New-York tribune., 1920-10-31
Going to Motor
To the Football
; Games This Fall?
This Will Tell You About
the Routes to the Various
Important College Towns
in the Eastern Section
BY O. M. Wells
Ch;sf Rondnon Automobile Club Of
Ameyion

Wuo oSS0uo tuo AVotpAAl 8Aucs thin oc@~
son Will 70 by automobile. The bureau
Of tours Of the Automobile Club Of
America outlines the shortest and best
routes to tho college towns where foot
ball games Will be played thts fall,
together with q resume Of road con-
d:tions.
Going to New Haven from New York,
the Boston Post Road can be used
through New Rochelle. Port Chester,
Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport, all
of which will be open and nearly all
in good condition, as the main trunk
line between New York and New Haven
will no doubt be terribly congested as
in previous years. There are a number
OF short cuts parallel:ng the trunk
line where motorists can save time.
One Is to follow Central Avenue TO
White Plains, then over Westchester
Avenue to Port Chester, or still bet
ter way Is to turn due east from West
chester Avenue into Harrison Avenue,
which is the second left turn after the
turn Is made into Westchester Avenue.
Harrison Avenue should be followed
to King Street, where a right turn is
made and followed to a church on left,
turning left and going through Glen
Vile to Greenwich. The greatest con-
Restion is through Bridgeport, which
will be eliminated to some extent now
that John Street has been cut through
from Park Avenue, and the new lower
bridge has been finished, which Is
considerably wider than the old bridge.
section through Bridgeport by not
turning to the right at the library IN
Fairfield, but continuing straight on
along the railroad to the first turn un-
Ger the railroad, then over a macadam
road by way of Greenfield Hill into
North Avenue, which is followed past
Mountain Grove Cemetery, continuing
on North Avenue through Old Mill
Green and over Hospital Hill, entering
Barnum Avenue just beyond. This is
followed to Stratford, there joining the
Post Road. Time could no doubt be
saved by running through Stratford
on the west side of the Housatonic
River to Shelton crossing the bridge
to Derby, then via Derby Avenue to
the Yale Bowl.
There is a short cut to the Yale
Bowl from Arlington on the Post Road
route which avoids going into New
Haven. Motorists going over the Mil
ford Pike turn left at large school
house just before crossing the bridge.
going into Davenport Avenue, which
runs direct to the Yale Bowl Another
excellent way to avoid congestion on
which is 125 miles from New York,
via White. Plains, Armonk, Bedford,
Ridgeheld, Danbury. Newtown and
Waterbury, then through Naugatuck
and Bethany to the Yale Bowl. Motor
lists going from Waterbury can also
follow the Naugatuck Valley to Derby,
then Derby Avenue to New Haven.
Harvard Games at Cambridge
Both direct routes to Boston from
New York are free from construction
and detours and in quite good condi-
tion. The shore road goes via Stam-
ford. Bridgeport, New London and
Providence. The interior route goes
via White Plains, Bedford, Danbury,
Newtown, Waterbury, Hartford, Spring
field and Worcester. 1t is not neces-
ssry to go into Boston, as there is q
short cut direct to Cambridge, from
Weston through Waltham to Cam
bridge. To reach Groton turn north
at Worcester and go through Clinton,
Harvard and Aver.
For Dartmouth Games
The Connecticut Valley can be used
starting from Springfield and going
north through North Hampton and
Greenfield to Northfeld, where alter
nate routes start, both Of which are in
good condition. One goes from North
field through Hinsdale to Keene. then
north through Lebanon and West Leb-
anon to Hanover. The other continues
up the Connecticut Valley through
brattleboro and Claremont to White
River junction, crossing the river to
Lebanon and up to Hanover. Motorists
coming from western and northern
and best route from Albany over Leb-
anon Mountain to Pittsfeld, then via
through Troy. Hancock and Williams
town, then over the Mohawk Trail to
Greenfield, running thence up the Con
necticut Valley to Hanover. or. if
Soston Is the objective, continue east
through Fitchburg to Boston.
Driving TO Ithaes
Ihe best and shortest route TO Cor
nell Is through Tuxedo, Goshen MA.
dletown, Monticello, Liberty. Hancock
and binghamton to Owego, then north
through Candor and Wilseyville 10
Ithaca. lthacans going to Harvard fo,
tno game can run through Cortland to
syracuse, then over the Mohawk VALLEY
route through Utica, Amsterdam ane
ppSinshhscsaay pinshscy 70 Albany; or through
~oAA' bipcily, MOnClcellO anC
Middletown to Goshen, crossing tn,
Hudson at Newburgh to Beacon an(
down on the east side of the Hudson
70 Iarrytown and over to Port Chester
snere joining the Post Road. Or from
Beacon 60 north to Poughkeepsie an,
oyer Armenia Hill, through Armenia
Sharon, Lakeville, Salisbury. Canaan
Great harrington and Stockbridge an,
over Jacobs Ladder. Another way i,
TO run south from Canaan over tn,
Naugatuck Valley to Waterbury a,
continue from Canaan through Norfoll
ana Wlnsted to Hartford, then on t.
Boston. v
Conditions at Princeton
Not until tho day Of the YaI.
frlnceton football gsme, November IA
VIII tno road to Princeton be open owe,
the Lincoln Highway. That day a new
stretch OF ten miles, extending fron
Deane, in New Brunswick, will he onon
but persons going over that road wil,
detour from Kingston by way of Sno,v'
den Lane, arriving in Nassau Street.
princeton. The roads will be special,
marked for the guidance Of thoss 90,
ing to tho game.
In the interval II ts preferable to vo
over the Cranbury Turnpike to the
Penns Neck Road. which turns off iust
beyond Cranbury. Turning right at
Penns Neck and crossing the causeway
over Carnegie Lake, the motorist then
enters Princeton on Washington Street.
Motorists from the Oranges and
Contra! New Jersey to roach Princeton
over fairly good roads should run to
Somerville, then south through Belle
Mead and HnrlinRen- taking rror;~