The Washington times., 1922-11-09

any of the previous battles: Boz
and are in excellent physical con'
Princeton has a decided edge IN
the number Of victories, having won
fourteen games TO Harvard's eight.
Three games resulted In tie scores.
II is interesting to note that practi-
cally each year that Princeton de-
feats Harvard, one man STANDS out
above all others as being instru-
mental in the victory. ....
Whether or not Saturdays game
will produce such a hero IL Yet 70
be seen. Perhaps next week at inns
time some unheard-of substitute VIII
be heralded by the followers or the
Orange and Black as the year $
greatest hero.
The first game that Princeton
met Harvard In on the f0ot6an
field was in the spring M 1911.
This game was the only one ever
played by college teams III the
snring and was played with fifteen
men on each side. II resulted In
victory for the Maroon, due TO
the star playing Of Cuching.
For the next ten YEARS tHe teams
played annually with no seeming ad-
vantage. Both teams We're CONSIST
,ntly evenly matched. The game OF
1887 was memorable because OF tne
name given to it in later years-the
Bloody Angle"
The rules at that time called for
no substitutions except by the mutual
agreement of the captains. PERMITS
sion was granted only in extreme
cases. In this game the feeling was
10 bitter between the two colleges
hat, many of the players were forced
% play when they were so badly
hurt that they could hardly crawl
around.
Two years later, Princeton beat
Harvard Al to Is and relations were
temporarily severed between them
In this memorable victory the work
of Hector Cowan and Snakes" Ames
stood out. These name are still dear
to all Princeton football enthusiasts.
In 1894, after Yale and Harvard
had broken off connections, the lat
ter again scheduled the Nassau team
and in the following two years
Princeton was twice victor.
In the game of '95 Herman Suter
made his name famous by recover
ing a tumble and running 95 yards.
1t was this team, captained by the
late Gary Cochran. which used the
famous revolving tandem play for
the first time. Relations were again
! broken.
The next game that Princeton
encountered the Cambridge team
was In 1911, when Sam White,
that memorable hero, ran the en-.
tire length Of the field for the
winning score. This run Il one
Of the high lights In Princeton
history. Following this victory,
the Nassau teams received several
reverses frOEt the wearers Of the
Crimson, H05ey Bakers team was
beaten in 1913 by drop kick.
The years of Percy Haughton fol
lowed this, and football at Harvard
was at its zenith. The game II
1915, which Eddie Mahan, Harvard.
all-American back, said was the
hardest he. ever played.
Princeton went down to q noble
defeat by the score of 1916. This
same Harvard team beat Yale A.
to 0. The following year Harvard
was again victorious due to fielC
goal by Herwoon.
When the war came. another
break. and no games were playec
until, the fall of 1919. This gam
was Princeton's until the closiny
moments Of play, when Eddie Casey
another Harvard star, caught for
ward pass and raced for a touch
down. The game ended with tn,
teams deadlocked at IA points all.
The following year another II,
ended, with each team having tel
points. Last year Stan Keck's team
won the game and thus broke tn,
tie of two years. The 63-yard rui
OF Ralph Gilroy in that game 4
still alive in'the minds Of all Prince
ton men.
Each year almost without excep
tion sees the advent OF new sta
In Rrinceton's Hall Of Fame. Tn
names of Hector Cowan, Sam White
King Kelley, Don Lourie and Ralpl
Gnroy, and others too numerous I,
mention, are already there. Who's
.~ral ~.