1920 FOOTBALL TEAM WILL VISIT WEST COAST

A Dartmouth football team will make its longest trip to meet a gridiron opponent next fall when the 1920 team travels to Seattle. Washington, on November 27 to meet the University of Washington eleven. Arrangements for this game were completed about a month ago and the announcement was made February 12 by the Athletic Council and Horace G. Pender, Graduate Manager.

As no Dartmouth football team has ever before "invaded" far western territory, the announced intersectional contest has aroused both enthusiasm and speculation among alumni and undergraduates.. It has elicited also comment from various sports authorities. Among these the following, by the sporting editor of a New York paper, was widely read at Hanover:

"The decision of the authorities at Dartmouth College to allow Coach Spears to take his Hanover gridiron pupils west next fall to play the representatives of the University of Washington was a wise move. The prestige that the New Hampshire eleven will gain in its first western invasion is going to go a long way in assisting Dartmouth to the front rank in the football world.

"By taking the trip west the Hanover eleven is going to undertake a task that a less courageous outfit would balk at. To travel west and play a game within one week's time after tackling one of the big teams of the East is not going to be a light task. However, it is going to bring new prestige to Dartmouth. Win or lose, Coach Spears' lads are going to earn the respect of all gridiron fans. The fact that they are willing to make the trip west and tackle such a stiff proposition as Washington is sure to present shows they fear no rival."

Incidentally, Dartmouth's performance beyond the Cascades will add another interesting bit to the gradual accumulation of data on the relative merits of eastern and far western football. Last fall the east as represented by Syracuse received harsh treatment at the hands of teams representing mid-western institutions. Harvard, on the other hand, won from the University of Oregon in a post-season game which attracted interest wherever football is followed. The college will be behind the Dartmouth team to a man in its coming effort to demonstrate to the Far West that Dartmouth teaches football that is fast, efficient, and clean.