The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-11-29

However, Harvard. is. Not Yet
!. Satisfied With Pact Said
To Be in Existence
by Henry L. Farrell)
Omitted Press Sports Editor)

2 New York, Nov. 29-Confirming
reports that have been going around
for two years about strained ,rela-
tions between Harvard and Prince
ton that might lead eventually to a
dissolution Of the, ..'Big Three" and
an establishment of: a, Big Two, : he
tween Harvard and Yale, an! open
break was narrowly averted just be-
fore the recent Harvard-Princeton
game. =. ~. -, ~ ,ss:... ,.sss.
AS has been printed several times,
the feeling has existed for. two years
on the Princeton campus that the
slide was being creased for the; ,Tig-
ers out Of the "'Big Three" and when
the outlook for a successful football
team was 50 dark at Princeton last
September, the feeling was, rather
general that. if Yale and Harvard de-
feated Princeton, the Tigers would
not be given place on the Blue and
Crimson schedules next year. TT XII:
The speech made by Lathrop With
ington, member Of the Harvard foot.
ball committee and former Crimson
captain. at smoker the night before
the Princeton-Harvard game, in
which he said that Princeton might
have to be crowded off the Harvard
schedule next fall, is sold stuff" now
and the Harvard. officials. later de
|nied that he spoke for the university.
zgA AS an aftermath something very
Interesting came out of it, however
It is not official of course, but 1t is
virtually TACT. s. s - =, y..res :, !
Harvard is not satisfied with. the
radical football agreement said to
have been signedlby the presidents Of
the .Big Three and Harvard very
likely will not carry: out, the, agr'ee 'e9 e
ment.k s{.g5st 7 s.: IL. i. = .:,<E2 ).
The ag:eemet by which it; was de-
cided to hold no. football practice: i'e- Is.
fore the opening Of the academic
year resists the. schedule to- five
games and the. resolution to make no
trips for the football put the "Big
Three practically in The position Of
playing nothing but neigh5orhood
games. ~., ,s.-. 90;
f. In the recent endowment drive for
Harvard. the western alumni made
such huge contributions that they. arr
in position to demand some COZ
sideraticn from the schedule maker
and it is j. understood that enough
pressure has been brought to bear TIP
fmake it almost sure that Harvard wih
Ego to the middlewest for game eth
er. next fall or in 1924. =
Some Harvard sentiments hold the
PRINCETON president esponslble for
putting across the agreementaunder
the girise of something that would
Easayes football.n, Some Harvard men
cannot see. that football is in need OF
being saved and they believe that
sccessful football has been big fac
tor in making Harvard and providing
|nthietirs fer t the he -university as-faot-
ball pays the freight for all other
branches of athletics at Cambridge.
/ Vilthipgtea'sa talk didn't do the
| Princeton team any Sharms ssferhaps 1t
Ewas an inspiration 9to make them
fight their heads off to show Harvard
that Princeton coul6n't be looked up
on as am inferior team.
Strained feelings were apparent
on the field They have been insthe
making for more than a year. Tales
were heard on the Princeton campus
that Harvard accused the Tigers OF
playing dirty football and of course
that didn't please anyone at Prince
ton.. --.- No.. :. LED, l..s.y1ss sss. s
The moral effect Of saying nasty
things about another football team
may result in having coach instruct
someone to hurl insults at his team
just before a big game.
The feud between Illinois and
Wisconsin, in the western conference
~ Is s. . ! So