Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-23
YALE RECEIVERS
ITS MISSING FENCE
Treasured Relic Was Stolen
During Progress of Yale
Princeton Foot Ball Game.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass, November 23.-
A touring car, closely curtained, sped
over the post road to New Haven this
morning, bearing one of Yale's most
treasured relics-a piece of the famous
fence.
Carefully guarded from prying eyes
for week the fence found its way into
the hands of Yale men at Harvard
Lampoon dinner last night.
The fence, valued at $4,000. was
stolen from Pach Bros Photographic
studio in New Haven the day Of the
Yale-Princeton game.
Yale men were worried at its diSap-
pearance. worried and angry. II had
become a tradition at Yale for class Of
ficers and athletes to have their pic
lures taken against the S-foot section
of the old fence that has been preserved
by the Pach brothers through many
years.
Private detectives joined with the po-
lice of two cities in their search. Not
clue did they discover. 1t was the per
feet crime"
Relic Formally Restored.
Then last night 10 editors Of the Yale
Record, magazine OF humor, were the
guests of Harvards humorous fortnight
ly. the Lampoon. The banquet hall OF
the Lampoon Building was in gala ar
ray. A dinner was at its height.
door at the end of the banquet hall
opened. A shrill pitched piccolo
squeaked "Boola Boola" and eight Har-
ward men, Lampoon editors, marched
solemnly into the hall, the Yale fence
in their midst.
Led by Bob Lampoon, mascot and
jester of the Harvard comic magazine,
the guardians of the the fence marched
to the further end of the banque nan
and called for silence.
The mouths of the Yale men fell
open agape. Albert G. Churchill Of
II.ivermore, Calf, president Of the Lam
,poon, stepped forward and offered the
fence to the guests.
Lamps search" Rewarded.
Explaining that Lampy had watched
with interest the efforts OF the police,
Churchill told the guests that Lampy
had done some searching on its own
hook and the result was-the fence.
Hedges Macdonald Of New York,
president of the visiting editors, accept
ed the fence and Eli cheers resounded.
Outside the building an automoblle
stood at the curbing. The fence, well
guarded, was packed inside ana, with |
the automobile started for New Haven. |
The Lampoon caused Princeton to |
break relations with Harvard by an at |
tack on Princeton in foot ball num- |
Der. There seemed no disposition today |
20 predict unpleasant relations between |
Harvard and Yale, out there was curl
osity as to what authorities might DO
about burglary and theft.
"True Story" Becoming Public.
Although, officially, the Lampoon
editors still stuck to their story OF hav-
ing recovered" the stolen fence, the
purported true story" Of the events
leading up to last nights climax were |
gradually becoming known today. AS
D" result it would now appear that
Lampoon editors not only recovered the
fence, as they assert, but also put the
famous relic in a position where re-
cOvery was necessary.
The lifting of the fence took weeks /
Of planning and considerably more brain
work than undergraduates like to lavish
on matters strictly academic. Three
weeks ago, the story goes, three Lampoon
editors masquerading under fictitious |
names visited the studio and while hav-
ing their pictures taken also took occa-
sion tos urvey the premises. Late they |
mapped the vicinity and even spent |
whole day timing the policemen as they |
paced their rounds.
Undergraduates Implicated.
On the morning of the Yale-Prince- |
ton game eight undergraduates in two |
cars pulled out Of Cambridge and sped |
toward New Haven. Not until the big |
game was we'll under way and the city |
proper nearly deserted did they venture |
TO business.
Then while one student engaged the |
attention of the policeman on the beat |
the others made way with the fence, |
which was carefully covered with tar |
paulin as it was taken back to Cam |
bridge and safely slowed away.
WILL NOT BE oUIZZED.