Word: wembley
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Edward of Wales: "A British advertising man, visiting the U. S., announced that I intend to visit ' Canada, Australia and other of the dominions ' prior to the British Empire Exposition, which opens at Wembley, near London, next Spring...
...Wembley, England, at a great football match, numbers of spectators entered the stadium by climbing over the fence. Following the match, many of them mailed their admission fees to the management, saying that they had climbed over because of the large crowd...
...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...