Word: stadiums
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...second time in as many weeks, there has been an oversubscription for tickets to a game in the Harvard Stadium. There were 16,675 applications for 60,868 tickets to the Dartmouth game; and the capacity of the Stadium is only 57,335, leaving a surplus demand of 3,623. There were 8,950 graduate applications for a total of 24,392 tickets: Dartmouth received 23,000 tickets; 3,855 undergraduates applied for 7,927 of the valuable pasteboards; and 207 members of squads asked for 1,480 tickets. The remainder of the applications were filed by members...
...trial of this device held Saturday morning of the game, the results were perfect. Not only could the announcer's voice be heard all over the press box, it could be heard in practically every part of the Stadium. The problem was apparently settled once and for all. But when the press box had filled up about fifteen minutes before game time and the thousands of spectators were filing their way into the great enclosure something seemed to have happened. The line up was being announced and nobody more than twenty yards or so away could hear a single word...
...Accordingly for the Dartmouth battle loud speakers have been installed in sufficient number to make acoustics unnecessary, or at least that's what Frank Ryan, who is in charge of press box operations, is hoping. If he is right, it will be just one more step towards making the Stadium press box one of the best...
...clear that no shakeup of the team was yet definite, but that this Saturday might find a new Harvard eleven in the Stadium was obvious. Judging from the way the players were shuffled about both in the scrimmage and signal drill, it would appear that even the University mentor has now no idea what combination he will send against the Indians. At the present time, however, certain members of the Crimson squad stand out as assured of getting the call at the start of this Saturday's festivities...
...editorial in Monday's CRIMSON on the desirability of some sort of timekeeping device for the spectators at the stadium strikes a clear and timely note. Those breathless moments at the end of the Army game only served to emphasize a need that has long been apparent. Let me add my voice to that of many others I have heard who sincerely hope that your suggestion will receive the attention it deserves. A. G. Hart...