The sun., 1919-10-26
MOTOR ROUTES
TO COLLEGE TOWNS
Football Lovers May Motor to
Many Of Seasons Best
Games.


held pretty much In allegiance during the
period of the war, has now been revived
as never before, and many alumni of
Eastern universities and colleges are
planning trips by automobile to the IA
nous gridirons where football history Is
being made. For the benefit of the
many football followers the touring bu-
reau of the American Automobile Associ-
alton. at sol Fifth avenue, has compiled
the following brief summary of the best
routes to FOLLOW in order to reach the
leading colleges and secure good road
conditions all the way:
NEW HAVEN YALE UNIVERSITY.
The best route is via the Boston Post
road through New Rochelle. Mamaro-
neck, Port Chester, Greenwich, Stamford,
Norwalk and Bridgeport. Good mac
adam all the way; distance from New
York, rs miles.
PROVIDENCE DROWN UNIvER-
SITY).
Follow above route to New Haven. and
thence via Saybrook, New London, West
erly and Narragansett Pier. Road good
except for one or two unimportant de-
tours Good hotel Accommodations are
available at New London Q2S miies), the
balance for the following morning being
"a miles, making total for the trip of
202 miles.
CAMBRIDGE (HARvARD UNIvER-
SITO.
The best route to Boston and Cam
, bridge is that which follows the Boston
Post road, passing in succession through
Bridgeport. New Haven, Hartford,
Springfield and Worcester. This road is
in excellent condition throughout. First
days run to either Springfield GAO
miles) Worcester (19O miles) or South
~ s.N1
from New York is 235 miles.
HANOVER DARTMOUTH.
Follow the Boston Post road to Spring
field, and thence via Northampton to
Greenfield, over excellent macadam all
the way. The best route from that point
to Hanover is via Keene and Newport,
over good State gravel road. The total
distance is 2S2 miles
AMHERST tAMHERST).
Use the Boston Post road to Spring
field, thence via Holyoke to Amherst
The distance from New York is 100 miles
Good hotels at New Haven, Hartford.
Springfield, Holyoke and Northampton.
WILLIAMSBURG CwILLIAMS).
The Harlem Valley route to the Berk-
shires is now in good condition through
out, running via White Plains, Bedford,
Brewster, Pawling. Armenia, Millerton.
Lenox and Pittsfield. The only detour
is short one between Great harrington
and Stockbridge, running via Ven Due
senville. The distance Is 173 miles,
ITHACA (CORNELD.
The so-called Liberty Highway" via
the 13Oth street ferry through Hacken-
sack, Tuxedo, Middletown, Monticello,
Liberty. Roscoe and Binghamton to
Owego; thence to Ithaca via Candor
and Spencer, provides excellent State
macadam except for about five miles Of
fair dirt road between Spencer and West
Dandy. The distance is ESQ miles. 1t
Is important to secure hotel accommoda-
tons in advance at Binghamton.
HAMILTON (COLGATE).
The most direct way to reach Hamil-
ton is to follow the route outlined above
TO Blnghamton. and then run north
through Greene, Oxford, Norwich, Sher-
burne. This route is all right when dry,
but in wet weather the longer alternate
via Albany and Utica is preferable, since
the latter Is all State macadam. Salts
factory hotel accommodations are avail
able at both Binghamton and Utica. The
distance via the former route is $50 miles
and via the latter 276 miles.
SYRACUSE SYRACUSE.
Follow the Albany Post road through
10 thence via the
Mohawk Valley route through Utica to
Syracuse, over excellent macadam all
the way. The distance is 800 miles,
Good hotel accommodations are avail
able at Albany, Amsterdam, Fonda, Lit
tie Falls and Utica. Another good al
ternate is to follow that outlined ahpve
TO Ithaca and then through Cortland to
Syracuse. The distance over this latter
route Is 335 miles.
PRINCETON VIA NEW BRUNSWICK
CRUTGERS). /
The usual route is via the Lincoln
Highway through Newark, Elizabeth and
Metuchen to New Brunswick. Here turn
left and follow the Cranberry turnpike
TO Cranburry. where turn right on a tar
road leading direct to Princeton. An
other popular alternate is to diverge
from the Lincoln Highway at Elizabeth
by running west through Westfield,
Plainfleld and Bound Brook to Somer-
willie. thence due south to Princeton. The
distance over these two routes is almost
exactly the same, being 60 miles in each
case
ANNAPOLIS (NAvD.
Follow above outlined route to Phila-
delphia, thence to Annapolis via Media,
CoDcordville. Kennett Square, Oxford,
Northeast. Havre de Grace Belair and
Baltimore. The detour via Northeast
and Havre de Grace is necessary to avoid
a shorter but very poor detour at Rising
Sun on the direct route through Como
wingo. Ample hotel accommodations at
Baltimore. Total distance from New
York, including the necessary detours,
is approximately 240 miles.
WEST POINT (ARMD.
Several good alternate routes are
available, of which the shortest and most
direct Is to run north on Broadway to
Tarrytown; cross by ferry to Nyack, and
} then continue north along the west side
OF the Hudson River via Haverstraw and
Bear Mountain to West Point. A very
attractive return trip is to run south
west from Bear Mountain through the
Interstate Park Reservation to a con-
nection with the main road to Newburgh
at point just south OF Southfield.
thence back to New York via Tuxedo
Suffern, Hackensack and either the Fort
Lee or Dyckman street ferry. The dis
lance via the direct route is SO miles
and via the return route, SO miles.
EAsTON GAFAYETTE), SOUTH
BETHLEHEM GEHIGH).
The best and most direct route is via
Newark, Morristown, Schooley's Noun
tain and Washington. n. J. The road is
mostly good maeadam. but is rather
worn between Washington and Phillips
burg. The distance TO Easten is 81
miles, and to South Bethlehem, 100 miles
Motorists who are planning to stop
overnight in the vicinity of any of the
university towns on the nights preceding