Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-08
fore they came to Cambridge attract
ed big gate.
Liners Rrina Crowd.

fore they came to Cambridge attract
ed big gate.
Tigers Bring Crowd.
Princeton also lured a heavy crowd
which, according to unofficial figures,
bettered the previous attendance at
Princeton games by "a slight margin.
The Brown game was Gfle success
economically, even though the Har-
ward management advertised that the
Crimson substitutes would play and
offered to refund the purchase money
to disgruntled patrons, Brown whip
ped Yale soundly the Saturday before
its match with Harvard, and the week
old reputation of the Bruins made
them d strong box Office attraction.
The Harvard Yale game needs no
coment The greatest crowd that ever
witnessed a gridicOn clash saw that
contest at 50 per head.
The joXial side of the situation is
that the Harvard management has no
National Commission tagging at it's
heels and demanding % per; cent of the
gross rakeof. The players receive no
salaries AMI they split none Of the
gate receipts. a star of Eddie Caseys
reputation doesn't cost the Harvard
athletic office any more than some OBJ
scure scrub. And, OF course, there are
never any ticket scandals since the
big games at which tickets are really
in demand are primarily for alumni.
is for the coaching staff, which runs
well UP into the thousands; the rub
berS, trainers, scouts etc; the para
| phernalia required by the scores of
players, from varsity men 10 fresh
man scrubs, ard the hotel and trans
portation charges of the squad wheI,
! it is on tour. The indirect expenses
| include the upkeep Of the Stadium and
| Soldiers Field, the office force at the
H. A. A, which handles the ticket
| selling work and the like, and the ex-
ecutives of the Athletic department.
Liberal Net Profit.
| When all the money has been paid
| out there is still a liberal net profit
: recorded in favor of the football team
| The athletic teams OF Harvard, which
| lose money are many, however, and
| the dollars that rattle at the grating
| during the football months are snent
in keeping up the crew. the lacrosse
team, the soccer team, the fencing
| tenn, the swimming team and numer-
most unaeard of.
The unofficial estimated intake al
tho 10 Harvard football games this fall
are as follows: The Colby and Bates
games, coming at the opening Of the
season while baseball vas still a DO
tent attraction, together brought about
$1,000 in money to the gate. The Tufts
game was much better, and il is be-
lleved at least $4,000 was taken in fol
this contest. The games with the
Massachusetts Aggies and the Uni.
verslty Of North Carolina came after
that, and each had a good attendance
The box Office receipts can be placed
at $500 for each game at 4 minimum.
The Cornell game was the fist big
money affair. There We're $4,000 spec.
tators, and tho majority OF them pail
50 a ticket. bringing in about s25, 900
The Virginia contest the following
week was not strong one. and the
receipts were probably around $4,000
Princeton, with $4,000 spectators at 81
each. brought in $4,000. and thu
Brown game, with thousands Of ticket
being sold at ST ard $50. was soot
for about $4,000. The Harvard Yal
joust. figured on basis of 800 spec
! tators. brought in S155.0U0. To thesl
estimates. several thousand season
tickets were sold at SO each should b'
| added,
The estimated attendance at the L
Harvard games this season is slight.
in excess OF 100000. or an average o