Word: crowds
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...view. It is a pity that there was not enough interest taken to pay expenses, at least, butit only goes to show that college men do not care much for any but college sports. Those who managed the game did all that could be done to draw a crowd, but it is natural that very few persons can be persuaded to stand about on winter afternoon to watch a game which they knew nothing about...
...college who have ever seen this game played, and because there are no exciting scrimmages most collegians have been accustomed to consider it as very tame. Those who understand the association game, however, think it as good as our own game we have no doubt that the crowd will be great enough to give the crew a good financial start...
...this dinner of congratulation. Those who intend to go can and should help the committee by signing without delay. Judging from the enthusiasm of the college and the certainty of interesting and stirring exercises, the chief difficulty will be in getting a dining hall large enough for the crowd...
...were so inadequate that almost no attempt was made in the first rush to collect them, and consequently many tickets were resold. The rush could have been alleviated by better arrangements, especially by stipulating that no game should be played in the morning. It seems to have been the crowd from the morning game that made much of the confusion at the gates. The responsibility for the inefficiency of the police cannot, perhaps, be charged to the football management...
...hours before the game began a large crowd rushed on to a section of the grand stand composed of portable iron frames covered with boards. The frame work snapped and precipitated a large number, chiefly students of various colleges...