Word: gate
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Back in the "good old days" of strictly amateur football, when total gate receipts could be reckoned in hundreds of dollars rather than in hundreds of thousands, a Crimson eleven left the United States without permission from the Dean and thought nothing of it. Just fifty years ago, in 1884, the last game outside American boundaries was played in Ottawa...
Under the new plan it is thought it would be possible to attract a large gate from the crowd that pours into New London for the races and has the entire morning to spend with only the Freshman and combination boat races as events to occupy their time...
...collegiate football descends to the same plane it will soon be finished. There is not reason to believe that university officials could hire better football teams than could professional promoters. As a result of professional team superiority, no one would bother particularly about the so-called intercollegiate games, and gate receipts would collapse...
Members of the Maintenance Department were hard at work for several days last week putting up a new gate across the drive-way leading into Kirkland and Eliot House. The work involved placing four six-inch pipes in cement foundations and connecting these pipes with heavy chains. The new creation was pronounced sufficient to keep out all traffic likely to invade the premises over the Army Game week...
...avail, however, for on Saturday night a large limousine came sailing down Dunster Street, at a high rate of speed, failed to stop before the gate, and carried away two of the posts in making its triumphal entry. A tow car had to be called to take away the wreck...