Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-18
Harvard and Tigers Not
to Clash on Gridiron.
Princeton Refuses TO Put Dart
mouth on Her List.
The Cambridge College Has Full
List and Wont Drop Green. ?

The Boston Journal says: There will
be no football game between Harvard
and Princeton next fall and there viii
be no game next fall between Dart
mouth and Princeton. Negotiations
looking to both Of these contests have
been in progress, but it may be stated
definitely that neither game will take
place. 1t is possible that there will be
Il game between the University OF
Michigan and Dartmouth.
year ago Princeton made over
lures to Harvard for a game last fall,
but the Crimson authorities, after
considering the situation, decided that
Harvard's schedule was already suf1i
GENTLY heavy and that it would not be
gotiatiOnS at the time were kept Sc
cret, but when Coach Roper visited
the Harvard squad just before the
Yale game last November there was
talk of a renewal Of football relations
between the two colleges. The under
graduate sentiment at Harvard SEEM
ed to be in favor OF such a contest and
just at that time there appeared every
likelihood of game being played next
fall.
A meeting Of Harvard and Princeton
men was held at the Hotel Tourane
about two weeks ago for the purpose
of discussing such a game, and again
it was reported that the two colleges
would surely play. The meeting was
attended by Coach Crane and Capt.
Burr Of Harvard and Coach Roper and
Capt. Dillon of Princeton. 1t was agreed
at that meeting that if it We're possible
to arrange Il contest, in view of the
schedules of the two colleges, this
would be done, and the matter was
put up to the athletic committee.
That body has now decided that Il
would be altogether too much to COM
pei the Harvard football team to play
five such games as those with Brown,
Carlisle. Dartmouth, Princeton and
the schedule would be too stir even if
one of the other matches was dropped
and Princeton substituted
The Harvard authorities have decided
that under no circumstances would
Dartmouth be dropped, as the Crimson
and the Green have been drawing
closer each wear and if any of the teams
Was to be taken from the schedule it
would either be Brown or Carlisle Both
of these institutions have long enjoyed
tho friendship Of Harvard and Harvard
has no present intention of dropping
either. And. if either was dropped, il
would not tighten but add 10 the bur
den OF the schedule. With these con-
siderations i'll mind the matter Of \
Harvard Princeton game has beer
dropped Tor this year at least, though
the matter may come up again next
year. In fact it is believed by some
that there is II tentative agreement be-
tween the two universities 70 q game
in 1909
"A dispatch from Hanover announces
that Manager Lane Of the Dartmouth
eleven has received an answer from
Princeton i'll reference to the matter of
a renewal of relations between Dart
mouth and Princeton on the gridiron.
The Princeton reply to the Dartmouth
"vertures is couched in the friendliest
of terms. but it is negative in tone.
The Tiger football people base their re-
fu.al to give Dartmouth q place on the
Princeton schedule to the fact that ex-
cept i'll the case of the negotiations
with Harvardsfor a game the DISPOSE
tion of the Princeton coaches is to
Tighten rather than to make heavier
their football schedule.
They believe that Dartmouth is alto
gcthcr too stiff n proposition to take on
just before the Yale game.
Dartmouth and Michigan have been
drawing closer together during the past
few years and there is a possibility
that Michigan and Dartmouth will meet
at football this fall. Michigan will play
Pennsylvania late in November. AL
though by the rule of alienation the
game should be played at Philadelphia
it is probable that it will be played at
Ann ArbOr in order not to conflict with
the Yale-Princeton game, which is
scheduled for the same day at Prince
ton. Michigan would like to have an
Eastern game and the football mana
gers of Michigan and Dartmouth are
now in communication upon the sub
ject.