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STAMP FOOTBALL WITH
SEAL OF APPROVAL
Educators from Eighty-Odd In
stitutions Think Game Is
Improved.
BASEBALL ON THE GRILL
Much Interest Shown at Meeting
of Newly Named National
Coilegiate Athletic
Association.
Faculty representatives from some eighty
odd -universities, colleges and educational
Institutions throughout the country set
their stamp c? approval yesterday on new
football at the fifth annual meeting of the
r.ewly named National ColV^iate Athletic
Association in the north ballroom at the
Hotel Astor. One year ago almost every
hand .was turned sgainst the virile, popu
lar college me. Open threats were made
that a ban would be placed on football by
many Institutions unless pome radical ac
tion was taken to insure a safer and saner
game. Such members of the football rules
"ommsfte«r as are named by the associa
tions, seven in number, were warned that
th«? fate of the game rested in their hands,
and that the faculties would not be satisfied
-«-i'h any half-way measures
This hostile attitude was conspicuous by
He absence yesterday, except in rare In
stances, and while some suggestions were
made to simplify the code and to make
*till further Improvements, the general fee 1.
ing. M plainly indicated and more or less
strongly expressed, was one of satisfaction
that much bad been accomplished to bring
about the desired result.
The complex problem of summer or semi
professional baseball and its- attendant
evil* cropped <-"it from time to time, but
no r^trular discussion was had and no ac
tion taken on this all-important question.
A Bsaarc I*.1 '*. however, was appointed to
Bad wit'i nth**" bo<!!e* who are struggling
• lone f-irnilar iine? on the general question
aC amateurism, as i; thought that '■nee this
if definitely settled and a reasonable inter
pretation established the summer baseball
problem may solve itself.
Other nUeeta j>ertaining to college
«thl«*tlc activities were discussed in a most
interesting and comprehensive way. Eight
Be*! educational institutions were elected to
membership, bringing the grand total up to
♦"lghty-two. Including four associate mem
bers. Captain Palmer K. Pierce, U. B. A.,
■was re-elected president by acclamation,
•with loud applause. for the fifth time. The
football rules committee was named, with
two changes, Brans an important resolu
tion was paused making it the sense of the
•n*>^ti:.f: that intercollegiate athletics be
"brought under faculty control, eventually
making: it a direct part of the college or
•university course, with the Fame responsi
bility and accountability as any other de
yartinent. ;
Meeting Largely Attended.
The meeting was largely attended,
delegates being present from as far
South as Alabama, as far West as Colo
rado, and, of course, as far East as Mat
sachusetts. A larg« majority of the * Ighty
—<• members were represented in person,
and judging- from— the expressions heard
after adjournment, which came about 6:.v>
o'clock, not one was dif-appo'nte«J. It v.as
'•It. further, that the association wn<? worK
*:.£• along the right lines, and that much
gaafl I'ai l»een accomplished in bringing
intercollegiate athletics to a ptatu in keep
ing with -he high principles of education.
.Manhattan College, of this city, was
among the .eJent institutions fleeted to
membership, and her representatives made
& few trite and picturesque remarks, -Ah'.cn
•s»re veil received by the deleßatM. Th<
>.* •- institutions elected were: Western
Reserve; Connecticut Agricultural College.
Mount Union College, of Alliance, Ohio;
Camegle Technical School. Giinnell Ool
'eg*. of GrlnnelU lowa, and the Alabama
I'olytechnsc Institute.
Officers were elected as follows: Presi
dent, Captain Palmer K. Pierce, U. S. A.,
■who ti ;i« Bti selected to lead the associa
tion when a representative from West
3»oln_t: vice-president, Professor A. H.
Hn.'.tl.. of the University of Iowa; secre-
HU -secretary. Professor V. W. Nicolson,
of fr> UTi j an. who has proved .such a capa
>i7e and »'?!;. i^nt official.
Representatives of the various districts
■n-*>re "*— a s follows: First district, made
■up of tb«> New England States. Professor
31. D. Chase, Tufts College; second dis
trict, aaaaVe up of the Middle Atlantic
7*iat«-s, Dr. G. I*. aiiiiaii. Columbia; third
<Ji.Mriot, made up of lh« Southern States,
Profes«or W. C. Riddlck, of North Caro
lina Oaflepe of Agriculture; fourth district,
BBBAe up of the Middle Western States,
Professor <"".. W. Ehler, Wisconsin; fifth
<il?trlct, made up of some of the Western
Statue. Ilr K. G. Clapp, of Nebraska;
*txth district, or the Rocky Mountain dis
trict. Professor Gf-orge Norlin. of Colorado.
