New Britain herald., 1926-11-11
PRINCETON BREAKS
 {. OFF WITH HARVARD
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 signed at their conference which de- clared that relations were amicab ble and the football series would con- tinue this year.
 Relations almost reached q break ing point four years ago when l Lathrop Wilmington, of Boston, a prominent Harvard alumnus, was quoted as saying al Harvard din- ner that the blame for any trouble which existed between the two uni versailles should be shouldered by President John Hibhen, of Prince ! ton.
 Was For Alumni
 Wilmington was reported to have said that the reason for the sup posed scheduling of western game. ! ostensibly with Michigan. was to give the western Alumni of Harvard something in return for their con- 1 tribution of 15,000.000 to the Harvard endowment fund. Other frank statements from Wilmington at that time led President Hibben, who was seated at the table, 10 remark that he did not feel that I should take the onus of Harvard and Princeton not continuing a series of games that date back to my freshman | days in 1878" Wilmington, how ever. denied the statements. saying that he would not have made such remarks If he had known that re- porters were present.
 Peace Is Shattered Amicable feeling, supposedly re- stored by the fall meeting Of the l Triumvirate, was rudely shattered on the eve of the annual Princeton | Harvard football game last Saturday when an edition of the Harvard I.ampoon devoted an edition to jeers and insults at Princeton. Copies of 1 the paper were sold to the thrones who jammed the huge stadium at Cambridge for the colorful meeting.
 Apology Ayails Little Although the Lampoon later apologizod, and authorities at the university joined in admitting the poor taste shown, the feelings of the students of the institutions fared into hostility despite efforts of Presi- dent Hibhen and the Crimson, an- ether Harvard publication, to pour oil on the troubled waters. The i Princeton educator referred to the incident as the work Of an fire sponsiblo minority" while the Grim son described the unfavorable Princeton references as obviously in | bad taste"
 Reports have been current that Bill Roper read parts Of the Lam poon to his team before the game on Saturday. The conflict was con- ceded to be a rough affair with sev- eral Harvard men bruised consider ably. One suffered broken ribs in the 12 to Q Tiger victory.
 Was 29th Contest
 The contest Saturday was the 29th meeting of Harvard and Princeton in the rivalry that has seen almost double that number of games be- tween Princeton and Yale. Yale be- gan the annual classic with Prince ton in 1873 and four years later Princeton played Harvard for the first time.
 In the bone crushing man-moun- tain style of gridiron warfare that preceded the more scientific game i of the present day, the famous trio contributed much to the development of the sport. For many years | Walter Camp. in his annual AL American selections placed none but Big Three players on his eleven.
 Is Fourth Break Harvard and Princeton have broken relations four times since play was inaugurated. No game was ! played in 1885 but the strife was re- stunned in 1886 and continued until 1 S9o. Mutual charges of profes- sionalsm ended the series then. Play was resumed in 1891 but broken off again In 1897 when Harvard charged the Tigers with unnecessary roughness. Again they took the | field in 1910 to furnish annual 1 thrilling battles until the present season with the exception Of two war years.
 1 Text of Letter.
 | The text of the letter, addressed | 10 William Bingham. athletic direc- | tor at Harvard. and which announ- 1 cd the break in relations, follows: "A q meeting of the Princeton ] board of athletic control, held this i afternoon, the board voted unani- mously to sever athletic relations with Harvard in all sports. We have been forced 10 the conviction that 1t is at present impossible to expcc, in athletic competition with Harvard that spirit Of cordial d-will. be- tween the undergraduate bodies of the two universities, which should characterize college sports. Unless . 1 grow out of and reproduce feeling | of friendly rivalry and mutual re- ! Spect, there can be no valid reason
 for their continuance. Competition , carried on in an atmosphere of sus- i, picion and ill-will of necessity falls
 short of all desirable objcctives of intercOllo giate sports.
 Want All Games on.
 Under these circumstances we
 prefer to discontinue competition
 with Har!ard altogether. Should
 you wish, we will, of course. com
 plete such engagements as may have
 been scheduled between us for the
 present academic year. We should regard these contests as inadyisabIe
 But we will be glad to discuss the ,,4tt tI.,- I