The morning journal-courier., 1908-06-24
Yale Beats Harvard 3 to 0 Be- fore the Greatest of Com mencement Day As
 semblages.
OVER 15,ooo AT THE FIELD
Gay Scene in Which Secretary Will liam II. Taft Was Central Fig ure--Bands, Costumes
 .and ColOrs.

Yale's nine did It's part toward mak- Ing the Commencement of 1908 memor- able by defeating Harvard, to o in the second game of the series with the latter at Yale field yesterday afternoon. Incidentally there Was added more cause for the enthusiasm than was Il feature of the game anu o1 the jolliii- cations of last night.
 The presence at the field as an inter ested spectator Of Secretary William II. Taft. republican nominee for the pres idency, was tcIture proudly reiated and long 10 be remrmJered by the throngs present. lnIged it Is more than possible, II Is dulle probable, that knowledge that inc lainous war sec e tary wouii be in at.clGance, contriJ- uted largely to swelnng the crowd. up- wards Of i5,p00 were tnele, the largest humber ever attending | baseoall game in the annals Of Yale university
 The downpour of rain at noon and for an hour following augurc1 III tor the sdcccss of the biz atnietic event, but the uni, ersal Repression and d,sfn, pointment was dissipated when the sky cleared as suddenly as 1t had cloudel and the sun smiled brightly again on the eager lhrongs Tho rain had proved q blessing; 1t had cleared the sullry at mosphere without materially affecting the condition of the field and best of all, the temperature was comfortable.
 In all ways the event was more bril- liant than ever before. The costumes of reunion grads, attractive though bizarre, gave a dash of color to the scene. Smiling maidehs fair filled the stands, giving the right touch of color there, and cheering on to victory the contestants of Old Ell. To appreciate the animation of the Commencement game and Its gayety one has to see It. To describe 1t adequately would be con-. summate art. M
 The stands were filled long before thI players and the grads who marched. f5 the field had arrived. All along kne outer field was a row of autoY and nearer bank of people unable yto otS tain seats It was only shortly before three, the hour the game was sched- uled, that the advance guard of the unique parade with its notable central figure, Secretary Taft, entered the field. An outburst of enthusiastic cheer ing marked the advent and there was general craning of necks for sight of the genial and beaming Taft.
 Harvard's stand, the first passed in the review. broke into q volume of hurrahs, and the applause travelled from stand to. stand as the secretary and his classmates of .'7S passed suc- Icessively before each. Shouts of pleas ures went up anew when the, class baby of 1905 S., in the garb of the class, strutted up for hand-clasp from Mir. Taft. He got 1t and benign head pat ting. Then fresh with his triumph the aforesaid mascot went through the same performance with the portly um- pire, of Secretary Taft's bulk.
 Mir. Taft raised the youngster on his knee in real fatherly fashion and as the true father conveyed the boy away to his place where he threw into the field the ball which started the game, the father said, You've had an honor to- day, young fellow, that you'll appre- ciate more and more as you grow older"
 Inspiring music from the bands, col