Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-01-24 | Page 6 | Harvard-Princeton Heads Regret Hubbard's Charges

Harvard Heads Regret Hubbards Hubbard's ars ar's Charges barges C NEW YORK TORK Jan 24 AP-A AP widening circle ot of denial and regret of Wynant D. D Hu Hubbards Hubbard's bards bard's charges that PrInceton played dirty football foot foot- ball bali against Harvard rose from the two universities today For the magazine Liberty Hubbard who played guard for Harvard wrote an article in whIch he named Harvard players who he said had ben been injured injured in- in deliberately by Princeton Dr Charles W. W Kennedy chair chair- ot of the Princeton university board of athletic control declared Hubbards Hubbard's charges unworthy of answer answer an- an from Princeton Instead he offered the testimony of F. F W. W MurphY Mur- Mur phY of Brown university W. W R. R Okeson of Lehigh and W. W V. V G. G Crowell Crow Crow- ell elI of Swarthmore S all of whom have served as officials in Harvard Harvard- Princeton battles from 1919 1019 to 1926 during which period Hubbard charged that eyes nero vero gouged limbs broken and other Injuries In- In The officials were unanimous in their statements that the games were cleanly played that injuries were not maliciously inflicted and the conduct ot of players most sportsmanlike sportsmanlike sports sports- manlike as befitting play b between tween gentlemen coached by gentlemen From contemporaries of Hubbard in Harvard football came regrets that such feeling between the two former links of the Big Three demonstrated when athletic relations relations rela- rela were suspended after the an- an nual football meeting last tall fall should be kept alive by charges such as Hubbards It Is unfair to both Harvard and Prince on Rob nob rt T. T Fisher Haryard Har Har- yard vard coach from 1919 to isa told tole the Harvard Crimson in regard to Hubbards Hubbard's article Accusations such as are contained con con- tamed in this article can lead ta nothing and only seem to do harm to the greatest of intercollegiate sports Deplorable and like were the terms applied to the article by Representative Hamilton Fish Jr himself a former Harvard football captain and American all guard In Id a statement from Wash Wash- ington he denied there had been foul tactics in Princeton Harvard games and said he was ashamed that any Harvard ex-Harvard football player should rush into print and charge Princeton Prince Prince- ton football teams with deliberately playing dirty football The Harvard 1 Crimson asserted that Hubbards Hubbard's ls l's article in no way reflected the general opinion of Harvard I Theres nothing to it William WilliamW W. W Roper coach of the Princeton said in Philadelphia Its the same old Ih c hue Ive I've heard many times be- be tore fore The Dally Daily Princeton ian undergraduate undergraduate under under- graduate newspaper branded Hubbards Hubbard's Hubbards Hubbard's Hub Hub- bards bard's accusations as as Piffle pune I