The Calumet news., 1913-10-16
FIRST FOOTBALL
a. YEARS AGO
Princeton and Rutgers Early Grid.
iron Rivals Says Eckersall


obi he thousands of persons who
s.. the annual football games between
ihe large college clevens I'm different
sections Of the country. only a few
know when and where the great co! :
ego sport WAS organized. 1t is safe
20 state that few persons who have
srGuated from the various institu.
'.ous can name the year in which the
aJmc was first played i'm their re-
spvttiyc universities or colleges,
rites Walter II. Eckcrsall.
The came of COLLEGE football was
nrl orsanized in this country i'm 1869,
aud since chat time has undergone
many changes, until today il stands
"ut 1s the foremost branch of athletic
oudcaNur i'm the American colleges.
Rutgers and Princeton We're the
hIst institutions To take up the game
'nd % is interesting 10 note the num-
hrg OF games which have been played
hN the leading universities and col
lagos since the game was organized at
''rious institutions of learning. The
statistics have been complied by
r.rlle II. Davis. the representative
g.. Princeton university on the rules
tummittec.
Yale Adopted II in 1872.
following the advent of football in
i'aJs"rs and Princeton in 1859, Yale
Na# 'da next university to fan in line
1H Eli orgIni2cd it's first eleven H.
i''.. Two years later Harvard took
Np t1e sport and It's example was fol-
lowed tbc next Year by Wesleyan. IN
lN,E Penusylvauia students took IN
TIE game, and two years later AM
horst and Brown joined the ranks.
Football WIS seen i'm the west ror
'H" FIRST time in 1873. when Il team
"1s organized at Michigan. Since that
Tim. the Wolverines always have been
factor in the gridron game and the
provinces Of the players ON the chall;
.n.i field is too well known FOR COM
m'nt Nutrc Dame was the next or
H' tuwc western universities to play
!'','5ll ana the South Bend insti-
tuition WAS represented by it's first
team m 1857. Illinois organized an
'.r'ru the following year.
Wisconsin, Minnesota. Iowa and
Missouri tool, 10 the game in 1890 and
Chicago had It's first football eleven
H IN'- when the university was
founded. The other Institutions drop
l'd Into line during the interval be- !
'''"n The time Michigan first played J
''' E'w" ana Chicago joined the |
''p.s. OF course tho brand of football
"'s crude ana few attempts were |
made to develop the game to its pres
'h' 1Hh point of efficiency
Stars in OIden Days.
liner" were stars in those oldcn |
Jays Who would compare f,tvorably 70 |
,0' great players Of the present day. |
or o,d -ladiators did not have all |
'i' '"uphcrnalia that Is used for pro- |
''.''"o by pla, ,crs at The present time
.'l i7o Games were just as bitterly |
''IEH' The Aying wedge. mass on |
~''s'' aud hurdle back formations |;
were used. and it was worth a mans |
''' '' set In front Of somc OF these |
.ltt.k.
p''tIiar roct about the compilo-
.'' "I ''9tistics rs that Pennsylvania |
va. p.aAyd the grcutcst number of /
''''''f uthough football was not Or |
s'lNrd until seven years later than |
"' '0'S'rs ana Princeton Penn tcan,s |
nave played 800 games, of which 2sS |
1--WE resulted in Victories. 90 in de.
'..ls' and Il in tics.
'"' SONS Of old Eli have participat-
''' H' 55G battles. Three hundred and /
nine contests have been won. |
'os' and lG have resulted i'm ties. |
ward and Princeton each has PLAY.
'id srldiron struggles. Crimson
'..0S have been victorious i'm .S7 |
.''i'' - have been lost. ana have |
'''I I'm draws. The Tigers have |
s'' games lost 80. and have bccu
'''b TO ties in T..
~ 'h" other eastern COLLEGES. La
.. .l','' ha' played .9l gamcs. OF this
l'o have been won. lo7 lost.
'' ~ have resulted Ia draws. wes-
,' mas cngagcd in 2,3 conflicts.
r''S' III 20; Rutgers in 269: Will
~. ,,"'s' -e5; Lehigh. 9J7; Cornell. 95s;
'"h sll; Dartmouth. zig; Carlisle.
'ho the Navy in sii.
Michigan IN 2i8 Games
d, 'e NY, The organization Of the Gam,
,,,,isah IN 1873 the Wolverine in
oo,,.''n has been represented in 94s
S' Ann Arbor teams are cred