Penn Student Traditions: Bowl Fight Timeline

Bowl fight, 1908

Date	Classes	Bowl Man	Venue	Winner
1866 Dec.	’69 Vs. ’70	George Fox Martin ’70	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	No fight as such, but the bowl man was put into the bowl
1867 Dec.	’70 Vs. ’71	Robert W. Lesley ’71	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	He escaped, but no clear rules as such over who is the winner
1868 Dec.	’71 Vs. ’72	William Barton Brewster ’72	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	Was bowled, but a fight in its real sense did not occur
1869 Dec.	’72 Vs. ’73	James N. Stone ’73	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	Bowl man escaped and also broke the bowl
1870 Dec.	’73 Vs. ’74	William H.M. Bickley ’74	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	A draw: Bowl man escaped AND bowl not broken
1871 Dec. 22	’74 Vs. ’75	George Maris ’75	Outside Old College Hall at 9th Street	Bowl broken. Freshmen win
1872 Dec.	’75 Vs. ’76	Edward Hazlehurst ’76	Around the New College Hall	A draw: Bowl man bowled AND bowl broken
	(Penn moves to West Philadelphia)			A draw: Bowl man bowled AND bowl broken
1873 Dec. 24	’76 Vs. ’77	Edmund R. Tatham ’77	Around the New College Hall	Bowl broken. Freshman victorious
1874 Dec. 24	’77 Vs. ’78	Mr. Henry S. Jefferys ’78	Around the New College Hall	Bowl broken. Freshmen victorious
1875 Dec. 24	’78 Vs. ’79	(Rev.) Alexander Aden Powell ’79	Around the New College Hall	Bowl broken. Freshmen victorious
1876 Dec. 22	’79 Vs. ’80	William B. Patton ’80	Around the New College Hall	Bowl Unbroken. Bowl man escaped
1877 Dec. 24	’80 Vs. ’81	Edwin Clifford Lewis ’81	Around the New College Hall	Bowl Broken. Freshmen victorious
1878 Dec. 24	’81 Vs. ’82	(Dr.) Frederick A. Packard ’82	Around the New College Hall	Bowl man was bowled. Sophomores victorious
1879 Dec. 4	’82 Vs. ’83	Joseph W. Thompson ’83	Around the New College Hall	Draw
1881 April 13	’83 Vs. ’84	James W. Macbride ’84	Around the New College Hall	Bowl Broken. Freshmen victorious.
1881 Dec. 23	’84 Vs. ’85	(Dr.) Randolph Faries ’85	Around the New College Hall	Bowl man escaped. Bowl not broken. Draw
1883 Feb.5	’85 Vs. ’86	(Dr.) William Campbell Posey ’86	Around the New College Hall	Bowl man escaped. Bowl not broken. Draw
	(Semester system adopted)			Bowl man escaped. Bowl not broken. Draw
1884 Jan. 31	’86 Vs. ’87	Alan B. Whittaker ’87	Around the New College Hall	Bowl man escaped. Bowl not broken. Draw
1885 Jan. 30	’87 Vs. ’88	William E. Mott ’88	New Athletic Field, 36th and Spruce	Sophomores win
	(New set of rules introduced)
1886 Feb.9	’88 Vs. ’89	Edward W. Mumford ’89	New Athletic Field, 36th and Spruce	Draw
1887	No Fight occurred in this year.
1888 Feb.1	’90 Vs. ’91	James Starr ’91	South and East of the College Hall	Draw
1889 Feb.1	’91 Vs. ’92	Percival V. French ’92	Around the College Hall	Draw
1890 Feb.3	’92 Vs. ’93	Louis E. A. Greenleaf ’93	College Hall	Draw
1891 Feb.2	’93 Vs. ’94	Harry E. Hayward ’94	unknown	Draw
	(As honors are no longer awarded at midterms, the bowl man is now elected)
1892 Feb.12	’94 Vs. ’95	Walter Martin ’95	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1893 Feb.17	’95 Vs. ’96	(Rev.) James M. Stifler ’96	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1894 March 16	’96 Vs. ’97	Algernon S. Uhler ’97	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1895 March 1	’97 Vs. ’98	Henry G. Bartol ’98	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1896 March 20	’98 Vs. ’99	Charles C. Harrison ’99	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1897 March 18	’99 Vs. ’00	Seizaburo Yasukawa 1900	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1898 March 28	’00 Vs. ’01	Thomas P. Stevenson ’01	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1899 May 18	’01 Vs. ’02	Leon S. Hirsh ’02	Old Athletic Field	Freshmen win
1900 March 22	’02 Vs. ’03	David H.L. Kneedle r’03	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1901 March 29	’03 Vs. ’04	Frank L. Cloud ’04	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1902 April 10	’04 Vs. ’05	Howard L. Fortiner ’05	Old Athletic Field	Draw
1903 April 22	’05 Vs. ’06	Frederick R. Yost ’06	Old Athletic Field	Freshmen Win
1904 April 12	’06 Vs. ’07	Carl C. Block ’07	Old Athletic Field	Sophomores Win
1905 April 14	’07 Vs. ’08	Edward M. Bennis ’08	Old Athletic Field	Sophomores Win
1906 April 24	’08 Vs. ’09	Warren Shebe ’09	Old Athletic Field	Sophomores Win
1906 Dec. 10	’09 Vs. ’10	J. W. Miller ’10	Franklin Field	Freshmen Win
1908 March 25	’10 Vs. ’11	George Kissinger ’11	Franklin Field	Draw
1908 Dec. 4	’11 Vs. ’12	Daniel Lovett Hutchinson ’12	Franklin Field	Sophomores Win
1909 Dec. 1	’12 Vs. ’13	G. L. Carey ’13	Franklin Field	Draw
1910 Nov. 30	’13 Vs. ’14	Louis Young ’14	Franklin Field	Draw
1911 Dec. 13	’14 Vs. ’15	Donald Fithian Lippincot ’15	Franklin Field	Freshmen Win
1912 Dec. 18	’15 Vs. ’16	W. S. Tucker ’16	Franklin Field	Freshmen Win
1914 April 7	’16 Vs. ’17	Taylor Walthour ’17	“Big Quad”	Freshmen Win
1915 Jan. 23	’17 Vs. ’18	unknown	The Quadrangle	Freshmen Win
1916 Jan. 12	’18 Vs. ’19	Ingolfe Ertresvaag ’19	Franklin Field	Freshmen Win

(After a fatality the Bowl Fight is abolished)

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