New-York tribune., 1909-11-21
CROWDAHUMANSEA
SURGES IN STADIUM
Wild Rush Checked By Mas.
ing in Narro1c Streets.
rsy Telegraph to The rrfbun.. ]


Cambridge. Mass. Nov. Done Simply
couldn't get away from the crowd hers and
in Boston to-day. Words cannot tell hav
Il swarned In the Stadium. Hugs a. /,
Harvard's temple OF sport. ~ could hardly
be1fn to satisfy the demands made upon n
Massed from the topmost row 20 the s..ts
on a level with the arena itself. a moving
trembling mass OF humanity. swsyinx 4,
sympathetic motion with every impuls,
from the titanic struggle for which 1,
formed a stupendous setting. the srea,
amphltheatre was a sight 20 thrill IN.
calmest to-day. Leaping waves OF GRIM
son or blue. from one side or the other. az
the tide OF battle ebbed and flowed. pro-
claimed the theme OF the symphony but o,
adeouats expression for the whole no verbal
Instruments. no choir OF tonal voices. en-
lists
The crowd wasn't at the Stadium alOns
OF course II began 20 form days ago IN
far-or cities which sent their delegations
10 the game. In little streams. swept in IN
trains and boats and automobiles. the fo0d
was s~eIled I'm Boston. where IL had room
20 expand yesterday. and 10 contract and
form for the last rush. tidal wave ig
soon became to the Stadium this morning
Every trolley line. every road. had its thou
sands who depended on II. Sweeping 20
Cambridx. IN scattered currents the great
food had 20 unite there. forming living
Niagara in North Harvard street. sweeping
through Boylston street and across th-
rfckety. terrifying little wooden bridge that
spans the Charles In furious. rushing tor
rent that lost no whit OF the illusion Of mas
sive. resistless movement because It's march
as a whole was slow.
Slow was the movement OF the whole but
here and there and everywhere we're dane
ing Ieapinx units. svsying the mass IN their
contant movement. Flags waved Wildly IN
one spot streaners danced sayly in the sun
in another And 80 the mass swept o..
over the river. through the wide gates Of
Soldiers Field. and up. up. on 20 the gay
masses OF the Stadium. crowned with the
new colonnade Like waves ot surf break
ing on an iron coast. the human stream
overfoVed IN = towering tiers Of stcns
benches.
Soon the force Of the human sea was
spent The tide was az IT'S food. and thers
came the period OF still water Tense and
still for A nnement the crowd waited. and
then came reaction. Cheering leaders. IN
kempt. arms waving wildly. leaped into sud-
den life. and roaring back and forth from
side TO side thundersd the battle cries ~
the opposing cohorts. broken now and then
by some snatch OF melody.
Svifter and svitter passed the minutes
left before the fray, and then. as the time
drew near. there was a sudden movement
in a corner OF the field. and all Yale's side
burst into frantic. unruled shrieks OF Joy
and welcome as Captain Coy led his vet
Grams Of Yale Scared and tried in the
gruelling night with Princeton on the field
that was TO be the scene OF their triumph
in the next two hours.
Swiftly the blue clad PLAYERS dropped
into their positions and ran the length Of
the field in quick trying out of their sig
nails. and as Coy lifted booming punt far
down the field the Harvard crowd rose as
one man and welcomed it's team. led on TO
the field by Fish. fresh and fiery as ever
before in his notable career on the grid
iron. soon TO have it's elimination in "a
struggle Of bitter disappointment. OF hopes
crushed and buried by the weight OF su-
perfor strength.
A moment of consultation. OF talk De-
tween the captains and the oficials. Big
Bill" Edwards towering over Langford
red haired and wiry. the spinning OF a
coin. and the Yale team spread out 10 re-
ceive the ball as the Harvard PLAYERS lined
up across the centre Of the field. ready 20
begin the struggle. The stage was set. and
in a moment the curtain rose at the shrill-
ing Of LangfOrd's whistle.