Evening star., 1916-11-26
FOOT BALL SEASON TO CLOSE
WITH CONTESTS OF THURSDAY
Two or Three Post-Season Games Are to
Be Played, but Will Have Little
Effect on Results of Year.

more Importance Is Attached 10 tne VIC
tory and to Jones ability as a foot ball
director.
Robinson. coach of the Brown eleven.
said few days ago that he consid-
cred Yale and Harvard pretty even
toss. and the result of the game proved
he knew what he was talking about
The two teams fought on about as even
terms as any two could. and still decide
a victor. There are honors for both,
but, Of course. the brilliant accom-
plishment of Yale in beating Princeton
and Harvard within eight days, some
thing 1t has not done in years, will be
accorded all the distinction and merit
to which it is justly entitled.
Apropos the enormous crowds that
watched the games yesterday at New
York and New Haven between Army
and Navy and between Yale and Har-
ward is an editorial which appeared In
the Yale Alumni Weekly recently rel
ative to the seating capacity OF the
Yale bowl. 1t follows:
There was a time when 10000 was
big foot ball crowd anywhere out
side Of Boston or New York or Phfla-
delphia and where the largest crowd
that ever saw second-clasS game
as all below the contests of the big
three" were counted-was 5000 or
thereabout. When the limit of safety
was reached in the extension of the
wooden stands at the old field. and the
imaginative had dreams OF a great new
stadium that would seat everybody
of $4,000 or $4,000. The designer of the
| bowl. Charles A. Ferry. II S., aimed at
something little better than that, but
before his vision was realized it was
| inadequate. We increased the seat
ing of the bowl to almost 10000 on
the occasion of its opening. thinking
to meet temporary need. Now. in
| the third year of its use. the greatest
temporary extension we dare to make
| is at least $4,000 too small to meet the
demand. Where is it to end2 Suppose
it were increased to even 155. 900. how
many years would 1t be before we
should have $4,000 seats demanded? The
| number Of Yale graduates increases by
more than 400 every year. and each
has sisters and cousins and aunts. not
to mention male relatives and friends,
while the number in the university IT.
self steadily grows. Put with this the
evidence of rapidly increasing non-col-
lege interest which the crowd at the
the prospect"
If the. crowds at games continue to
increase as in the past few years the
question put in the last sentence of the
above paragraph opens up q. great field
for conjecture. 1t seems almost impos-
sible to enlarge the vast stadium in
which games are now played, as the
spectators would be so far away they
could not obtain perfect views of the
plays and players. 1t is estimated
that nearly 10000 persons watched the
Yale Harvard game yesterday, and 1t
is sure that some of that number did
not get perfect views by any means.
VIII some way of bringing the game
close to the spectator by providing
glasses be initiated. will an in
genious person develop some other
means by which a crowd of such
enormous proportions can view grid
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If the interest in foot ball continues to
grow among the general public, and at
the same time broaden by reason of
close relationships of more individuals
to the schools concerned, what will be
the result?
Tufts now is paying the penalty for
its early season performances 1t got
in its best condition early in the year
IN order to make fine showings against
now is having the splendid work it did
in those contests tarnished somewhat
by losing to teams in it's own class
Springfield recently beat the Medford
from it by a decisive count. Tufts
could not hope to maintain the pace all
season 1t set early in the year.
Georgetown's victory in it's game with
Bucknell was expected the la tier fail
ing to show much real opposition to
the Blue and Gray. Bucknell present
ed rather weak combination a team
which hardly could be expected to ac-
complish much against the crack Hill
toppers. Georgetown ran up 10 points
more than any team has made against
Bucknell this season.
The game developed one feature
that Johnny Gilroy stands an exceIlen,
chance to lead all other players in
scoring: Yesterday he counted 81
points himself, which places him right
at the top in the standing of indi-
Viduals and with the kind Of games
Georgetown has yet to play the chances
are he Will add more to his already
big total.