New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-22
SCENES AT NEW HAVEN
Fortv Thousand Football Enthusiasts
Overrun the City.

Telegraph
New Haven. Nov. z.-AD roads led to Yale Field
here to-day and most roads seemed to lead here
Yesterday Fully forty thousand visitors came mere
FOR the twenty-eighth annual Yale-Harvard game.
There were special trains from Boston and Cam
bridge to bring the Harvard contingents and nu-
merous others from New York
The Automobile parade larger than IT has
ever been before. Cars Of every kind and descrip-
ton gayly decorated with Yale or Harvard colors-
some with both-streamec in every road ana
were parked by the score in fields used for that
purpose outside the university football field
The scenes on the streets, in the cafes and dining
rooms were typical of the great fall sport Pretty
girls hundreds OF them. wearing great punches OF
"Ysle Blue" violets or Crimson and carna-
TONS were everywhere Gay automobile parties
sped by great Crimson or Blue flags waving
Scores of hawkers called their wares from every
corner. yale and Hazard flags. get yer winning
colors: here's yer winning colors
Despite their numbers they all did a remuneratve
business. They sold thousands Of flags arm bands
and souvenirs of every possible description One
novelty this year miniature iron pan, in
which was attached some sort Of bell AS noise
maker this easily the best
The hotels and Restaurants were packed and
TANNED all day and the question OF dining the
thousands became serious one But all OF this
meant prosperity to the sandwich vendors VINO uh-
biushingly charged a quarter Tor nam saho"iCHe9
or any other kind
The crowd began its march on the Held shorty
after noon 1t filed every streetcar TO overflow
ing Vehicles of every description-and some OF
them looked IS If they had been resurrected from
the ark-were pressed into service. and OF course
there were the automobiles.
Every one was good natured and every one
seemed happy and in the best OF sprits-be1ore the
game. BY the time the game began there was
not even standing room in the stands. But 1t was
after the game had been lost ana won thd1 'IS
real celebrating began.
After the Harvard men had executed snake
dances and every other kind on the gr1dlron VIZ.
their heroes had carried the day they forIned nlto
line and headed by their band. began march
through the city. They certainly were Determined
"a !et Yale know that Harvard had won Many OF
them. of course started back for Boston on tle
early trains and still others decided 10 carry 'i0
good news personally TO the Gay Whlte way III
New York. But there are still large hulnDs s
who sport the Crimson celebrating In the enemy
own town tonight, and they are still whoopihs
things UP, although the hour is now late
The cafes and hotels still crowded Harvard
men are fighting the game over again ENTHUSIASM
Is undated and speeches many. Old HarVaro
foo+har men are il anything more enthusiastic
than are the undergraduates. Frequently one
hears the cheer of some Harvard class which WAS
graduated ten to twenty years ago
The Crimson followers certainly have the coin
with which ito celebrate" They fairly nooded
New Haven with the long green" yesterday, and
though they were generally unwilling 10 give ou1S
they snapped up great quantities OF even money
with avidity, and tonight they are leaving con-
siderable behind.
To Harvard is not left all the burden Of cele-
bratinx Yale men, while naturally disappointed
over the outcome OF the game. are out on the
streets in large numbers, and the Yale yeIls rlns
out wherever they gather. Added zest is gwen 'L9
celebrating when crowds Of Yale and HarFaro
mon get together and each tries to drown the
others cheering
One of the innovations this year Is night auto
mobile parade. A number of Harvard men VINO
stayed over, owning cars, got together ana s'aitN
a. oh he
Each car was almost literally covered with GRIM
son flags and bunting.