The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-12-29
Big Colleges
Soon Due For
Real Shakeup
Yale, Princeton and Harvard
Give Small Foemen the
Worst Of II.

Some Of these days the "sinan fry
colleges VIII rise up In unsurpassed
wrath and tell the football sehcdu>
makers at Yale, Harvard and Princeton
10 20 to place that's popularity supposed
10 be trino hotter than the equator
regions
For years and ycars-and more years
the big three havo lorded II over The
arroGsnt TO- an extreme. Il has been un.
sportsnanllke IN It's businsss conduct 70.
ward IN so called SMALLER foes. hui
times are changing. Tho power OF Vale.
Harvard and Princeton In football way,
while not totally broken, Ia weakenina
three" will topple from is self-made
throne and become Just part OF the
common colleges"
In tho past, those three colleges have
game" rivals. Yale. Harvard and princs,
ton have insisted that the other team.
must play on its fields. They nAvsr will
plAy AWAY from homo except whom they
play each other. They realize the dis
tinct ADVANTAGE Of home crowds and
Ing all but two games season At home
How "sis Three" Trssss Foe.
Hut = greater injustice comes when
the financial arrangers snts are made. The
'niG Three" tAkss The attitude that the
small Try colleges ought 10 feel that "
IA. sufficient reward In play one or an.
ber Of the triumvirais. 30 u Gives tho
TvIslting team only triflIng GQarantee.
Yale made somcthinK Ike S?0b. 900 on
football In 1915 while Harvard cleared
100000. Yet. some Of the other colleges
whose teams helped 10 swsll the receipts.
either lon money playing THAR game or
brokk Just about even.
Tho case of Washington and Jefferson
In an excellent Illustration. W. and J. IL
located near Pittsburgh, II sent about
twenty men. including coach. trainer,
SSs,Sr and %s:ss1 n.E to Ne. h;S:n x: T
borhqod OF $500. The hotsi. moal and
incidSntsi hlii was about SIS more. That
made tho tdtal close TO $3.50 Yale. know
Ing what these cxpenres would he. guar
anlAsd ". and J. only $500. although the
nstehborhood Of $1,000 or 10000
Cornell and Brown Jointly drew about
$4,000 NJ Cambridge. Yet. 'tis said. Cor
neM got only about $1,000. and Brown 4
eum slightly larger. Harvard pocketed
Ready 70 Revolt,
Why do the small colleges submit to
~ Wei. In the past they felt u gave
them prestige to be on the schedule OF
one Of the big ,hree," They thought the
advsrtisinG thsy 10, through such A Kams
IcV0iO tUem TOT aUy TVhUCINI ions tW'N
might tuffer Hut they don't think that
way any more. They've come to the con-
elusion since new football altered thinEs.
that It's nothing great TO get a chance
10 play one OF the big three" nor any
NinG remarkable. to beat them.
Once upon = time Yale. Harvard and
Princston monopolixed the championship
That was in the days when beef and
brnwn won football games. The big
three. had these sssets, due to large en-.
rolments. Hut since that era the grid
Iron rules have changed Light teams
.ran and do beat the heavier elevens. And
has bAer quite some time since nny
n,elubAv of the big three" has won an
un6isputed title.
And " the ''small Try colleges are on
The point Of yevoltina. They realise MAT
Yale. Princeton and Harvard no longer
A6ninelc the football realms. Unless tho
''btg three" tskes = quick tumble 10 It.
oolf u Will find II 4 hard matter In futur.
yseYs 10 schedule gNmes.
It's safe bet ~ any rate. that q
year q two from now Yale. Harvard and
pvlnceton either will bc forced 10 play
On the fields OF their small foemen" Or
give then, something close 10 So-6o split
on the receipts.
Protect Our DIuehtevs.