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Even before the final whistle blew the goal posts began to totter and soon yielded under the pressure of a growing throng of rooters. The officials were powerless to stem the tide...
...section of the band's brasses led a contingent into the Yard where they serenaded John Harvard with almost reverent thankfulness. They dispersed quietly when warned by their leader not to abuse the privilege of Yard entrance, granted this year for the first time. Although noisy, the throng was more orderly than usual police reported...
...When the final whistle is blown a joyful throng will make a bee-line for the goal-posts. Unless these are stoutly defended they will be torn to shreds in the twinkling of an eye. By this time one band will have struck up a tune and the other will have beat a hasty retreat. The crowd, of course, will mill around and the police will nab old offenders. I autloipate numerous celebrations of the victory and frequent brushes with the police...
Hundreds of motorists speed without molestation along a by-pass of U. S. Route 1 right across the territory in insurrection and within a few yards of the grandstand. While races are taking place, thousands of unarmed men and women throng into the park, none of them apparently frightened by the prospect of meeting the things and public enemies of whom the Governor speaks...
They came, a happy throng...