The Washington times., 1908-11-26
QUAKER CITY ATTIRE
WITH SCHOOL FLAGS
lthacans Come TO Philadel-
phia Prepared to "Betcher
Million" on the Cornells.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. 26-"Get-
ting up steam" a process peculiar TO
Penn-Cornell games. and which the
great majority of rooters seemingly be-
heve themselves duty bound 20 go
through. kept the center Of tbs city In a
ferment Of excitement Tor hours before
the time came to take cars for Franklin
field.
From the appearance Of things down
town, there was no way by which one
could overlook the fact that today was
the football day of the season. Men
and women who yesterday hurried Hp
and down the central streets with the
cares Of business set upon their counte-
nances We're as debonair as though
they had just been released from school.
In the shop windows were the entwin-
ed colors of Cornell and old Penn.
On the sidewalks were the takers. wig
wagging canes .bedecked with red and
whle e, and red and blue in the faces Of
the pedestrians.
Pretty girls who coHld hardly wait
for the hour when they would be seated
in the West Philadelphia stadium. were
out with costumes in which had been
worked the colOrs OF the Ithacans or
of Pennsylvania-an in all the streets
were as colorful as are those of a
Latin town upon a feast day.
All Have Best Seats.
Along Chestnut street ana on Broad
street were ticket scaIpers. all Of whom
had the best" seats, and they ozark
ed their wares so Justify that IL was
hard 10 resist the temptation 10 buy
from them-steep as were the charges
they tried TO extort.
But c0lOTful and enthusiastic as were
the scenes along the streets, they were
even more striking in the hotels where
were COnBregdted supporters OF bOtn
Cornell and Pennsylvania
AS always, the invaders from Ithaca
had come along with big Wads OF money
which they were willing TO bet like
sailors just ashore, as IS their Well
cafes of the hotels were just the place
20 find them. ANY graduate, student. OF
sympathiZeT OF the University OF Fem
sylvania, who was so rash 10 lutl-
mate above a whisper that h believed
that the Red and Blue colors would
be carried 10 victory sgas Immediately
Deset by a wild eyed bunch OF tina
cans, who waved green money in an
almost threatening way and Just dared
him, double-dared him, and double-dOu-
ble-dared him 10 show his confidence
In the home eleven by making wager
Always Serious
The worst thing about a Cornell root
or is that mes always serious, that he
always has the money 10 make good
And the consequence Is that some Vio-
lent arguments finally led up to some
numerous wa gers.
Reports prior 10 the game were that
the Cornell team had gone stales that
II was OF its feed and otherwise down
ana out. but when the nofsenakers
from the Ithaca learning station got
on the job this M 5rnlug, they started
in 10 disprovo this in a most eraThetIc
manner
According to the dope" they handed
out, accompanied by the shaking OF
regular money in the face OF heroes.
the eleven which Eiu battle with Penn
IS the nearest thing TO a bevy OF Cy-
Clops that modern Tines has produced.
AS thu result OF the enuncIatiOn OF
this belief for mary times In the hear
ing Of Penn men, IL can be safely said
that most OF lue Cornell supporters
didn't have more than a scent piece
to carry them back into the center Of
the city when they started for the aeld
shortly before 2 o'clock.
All Have Tickets.
All OF them, however, are possessors
OF return tickets TO Ithaca. It is said,
for the college authorities. as a result
OF past perf0. mances, make them buy
round trip tickets when they start. so