The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-11-13
Thirty-five Thousand Fans
Throng Field to See Great
est Game of Season.
1909 TIGER SCORES.
r HEY'RE all at New Haven today
Ito the number of 35.000-the

IT HEY RE all at New Haven today
Ito the number of 35.000-the
gray-haired graduate of many
years ago; the alumnus of a few years
age; the youthful B. A. of last year, and
the wives, sisters and sweethearts, who
insisted upon making the trip to cheer
for Yale or Princeton, as they battle on
the gridiron.
Some have been there for two days,
so as to avoid the fierce crowd that
swarmed this historic place today and
last night Talk about worlds series
baseball enthusiasm! The excitement of
such struggle does not compare for
an instant with that on tap in the City
of Elrns as early ds o'clock today
The banker. WHO can seome and go
pretty. much as he pleases; the man
of wealth, who can do what he desires
the newspaperman, who must work,
and the football enthusiast, who played
truant from work at the expense of a
DAYS pay, talked football at "evens''
and were ready to bet at the drop of
the hat.
This football classic has the historic
old New Haven in the throes this year
probably worse than ever. All last
night there were many wagers peihs
made. The followers of the Blue were
sure of victory The rolls of money
they had stored and saved and hoard
ed for months were brought out ano
odds of 10 to offered that the Orange
and Black of the Jerseymen would DC
all black before the referees final
whistle had blown for the day.
Princeton boys, gloomy enough, IN
deed. had their fat wads. too, and even
if they harbored hidden thought that
their fayorites were doomed to defeat
they took every wager against theii
heroes lust to show they were loyal
supporters of their college, no matter
what betide.
From all parts of the country the
Princeton rooters gathered. New Jer-
sey, the home of "Old Nassau" STOOD
| out boldly with her crowd. They hao
words Of praise for Hart and for Gun
ningham, whose mighty toe, they are
sure, even if defeat should come, wouio
prevent the disgrace of not being able
to score on the Bulldog and would
knock into a cooked hat Yale's prouo
boast that not a team had scored on
her for the season.
Newark and it's suburbs furnished its
| full quota of Princeton rooters. Many
of them left the city last night to gel
to New Haven in time, only to find
that they were subject to all kinds Of
inconvenience, such 'as paying 50 to
sleep on a floor, because of the big
crowd. Yet they bore their woes pa
tiently, putting on the credit side of the
ledger as a baiance the great priyilege
| of seeing the game. The majority
however. left the city early this Morn
| ing.
| trip were as much interested as those
who are in New Haven. That was evl-
denced in part by the numerous dis
plays seen in the shop windows on the
| prominent thoroughfares.
Early in the week the first bit OF
orange and black ribbons. set off with
the blue, appeared as decorations in the
showcases and windows of Newark
merchants, and novelties in the form
| of pins and tri-colored beribboned
badges emblematic of the two colleges
have been selling like hot cakes.
Early today there was steady
stream of motor cars of all types and
designs constantly passing the -Four
Corners" AS the sun gradually mount
ed toward the zenith the cars became
fewer and farther apart, until at
o'clock the New Haven bound parties
who were making the trip via buzz
wagons had ceased,
The pleasant weather seemed to have
buoyed up the hopes of the Prince
tonians and they gave vent to their
optimism as they rolled along. cheering
and singing their old college songs, re-
gardless of the locality through which
they were passing.
Busy men stopped on the curbs to
watch the merry parties as they
whirled by. envying the lucky ones who
were off to witness the great game.
Occasionally machine flying the
blue of Yale would come abreast a
Princetonian- hued car and the occu-
pants of the two autos would exchange
cheers and engage in friendly repartee
in which the chances of both of the
opposing teams were made light of by
the rival rooters.
The fact that the weather was SO
much more favorable today than were
the existing conditions last year. when
the game was played in steady down.
pour Of rain, snow and sleet, was taken
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