ThtFe district representatives, together
vrltli t3i«> officer?, will male up the execu
tive committee, but a resolution wa? adopt
*« 2 ■which MB increase the size of this
committee by naming representatives from
Fome of Uk leading college conferences. it
■was d«-ctd"d, also, that the country should
be divided into new districts before the.
r.ext annual meeting, to the end that trie
■MB* of <preadins the gospel of clean
sport could be carried on in a more ef
ißßtrCC BBBJ •
As said before, the Intercollegiate. Ath
letic Association of UK United States
pa«ed out of existence as a name because
af the fart that it caused" ■ connect, m »Me
minds of some with laje Intercollegiate
lag .. Bttaa of Amateur Athletes of Amer
ica, a college body controlling track «i.d
field Baarta. The new nam*>, National C>l-
I-ȣiate Athletic Association, was consid
ered more appropriate and more compre
hensive, and was adopted without a d1«
*entin;r voice after some discussion con
cerning the use of the word collegiate in
»'.ead of intercollegiate. -
The Approval cf Football.
By far the most interesting feature of the
meeting was a report on football and sum
ncr baseball, prepared and read by I'ro
f*~«or Nicolson. of oruaiman In point
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Interesting Papers Read at Meeting of National
Collegiate Athletic Association.
At the morning session of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association at the Hotel
Astor yesterday addresser, were made as
follows: j
"The Intercollegiate Athletic Associa
tion," by Captain Palmer £. Pierce,'presi
dent: "A Chronicle of the Amateur Spirit,"'
by Professor Rl'Tait McKenzle, University
of Pennsylvania; "Conference Direction
and Control of Athletics in the Middle
West," by Professor Arthur G. Smith. State
University of lowa., and as a
Function in National Life." by the Rev. Dr.
Charles F. Aked, New York City. ;
Captain Fierce suggested .an alliance with
the Intercollegiate Association of Amateur
Athletes of America, which controls track
and field sports, and gave an interesting
and entertaining review of the work of the
association. He said, in part
It is a great pleasure to report that as
time passes this association meets with
glowing approval. In IS<»6 thirty-nine uni
versities and colleges were members. This
year the membership has grown to eighty
one. On account of its really national
character and to secure a more distinctive
name, it is proposed to call this organiza
tion in future the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association. • •
It does seem that the importance of prop
er dircti''" an-; control of athletics in our
colleges should be patent to every educator.
Some are slow, however, to accept the idea
that a national organization is necessary
but It is believed within a few years all
will join in this effort to make the best of
the educational features of college ath
letics , . ,
Without doubt it will be a great thing for
the country when all the boys and young
in°n are filled with a desire for personal
participation in pure athletics, knowing
that ii is better to lose fairly than to win
unfairly. ,
If we can encourage the great mass oi
youth of this land to take part in manly
games in a rational and gentlemanly man
ner we will have done much for their mor
al and physical welibeing. Since over 58
P*>r cent of the successful men are college
graduates, what a wonderful field there is
in which to work for their national wel
& we succeed in eliminating the win-at
any-cost idea on our college athletic fields
the civic life of this country will be bene-
The Importance of the work done by the
football rules committed cannot be over
estimated. ,The committee had a difficult
situation to meet and it to a gratification to
know how well it accomplished the task.
The flavins rules for the past season were
not perfect' by any mean,. ™* game was
however, very much improved, and wo
hope to see the work perfected before an
other season.
of fact, it was a digest of the replies re
ceived to five leading questions sent out
by the secretary of the association to sev
enty-five, institutions. A big majority de
clared without reservation that the new
rules were satisfactory. One college fa
vored the substitution of the English game.
and another the total abolition of football,
bat on the whole the sport a? now played
was approved.
The various questions and a digest of the
answers follow:
First— the football rules In their]
present form satisfactory? If not, what
Improvements would you suggest
Fifty colleges replied that the rules are i
satisfactory. six that they are better than
the previous rules. Seventeen colleges
s?uggest«d various modilications in the,
rates. Eight of them are in favor of re- ,
moving the twenty-yard restriction from ;
th« forward pass. One is in favor of
abolishing the forward pass, and one or.
not allowing it over the line of scrimmage.
