New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-12-14
Game
Be Restored
By Princeton
Football Relations Between
Old Rivals Likely To Be
Renewed for Celebration


PRINCETON. N. j., Dec. 13.-W. II.
Big Bill" Edwards, 1900, has been ap-
pointed chairman of committee to
draw up plans for celebrating the ami
versary of the first intercollegiate foot
ball game played between Princeton
and Rutgers in 1869. While a definite
program for the celebration has not vet
been arranged. it is understood that a
football pageant will be held at Rut-
gers early in November of next year.
1t was first planned to have this
pageant last month in celebration Of
the tftieth anniversary of football, but
it was found necessary to postpone it
until 1920.
The Rutgers and Princeton teams of
1869 were the first college teams in
America to meet on the gridron. The
captains of these two teams drew up
their own set of rules. which were later
adopted by other colleges and used for
many years. forming the basis for the
present game.
Football relations were severed be.
tween Princeton and Rutgers when war
broke out, and the usual contest was
not scheduled this fall Arrangements
are now pending for a Princeton Rut-
gers game in 1920. but no definite ar
1t is planned to hold the football
pageant on the date of the Rutgers
Princeton game, provided the contest is
scheduled. Yale and Wesleyan, the two
other pioneers in American interco]-
legiate football, will be invited to at
tend ard be rcpres ented in the pageant.
Hockey Schedule Announced
At meeting of the Princeton Board
of Athletic Control this afternoon the
hockey schedule for the season was
presented and approved. The season
Will open on January TO-, when the
university team will meet the Lafay-
cite seven at the Philadelphia rink.
On January II the second contest will
be staged. also at the Phiade phia rink,
when the Dartmouth team Will oppose
the Princeton skaters. The Tigers will
meet Yale, Harvard and Penn dur
ing the season. The dates for these
games have been tentatively made.
Prospects for the season are exccp-
tionally bright. About thirty-tive can
didates have reported for practice, and
eight Of these, including Captain
Halght. have had previous experience
on varsity teams. The first ice prac-
tee was held yesterday, when the ice
on Lake Carnegie was thick enough to
hold skaters. Regular practice will
commence at the Philade lphia Rink
Immediately after the holidays
Manager Gray announced that a. game
with the st. Pau's school was being
considered for December &c, and it is
very probable that the proposed con-
test will be staged at Concord N. II.
The schedule with tentative dates
follows:
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Cambridge. Feb. 14--yale al Philadcl-
nhia; ls-Harvard at Philadelphia a
Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.
Basketball Team on Tour
When Princeton closes her class
rooms next Thursday for the Christi
mas holidays the Tiger basketball team
Will begin an extended tour that will
not end until January 5.
The Tigel quintet will play Cornell
at Ithaca on Decenbe 10 and will meet
Syracuse the following night. On New
Years Eve the Orange and Black will
of the Navy and will journey to
Geneva College, at Beaver Falls, for a
game on New Years Day. On January
2 the squad meets the Carnegie Tech
at Pittsburgh.
The elimination of the Christmas
trip will be the Yale game at Pitts
burgh. The alumni associations of
both institutions are formidable in
the Smoky City, and this game was
scheduled under their auspices for
January g.
No announcement rs to the team has
been made as yet, but the first string
five thus far has consisted of Captain
Hynson and Petts at forward, "Mel"
Dickinson at center and Margetts and
Opie at guard. zabriskie and Winton
forwards; Scuddcr, center, and Davis
and Hunt, guards, are the most likely
men to complete the squad. This is the
strongest team Princeton has had in