The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-24
TAFT SEES YALE
WIN BALL GAME
SECRETARYiS ALMA MATER DE
FEAT5 HARVARD TEAM
TO 0.
BURST OF ENTHUSIASM
When Taft Appeared Has Never
BeenEquaIed at the Uni
versity--cheered by H.
600 Spectators.

New Haven. Conn. June 23.--t S
wild sctne Of iubiiation and as pie
turesque a mass Of humanity as ey I
lad setting on a bas aball diamond
was that which the Anmni of Yale
University prepared rs a greeting t.
Secretary Taft his afternoon as he sat
with his class Of 1878 In the stand on
the Yale field TO soc the annual game
between the Blue aud the Crimson,
His cup was filled to oyerhCwing, r
not cnly was the crowd record
breaker In his honor aud the classes
the noisiest ever in their dances upon
the greonsward, but Yale whipped her
rival, 3 to 0.
! AS an oen Of good luck the secre.
1tary marching with Judge Hollister in
| the front rank Of his class and i'm
mcdiatoly following the band which
| constantly played stirring Yale airs
and nanked on either side by ths
Stars and Stripes and the banner of
the class Of '7S, marched twice around
! the ball field in fell view of more than
II coo wildly cheering men and wcm
| numbering several hundred young
| on in fantastic and striking gab,
| lsuch as only active schemers can de-
wise and Which have made Yale
class reunions so notable.
Taft and his class, at the head OF al
the reunion classes, made his appear
auce On the ball field ut 3 q'cleck. As
Ithe familiar ngure of tli@ secretary
came from around one Of TIE stands,
| thousands of people rose and gave
many lusty yells and bands massed be-
hind the stands and waiting for them
to come into view, burst out into
mt sic,
The tremendous roar which wet
up punctuated by thrilling yells with
nine 'Taft's' en- it, awoke echoes such
as &c only equalled by the larger gath
erines at football games. The class
of rs with Taft at its head, swung
onto the field and then began pro.
cesson which for more than thirty
minutes was one great moving band
of color and action. Stand after
stand swung into a unison Of cheer
ing under the leadership Of men with
megaphones as Taft and his class
ates went by In the column were
bull fighters and matadors. Irish
peasants. Tyroleans, rough piders,
freely using six shooters, and others
with contrasting coIored uniforms
while here and there was a feature
such as a wild bull impersonated by
two men Under a skin, an enormous
lion. men on horseback and others
carving placards on which We're
humorous references to the chief
guest of the day.
The ball game was a good one. The
intensity of the moments as they
passed when Yale was only one run
ahead of Harvard for many innings,
was a restraining factor ON the
spirits Of the young men in the stands
but when in the seventh Yale cut
loose and made two runs the Yale men
made up in few minutes for all the
time they had held their eXuberance
in bounds. Taft's tribute to the team
and its captain came in the first in
ming when Tad Jones stepped to the
bat. Up rose the secretary, and his
class with him, and the band in front
played For God, for Country and for
Yale" !
As soon as the game was over Tart
passed out of the stand and In the
midst of a knot Of friends shook
hands with a great many acquaint-
auces. Then he walked on the field, !
In the center of which a buriesque /
automobile race was being carried out
and then under the leadership OF the
hand he and the others marched to /
the car awaiting them and which cor
veyed the party to the home OF Presi-
dent Hadley.
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Harvard OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Yale ..-........ ,.-.-...-..'.' a"