Ten of the colleges favor the abolition of
the twenty- yard zone in the case of the
onsid^ kick: five, that something should
be done to make it possible for a team
within the twenty-yard line to score, sug- ,
gating that the distance to be gained be- !
tween down be shortened or that one man ■
may be allowed to help the runner through j
the* line, or that the defence be weakened ;
in some way. or that crawling be allowed. '■
Three colleges are not In favor of 'he rule |
dividing the game into four quarters. j
Three colleges are opposed to the rule
forbidding the flying tackle, one of them j
suggesting that the tackle be allowed, at j
least when two men are running in the
same direction. Two colleges think the j
scoring system should be modified, Inas- ;
much as "the scorers, do not now give an
accurate estimate as to the relative
strength of team?. One suggestion in this j
line is that a placement goal should count
two points. Two colleges consider the ;
rules too complicated for a successful
game. One college thinks too many offi
cials are required, and a number comment |
adversely on the prices charged for offi- i
cials.
Another suggestion is that there is too
much premium on a heavy backfleld; an
other, that too much burden now rests with
the offence. Still another suggests the pos
sible removal of the defence entirely, one j
college proposes to ah' no Hue shifts nor
Interchange between the lin<» and backs, i
unless for kicking. One college favors the '
substitution of the English game: another. [
the total abolition of the game. There is '
complaint from one oollesre that some of j
the new rules are already dead letters, ■
especially the rule against the Hying tackle. ;
Detailed suggestions have i>»-«»n received
from Washington and Jefferson College.
Dickinson College and Phillips Andover
Academy, which will be turned over to
the rules committee for their consideration.
Second— Should coaching be limited to
faculty, alumni and undergraduates?
In this connection it may be stated that
college-? composing the Missouri Valley
Conference have such a rule and enforce it.
and that the Pacific Northwestern Inter
collegiate Conference, while all the mem
bers have pa ; coaches, are discussing this
question at a meeting this week.
Replying to the above question forty-six
colleges answered in the affirmative. Five
others favored limiting the coaching to
members of the faculty only. Seven con
sider the proposition an Ideal one, but not
at present feasible. Twelve colleges vote
-•No" to the question. One college, which
employe a faculty coach, comments on the
disadvantage to which they are exposed in
that their team, not having been coached
in "dirty work." is handicapped when
meeting "other colleges that are so coached.
It should be noted that the personal ele
ment colors some of the replies;. For in
stance, reports received in which the renly
is in the negative to the above question
ar« in tome cases at least sijrned by
coaches. not alumni of the reporting col
letr<». i
Third— Have the new rates b?en satisfac
torily enforced ims year?
Twenty-seven colleges report in the af
firmative, one of them making exception as
regard* the rule against the flying tackle.
Twenty-three colleges report that the rules
were fairly well enforced, four of them
complaining as to lax enforcement in the
cape of the flying tackle, and one or two
making the same complaint in the mater
of the role against helping the i miner On
'the whole, fifty of the colleges reporting
were at least fairly well satisfied with the
work of the officials. Three others report
that the officials di-1 not do well at the be
tr'nnir.s? of the season, but Improved when
tb" rules became better understood.
Seven colleges report that the work of
tttr OBBrtals was not satisfactory, without
irivlne details arid eight others find fault
in certain particular*. One state' t»ia» It
would be impossible for any set of officials
!o enforce the rules. Another says that
the T-:ii^« ar» Hifficul* to enforce because of
the m"ripli<"ation of details, and a third
complains that the officials misunderstood
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| Professor McKenzis wound up his Inter
j esting: address by saying-;
But the very specialization and study re
quired to fit a man for a place on a good
college teem in football or baseball, or track
I athletics, for that matter, are such that the
1 mental strain of a football season leaves
the high strung college man morose, irri
table or even hysterical, and now that the
field is infested by officials and the game
I burdened Jay rules so complicated that a
I post-graduate course in the higher mathe
, matics is necessary to permit one even to
: dispute about them intelligently the time
1 has rarely arrived for a course of down
i ward revision and simplication and for the
! consideration of the following four maladies
of amateurism, all the result of intense
j specialization and competition:
1. The standard of performance is
' raised so high that the ordinary student,
i realizing that he is hopelessly outclassed,
I gives up play ins the game that he would
| otherwise enjoy and that should be kept
1 within his reach.
