Salt Lake Telegram | 1925-10-30 | Page 24 | Illini-Pennsy Game Causes Stampede

PENNSY I i GAME CAUSES i I n STAMPEDE I Police r Pro Pro- o ice Needed to Protect Pro Pro- 11 t. t teet Squad ua an and andt t 4 t Buildings 1 j I It By HENRY L L. L FARRELL i United Press Staff Correspondent PHILADELPHIA Oct 30 BUsi Busl- Busl ness life lite and social activity were almost neglected here today in a r- r mad and hopeless rush for tor tickets r r f for r tomorrows tomorrow's football game between be- be 0 f tween Pennsylvania and Red Redi i Granges Grange's Illinois eleven eleen University athletic officials cosed closed the the ticket office and asked the pru- pru of ot police pollee to save th the build build- c ping Ing illg Private detectives had haa had to be beT bei T i hired to protect the clubhouse and the Penn squad had to be taken to f a resort near Atlantic City so the players could keep their mind off oft 11 football and keep their bodies tor tol to- to r l sether gether Some ome r Pennsylvania students who r 1 preferred dought Bought to alma mater rented their registration cards or so sold l their tickets to speculators who predicted while rubbing their palms together that they would get 50 tomorrow for a n. good one within the 5 40 40 yard ard zones Despite the admitted fact tact that Pennsylvania Pennsy would be weakened by the absence of ot Al I ruez the star plunging arM kicking fullback and Stan one of ot the most valuable valuable val val- val val- m men n on the line the betting made Pennsylvania a slight favorite fa- fa I 1 The Illinois squad headed by the peer peerless s Red and Coach arrived ar- ar rived today I The huskies looked at the gr gray y skies and prayed that it rain i I J 1 If the Held field hard is-hard Red is sure tc to g get t away several of ot the players r sald said II Most all of the Illinois rooters 1 that were early arrivals felt th the same wa way but the Pennsylvania Pennsyl supporters were not alarmed about t I the the weather I Ir Meyers r Douglas and Thayer can cango go go Just as fast on a a. dry field a and d I i they're almost as good in mud I I