Harvard Yale game ticket scramble drives prices up
Unprecedented demand for Harvard Yale tickets results in sellers asking about $20 per pair and some buyers paying far more. Post office rules curb delivery to unauthorized applicants as Harvard athletic committee guards admissions with registry office checks and waivers. Over 50 envelopes held at the central post office reflect strict scrutiny of graduate name use.
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Harvard Athletic Committee
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Weston
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New York
Harvard
Harvard Fans Deck Cambridge for Big Game fest
Cambridge decorates for the big game with banners streamers and crimson curtains in Beck Hall as Old Cambridge prepares to greet the Harvard squad returning from Medfield. Thousands of alumni gather around Harvard Square while many head to Boston hotels for the event. The Stadium field is prepared with hay to ward off frost.
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Yale Football Team Roster Highlights Noted Seniors and Freshmen
The roster lists players with origins from Hotchkiss Andover Exeter Westminster Taft and St Marks. Ages range from 19 to 28 with heights from 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet 3 inches and weights from 155 to 208 pounds.
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Dartmouth
Hotchkiss School
S. H. Philbin
Westminster School
E. Savage
Exeter Academy
Hill School
Getting to the Big Stadium in Cambridge Traffic Changes
Due to Cambridge street car line changes fans must use new routes to reach the Stadium. Western avenue cars now run via Broadway and Prospect to Central Square with about five extra minutes. Park street passengers transfer at Central Square. Cars to Harvard square use Mt. Auburn street from Putnam square. City Point cars shift to Broadway. Boylston street is closed 12 to 5. North Harvard street is closed to through traffic. A special carriage entrance on the Charles River Parkway will host carriages, which may be left there during the game. Automobiles park at Soldiers Field with Stadium street access from North Harvard street via Western avenue.
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Far Western Avenue
Park St
Hanover St
Court & Hanover
Scollay Sq
East Cambridge
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Boylston
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Var Bridge
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Harsree
Boston Packed as Yale Harvard Grid Clash Looms
Boston swells with football fans as trains arrive in sections and hotels fill beyond capacity. Yale favored in bets while Harvard money tightens odds. crowd sizes push dining rooms and cafes to capacity ahead of the Yale Harvard game.
Yale Coach Jones Authors Special Sunday Post Piece
Howard Jones head coach at Yale writes a special feature for the Sunday Post with contributions from W H Lewis Harry Kersberg and Leo Leary, all former Harvard stars.
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Sunday Post
Harvard Yale Game Updates At Boston Expo
Attendees at the Boston 1915 Exposition can watch progress of the Harvard Yale game via a stadium wire and bulletins posted at four locations inside the building.
Bowdoin Romps Over Tufts In Cross Country
Bowdoin easily defeated Tufts 40 to 15 in the third annual cross country meet at Brunswick Maine. All five Bowdoin runners finished before Tufts' first across the line, reversing Tufts prior wins in the series.
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Bowdoin
TUFTS
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Marshall Defeats Showalter In Chess Championship
Lexington Ky November 19 Frank J Marshall of New York defeated J W Showalter of Georgetown KY in the American chess championship series using the Queens Gambit. Showalter resigned after the 62nd move. Of his games Marshall has won four and six drawn three remaining.
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Notable Guests Attend Boston Arrival Before Crimson and Blue Battle
Prominent figures from Maine to California gathered in Boston on the eve of a major college duel. Mrs Henry W Taft, sister of the President, arrived to cheer for her relative’s alma mater. James S Sherman was registered under a mistaken name before confirming his identity as Vice President of the United States.
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Special Trains For Harvard Yale Game By Boston & Albany
The Boston and Albany will run 12 special trains from South Station to Allston on Saturday for the Harvard Yale game. First train leaves Track 1 at 12 50 with five minute intervals. last at 1 40 from Track 4. Trinity Place gets a 12 48 start with six cars. many specials stop there. After the game six trains depart Allston to Boston, plus one westbound via Newton circuit. Framingham Worcester and other west lines provide stops at Alliston. Worcester train at 12 05 stops there about 1, and a 1 03 p m Wellesley train stops at Allston.
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