New-York tribune., 1907-11-24
GAY THRONG At GAME.
Boston and Cambridge OCerrun by
q Football Host.
LRy Telegraph to The Tribune. ]

Boston. Nov. 23-Boston was fairly overrun
to-day by a gay crowd which did little else than
think football and talk football. OF course
Boston was, nguratiVely speaking, deserted while
the vast throng out at Cambridge feaStng
on football. but this morning and again this
evening the streets were swamped and the city
given over and completely in the grasp
of the spirit of the greatest of intercollegiate
sports The shop windows were appropriately
dressed for the occasion with the crimson Of
Harvard and the blue Of Yale and hardly man
who did not openly declare
in favor OF one team or the other by a knot or
streamer of ribbon a gorgeous display of car
nations, chrysanthemUms or violets.
The enthusiasts who like to come early and
stay late began arriving here two days ago. The
principal hotels were crowded 70 the doors last
night, and sleeping accommodations were
hard to find the proverbial needle in q hay
stack. One lucky to-day to get anything TO
eat and some went hungry TO the game, only 70
forget il when the ball was once in play. Early
this morning the trains from New York and
towns and cities between unloaded thousands
who approaching the conditions for lack of
time, waited till the last minute 10 invade the
city. Most Of these got out as quickly as pos
sible this evening, well content with the days
sport
Long before noon the tide began to flow tow
ard Cambridge. and the wonder is that almost
everybody got to the stadium in time. IL took hun
dreds and hundreds of trolley cars and scores
and scores of automobiles to get the crowd to
the game, to say nothing of carriages, cabs and
vice Cambridge IS still blessed with a little
narrow bridge the shaky planks of which
the thousands had to walk to reach Soldiers
Field across the Charles River. Automobiles
and vehicles could not approach nearer than a
quarter of a mile Of the stadium, and every
body had to get out and walk. BOylston street
to the bridge and North Harvard street beyond
were choked with persons two hours before the
game and that no accident happened was more
good luck than good management.
For the last few years the city governments of
Boston and Cambridge have been talking Of
building a bridge at this point, but nothing
las been done This year. however, owing to in
ctssant demands. stout fences were built on the
sides of the bridge to do away with the jogs and
shalp corners and additional precaution
buoyi mt lighters were anchored under the bridge
TO help il sustain the unusual demands on its
strength. Many breathed d sigh of relief when
this ScylIa and Charybds to the field safely
passed
Tickets could not be had at any price half ali
hour before the game In spite Of every effort
( to the contrary, a few got into the hands of
spectators, but these had been snapped up at
almost fabulous prices. Even in these depress-
ing financial times. money was no object to some
who wanted to see the game one gladly
maid $50 for two seats in the middle OF one of
the stands and there a ready sale for seats
anywhere at SO apiece. An unfortunate few
bought tickets only to be turned away from the
gates disconsolate. when advised that they were
poor limitations of the real pasteboard.
Nv 2 o'clock practically every seat In the huge
annphitheatre filled and the crowd only
waited with what patience it could command
for the teams TO appear and the strife begin
1t did not have to wait long and in the mean
time was entertained by the cheering and sing
ing Of the rival camps, which. by the way, was
quite as much of feature usual when Yale
meets Harvard at football. Just before o'clock
the Yale players and substitutes came running
out the chalk marked field. This was a
signal for the Yale undergraduates to break
loose wild and SDOntanaOuS fbo+
even the leather lunged cheer leaders could not
did not attempt to control until the moment
of pent up enthusiasm had abated. The west
side Of the field was mass of crimson and the
noise filled every nook and crevice of the vast
recesses Of the stadium.
The Harvard section had its chance a minute
or two later to cheer the red clad warriors as
they trotted out on the field and ran through a
few formations to Timber up. Suddenly no blue
could be seen. but instead the crimson was
faunted on all sides. The din began afresh.
The Yale team got reception that was quite as