The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07
PRINCETON VICTOR
IN FIRST MEETING
Many Men in 1877 Game Now
Are Prominent in Variety
Of Occupations.
Tits FULL OF INTEREST

Harvard ard Princeton waged their
first gam ot football on Jarvis Field AZ
Cambridge. April &c. 1877. This famous
old Aeid Is row obli;ers;ed by the walks.
iawos End buildings OF he Harvard
yard. intercollegiate football. an adapta-
ton % English rugby. had been e
iz-i only the autumn before In a ce'e-
braied CONVENTION Of Columbia. Harvard.
Princeton and Yale. held a. n. Did
.tassasot Inn Of Springfield, November
q. fs7f Although Princeton had been
T." promoter % the convention, N fco:
tall men OF Old Nassau were averSe 20
nr"c.ing Harvard thu. fan becaus. Ia"
C.iin.on had been playing the r'=h'
gam. Tor two years. Princeton inca felt
that tee sudden c'i.1gs by t,i"'n from
soccer 10 rugby required a few months
OF practice. Hence the arr was post
poned until the following spring. when
II wa PLAYED on the date stated soove.
Harvard winning.
In the fall Of tins same yesr the
teams met again or -. Georges Cricket
'gTtLtlAE al IlpDbNflA ga tAiA' 80
ton won. Some famous names are TO
hc found In thJse old l.neups. robert
Bacon. a Harvard h~alfback, became AS
s!-,ant Secretary OF state of the United
States, an Ambassador 10 Paris. "A part
ner IN the BANKING HOUSE. VI w"
pout Morgan and AT present Is ar over
seer a. Harvard. B.Air Lee. one o:
- . s.,s,,,
r''"Se'o"' "
az "ash'ngior. The TWO .iheu's iHf-
Their contained famous banker, two
Corg-essmeu and several professional
men II national reputation.
The game u, ls.s was played at Bos-
ton and Princeton won. Two weeks
later Princeton met and defeated Yale.
thereby winning I'd Nassau's first in
,erc~ollez!ate championship At the rugby
game. one Of the coaches OF tits team.
In fact secretary NJ the board OF
coaches. was a young Princeton Junior
by the name ~ TonInic Wilson. now
President Noodro" Wilson. The fall ~
lNF found Harvard ana princeton
asaiu emoaitlef OIL -. i"orsc- cricket
Grounds Robert bacon was no" "p-
ain o. Harvard. ft'ncrtcns leader was
Bland ba!'tfh princeton won thi-
game 10y a ian.''s soal from tne ne!H
S!'h-n "y l. ", hy.>atl' ~ rpHl ,h1
90 ;arl I'm. VIM. 'Gin'S a. w 80
anu 'I"ouI - ~ 'h'"I'" :. " n'',"r,
pt'.e sa"S 80 lt
- p'nie" ~ = 80. .nr.
~ =, "N ""- Wv ' ~
- - .h,, .h.,.,.,,
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4. - 80, ~ ..n,.rra" 80 ~.
xac,,,.J -, b, 49, -ur,j,. -,
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,ors r-aI,n,rl.s in tho., .ear "a. lanes
u,rI.r I,,ar -,o-r.v.c.n.rs 10
po-.n pirn - go a n.,ntar y, 10
Ir,are,a,. Comr.rcc conm,s.Inr In
~. ho.,I. NJ Is>o p,aye1 in Cambridge
p,Lrr.tn, .ro,cd =, -,oncbdnUr wi
k,IEe1 m. pn.l ,h.re.f.er U.u,rd
made , ,ou.hIoon Missed the ~,u.,Inr
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neld vure-Ical sroring VS. a, that
Nm. uuLnnvr uarv.rd cra{r.d a Vic
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m 'u,,Lso h., pn,.-, " Va,.or ~
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htI' dI', "'n.ins '"a = 81.
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44opt4ot Of u1'".T1rdl 'coIIt th' io'!o"
inS year, W. @flel'ii values belhH
NaIc'F' i to~N'hHo"h' e'hi rom
touchdown, ! goal from held ..
Tho fall Of 1883 found the game for
N. first time played In Princeton. This
contest was 'Suned 10 10 memorable
for man" gears 'hroucn the field goal