New Britain herald., 1928-11-03
FALL SPORTS HUB
new HAVEN bowl
When You Spslk Of Football,
You Think Of Yue

In these parts usually means one
thing-are you going to the Yale
Bowl. There are other football
games and other places to watch
them but hosts Of Connecticut folk
think only of football in connection
with the fall games played at the
Bowl.
A game there takes on the air of
spectacle staged on a grand style.
Enough people to populate q good
sized city are seated in the concrete
arena three or four Saturdays each
autumn and an equal number would
like to be there If they could get
seats.
Perhaps this Is one of the attract
ing features which draws many men
and women to Yale Field. 1t salts
ties personal pride to be numbered
among those present" at popular
gatherings. And certainly crowds of
folks attend whose knowledge of
football Is far too limited to allow
them any critical pleasure in the
teams play.
But that in a more or less degree
applies to the vast majority of the
spectators. Few know the rules, ,ex-
cept In a general way. and the ac-
ton is too swift and too far removed
for the stands to take in the details
of half the plays. Still with the open
game now In vogue much more can
be seen than In former day and a
summary Of the rules is printed IN
the program II you care to read 1t.
You need only 70 look about at
the Bowl or any stadium for that
matter to see that football alone or
any favorite team could not attract
SO many men and women, who by
their remarks and comments on the
game reveal that they know moth
ing about IL. After the game gets 60
ing many OF them cannot tell the
teams apart.
Fans Understand Baseball
Tennis and polo may attract
smaller crowds of the same sort,
golf tourna ments do SO to a less ex-
tent, but baseball parks are filled
with men and women who under
stand the game and go to see 1t
played for its own sake. Football is
the only game that attracts people
by the tens Of thousands who would
not go If the crowd were absent.
There is an adventure In going to
the Bowl. ii you are not Of the IA
vored Yale alumni the excitement
begins with the search for tickets
for a big game. That may mean the
Army, Princeton or Harvard games.
Dartmouth tickets also may soon be
scarce. You have to put your natural
pride In your pocket each fall and
so out begging for tickets.
II that method proves a flop you
have one other course open which
adds q zest to the adventure. Go
down to the gates and try to pick
up ticket from someone who has
an extra one for sale at face value.
Say that you are provided with
ING noCo"@nly t4eActn tAS uAy peloio
the game, your chief concern is the
weather. Win 1t rain? Treasured by
the morning sun yeu hurry your
getaway from your duties. An early
start Is imperative. You learned that
from experience. Once you missed
the first quarter Of a game because
OF the delay caused by q blowout.
Another time, when you had allow
ed an hour and q half for the trip
to New Haven, freight train on
the crossing at Plainville delayed
you 80 long that you had to turn
back. Delays are the order Of the
day 20 the wise ones start early and
carry their lunch.
Speed Laws Suspended
The thrill of the game begins as
soon as you get on the state high
way and 1t does not end until you
turn out Of the procession at night
and into the street that leads to
your home. Every car appears to be
going to the Bowl. A 3o-mile race is
ahead and outside Of the towns no
one curbs his speed. State police and
country constables facilitate your
quick passage and the accidents on
the day Of a big game are almost
nil.
No matter how early you thiRk
you are, when you near the Bowl
you will find q jam OF cars ahead
OF you all needing a place to park.
II you know the game you will pick
out a side street not far from the
field and park your car where you
can get out quickly after the battle.
Then you get your lunch out Of the
way and 70 over to the field to
watch the crowd.
Sixty, seventy or eighty thousan
of people are pouring through the
gates. a care free, happy and order
~ crowd. The people making It up
have been there before. They know