2. The competitor is elevated and sep
! arated into a special class apart from his
! fellows, requiring separate quarters, special
I diet and consequent privileges to make the
I drudgery lets irksome. :-*:•/.'■".' " ■- '■;.:
3. The publicity that accompanies the
! contest brings them imo the class of public
' spectacles for which epectators pay to see
I and so acquire certain rights over the
i players, who become mere performers.
I Pressure is thus brought to bear on athletic
: authorities and rules committees to con
; sider the spectator rather than the man for
! whom the cramp should be designed.
! 4. The winning of the game becomes more
important than the observance of the spirit
of the law ami the practice of fair play.
', It is a professional motive, which is again
! replacing the amateur motive, which is the
■thrill of the contest.
: And since I have spoken of these four
'evils that have always been the inevitable
i companions of too high a degree of special
ization, ancient and modern. let me, sug
gest four lines along which we must con
tinue to work if we are to avoid the mis
takes that in the past have done so much
; to drag down the ethics of athletic compe
tition among gentleman:
First— Keep the standard of excellence.
I down within the reach of more men by dis
'r-nuraginG: indirect training and training un
der forced conditions: add more joy to the
! drudgery of the 'varsity man.
! Second— Diminish the class distinction be
tween athlete and student fostered by
i training tables and the privileges, that the
I athlete so often claims a? a right.
Third— Consider the player first and not
I the spectator, for the spectacle should be
i an incident to the game rather than its so.o
object and its practice a pastime rather
: than a eomercial venture.
i Cultivate in every player that
' wholes-omeness of mind, that "aides' or
! ■which I have spoken much, so important In
our national life, to be found best In clean,
■ honest and manly sport, that makes the
sting of defeat nothing when weighed with
Jtho consciousness of having won dishon
orably or by subterfuge. --
The school and college must set the pace.
! many of the rules. A fourth thinks the
] referee and umpire have too much to do: a
• fifth that the officials were slow in signal
i ling that the ball was dead, the result be
ing that piling on the runner was allowed.
One of the reports, signed by a prominent
coach, expresses the opinion that the offi
cials were too strict In the matter of the
(use of hands and offside play, and not
! strict enough on kneeing, piling up. crawl
ing and unnecessary roughness. One col
j lege considers the system of selecting offi-
I cials to have a tendency to produce a class
of unnecessarily highly paid umpires, whose
I interest in their work is not governed by
; pure love of sport. Seven or eight colleges
complain of the high charge of officials,
' which seems to be prohibitive in some small
I colleges. In some of the Western states it
appears that no good coaches are to be had
except at a heavy expense in the case of
| officials brought in from other sections of
the country.
The Question of Baseball.
i Fourth— the rules on amateurism in
j baseball enforced in your locality?
I This question was worded unfortunately,
since it. is not possible to say with exact
ness -whether the rules are .enforced in a
i given locality or not. It would have -been
J better to have phrased* the question so as to
[apply to the institution reporting. In New
j England, for instance, about half the col
leges try to enforce amateur rules strictly,
> and others do not. Thirty-rive colleges re
ported that they were enforcing the rules
and nine others that they were enforcing
them fairly well; two others, that they were
enforcing them except as regards summer
ball. These forty-six colleges apparently
' prove of strict amateur rules. Eighteen
i colleges reported that the . rules were not
I being enforced in their locality, and four
joiner? that they were r.ot being enforced
'strictly. One other college reported • that
the rules were being enforced better than
I previously.
! Fifth— What Is your solution of the sum
mer ball problem?
i It appears from the replies to this ques
i tion that twenty-nine colleges allow sum
1 mer ball, though in some cases with cer
■tain restrictions. Twenty-three colleges for
j bid summer ball, or at least playing ball
in the summer for money. One college or
j fern as a solution of the problem that the
i game ehould.be abolished If the rules
against summer ball cannot be enforced.
[Another college recommends that the game
'of baseball in colleges be abandoned, since
■ it hap proved impossible to enforce the rule.
•One Institution in the association has al
■ ready dropped baseball, because summer
: ball and E-rofess'onalism could not be elimi
nated One institution thinks that the oues
tlon will settle itself with the growth of the.
principles of amateurism, while another
recommends a solution of the problem
through state or sectional agreements work
ing toward amateurism.
Hard to Control Baseball..
