The Washington times., 1913-11-08

Today's clash on Franklin Field Will
be the third for Penn and Dartmouth
In 1895 Dartmouth was beaten, 10 TO o.
by the Ouakers The following year, III
m O was the score of the Pennsylvania
victory. In 1913 Dartmouth takes the
field a favorite. What a tale of onward
procress this has been. 1t is marked
with victory after victory over some OF
the best elevens IN. the country, and
shows the rise of the so-called Dart
mouth system a system sutnciehl u
bring glory on every Sridlron.
Seventeen years ago Dartmouth was
in its swadGlIng clothes from an atm
letic viewpoint. II was an ordinary sec
cndary team in fotbail. 1t played Har-
ward. Yale and even Penn early in the
season, always expecting defeat and
never being disappointed.
In 1901 Dartmouth scored for the first
time on Harvard, though beaten, tine
score being q to L. The energetic work
Of the various Dartmouth clubs in scat
tered sections of the country was trlns-
ing results. The now-famous Dart
mouth spirit was appearing, though
slowly. In 1886 the Green had held Har-
ward to a single touchdown, but in fol-
lowing seasons the Crimson superiority
was as marked as ever.
Harvard chose Dartmouth as her op-
poneut at the christening Of the new
stadium in 1893 The following morii-
ing the football world knew that
new Iuminars had appeared. Nale,
which had stopped playing such weak
team as Dartmouth years before,
ohuckled, and carefully refrained from
booking UP any more. Witham's team
ran all over the Harvard eleven that
day in Cambridge, and Dartmouth won
II to q. ~
In 1904 neither team scored. The next
wear the game ended TO 6. Dartmouth
was delivering the goods Something
went wrong in 1906. for Harvard Won
. TO 9, but Dartmouth came right back
that time the Dartmouth-Harvard
games assumed all the importance OF
the Harvard Yale games. Indeed. Dart
mouth was frequently charged with
playing rough football against Har-
ward
The resumption Of football relations
between Harvard and Princeton re-
suited in the Green's being dropped
rom the Harvard schedule. Harvard
Won the last two games by fiukes, and
The contest sadly battered the Crimson
on the eve of the Yale game.
That Harvard was not treated thus
larshly alone. see what Dartmouth
lid II princeton. The HanOVPrlanS
.vAre secondary eleven when they
- 20 ile Tigers 30 to o in 1897.
Princeton surprised the football
.yorId when IT defeated the Green II
20 in 1905. That Dartmouth eleven
yon from Harvard and after the bat
lie in the Stadium Princeton stock
siimbeG high.
IL ISG5 Princeton fell before the Green,
20 0. II was a hollow Tiger victory
il 1876. though. i2 TO 0. Two years later
dartmouth cane right back with a 10
'o-6 victory. A 6-to-6 tie appeared in
ra06 Then came two fiuke victories for
Princeton. and last year Dartmouth
'ent TO pieces, losing 22 to :. This year
the Hanoyerians defeated Princeton in
a mud slough.
The dropping of Dartmouth by Hsr-
ward means THAT the Green must find
Tnother worthy foe, and it looks as II
Pennsylvania is TO be the new one. II
Dartmouth wins today, and the dope
avs IL will. annual contests will very
likely be played between them.
In fifteen years Dartmouth has made
Vsonderful strides forward. At the
tart the Green's big games were with
Brown and Williams, with Amherst Civ
ing sturdy battles. A dispute on the
baseball diamond led 10 a fracture OF
football relations with Brown in 1907.
Amherst and Williams have long since