The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-03-30

POE BROTHERS MADE
TIGER GRID HISTORY
No OLhcr Family of Athlot"7 'nh
boast Such Record n- Sir Prince
ton Heroes,
BILL ROPER PAYS TRIBUTE
Even Greater on European IIailc.
fields Than on Gnry Iooihall
Fields Of Honor.
BILL ROPER PAYS TRIBUTE

ny W ". ORILlp ROPER
There is picture hanging In tho
trophy room at Princeton ~ nix
short, stocky men in football uni
form wen known and familiar are
the faces in the group to all Prince
,oulans ana equally well known arc
they TO an lovers ~ cIunu sport They
are the famous roos NJ PRINCETON.
whose accomplishments on the rrl
iron have been ono ~ the brightest
chapters IN rrinceton's football his.
tory go a
The first Poe 10 make tho Prince.
ton team was x. Johnson Poe, who
played hacfbaclt on the SO ana 's3
teams johnson wuy followed hy
Edgar Allan, named for hia famous
ancestor, Edgar Allan, IN" poet fn
gar played Quuricrhark on ia" 'hN,
$50 and 30 teams c1pUunIng lh"
eleven In 80 and 40. The SO team
was ono ~ the really grca, Prince
ton cIo,cna. defeating Harvard 40 10
! 2 ana Nllo 10 TO U.
In the Harvard game, Princeton
made It's famous garrison fnish A.
the end of tho first half The score
stood - to 10 In IIhrvnrd's fhvor
Ina whirlwind attack In tho second
half Princeton ran up score nf ~
points.
The third pur to make the Prince
ton eleven was John Prentice roc.
who played hnlfback on the ~ ana
'02 clcvcns, and n real hHlfhaok no
was / remember his 9ull.liko lino
In
the historic pcnnsylvania games nt
Philadelphia Nelson Poe followed
John aud played quarterback on tho
20 team and altcrnated nt halfbhck
on tho 90 championship team.
Arthur Heat Naic Twice.
Arthur roe, who played end on tho
'aS and 80 elovons. had the unique
distinction OF having defeated fhlo
single handed two successive years
In the 'gs game no recovered
tumble on Broknw field ana raced
for "A touchdown ana victory. In
80 he Kicked his famous goal at
New Haven, winning the game with
80 seconds lott to play. ~
Gresham Poe was tho last or tho
six. For three years he wnS Kept
from making the team by reason OF
injuries. About the middle or ench'
season he would get n severe attack
of water on the knee aud would at
tend the Yale game, walking with
cane. In his senior year Gresham
was desperate. Here wns his last
chance TO win tho coveted Pr N
his knee would hold out he could do
H. Fate secmed against him. In
the middle OF the season he was lhid
up Hoping AGAINST hope. he stuck
~. pA Ea hgfnTe
the Yale game was out In football
toys, Too late to make the regular
team, he was tried at quarterback,
TO be held In reserve,
The Last of the Poc~. %
In the Yale game the, Princeton
eleven became demorpliZcd carly IN
tho contest and Yale made two
scores, giving her safe lead, To-
ward the end OF the second halt. A
short, black.haired player was seen
warming up on the Princeton side OF
the field For minute no one no
tioed him, then II roar went up from
the Princeton stands ms he was rec
ognizcd. II was the last Poe prepar-
Ing for tho fray. Like "A rocket he
shot out In the field and a llEhtnins
change came over the dispiritcd
princeton eleven.
when. Gresham Poe entered IN,
game Princeton had the ball an It's
own 30-yard line, Shrilly calling the
plays, he rallied the team for final
- attack and started IA march down the
field. IL was too late. however, and
time was called before Princeton
could rush the bali across for a
touchdown, Though fortune did not
smile on tho Princeton team. the
- ,I.f
cned by the fact that the last ut the
Poos had Joined his celebrated
brothers.
After tho graduation of Gresham
" Poe. Yale brcBthed a sigh Of re-
,.licf McCready Sykes, the famous
Princeton satirist, wrote "A poem
after tho Yale game IN 1893, repre-
scntlng Yale man In prayer. end.
ing as follows:
And from yo damned race OF
poes, good Lord deliver US"
About 10 years aftCrward tho third
generation OF pocs entered Princeton.
Fate destined that their athletic ca
rccrs should he cut short by the ON.
trance of tho United States into tn,
war
Even Greater In War
n the pocs were great in football
they were greater in war John had
already made the supreme EaCrlfiC,
rs "a mcmlag ~ the famous Hack
watch hctfI this country mad en-
tered the wSr lie originally wac
attached to the heavy artillery. hut
made the request, 50 typical ~ the
man, that ne wanted to hr uenrvr TIC
line OF battle. hazardous as was the
work he was then doing. johnny
/ was detailed 90 tho Black Watch and