New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-11
but FEW Violate
YALE ticket rule.
Athletic Association Checks On
Signatures It Game

hlHiCtiS ho9vNAoASas ass -
from it's general manager. H. r.
Woodcock. today announced the re-
suits of the experiment tried at the
Yale-Harvard game last season, at
which time several thousand" sig
natures were taken in an effort TO
determine how much violation of
the personal use pledge on the
ticket application existed among the
attendants at the most important
game on the Yale schedule.
The results were as follows: Vio-
lations were found in ~ per cent
of the cases investigated sixteen
alumni have been blacklisted for At
least two years, which means that
they will not be allowed to apply
for tickets to Yale's reserved seat
games during that time. and maybe
longer. The result shows, according
to the statement, that the great ma
jority of applicants cooperated fully
with the regulations.
The announcement said that
practically all of the cases involv-
ing violations, which numbered sew
eral hundred, were purely technt-
cal violations, such as straight ex-
change, OF tickets with another
alumnus to effect a more convenient
seating arrangement" The an
nouncement went on to say that the
athletic association has under con-
sideration the withholding of ticket
privileges for a period of at least
two years" in the cases of those who
clearly violated the rule and broke
the pledge WHICH they had signed.
May Lose Privileges
This statement would lead to the
lief that the penalty has not yet
been melted out to the guilty parties,
but it is understood that there is not
the slightest doubt that these alum
nj will be deprived of the privilege
of applying for tickets over the
period mentioned.
The signatures which the athletic
association used in making this in
vestigation Of the situation were
taken at various parts of the Yale
po"l just ptlOIC tlIC OpcuIHB wIlo.
tie of the Harvard Yale contest last
November. 1t is generally thought
that in the neighborhood of five
thousand signatures were obtained
by the small squad of ushers. The
test was the first ever made by
Yale.
The announcement, made by Gen.
eral Manager Woodcock, following
weeks work of checking up on tho
signatures which came into the
hands of the athletic association
follows:
Harold +. Woodcock, general
manager of the Yale University
Athletic Association. issued the fol-
lowing statement as a result of the
check up of signatures of a few
thousand spectators at the Yale
Harvard football game in the bowl
last November.
"Signatures taken at the Harvard
Yale football game at the Yale bowl
last November have been checked
with the signatures on the ticket
applications and 1t has been found
that the very great majority of ap-
plicants cooperated fully with the
Yale alumni football ticket COM
mittee and the Yale Athletic Asso.
citation in the necessary regulation
which provides that the applicant
agrees personally to occupy one of
the seats allotted him.
Mostly Technical Violations
several thousand signatures were
taken from ticket holders and in
cases where the signatures did not
check with those on the ticket ap-
plication form letters were written
for an explanation of the circum-
stances. The tabulation shows that
only about IL per cent of the cases
constituted violations OF the per-
sonal use pledge and practically
all Of these were purely technical
violations. such as straight ex.
change of tickets with another
alumnus to effect more convenient
seating arrangement.
NO action will be taken in the
case of those alumni who actually
were present at the game but did
not actually occupy the identica
seats originally allotted to them
The ticket committee has under
consideration the Withholding o.
; ticket privileges for a period Of a
least two years in the cases of those
, who clearly made no attempt to full
fill signed personal use agreement
The total number of these cases il
sixteen. The football ticket commit
tee would be glad to allow eacl
alumnus the ticket application
privileges whether or not he coult
personally attend the game. but thi
proves automatically impossible il
5 the cases of certain of the game
whore the pressure for tickets is S,
) excessive"