The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-20
$4,000 PEOPLE
WILLSEE GAME.
YfALE-HARvARD ANNUAL FOOT.
BALL CONTEST rs THE TALK
OF COUNTRY TODAY.

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NEW HAVEN, Nov. 2O.-With the
arrival today Of the advance guard Of
waat will become tomorrow a VERT.
liable army, the appearance here anil
there Of crimson banners in the midst
'Iof many blue standards. and the
sounding of the first faint cheers Of
1.-THE football rooters New Haven is ro
minded that tom5rrow is the great
day of days on the football calendsg.
lof the year.
Tomorrow the crimson of Rar
ward will m!ngle with the blue Of Yale
in the great grand stand, while forty
thousand admirers OF the two uni.
yersities cheer wildly as twenty-five
young gladiators chase an ineftensys
tpigsi<in over the Yale grfdfron, IN
the crowd Will be many men OF
prominence as statesmen, educators,
financiers and capitalists, including
William II. Taft as well as the usual
mob Of undergraduates, and the thor.
sands OF elaborately gowned young
women. who make up the annual
"beanty show"
The grand stand will held $4,000
spectators, and every available seat
has been applied for by three persons
making the task Of the Yale football
officials in awarding the coyete,I
lplaces very delicate one. Thousands
who hope to see the game are destined
to disappointment. Already fabulous
prices have ben offered for tickets.
and it is reported that many otStha
fortunate holders of pasteboards have
been offered $50 and upward apiece
Notice has been given to club AMI
other organizations. that no tIclst4
for the game can be supplied them by.
i,the Yale ticket management. Az a
result for the first time in football
history the clubs will be forced to re.
'ceive service fr:m Yale Field exactly
the same as though the big football
game We're played out of town.
The Wall street money market was
never tighter than the ticket marke.
for the Yale-Harvard game. The Yale
Football Association threw Yale ala,n-
nj into an uproar by announcing that
no graduate could receive more than
two tickets this season. 1t has always
been the rule to award three to everv
graduate, and the preliminary an
nouncemert of the association this fa'l
said that it WAS expected tnat three
would be allowed. The association
found that it has applications for 49,,
600 seats for alumni and undergrad.
yates, and its favored list OF 1000
more to coaches players, State and
city officials, brings the list up to So.
1000 without getting down to plain busl.
ness men and ordinary citizens who
are not Yale men. There are ully
100000 of them who have expressed A
wish to go to The game.
Cutting off the third ticket will keen
out the cdaperones and mothers.in-
law. according to one Yale football
authority, but It is felt that many
parties OF three will he broken I'D by
the announcement. The football
officials held conference with archl-
tects, who reported that 1t would b.
dangerous to raise the stands any
higher as adding tiers of seats to
those already erected.
The sole subject of conversation in
New Haven today is the relativt.
strength OF the crimson and blue
ielevens. While the Yale men preserve
an air Of confidence, it is generally ad.
mftted tHat Harvard has the best
chance in years to capture the COW.
eted honor ot a victory over Old Eli.
Although the outlook has not been
bright for Yale since the tie game
with Brown, the old bulldog spirit O.
never quit" has been much in eyi.
dencc during the week. The team
has gained much in strength since It's
Reorganization, In any event. Yale
will go into to-morrow's game shorn
of much of the conceit which has been
manifested in past years and chasten.
ed by the knowledge that nothing but
the best that Is in them will serve to
snatch a victory from Impending de.
feat. The men nave been put through
grilling training since the Brown
fiasco and are prepared to make the
fight of theirltyes.
The Crimson has had her share 81
exciting contests and small scores IN
the early season games, and, like yale,
a tie game mars her record. Harvard,
however, by reason OF her decisive
defeat Of thel1ndlans, has shown aer
real worth and appears exceedingly
fermidable. ,ss