The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-11-06
er Last Of Big Six to Hold
Back From Games With the
West
Tilt WITH OCCIDENT
ALMOST SURE IN 1915
1iddIewest Can Expect to See
Eastern Gridders in Ac-
ton Soon

The cordial welcome Win wnlcn the
Rootball world has hailed this falls
1nter.sectional contests Is very likely
&1o sssult In two very important de-
\ ro1opments. Che Is the probability
f <hat Princeton will schedule western
<1oam next year. and the other Is that
within the next two years the west
will get chance TO see some OF the
rreat eastern eleyens In action on &C
<ldentsl SOIL
Princeton Is the only member OF the
Ee,Bfe Six" which did not have west
I'm school on the 1914 schedule, and
nlumn. and students alike, particular
~ the alumni who reside west OF the
( Alloxheries. are ,clamoring for an
<1nter-sectiona gridiron battle with the
|x1ger In the role of defender OF the
Il Is asserted that an, attempt was
mode this year TO schedule west
- team. but that II failed because
<R Princeton's already formidable ar
~ or opponents that had already been
|@lvon contracts. The athletic moguls
- Old Nassaf could not gee the WIS
dm Of submitting the Jungletown
kwarriors TO battering that might
<1eoaken the team for the Yale and
& Farvard games. But the 1915 sched-
~ A vet to be made. and those In
|n position to speak with authority pre-
E1ct that next fall the Tiger will find
&onm for an invader from the land OF
>.e setting sun.
That would mean that every school
~ nr0mirepce In the east would be
nGoeed In inter.sectional contests, in
1D1E. for there Is every reason TO be-
i've that Michigan will again meet
Iorvard and that Notre Dame viii
NH ind Q welcome at New Haven.
~ fnct, II has been predicted that
xnIe will play two western schools
III year. with Chicago as the prob
[1bIe newcomer on the Bull Dogs
e i6xSzrdly probable that Yale, Har-
.nnl and Princeton will consent to
ome west next fall. All three are
@(zUag for home games. and still feel
HIT II fs something of an impertfn-
~n0e for newcomers to aristocratic
Incles ID insist on q home-and-home
&onkract. And then II must be adj
H1fted that this trio OF schools il still
= position to dictate In the matter
nchedtiles
INT II IS extremely probable that
sue Of them will come west in 1916.
IA oFr are two very strong reasons for
~ prediction, and In the case OF
inward and Michigan. q third that Is
cntimentaI, but none the less effec-
i've. Theetwo chief reasons mention
<1 ere the eagerness of the thou
nnds >oe alumni living In the Vest to
~ the team Of their alma mater In
<6tlon, and the desire OF the uniyer-
XIfios themselves to win students
nom the west. Both are powerful
Hctors- too powerful to be ignored.
md there Is no reason to believe that
Hey will be. now that the ice Is
1eoksn.
The third reason which pertains es-
Doc1ally to the relations OF Harvard
"A Michigan. Is the tremendous hit
Which the Wolverine rooters and the
ISoms made at Cambridge last Satur-
ny. There is no doubt but that the
Formal relations OF the two schools
&ro more cordial than ever was ex-
octed, q fact that will sweep away a
II Of red tape and traditional stock.
6eG. While the Wolverines are not
<8pecting Harvard to come west next
III. . number ofespoyt scribes in the
est are favprably discussing the no.
Ibility Of that very thing. a fact that