The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-22
YALE vs.. HARVARD
wh.. Is Thought Of the Springfield Cannes

What 10 Thought OF the SrrinGueh Shmer.
eAMpn1peI. Oct q. You can toll Harvard
man to-day wherever you meet him. for he
wears smile OF satisfaction and all because
OF Yesterdays meeting at Springfield between
the representatives Of Harvard and Yale. The
agreement TO play the annual football game
there for four years on the Saturday preceding
Thanksgiving Day just suits the three thou
sand students here. Had Harvsrd's football
authorities arranged for their game with Yale
this yoar and in succeeding years without any
conference with the New Haven representa-
tiyes, they probably would not have changed
the details OF the agreement adopted n particle,
The fact is Capt. Trafford and George Stew
art OF the Advisory Committee went to Spring
field. hoping to arrange for this years game In
that place and to come to some conclusion in
regard to the games for some succeeding
years The agreement they signed covers OK
actly these points. ard consequently they
came back to Cambridge more than sat
ished SO are the undergraduates. because
for four years they can SEQ the game
with Yale without being away from CAM
bridge over night and at a moderate expense.
Some OF the dispatches sent out from Spring
field intimated that this action Of the Yale
managers implied that in some way Princeton
the case. however. as IN the Ave ; hours meet:
ing at Springfield Princeton was not considered
or mentioned n any way.
Gauss Il viii tend to awaken some Of the en-
sssP Ssf t ss e strong lust 'sa. out
into y ths Ysis ana Harvard rsprssentstlly.ess
%s svSr erS Yale fRe sy
resident graduates. and undergraduates all
sS sa enoW
year has been arranged and others Tor three
&c be TIE eaa
game, would not be played. Capt; McCluns
but on the t othesr hand have assured every:
body that the game would he played on the
az dee If to S b
agreement is favorable to Yale or otherwise;
Walter Csmr treats the subject e. Ma1 matter OF
thought but What It s as fair to Yale as 70
A point made by some students OF the agree
out Of the association. Yale has everything to
can play Harvard for four years. be beaten by
her every year; and still be champion If PRINCE.
point t Yale does not consider the event Of
suggestion is met by the statement that the
essesiIed by HAWAII ioning the ASSOCIATION
It may be that Yale is counting chickens be-
lOTo tu6y dE0 UuUCuSu OUT buS certainly ca
poets to defeat Princeton this year. and hopes
to for four years to come. In that event she
adds four more championships to her score.
and then II Harvard comes in. granting that
she wins for several years. 1t will take her L.
long time to even up the score on champion
ship games. While McClung denies that any
thing. like this ever entered his mind in max
ing the agreement. others, mostly resident
graduates. have thought OF it.
wards proposal was to play game in Boston
and one In New York on alternate years. Yale
desired T. play them ali in New York. nThe
effect the agreement will have on Yale and
Chung. who says: Our relations with Prince
ton will continue as they have been. We shall
both be members Of the American Inter
collegiate Football Association, and as
neither Of us is dissatisfied with it,
we shall arrange aud play our games
as scheduled by. that association. though the
annual game will always be played. without
doubt, as heretofore. In either New York or
Brooklyn on THANKSGIVING Day. Yale regrets
as much as ever that Harvard saw fit to leave
the association year ago. for It places and
sition Of being compelled to fight for Q double
Of whom would claim the championship il it
defeated Yale. and neither of whom feels bound
to play the other: but both are using every
means to down Yale" Yale will. neverthe-
less. play Princeton as before.