Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-07
TIGERS PLAY HARVARD
TWENTY-F|FTH TIME.
First Contest Took Place in
1877, With Crimson
Winner.

PRINCETON. y. }. Nov. s-when
Princeton and Harvard lock horns on
soldiers Field Saturday it will be
TN" twenty -nfth time the traditional
rivals nay" met on tn. gridiron
Princeton has the edge on the Grim
son IN the matter of victories. hav-
ing won fourteen games. lost eight
and tied three.
The hrst game between the two
universities was played in Aprn OF
tho spring OF 1877. In this game.
which is interesting because OF tho
fact that It was the only game ever
played by college teams in the
spring. there wnre fifteen PLAYERS on
4, team The gam. was won bv Har-
ward through Cuching's long runs.
TENNIS Evenly Matched.
After this tho scrios ran on until
1889. with III" teams very evenly
matched During this period the ia
nous game % - was played that
WAS aftorward called tho 'blooIy
angie" The rules a. ma, time called
COR no substiiu,;oNs except by agree
ment OF TIA" captains .anh ;his per
mission was only granted in ex-
IRENE CAGES. Feeling ran high after
this game because som" Of IN. m.n
we're forced TO play when they were
hnrt so Indy that tnoy could only
crawl around. Win Princcton's
Il-i5 victory in so relations between
On tina, team were such stars as Hcc-
tor Cowan and Snake Amcs. Tia.
elder. men who's" memories arc s,iil
dear {" all Princeton football en-
however, when Yale and Harvard
broke "m relations. after tho game
In -. the Crimson again scheduled
princeton Tor mo big game ~ the
- sci,
gam" IF "a and that Of 90. In the
former Herman Suter recovered a
fumhl" and ran uine;y-nyr Yards
putting Princeton in a position 10
score. his team, with the late Gary
Cochran. who waa one Of tho heroes
~ IN" lat" war ~ captain, used the
famous revolving tandem for the
frsi ;iin". This play rcvolutIonized
fn"ihnI, King Kelley. the greatest
OF al linz" -buCkiug half backs. was
another star az this st"am Then
relations wcr. broken on again to
u" resumed once more In 1911 This
season recalls to memory Mt ono. the
famous runs Of Sam White who re-
covered tumble ana ran the length
81 tn" field - heat Harvard An in
t"r"%tinC tact ~ that this was ,ne
hrst football game that White had
HnLrr's Tenn neni~n.
iiot"y bakers team wa. beaten
In 1919. from tho toe az n wcarcr OF
rs" Crimson. Then came the years
"t Percy iianrhton. when Harvard
reached her highest peak In foot
ball. notwithstanding this. Mahan.
tho great Harvard back. said that III,
game ~ 1915 vas tho hardest he had
ever PLAYED in The Crimson won by
tho score "f 10 10 6. and then beat
Vale. 81 Ia Z. In 1915. Horw.er's
neid goat again save tn laurls to
Harvard.
The war caused another break in
tn" series, which were renewed again
In tn" fall OF 1919. This wear casey
snatch"d pass out ~ the air in tho
closing moments Of tho game and
old Nassau was held 10 tie. - 10
~ TN" next year the battle ended
IN another unsatisfactory tic, hu,
last year Stan k.ck led the Tigers
:" w"ll-earncd victory over tn.
crimson. by tho score Of 10 to 3.
Th"s" last years have seen the M
p"aranc" Of some now faces in
frince'on's hall "t fame Maury
Trimhie and Jack Strubing were he
r""s in 1919. While kcck and I.ouri.
were outstanding stars the next
year and unanimous an-Am.rican
selections. Ralph Giiroy's run Of
six'y-iiv" yards sent Harvard down
to def.1, last wear