New Britain herald., 1914-08-26
YALE HEADS TURN
 TO FOOTBALL AGAIN
Opening Of Alh hetiC Season Cny
 About a Wc6A AWay.

New Haven, Aug. Eo.-ln ne open ing of Yale's athletic season for 1914-15 is now only about a week off, and already the football men are getting back to town to be in readi- ness for the preliminary practice sea- son. In addition the contractors for Yale's new stadium are being pushed to the limit, so that Yale this year can have the prestige of entertaining some 72,000 people when she plays Harvard as a finish to the season. It will be the largest crowd of people ever to witness a football game and Yale's present plan is to play all of the games of the preliminary season on the old field, reserving the big Yale-Harvard fight for the opening of the stadium.
 Already there is talk of raising the price of seats this year and it seems to be generally understood that a slight advance will be made. Yale is still short of money to complete the bowl and lay out the new field. Mon- ey has been pledged to a large extent by alumni, who have purchased bonds at $100 each which the Yale authori- ties issued for the construction work The holders of these certificates have the privilege of buying two tickets at S2.50 each for Is years for the big games played in the stadium.
 The work during the summer has been hurried so that the huge struc- ture now begins to take definite form. Inside the enclosure the level of the playing surface has been placed and rolled and is now being hardened. The concrete circular wall that entirely en- closes the bowl is being poured through the molds and in another week practically will be completed.
 Those who complained of the glare from the Harvard Stadium will find that the builders of the Bowl have colored the cement that will be poured in for seats. giving it a slate tone which, it is claimed, will be rest ful to the eyes. The coming week will see work started on the seats, but it will be well into October be- fore it is completed. Wooden seats, held in place by iron braces, will be attached to the concrete.
 All of the earth has been thrown in- to place and the height of the earth en sidewalks is about forty feet above the ground level while the playing surface is about the same distance be- low the ground level.
 Standing Room For 12.OO0.
 The designers have arranged for the seating of 60,000 people, but they have allowed space for 12,000 standing room, which brings the number to be accommodated up to the 72,000 mark. In former years Yale has been hard put to accommodate half that number on the old wooden stands. These latter, however, have been put in order already for the opening of the football season, which is scheduled to begin with the Maine game Saturday, Sept. 26. The old Yale Field has new carpet and from present plans the Brown Yale game, which of late has come to be regarded as a ar-championship con- test, will be played on the old field But that will wind up the use- fulness of the old gridiron, unless it is utilized afterward for practice pur- poses.
 All sorts of antics in past seasons have been a feature of this Yale Brown game, and this year, when the undergraduates find that it will prob- ably be the last game ever to be