The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-24
TAFT AT BALL GAME
SEES YALE DOWN HARVARD n
 FAST CONTEST.
The Greeting to the Presidential Nom- fnee as He Marched Around the Field With His Class Was
 Pfcturesaue,

New Haven. Conn. June 23.--As wild scene of jubilation and as picturesque mass of humanity as ever had set ting on a baseball diamond. was that which the alumni of Yale University presented as a greeting to Secretary W. H Taft today as he sat with his class of '7s in the stand on Yale field to see the annual game between the Blue and the Crimson.
 His cup of happiness was filled to overfiowing. for not only was the crowd record breaker in his honor, and the classes the noisest ever in their dances on the green sward, but Yale whipped her rival by the score of 8 to o in a game which was full of better playing than either team has shown this sea- son. As an omen of good luck. Sec retary Taft, marching with Judge Hoi- lister in the front rank of his class and immediately following a band which constantly played the stirring Yale airs, and nanked on either side by the Stars and Stripes and the banner of the class of '7s marched twice around the ball field in full view of more than 14.o00 wildly cheering men and wo- men, and followed by the reunion classes numbering several hundred young men. The Secretary was loyal to his class, as he said he would be, and disdained to leave 1t when finally 1t wat ushered into one of the stands on the eNwesterly side of the field under the towering football stand. Secretary Taft and his class. at the head of all reunion classes, made his appearance on the bah field at 3 o'clock.
 As the familiar figure of the secre- tary came from around one of the stands, thousands of people gave many lusty. yells. and bands. maased behind the stands waiting for them to come into view, burst out Into music. The class of s7s,. with MT. Taft at it's head. swung onto the field and then began the procession which for more than thirty minutes was one great moving band of color and action. Stand after stand swung into unison of cheering under the leadership of men with meg aphones as MT. Taft and his classmates went by.
 The ball game was a good one. The intensity of the moments as they pass ed when Yale was only one run ahead of Harvard for many innings, was restraining factor on the spirits of the enthusiastic young men in the stands. But when in the seventh Yale cut loose and scored two runs, the Yale men made up in few minutes for all the time they had held their exuberation in bounds. Secretary Tafts tribute to the team and its captain came in the first inning when Tad Jones stepped to the bat. Up rose the Secretary and the class, with him and the band in front played For God, For Country and For Yafes'. and one more wave of cheering swept round and round the field. As soon as the game was over Secretary Taft passed out of the stand and in midst of knot of friends he shook hands with great many &C., uuaintances. Then he walked out on the field in the center of which Q bur- iesaue automobile race was being car- ried out and then under the leader ship of the band he and the others marched to a car. which was waiting and which conveyed the party to the home of President HadIey.
 The score in the ball game was as follows:
 Harvard .. .. q. .... 900 900 000--O Yaies. ....e.. -..... 100 coo 20s--S
 Glorious Day for "OId Ell" New Haven. Conn. June 23.--This has been a glorious day for ''old Eli" a Big Bill" as he is affectionately termed by all old Yale men was the center today of all the enthusiasm surrounding the Yale commencement festivities. The quietitude of yester- day gave place today to the most en- thusiastic demonstrations of affection. ate regard for one of Yale's most dis tinguished sons.
 Throngs of graduates. students and citizens of New Haven followed the big war cretary's every move. From the moment he appeared this morning in a big automobile at Woodbridge Hall, where he attended an important meeting of the Yale Corporation un- til tonight when he left the Edwards House--the headquarters of his clasG of '7s--for the New Haven Country Clut to attend hts class dinner, thousands oi people constantly were about. him. They manifested their affectionate re- gard for him Tn every conceivable way
 This was, indeed, a Taft day. Be ginning practically at the Ledyard Memorial dedication, where the secre- tary delivered a felicitious address in memory of the Yale men of '96 who laid down his life in the couse of hts country, 1t ended tonight In the midst of his classmates who had assembled to pay tribute to their alma mater and for their eminent fellow member Leaving Woodbridge Hall after the dedication of the flag stan, Secretary Taft proceeded directly to the Edwards House where arrangements had been made to photograph the class of '7S
 Directly after the luncheon and meeting the class of '7S, headed by Secretary Taft and Judge Howard c. Hollister, of Cincinnati. and Master Charles Taft, formed for its march to Yale field to witness the Yale-Havard base ball game. It was notable that Secretary Taft disdained to use an a,,4 os,,, olnila xEytich was nlanad af hia