The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-27
A TROUBLESOME SUBJECT.
PRINCETONS TWO DEFEATS IN THE
COLLEGE STRUGGLE THE CAUSE.
viii the Tigers or tho University OF Penn
sylvRnin Plny Yale on Thankspiving Day,
1893 t-Somc Think thnt tho Present
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Will the Tigers or the University OF Penn
syivRnin Plny Yale on Thank sgiving Day,
1893 s-Somc Think thnt tho Present
Association Will he broken Up.
New HAVEN. Nov. 26.-Now that tho football
season is over md the students are back
again attending to their studies. they spend
their leisure hours in discussing the future
prospects Of Yale. Football is. OF course. the
principal topic OF discussion. and 1t is settled
in the minds OF the undergraduates that Yale
will again repeat her victories noxt fall.
Among other things incident to football that
bothers the Yale men is tho fact that having
wont he championship it is incumbent on Yale
By the constitution OF the intercollegiate Assoc
citation to meet the University OF Penn ylvania
In New York next Thanksgiving Day. At the
University Club this afternoon half dozen
upper classmen talked over the situation. 1t
Is admitted that tho University OF Pennsylya-
MIA has tho right as matters now stand. to de-
mand a game with Yale next Thanksgiving
Day. The University Of Pennsylvania has
never been popular with Yale men. and they
do not relish tho thought Of losing the pleas
ures Of q Princeton game on THANKSGIVING
Day.
They afl1rm with unanimity that they will
never 60 to New York to soe the Penn sylvanians
play. On tho other hand. Yale men admit that
that tho SOL called smaller colleges. Wesleyan
and the University Of Pennsylvania. were re-
tnined in the Association. when Princeton
and. Harvard both desired q Itr!nlo league.
the u same me time. they reluctantly acknowledge
that these smaller colleges have often stood
BY S Sos in WSsn
posed BY the larger colleges.
The feeling toward P51i ni Is now very
ingiy bitter against Harvard. Tho m after of
Yale having to play Harvard and get nothing
out Of pons ss asd hss h sSns
Harvard should Join the Association. It Is
said that the n Soatn Of H, has
ball all OF the. small colleges have also been
ompelled to withdraw.
on the present difficulty is. to have Yale with
draw from the present football association.
and then form Triangular ~ d League with ar,
Princeton. Tho games played with the teams
OF tho smaller colleges have no interest to
the strong teams. and under the present de-
velopment OF football Yale men think this is Of
The undergraduates as a whole and NOM
bers Of the faculty as represented by Prot.
disadvantage which Yale has experienced for
within n week and not have one Of them
count.
In the absence OF capt.. MoCorm1ck Manager
be learned ms to what will be tho outcome OF
the general sentiment which prevails at the
college hut 1t is certain that in the next foot
While the question Of financial returns en-
ters somewhat into the matter. 1t has little
weight compared with the pleasure that Yaie
mon have in spending ThanksCivin. In New
York; i IS true that the ~, mortgage on tho
le sd Is being o Ike by the
football games. but. on the other hand. the
faculty few years ego reduced the Thanks
fact that. instead OF spending tho holiday at
their homes the great majority Of the students
The recess used to begin on Wednesday pre-
csding Thanksgiving Day and last until the
following Monday. Now it ends Friday noon.