Word: gates
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whole it seems to us rather a mistake to charge admission to a class game, even to the last of the series. We understand perfectly that the class nines incur expenses which have to be defrayed somehow; and that the easiest way to get subscriptions is by charging gate money. Nevertheless, anyone who saw the very small crowd at the final game yesterday, a crowd consisting largely of fellows who had friends with them, must have felt that even if the expenses were saved something else was lost. The enthusiasm was (for a class game) reduced to a minimum. When...
...varsity cricket eleven will play the Chelsea C. C. team on Holmes field this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Admission 25 cents; season tickets at Leavitt & Peirce's and at the gate $1. Members can get their season tickets at Thurston's. The Chelsea team was last year one of the best in the New England League, and a good game may be expected...
...another reason the class should attend the games; the nine has to be supported financially. Practically all of the support of a base ball team has to come from its gate receipts. For this reason the drain on the class is one that is not felt very severely, but if there are not enough men watching the games to make the gate receipts amount to anything, then the manager will have to fall back on his class for subscriptions. Going to games is one of the easiest possible ways of subscribing money, and moreover it gives the nine a great...
Masons are at work finishing the ornamental part of the Holworthy gate, at the northern entrance of the yard...
Williams has raised $400 for support of the base ball team, which, with the gate money, is expected to carry the team through the season...