The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-10-27
HARTARD EXPLAINS
why She Does Not Play Football with the
Tigers.

Tigers.
The fact that the football teams OF Harvard
ard Princeton do not meet on the fold natur-
ally atouses tho curiosity OF the thousands OF
Americans who aro interested in that sport.
and there has been much speculation as to the
cause. Harvard has been charged with exclu-
]siveness and also with n desire to crowd Yale
out Of the annual Thanksgiving Day game in
this city with Princeton. In order to make
iiatvard's position clear to all Prof. Ames.
Chairman Of the Advisory Football Committee.
and who conducted the recent negotiations
with Princeton. has made public through the
Boston GloIc all tho letters and data that
passed between the two colleges.
Preliminary Is a statement OF the present
relations Of tho three big colleges. from which
II appears that Harvard and Yale have n tour
years arrangement from 1901 to play football
at Springfield the Saturday before Thanksgiv-
ing. Yale and Princeton hre momDers OF the
intercollegiate Football Association. ono oil
tho rules OF which provides that the two lead
ing teams of the year before play on Thanks
giving Day in, New YORK. Negotiations bo.
| Dccenber., 1851. Harvard proposing q re-;
ncwal Of the annual games OF baseball. aud
expressing. tho hope that some timo the two
colleges might also come together in football.
Tiia outcome OF the correspondence was "A
meeting o: representatives Of the two colleges
IN .NtW lbrK III l'Nt. AZ N,'I ut Nilth L1hI
| ward submitted to Princeton a three. years
agrnc,r cnt for baseball and htwo years agree
mo,4 for .%o;IHl,. The s :i1ni, Of Of i 1mn, tours WAS Sns
graduates; provided Yaleand Princeton would
football proposition tho following clause was
inserted:
section :, roo,nal-rh.re sh,l! he on. cameo foot.
hal annually between the alevcI.s' II the two uni
E T.r,'ays; :" Il be PA, the O. M" Ss. yt yrt on 1 =, pIi,..s, us
sH,l ,t,"t. the second wear on the second saturday be.
fore THANKSGIVING bay Il. Cambridge.
Prof Amcs claims That tho above. Il It had
beer agro"d to. would not only. not have put
Yale out in the cold. but would. on. the con-
trnry. have placed, Harvard md Yale on u
yerfnct equality IN their football relations to-
Tho following extract from q letter sent to
more clearly explains Hnrvard's attituie:
As 20 football. our Ho;i,tCn i. very clearly deemed:
M Nmy ARE sIs. 1saiy. n! y sr aiar rn! sT liar as,s'% o% aISa - , .nSs
Win Yale. d. not ,"s low an eYya division OF ne
ment, t. .wa.ch we ha'. no objection; nor. without. IN.
H vs. IN ya, u HyS. S"H 70 { With lPi ia h iiHs sar PS. Sn sns void
Nth" a tn. H rrsari ! S Ttr var + *. 'o Of "aS'.s &C.! r. a"iy', to i siSs %p
i In S !, . u n p.n." ns,s.,y s@i 10 All NAV sr t%r 80 so me- fon nry (.
time IN New Y"rk. We are cntiro.v ready to pledge
rr isssNsi AM and %sw ii Haven pay e''N'' ~
Ths i].!Tcniiy ; JUS. here Issr. !. . feeling in n:
YORK games II Asnme IN witch iIar'IrH paved there
tue corporation aud ov.rsrers to intrthict any further
IT, Year, Arrangement, in tootsa Win you. regarding
'hr d Nsw S /" s, nniM sc a. e ,ES f.et liza, w. ,-c in no sens.
nrs,mg Won to accept our proposal In answer TO your
& &S5n S.@ .5.,eme 's'i ia r assi1s IL, u football 70" S'H' We ,' "STrs ss@i
, %nT Re r snS VS. na2 a ssa ne ss 1 n1Ty i 5o, ws S wS,sh a xrrs on On
t.rn-,, upen /" ~. i your rel,'ion 70 other COLLEGES:
print yoU 10 pay on those dates. and YOU md it IN.
rrac,rab!s 70 bring about any other Advancement on
two persons. with the hes. Of good win and without
fault OIL either side. c"nnot come to terms.
Brtnan.n ,,,1, , a,,rta - - 7 -
on any saturday in November tint Harvard
might prefer, This was, certainly a fair offer
Ps ~S e fe ft'o objfsal af to, t aealinc t. for by IS
acrsptance she you'd, though PLAYING with
both Yale and princeton, hay" renowned al
would have also placed herself at . disadvan-
taGe in regard t. her games with Yale
membership in the American, Intercollegiate
Football Association Harvard wrote:
re WS 's to ha ySsi ";'G 2ss 'Sd xSsF tn n'oH the s's :ss'isiT al. in
s"c'a'ion. but VIC are irTevoca6ly "omtui,ted against
the policy ~oftitple or multiple leagues.
In response to q query as to what he thought
OF Harvard's statements. Manager Frazier Of
the Princeton team SAD that i Hayward was
method was to enter the fntercollcsiate Hsso..
citation and win first or second place.
A Close Call for the University OF PeAnsyi.
vaAia.
EAsToN. Oct. 2G-Lafayet cite put up a splendid
game against the strong University of Penn
~sylvania team to-day. and there is great salts
faction here over the result Of 8 to u in favor OF
Pennsylvania. On the latter team arc Camp.
Mackey. and Oliver. all graduates OF Lafay-
cite. now taking postgraduate courses Mt
Pennsylvania They. with Thayer. did the
best work for the visitors. Tho first half was
forty-ilve minutes. and for thirty minutes no
scoring was done. Then Thayer broke
through the centre when the ball was near the
line and made u touch down. A few minutes
later the referee Flowed another touch down
for Pennsylvania. though Lafayette claimed
Mackey. who had tho ball. had yelled 'down''
at the Vineyards line. No goa! was kicke ed.
In the second hall. which was thirty minutes
long, Lafayette played a superb game. She
continually. the exceptions being when Penn
sylvania. finding she could gain nothing. kick
Ell the ball UP the field. This. occurred time
after time. Good runs by Volt and Edwards
nut the ball twenty yards from the goal, and
then Rockwell made q dash through the cen
tire. lodging two Pennsylvania II zen. and scored
a touch down. from which Robinson kick cd a
goal. No other scoring was done.
Tonight the !,.atayetteS are celebrating the
good work OF theic team. The ~eleyens lined
UP rs follows:
laf1gd,>. Pnsi'ionL Cni>v ,itY ofPa,
Peek nd..........,.... Simmons.
Galley .:..,....-..,,L Lett .NAcEey.
10 WAND. ............ Left guard ...,......... oliver.
Jordon ......-..,,, entIe .AdAma
Iiaft ....'......''R isht guard Thornton
Robinson. ............E Right tackle. Reese.
MCSDarTyQ Riyht end Ilnvintn