Much of Interest was brought out in the
: carefully prepared reports ■of the repre
! rientatlves from the various districts. Pro
! fessor F. W. Marvel, of Brown University,
j in speaking for the New England colleges,
I dwelt on the subject of summer baseball
j and Incorporated a resolution adopted at
the third annual meeting of the Association,
of New England Colleges for Conference on
Athletics, which was as follows!
The commit tee on Piraimer baseball be
lieves that all athletic sports in colleges
shouid be on a strictly amateur basis. We
belir.ve that playing on Rummer baseball
' teams. as that expression Is usually under
! stood, '" inimical to this standard. We do
i not deem it advisable to recommend rules
: to control summer baseball in all the col
, leges represented, as «c appreciate that
: different conditions exist in each college.
i but we do believe that aM colleges should
work a:- rapidly as possible through their
j own rules ami rhroi'srb their ieasue agree
i merits to secure a strictly amateur rule.
We believe that the development of In
i tramura 1 "ports will assist greatly in the
- attainment of this standard, and. v,e recom
j »v,/« r d their e'^oviraeement.
\ Professor Marvel also gave some statis-
I ties on football, which were well received.
j In reply to a list of question? to twenty
t one educational institutions, it developed
i ! that of thirteen answers received only three
reported any serious injuries, and not one
! j a fatality. Of the six serious Injuries the
. : opinion was expressed that most of them
j were purely accidental, which might have
j happened In any strenuous sport.
J A? to minor injuries two colleges re
1 ported that there were more under the new
• I rules, five that there were less, and six
I answered that it was about the same. To
I] me general questions' "Do the new rules
. j tend to decrease serious injuries?" all ,an
j ewered "yes": while as to the question:
| "Do the new rules tend to decrease minor
! injuries?" nine answered "yes" and two
■ answered "no." Professor Marvel wound
! up by saying that he could report a dis
j tinct Improvement in the ethical side of
j sports and a more lively interest in ath
1 letic activities.
The same happy vein ran through the
! reports of the representatives from the
! other distr'cts Professor Byer. of lowa
| State College, .-aid that the Institutions in
h!s district at a conference In Kansas
j City had ordered the. abolishment of the
j training table; that freshmen should not
j play in an Intercollegiate contest; that no
I student should be a member of more than
i two Intercollegiate athletic teams In one
1 year, and that athletic games on Thanks
' giving Day should be abolished. lie added
I that summer baseball and Its attendant
evils were considered more Important than
football in the Middle West, ami that ft
was the opinion of his associates that the
question could be solved only in one of two
I ways:
! "Abolish*; baseball as an Intercollegiate
1 sport, or permit it under restrictions, the
] observation of which could be enforced by
i honest men of average Intelligence."
He said further that in a letter on foot-
ball to fifty institution? replies were re- f Tlllfl II f)|TO fIC ODftDT
.•elved from thirty-one, and that, the ma- jIMM V Xl I \ [If .irlllll
jority opinion pointed to much fewer seri- 1 | HULL I VI I U VI VI VIII
ous injuries, but a slightly increased num
ber of minor injuries under the new rules.
Only One Death in Football.
Professor George WVEhler, of Wisconsin,
then threw the calamity howlers into a.
panic by showing in a carefully prepared
report that of the seven deaths among col
lege men charged to football by some « of
the newspapers last season only one was
directly traceable to the game as played in
1910, and that one an unfortunate acci
dent, for which the rules could in no way
be held accountable.
Of the six other deaths charged to foot
ball, one was on account of pneumonia
contracted by watching a game, one from
cancer, and the death came early in Janu
ary, 1910; one was from chronic heart
trouble, referring to the case of the student
who died at Cornell; two came as a result
of injuries received in the previous . series
of 1909. and for which the game as played
under the new rules could not be held ac T
countable, and one as the result of a foul
blow, . referring to the case of the West
Virginia player, which was investigated by
{he coroner. • ...
The report was so>ell received that Pro
fessor Ehler was asked to make his self
imposed duty a permanent one as a repre
sentative of the association.;
Dr. Harry L. Williams, chairman of the
association football rules committee, made
a full report on the work accomplished, and
wound up by saying: , . :
On all sides ; the ' consensus ;of opinion
stems to agree that the game under the
new rules has been made' comparative!*
safe and reasonably free trom danger.
