Word: wembley
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...crowd which would fill the new Yankee Stadium, the Polo Grounds and the Yale Bowl, built as one huge amphitheatre, assembled to watch the final football game for the Association Cup at Wembley Stadium, London. The match, between the Bolton Wanderers and the West Ham United, was equivalent to a final World's Series game in America. The King was present...
...Wembley Stadium was built to hold 120,000. Eighty thousand others, annoyed at their exclusion, forced the gates. Chaos followed, and the police had repeatedly to clear the field. Premature newspaper reports reported thousands injured in the crush. Actually twenty were taken to the hospital and only eight of these remained...
...location of the meet is practically assured for Wembley if the affair is held on July 21. Capable of holding over 100,000 spectators, the new stadium just outside of London is undoubtedly the most suitable place for staging the meet. If, which is unlikely July 12 or 14 is finally chosen, the Queen's Club will be the scene of the event...