Still another proposal was to use an intra-mural program as the basis of college athletics, choosing an all-star team from the House teams to be the Varsity and play against Yale.
Students Force Action
But for all these programs, students at Harvard wanted Varsity athletics and they wanted to play Princeton. Likewise students at Princeton felt that the game with Harvard was really an essential part of a Tiger schedule. The result was a gradual rapprochement between the two. First the two crews raced each other, with MIT also in the race to act as a buffer. Then the minor sport competitions was resumed.
Finally, the great day dawned, and, on November 2, 1934, Harvard and Princeton resumed the football rivalry they had been conducting since 1877.
Under Coach Fritz Crisler, the Tigers rolled to a 19 to O victory over the Crimson, but all was sweetness and light.Said the Dally Princeton, "It is up to the present undergraduate body to make sure that the present bond of good feeling is further strengthened and cemented together."
Said the CRIMSON, "The events of 1926 are veiled in legend. Today is one which starts a now era in our athletic history.