Word: wesleyans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Recent researches at Wesleyan, Princeton and Yale have revealed the fact that Woodrow Wilson, idealist, man of destiny, political philosopher, was once an eager football strategist. In 1878 he coached a Princeton eleven which defeated both Yale and Harvard and won the first of the "Big Three" championships (see p. 32). Then he went to Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., officially as a history professor-but little time was lost in making him a member of the football advisory board. Soon Wesleyan teams began to baffle their cumbersome rush-line opponents with crafty off-tackle plunges, with neat crisscross plays...
...most of the other loading football teams are scheduled for minor encounters. Yale takes on Maryland, its traditional pre-big three rival while Dartmouth engages Boston University, Brown. Cornell Columbia, Army, Navy, and Boston College are also meeting weaker teams. Williams and Holy Cross will face sterner opposition in Wesleyan and Fordham, while Penn. State and Pennsylvania are staging a real battle on Franklin Field...
...second game of the "little three" series. Williams will seek to avenge last year's defeat at the hands of Wesleyan. The Purple has produced a strong outfit this year and is looking for a renewal of cost successes against its "little three" rivals. Holy Cross is also seeking revenge for the 17 to 0 defeat administered last year by Fordham...
Williams 14, Wesleyan...
Boston College 20, W. Va. Wesleyan...