That all possibilities of in Junes whatever
can be eliminated from football is not to
be expected any rrore than it can be elim
inated from other manly, virile sports, but
the excessive danger which previously ex
isted and to which the public and tnose in
vested in the welfare of college Players
and" school boys rightfully objected, has
been overcome. . - . • U^jt'
if 1 may be permitted to quote an experi
ence which has com.' directly under my
own personal- observation. 1 should liKe
to. mention the effect of the new rule* on
injuries among the football players at the
University of Minnesota. During the fail of
1909 in every game of the season after the
first two minor contests had been played
one or more of the regular 'varsity men
sustained a serious injury which required
his removal from the game and kept him
out of play all the way from two weeks
to the remainder, of the season. . • __
During the fall of 1910 not a single man
was taken out of a game on - account .of
injury until the final game of the season.
In this game one man was hurt, mis
single injury was entirely unnecessary and
was the direct result of a deliberate in
fraction of the rule forbidding tackling men
going down the field on a kick while in
the neutral twenty-yard zone In two of
the important contests on this schedule
the eleven men who began the gam* p ayed
through to the end without a substitute
' 'that this experience whic^ I
have cited is not unusual and that mam
others can give similar testimony.
Under the present rules a great-respond
biliiv is thrown upon the. official!*, not,
however, greater than the high calibre men
who fill these positions can reasonably and
Pr i? e .Suld U . St ho n wev e r. he well understood
that men who are to fill these important
places have a duty to the American public
which they should not hold lightl>. Jhe>
should prepare themselves for office by
a careful, continuous deep study of the
rules until every feature Is completely mat
tered and all decisions can be correctly
rendered without hesitation. ,. Dir ,, lnP
They should likewise go Into . regular
light training in ■ preparation for the foot
ball season^ so that they may be quick men
fast runners and efficient workers.^ Such
men should be duly appreciated and re
ceive a high rate of compensation.
Officials Cost a Penny.
Dr. James A. Babbitt, reporting for the
central board of officials, which has done
so much In providing for the proper con
duct of football games, astonished the
delegates by some figures which showed
the scope of the undertaking. Dr. Babbitt
explained that a secretary and an assistant
secretary to the chairman of the com
mittee (himself) had been forced to work
from ten to twelve hours a day during th
season to handle the monstrous correspon
dence find assign officials. More than on
hundred colleges applied to the central
board, while forty depended on the boar
for officials In their entire list of games.
The total fees from colleges and schools,
including expense money, amounted to $25.
180. Some two hundred and fifty officials
were on the list, from a far greater num
ber who applied, many of whom were not
competent. in the opinion of the board.
Eleven games was the greatest number
to which any official was assigned, while
SOO miles was the biggest distance travelled
to cover one particular game. The average
fee for all the games' for _ which the board
assigned officials was $23 20, while the big
gest amount any one man earned through
out the season was $615."
Dr. Babbitt explained that the board ha
beard some unfavorable criticisms of the
work, but that these wore offset by man
favorable criticisms and high praise. He
explained that there was much to be don
to make the work of the board thoroughly
effective, and pointed out some of the diffi
culties, which had to .be overcome. He
urged strongly that a better esprit de
corps be established and that the officials
should, be. the invited guests of. the colleges
and universities, and not pimply paid offi
cials. He talked in such an interesting and
entertaining way that the delegates showed
their satisfaction by generous applause.
Ralph Morgan, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the basketball rules committee, re
ported progress in the effort to make the
game fast but clean. He explained that it
was the purpose of the committee to edu
cate the officials so that the rules might
be enforced to the letter and > that blanks
were now furnished so that a report could
be had on the work of the officials in each
contest. He added that the game was
growing in popularity, particularly in the
South, and that the committee -was striv
ing to bring about a uniform interpreta
tion of the rules. . .- : , ■ ■ :
The new basketball committee was
named as follows: Ralph Morgan, Penn
sylvania; Lieutenant P. D. Glassford, West
Point; James Naismith. Kansas; A] Sharpe,
Yale: Harry Fisher. Columbia, and Oswald
Tower, Williams. ; • .
Alonzo A Stagg. of Chicago, chairman
of the committee on track and field ath
letics, turned in a voluminous report, only
part of which was read. The committee
recommended that two tries instead of
three be allowed in field events, that a
committee on records' be appointed and
that the hurdles In hurdle races should
be fixed in such a way as to prevent run
ners from breaking, through and toppling
them over.
Mr. Stags. Dr. Lamberth, of Virginia, an
Professor Marvel, of Brown, were named
as a standing committee to continue the
work of bringing about a uniform set of
rules, as at the present time no less than
rive sets art in force.
