New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-21

Further vet in the clear, cold hgh|'
Distant as the Harvard goal posts 10
the invading sons of Eli, the foo'oa',
fan might see The towers oil Memorial
Hall and remember, perhaps not UNI
lady the worst restaurant in the
world. -.
All these things the spectator mign'
GOO but he didn't. One hundred ysros
81 mud SCARED tuTi was the iliiit
tho vision of the forty-odd thousahMu
Ono saw the game. Watching the pan
n.as work for the most sgile-eyed when
Harvard played its tricks ,.a III,
r l~ He is stage director, and an
Instructor in sleight OF hsnd. ~.
Tbe closer the Yale men watched, u1e
,oss thew saw. Numbers, undoubtedly
reSS we're shouted, and without more
90 Tho ball would disappear, only W
s suU nm behind the goal posts. on-
fortunately. through a lapse OF mem
orv Eddie Mahan forgot to pull a rap
hi; ont of Wilson's left ear; Every
other trick was performed by the n'e'
PLAYERS and actors. too, are those
Crimson warriors. Now hing anu
again Mahan showed that he could as,
sumo character and portray II WI
fidelity. Usually the acting oYpoi
| tunities consisted OF behaving ING
man with the ball and keeping up tne
impersonaton long enough 10 aIio"
the real culprit to make ms ESCAPE
Yet with all the success OF these PEI
formances there was drama oil deeper
and more engrossing sort thah any
seen on the field. We reter 10 '"0
mob scenes. H..
There were two mobs. Down on tne
or;diron the fight grew one-sided. but
the battle of the mobs was gooo ura";
Roth contestants were on their rect aho
still strong when the final gong rang.
Possibly there was a shade more Joy
in the Harvard cheers, but Yales were
No whit less in volume. The men from
New Haven cheered with varying emo
tions Defiance was the first note wnlch
they struck. Later it was optimism,
further on grim determination ana
eventually mere relief:
The men of Yale cheered and sang
but not the "Undertaker song. Inc
opening bars of that famous NUMBER
were heard, indeed, but the tune was
borrowed for the afternoon by Harvard
song should have an airing after lts
long disuse. The cheering Of the Crimson
was cumulative. Toward nightfall IL was
wellnigh bloodthirsty. Seemingly there
is no such thing as too many touch,
downs. Once victory was assured
Harvard supporters urged their men 10
heat the record Of high scores. JUST
once during the afternoon did the
Crimson side swing into Hold 'em!
Hold 'em!"
The course of the game justified the
Crimson song writer's. Nobody wants
more than the writer Of college song
He is by no means content that ms
team should win. 1t must Smash the
other side "through and through. ana
"march. march on down the held'
lightly treading on the faces OF tsilen
foemen i'm time TO the martial music
For once, at least, score ana score
were in harmony With every other
field of activity invaded by teminists, y
il worth noting that cheering is stu
tho neculiar perouisite of the men.
That is. cheering a. far as the mere
rumble and rattle of throat and palate
are concerned. 49,
Inspiration of more subtle sort lay
in the positive pulchritude of the girls
AZ the game. II tugged in two dlrec-
tions. No sooner did the neutral de-
eide that he should most certainty
cheer for Harvard because Of the amaz-
ing attractiveness of the one over
there with the sealskin coat and the
bunch of roses than some one Of even
more persuasive charm would be
sighted wearing a badge Of violets.
we don't know just why there are
so many beautiful girls at footoaii
game. Possibly it has something to DO
with the survival of the httest. ANY,
body who saw college football CROWD
every week Of the year might watcn
the chorus Of Ziegfeld show without
perturbation and barely bat an eye