The Mayor of Boston is elected by the city's plain people, the fun-loving Irish-Catholics of whom James Michael Curley is one. And Mayor Curley knows how to make gestures to his constituents. Last fortnight he refused to issue a permit for a longstanding intercoastal football game between Stanford and Dartmouth Nov. 28 in Harvard Stadium. His reason: a game between the plain people's Boston College and Holy Cross (Roman Catholic) was scheduled for the same day at Fenway Park; the Stanford-Dartmouth game would cut the gate receipts of a home industry.
Mayor Curley's...
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