The Scarlet Knights Take Over Palmer Field
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Palmer Field is in Middletown, CT. Princeton played at Palmer Stadium that was replaced by Powers Field at Princeton Stadium after 1996.
The Giants and Eagles played a preseason game at Palmer for 10 years in a row in the 60's-70's.
GREAT MEMORY!
I was at the game, grew up 9-miles away, and NEVER heard it called anything other than "Palmer Stadium." I just did a google search and everything I'm reading says "PALMER STADIUM" from Day 1.
I was at the game, grew up 9-miles away, and NEVER heard it called anything other than "Palmer Stadium." I just did a google search and everything I'm reading says "PALMER STADIUM" from Day 1.
Perhaps it was the generic "Palmer field" like if someone said "Rutgers field here at SHI Stadium in Piscataway."
I was not only at that game... I have a sliver of the goal posts with my ticket stapled to it. Attendance, 29,500.
I was not only at that game... I have a sliver of the goal posts with my ticket stapled to it. Attendance, 29,500.
My Dad was at one of those Giant games. Had to be taken from the field in an Stadium ambulance because of a Appendicitis emergency.
I believe you mean Rosey Palmer... lots of palmers at Princeton. Its full of palmers.
Palmer Stadium was given by Edgar Palmer, Princeton Class if 1903 as a memorial to his father, Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the University from 1908 to 1913 and the donor of Palmer Hall. Designed by Henry J. Hardenbergh, the stadium was completed in 1914, the same year as the Yale Bowl.
The November 21, 1914 Daily Home News reported Princeton opened Palmer Stadium with a capacity of 41,536 (later 45,750). Rutgers and Princeton would have inaugurated the new stadium but problems with the grass field diverted the game over to University Field. Instead, the Princeton-Dartmouth game of October 24, 1914 was the first at Palmer Stadium and the last on November 23, 1996. The architect was Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, great, great grandson of Jacob Rutsen Hardenburgh, the first president of Queen’s College. Henry also designed Kirkpatrick Chapel, Geology Hall and an addition to Alexander Johnston Hall at Rutgers in addition to New York’s Waldorf and Astoria Hotels, the Dakota Apartments and many others.
So.. what you're saying is that the grandson of Rutgers' own Reverend Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh.. is responsible for the murder of John Lennon (because the building he designed was so beautiful).
I see you've been listening to Bleem Phuppert's podcast again.
Grew up a few blocks away from the Kehler. Gary Kehler is still a legend in my hometown.
It was called Palmer Memorial Stadium in 1924. Have this hanging in my house
Growing up in Elizabeth I remember those Westfield teams that Kehler coached.
Great Information.
I got married at Kirkpatrick chapel and my older brother (RC '67 Geology) would take me to the Geology department/museum in the 60's.
Thanks for posting.
So do I unfortunately. But my Linden Tigers put a scare into them back in 74 when they were ranked #1 in the state I believe. Final was 20-17. Most packed high school football game I ever attended.
My alma mater Nutley played an epic game against Westfield 50 years ago. Both were undefeated at 5-0 with Westfield ranked first and Nutley second. Westfield came into Nutley‘s Park Oval field with a 36 game winning streak and a 47 game unbeaten streak. Glen Koehler led the state with 108 points. Late in the fourth quarter of a scoreless game, Nutley was on the Westfield 1 and attempted a QB sneak on fourth down which most of the 10,000 overflow record crowd swears to this day was a TD, but the refs disagreed. Westfield came down the field and missed what would have been a game winning streak FG as time expired, and the game ended 0-0.
what's a Bleem Phuppert?
found this..
bleem
“The secret integer between three and four”.A reference to the short story The Secret Number by Igor Teper. The number is named after Laszlo Bleem, who died in a car accident shortly after claiming to have discovered an unknown integer somewhere between one and twenty. All his written and electronic notes also mysteriously disappeared.
“All of mathematics has been doctored in order to conceal bleem’s existence.”
“One, two, three, bleem, four…”
The field at Palmer Studium.. who knows. Back then I don't think they had field names like they do now. ?
If someone said back then Rutgers field or Rutgers stadium I knew what they meant.
If someone said back then Rutgers field or Rutgers stadium I knew what they meant.