The Washington times., 1924-03-05

such a league I believe would
DO a fine thing for college base.
ball. but Harvard and Princeton
made it understood when it was
suggested that they were not ready
TOR It.
The schedules Of the members
Of the league would have called for
the dropping Of certain games from
the regular lists, and this Harvard
and Princeton did not wish to do.
whether the league will be formed
I'm the future or not do not know,
but I do not believe that the
question has been entirely dis.
missed"
IL was learned today that. as
proposed, the league would have
becn composed Of Harvard. Prince.
ton, Pennsylvania. Columbia, Cor.
nell, Dartmouth and Yale, with
possibly two or three other uni.
VeETitieS. This membership would
have assured an organization OF
the strongest standing and general
interest. 1t has been felt at Yale
that IL would have entirely trans
formed the situation i'm the uni
verSities Of the East. It would
clearly have led to q revision Of
Che schedules.
All the universities at present
arrange their names on the basis of
q climax with their natural rivals.
This the Yale authorities think
would work out in an ideal way
under the present regime.
All precedent in college baseball
leagues is against such organiza.
tons. From 1879 to 1887 a college
baseball league existed which died
Q peculiar death. One by one the
smaller colleges withdrew from
the organization, leaving Harvard,
Princeton and Yale the only sur.
Vivors. Even this big three dis.
banded year later, deciding to
arrange their games by separate
series instead Of in a triangular
league.
AS an experiment the intercolle-
gfate league Of forty.five years ago
IL OF keen general interest and has
perhaps a direct application to the
When the league was formed in
December. 1873, Harvard, Prince
ton. Amherst, Brown and Yale
Joined it.
At the outset Yale took an un.
expected stand by refusing to
enter the league because It re.
fused to prevent professionals from
playing. Princeton won the first
championship i'm 1880, taking six
games and losing two. Brown was
second with five victories and
three defeats, while Dartmouth,
Harvard, and Amherst finished i'm
order.
Yale, however, arranged eight
games with the three winners and
lost only one game out of the
eight. Yale Joined the league and
won the championship in 1881 with
seven victories and three defeats,
with Harvard and Princeton tied at
elk victories and four defeats.
Yale won again In 1882 with
eight victories and three defeats
TO seven victories to four defeats
Tor Princeton and five victories and
five defeats for Harvard. In 1888,
Yale won again. with Princeton Sec
Nnd and Amherst third. Yale won
In 1884, with Harvard second and
Amherst third.
In 1885, with Sam Winslow, now
q Massachusetts Congressman, as
captain and pitcher, Harvard went
through the season without a do.
feat, winning ten games. Yale and
Princeton were tied with seven vic.
tories and three defeats. The next
year Brown and Dartmouth With
drew and Amherst left the league
the following season. NARROWING
the "Big Three" as the only surviV-
ors.
The promoters of the present
league believe that a totally differ
emit fate awaits completion Of the
plan proposed by Director Blossom.