Haven to ssI-.d
and they simply owned the town. What 49, -,
the home of Old Eli presented Everywhers ~. 80
the orange and black Of Princeton or the d.
blue Of Yale. Yak
Early in the day the streets were thropgaa a.
most every minute trains came in, bearine. ~
sands OF persons who were for the time being foot
ball mad. Nothing thought Of nothing -
talked Of except football The scene was ons -
riotous color and wild enthusiasm. u
Every house was decorated The great r,aior,t,.
waved the blue of Old Eli, but here and there ~
one that showed Princeton's orange and MAJ
Old gray-haired graduates, who had forgotten bnsI
ness for the day, waved the flags of their coIs-a
as enthusiastically the undergraduates
On every corner street hawkers were doing .
thriving business. Here you are Buy the winning
colors! Yale and Princeton colors,' they Shouted
and II is estimated that twenty thousand la
were sold. The hotels crowded
Not the least attractive features OF the scsr.
were the hundreds Of beautiful and becouninai',
dressed girls that thronged the streets with the-
escorts or who could be seen for q moment as thew
sped by in automobiles.
The crowd went out to the field early Ever,
seat was filed. and hundreds Of persons who ha5
come up for the game hoping to get q ticket ar
the last moment were disappointed and stood
around the gates. having to content Themselves
with listening to the cheering and wondering VIA,
caused It. Ticket spectators had a disappoIntins.
day. New Haven last year passed an ordinance
against spectators. and so they had to ply their
trade with caution Even then several arrests
We're made. Two SPECTATORS were locked I'D on
the charge Of assault They broke the cameras Of
photograp pliers who trying TO take pictures %
them for evidence. Just before the game began a
policeman who saw man attempting TO sell hs
ticket tore 1t up.
Gay parties came to New Haven In automobiles.
and everywhere could be heard the 'honk hong
of the touring they sped out the field
The cars. without exception. were gayIy
dressed in the coors of the college OF their owners
Yale blue and Princeton orange and black seemed
to be equally represented
1t was happy crowd. good natured and hilari-
Gus as only football crowds can be- There was
much pushing and showing, but II was done polite
". The best OF feeling prevailed both on and of
the field.
After the game Yale UNDERGRADUATES and suuport
Of the team TO the field and began tbs
celebration" Around and around they danced.
Then. headed by a band, they halted in front oe
the Princeton cheering sections. for the Tigers
rooters stayed in their seats, cheering just "a
Justify as though their team had been victorious
and gave the old Yale yell Then they sang their
football songs. IL seemed like rubbing it in, bus
here happened one OF the most pleasant Incidents
of the day The Princeton cheer leaders called for
locomotive with three Yales the end" Is
was given with a will, and then the Yale under
graduates, admiring the sportsmanlke spirit ct
the followers of Old Nassau, cheered Princeton
After the celebration on the field the process
sion started for downtown. Fully hve thousand
strong, they marched through the principal streets
OF New Haven. making the air resound with their
cheers. The celebration had just begun then Te
is in full swing at midnight New Haven and Yale
simply mad-frantically football mad.
Nearly a thousand automobiles were packed IN
the meadows near the field In space reserved for
them. The automobile parade was one OF tho
features of the scene Many OF the automobils
parties took lunches with them. The automobile
girl noticeable by the enormous bunch Ce
violets or Chrysanthemums she wore, although, at
ter the game, some Of Princetons most loyal femi-
nine supporters threw away their violets being
too loyal anything that looked like the
blue OF Old Eli
In the cafes and restaurants during the evening
parties of Yale grads related past deeds oe
prowess athletic fields that had won glory for
and added to the laurels Of Eli Here and there 4
silver-haired grad would jump TO a chair
table and lead his class yell or the Yale varsity
yell
on the campus near by the Yale fence ths
undergraduates built hugh bonfire, and while
they danced around IL. cheers for Old Eli for the
rang out.
Supporters OF Princeton took their defeat gamely.
although 1t was. under the circumstances. an es-
pecially bitter disappointment. Most Of them efe
here early trains Game they are, they did
not feel like attending Old Els celebration