Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
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morning hours for the game which was
| to begin at o'clock.
On the way to the club the auto
mobiles made q detour Of the streets. In
Guiding a trip past the college buildings.
and the fellows had an opportunity to get
| an idea of the extent and grandeur OF
| this wonderful western college. There
were quite as many buildings as at Low
ell. and they were much finer in many
| respects. but the newness did not make
you think OF classic halls and college
traditions as did the old ivy-clad build
ings at Lowell. In years to come this
might possibly be said OF Jefferson, but
| 1t takes time to build UP q college. and
only age can bring to 1t the loved tradi-
tons such as were associated with Lowell,
and the boys were glad that they were
| enrolled as students in the older and more
famous university of the east.
Jefferson College had been founded but
twenty years before. A very rich man
had endowed it with millions and added
millions more every year. The best teach
ers that money could secure were OBJ
tanned and the college had done remark
ablt things for the boys who entered it,
but no amount of money they could spend
could give 1t that which Lowell had spent
more than q hundred years to acquire
recognition as the greatest seat OF learn
ing in the country. But the western col
lege was proud of the remarkable prog
ress she made in so short a time, and she
was reaching out in every way, hoping
that some day she would overtake and
Naturally, athletics were selected as
one of the chief fields of effort. Her
managers knew that athletic supremacy
would give the college the greatest pres
tige. Championships in the different
branches Of sport would attract students,
and with a full roster Of students year
after year it was thought to be only a
question of time when all the rest would
come to her.
So they had built a magnificent athletic
held costing over a million dollars. the
finest equipment in the country. There
were enough seats to accommodate 5000
people, and every seat was taken at the
big games which took place there, for
the people Of this western city were proud
OF their college, as they had a right to
be, and they made up in attendance what
Jefferson lacked in alumni, and they
rooted just as hard for their college as
from the beautiful though as yet not
classic halls.
The rivalry between the two schools
was therefore keen. even though one was
other the aggressor. Lowell came to JEFF
ferson as the recognized champion in
both base ball and foot ball, and Of two
teams easily matched Lowell would have
the slight advantage which champions
always have. and her games we're usually
conducted with this advantage in mind
Jefferson, on the other hand. had still
to win the championship, and was fight
ing hard for reputation. She was in
clined to conduct her games desperately
to try by the force of Drawn to overthrow
the champions.
For this reason the annual struggle over
the base ball championship stirred up a
lot of excitement and this excitement
was felt throughout the city.
On the day Of the great game business
houses closed early and every one talked
base ball. Everybody that could get in
went to the game. Many were always
alter seating $1,000 was not big enough.
After all the seats had been filled and
10000 others were let on the field to sit
on the grass or stand for two hours
through the contest the gates would be
locked and no more could get in.
Long before 10 o'clock the streets sur
rounding the field were crowded with
people. standing in line, hoping to get
one OF the choice seats. many Of which
were not reserved. At IL O'Clock the
gates were thrown open, and for more
than an hour the people poured into the
grounds in a steady stream. BY 1890
the stands were full and ten thousand or
more had been let out on the field below
the stands to sit in cramped positions
on the ground or stand with aching legs
through the great game. II any one in
that crowd got tired standing he didn't
show it.
from the clubhouse to make the usual
march across the field to the benches
reserved for players. They were pre-
coded by band of sixty pieces. Jeffer
son College wore white uniforms and
maroon stockings and sweaters. Lowell
were gray and green stockings and
sweaters, for the home players always
wear white. AS they came marching
across the field, both teams abreast in
one single line, the crowd in the stand
arose and began to cheer.
Hal and Hans looked ahead of them
at the thousands who had been crowded
out onto the field. Neither of them had
ever before seen such crowd. to say
nothing of playing ball before so many
people. In two-thirds Of the stand, from
the extreme left way over almost to the
visitors bench, nothing could be seen but
mass of white and maroon. Back of
third base. from where they approached,
the maroon gave place to green. AS they
came nearer they could see the white
places represented white shirt sleeves or
ladies' dresses or straw hats. The ma
room they saw was the color OF Jeffer-
son in the form of thousands of flags,
green on the left was caused by the
green of their own university proudly
worn by more than ten thousand loyal
Lowell men. On the field the crowd
was iiiAcu HldIoo1 ana green anu Wnite,
for here there were no reserved spaces
Each had to shift for himself, and in the
effort to find the best place to see tie
game and have the most possible fun
maroon mixed freely with green even be-
fore the game began.
Down in front Of the Jefferson play
ers bench sat the Jefferson Singing
Club, which led the singing and yelling
for the western school. while in front
Of the visiting players bench. near third
base, could be seen the Lowell Organized
Noise Club.
AS they approached the home plate the
Jefferson team turned to the left and
the Lowell team to the right, and after
the teams had reached their respective
benches the Jefferson Singing Club arose
and, placing their megaphones to their
lips, began to sing Fair Lowell"
Gradually the volume increased as the
first base stands took il up. and as the
Lowell adherents recognized the first notes
of their dear old college song. they
quickly Joined in and sixty thousand
soon as the song was finished the singing
coaches started tho Lowell yell. and for
several minutes the familiar
Well! Well! Well!
Yell! Yell! Yell!
Spell! Spell! Spell!
IO-W-E-LL.
Oh, Well! Oh, Well!
Go-Tell! Go-Tell.
Everybody we're from Lowell.
echoed and re-echoed over the field
Then just as the last echoes were thrown
back from the distance the Lowell boys
not to be outdone by the delicate compli-
ment Of their rivals. Of their own accord
also struck up the "Alma Mater
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