Norwich bulletin., 1909-11-20
WAITING FOR THE GAME TO START
Yale and Harvard Eevens Ready for Climax of the Grid iron Season Betting Favors Yale SIiqhtly-Acade my and Bulkeley Due for Hot Clash.

Boston, Nov. 19.--Footban fever is epidemic in Boston tonight. The game between Harvard and Yale-the cli- max of the season-which will be play ed in the Harvard stadium tomorrow, was almost the sole topic of conver- sation in the hotels, clubs and cafes and on. the streets. The crowd of prospective spectators is unprecedent- ed, and the demand for seats has caus- ed fabulous prices to prevail. Seldom in the forty years history of football nave the teams of the two largest American universities met upon such equal terms and with such respect for each others abilities. Yale was a slight favorite in the betting tonight, but odds have been scaled considera- bly, from the 5 to of two weeks ago, and tonight the price was 10 to g, with some few bets at even money re- corded
 Thoroughly a College Crowd.
 The supply of tickets has been lim- tied to 3S,000 the seating capacity of the stadium. The ticket holders, with very few exceptions, are either alumni or members of the families of alumni of the New Haven and Cambridge uni- versailles. So strict have been the rules governing the issue of the tickets that the spectators in the stadium tomor- row will be a more thoroughly college crowd than ever before.
 The greater portion of these fortu- nate ticket holders are within easy travelling radius of the stadium to- night.
 Game Begins at 2 p. M.
 The two teams are storing up en- ergv a few miles farther away in the quiet hooks of Auburndale and Med- field. At noon tomorrow the tide of humanity will surge out to Soldiers field and fill the stadium, tier upon tier; the cheers and songs of the un- dergraduates will roll around the great amphitheater, and at 2 p. m- both teams, trained to the hour. will dash into the arena, eager for the fray.
 Reports from the two football camps were, as usual, extremely optimistic. The injured list had been nearly wiped off since the hard games of last Sat urday. Captain Fish of Harvard, who received hard blow in the chest dur ing the game with Dartmouth, was re- ported in good condition again and an undoubted participant in the opening scrimmage. if not in the entire game.
 A typical football crowd surged over into Cambridge today, thronged Har- yard square, resplendent with its gay ly festooned windows, filled the liar yard yard and talked of nothing but the game. Every student who was sus- pected of having an extra ticket was pursued by a host of friends, for the demand this year was more than dou- ble the supply.
 Tickets at $40, $50, $50.
 Actual sales of tickets at $40, $50 and even $60 each were reported, while an of oh fy-n nf fc on the Harvard side was refused to- day on the Boston stock exchange.
 The greater portion of the specta- tors who came tonight from far away points remained in Boston. The ho- tel accommodations were extended to the utmost limits. Rooms in the lead ing hostelries were unobtainable and seats at dining tables were nearly as scarce.
 In Hall Bedrooms and Sleeping Cars.
 Hundreds of persons who had failed