The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-14
new YORK sun
ARTICLE STIRS
FOOTBALL FANS
BY JOHN A. CLUNEY

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body at Cambridge sort of'forced the
formation Of an informal" football
squad coached by Henry Lamar,
Jayvee and Frosh football coach,
and boxing mentor has been talked
up" somewhat during the past few
weeks. However, the world-famous
traditional rivals will not meet on
the gridiron this year for the good
and sufficient reason that O game
was not suggested or scheduled by
either party before or since Har-
ward announced that IL had aban-
doned varsity football for the dura-
ton and later, through the medium
Of student petition, acknowledged
an informal" team that has de-
feated Camp Edwards and been
beaten by Worcester Poly Tech.
Last nights New York Sun carried
q blazing sportsline which opened
many an Old Blues drowsy peppers
as 1t read: "Yale Rejects Harvard
Game" quoting an "Yale spokes-
man" at length to the extent that
Harvard tried to "lure" Yale into
football game In November, but was
turned down "cold".
Apparently the writer of the ar
ticle, George Trevor, who gives Yale
more than passing attention from
Spring to Spring each year, must
have talked to a Yale janitor or
some such unauthorized person,
though the story was interesting
from by-line to final period, giving
Harvard quite going over" for its
tactics. However, here's the reaction
to 1t Of Ogden Miller, chairman Of
the Yale Athletic Association, who
SHOULD know, II any such offer
for o game was made by Harvard:
mo person, student or official Of
Harvard has approached me at any
time or in any way, since we re-
ceived q request for cancellation Of
the 1943 scheduled game. That was
last May, Harvard stating that 1t
had decided to abandon varsity
football for the duration. AS far as
the New York Sun article Is con-
cerned, I have not seen 1t, nor have
I the slightest idea where 1t orig
mated"
Mr.. Trevor's Yale Harvard special
Is q honey" even II entirely a
"wrongo" as far as official Yale and
its A. A. Is concerned. 1t goes like
this:
Harvard's belated bid for its an.
nual climax spot on the Yale SEIZED.
ule has been turned down cold by
Eli athletic authorities. The John.
MES started the 1913 season as ar
"informad team" but, after sand.
bagging a highly touted Camp Ed.
wards outfit, they tried to lude Yale
into the Stadium on November 20
No soap.
Why did Yale give its tradition.
oil rival the brushoff? Harvard
quit football cold when the col.
lege game most needed Crimson
support int this war era" said i;
Yale spokesman, though Har'
wards material was as good a.
most Ivy colleges possessed. Yal
Is playing q major schedule thi
fall which involves bruising bat
ties against the East's best teams
BY November our small, injury.
riddled squad will be exhausted
after facing Rochester, Penn, Co.
lumbia, Dartmouth, Army, Brown
and Princeton.
1.-THE Harvard informals, mean.
while, will be playing an easy
schedule. The Johnnies will be
fresh in late November, their squads
probably intact. Why should Yale
play into Harvard hands by going
to Cambridge for post-seasor
game? Not chance
Mind you," continued the Ell
spokesman, II think Yale woulc
beat Harvard, but II we lost We
would be held up to ridicule BY
unthinking critics. 'Ha, ha,' these
scoffers would chant. Yale got
trimmed by a bunch Of infor.
malsP
mo, sir, we won't stick our heae
into that mouse trap. Harvard quit
football for no good reason. Harvard
can stay out as far as we're con-
cerned. They are so-called Navy
school. They've got as many Navy
trainees as we have. They wanted NJ
part of Yale when we sought game
last August. but now they've hac
a change Of heart. Well, 1t came
too late"
Yale Carried On
Non-partisan sport Is men sup
port Yale's stand against an i'm
promptu Harvard game.
yale carried on under great
handicaps," said the coach of q
local college team. 1.-THE Ellis
rate q big hand for going ahead
with this virile game in wartime
when its character building
qualities are most needed by our
softly reared youngsters. Yale's
undermined squad has been de-
pleted by the wear and tear Of a
tough schedule. I don't blame
the Ellis for giving Harvard the
cold shoulder"
DISTINGUISHED observers suspect
that the United States Army's ban
OH football for college trainee's was
formulated or encouraged buy such
eminent Harvardians as President
James Conant and Brig. Gen. Mil
lard White. Athletic Director Bill
Bingham doubtless got his shut
down" orders from those higher-upS
Harvard missed the bus In wartime
football when it closed grid shop
prematurely.
The students at Cambridge were
disguised when the athletic authori-
ties threw up their hands and quit
The Harvard boys wanted varsity
football. as Is demonstrated by their
enthusiastic turnout for informal