BEING IMPARTIAL

Evening Star, Issue 18173, 13 January 1923, Page 11

BEING IMPARTIAL

M. CLKMFNCEAU AT A FOOTBALL MATCH, Tlio “Tiger’’ of Franco on November 25 became a dyed-in-the-wool football “ barrackcr.” Brushing aside protestations of danger to his health, M. Clemeiiceau cut short his stay at Boston, and hurrying to New .Haven, joined the 77,000 spectators who saw Harvard defeat Yale in the great annual clash. At the finish he declared it was “magnificent.” The French war Premier's special car arrived from Boston at the tail of a. football special, says the New Haven correspondent of the ‘Springfield Republican.’ ttreeted by President James R. Angell, of Y ale, he motored at once to the Yale bowl and took his scat, for the first half on the Harvard side. Few in the crowd knew he was coming, so suddenly had lie made the decision, but when ha was recognised ha was given a noisy ovation. When Half-back Owen, of Harvard, broke loose in the first period l for tho long run that paved tho way for the Crimson’s first score tho movie men caught him leaping up and down, with both Lis amis going like windmills. His excitement reached fever height again in, the last period, when Yale opened wide tho attack in an effort to too tho score. “Bond” he said, when tho Yale cheering section, broke out tho blue-aud-whito handkerchiefs to form a gigantic Yale. Between the halves At. Clcmcnceau crossed to tho Tale side of tho field, ignoring-the objections of his conductors, who toU him it would 1« colder on the yhilc side, because he would have the sinking sun at his back. “ I must be impartial,” he said. Ho walked slowly across tho gridiron with bared head while the Yalo students, led by their band, sang tho ‘Marseillaise.’ As ho neared tho stand they gave him a “ brek-ek-ek-ex, co-ax, co-dx,” with three “ tigers” at the end, and hb laughed delightedly, waving bis hat at the crowd.