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The first Rose Bowl
1902 in the United Sates was a progressive year, but also had a recessing part of it. 1902 held the first Rose Bowl, the French Panama Canal Company offers to sell its right to build a canal to the US for 40 million dollars and US military occupation of Cuba ends as its first president, Tomas Estrada Palma, is installed. During the recessing period, some 140,000 miners of anthracite coal in Pennsylvania go out on a strike called by the United Mine Workers after the owners have refused to recognize the UMW
After its first contest in 1902, no one could have anticipated the Rose Bowl would one day become the "granddaddy" of all bowl games. In 1901, the Tournament of Roses Association decided the growing sport of football would make a more marketable complement to the popular parade. The committee chose to promote a geographical theme, pitting two teams from different parts of the country. Powerhouse Michigan got the nod to represent the East, while Pacific champion Stanford was chosen for the West. Although the Pasadena stadium had only 1,000 seats, an estimated 8,500 patrons forced their way into Tournament Park to watch the game. Soon after opening kickoff, one of the Cardinals' players made a show of courage that became part of Rose Bowl lore. In the end, Michigan ran away with the game, 49-0. (Using modern scoring rules, the score would have been 55-0.) With eight minutes left on the clock, Fisher approached the Wolverines' bench and offered to concede defeat. Michigan captain Hugh White granted Fisher his wish for mercy.