The Football Rules Committee.
Two changes were made In the person
nel of the. football rules committee. 8. C.
Williams, of the State University of lowa,
was substituted for Dr. I^amberth, because
of the tetter's duties on the track an
Held committee, while Lieutenant V. W.
Cooper was substituted for Lieutenant
Hackttt as a representative from the
Military Academy at West Point. The old
members to hold over were Dr. Harry L.
Williams. Minnesota; Dr. James A. Bab
bitt, Haverfonl;, E. K. Hall, Dartmouth;
Dr. W. \.. Dudley, Vanderbllt, and Profes
sor C. W. Savage. Oberlin. ' >?\:"??y
Three nominations to this committee
were made from the floor after the execu
tive committee had recommended the ones
Dually selected. These three were Glen S.
Warner. Carlisle Indian School; Dr. J. VI.
MK'urdy, of the Springfield Training
School, and Dr. S. D. Newton, of Williams
and the University of Pennsylvania. The
delegate's voted by written ballot, those
finally named being elected by. a largo
majority.
Thin committee was 'instructed to anvtl-
Qaniute, as heretofore. -with Die old ruUa
Eastern League and American
Association Want Change.
RUMOR OF STRIFE IN AIR
Barrow and Chivington Plan to
Form an Organization of
Their Own.
, Chicago, Dec. 2?.— The subject of the
rumored strife between the Eastern Base
ball League and the American Association
and organized baseball was under discus
sion around American League headquar
ters in this city yesterday. It Is said rep
resentatives of. those two Class A minor
league 1 circuits will make application before
the national commission at Cincinnati next
week to be withdrawn from the national
association for the purpose of forming a
separate organization :■' their own that will
work in harmony with the majors and
minors. ' ~\ • '."■.,'
"President Thomas Chivington of the
American Association has already been. to
see V me regarding the plan," said Presi
dent Johnson of the American League," and
President Barrow of the Eastern League
was anxious to have a talk with me dur
ing the baseball meetings in New York, but
I did not have time to confer with him."
If the matter is not taken up by the
commission next week it is paid the Amer
ican Association magnates Will thoroughly
discuss the topic during their annual ses
sion here on January 13.
A peculiar case of contract signing oc
curred yesterday In the office of the PttfeP
burg Baseball Club. Charles (Dpacon)
Phillippe. the veteran pitcher, who Just re
turned from a hunting trip In Indiana,
called to wish President Barney Dreyfuss
a happy New Tear.
"How would you like to ?lgn a contract
while you're h^re?' 1 asked Dreyfus?.
"On«>i time ;=uits me as well as another."'
replied the. deacon.
"I wonder if you havo the nerve to sign
a blank contract and allow me to fill in the
amount lat^r?" asked Barney.
The deacon reached for the blank, wrote
his name on the last line gnri handed back
the contract to Dreyfus.s. The club owner
filled out the document, and it apparently
pleased the pitcher, for he smiled when he
read the filled out contract a little later.
"Porkj-" Flynn, nt Boston, has b«»on sub
stituted for Al Kublak, of Pittsburgh as
the opponent for Con O'KelJy In Syracuse
on January 17.
Boston, Dec. 29.— Thirty-two of the 692
football players in the eleven Boston high
schools were injured during Urn season of
1910, according to the report compiled by-
Thomas F. Harrington, director of school
hygiene. Tills Is between 4 and 5 per cent.
Of this number nine are stlil suffering from
their Injuries. None of the injuries sus
tained during the last season was of a
serious nature.
Charles L. Somers. president of the
Cleveland club, is looking forward to a
first division berth next season. He is
quoted as saying:
"I figure we have a very good team. I
am not touting it as a pennant winner, but
I do claim that we will have a team on the
field next year that will make trouble for
a lot of the clubs that finished ahead of us
!a?r season.
'This baseball game la a funny thins.
It may look to the public that you have
a sure winner and th**n you finish in the
ru<-k. On the other hand, even the wise
men of the game have you figured out for
the tail end and you give the pennant
winner? a battle. I have seen the same
men pick our club to finish one-two-three
and we never had a chance,"
I>oane and Koestner are two Cleveland
pitchers whose fate is uncertain. Each is
a pitcher and each has a desire to play
elaewhere than in the box. J^oane would
like to be an outfielder. As for ICoestner,
he has batteO well as a "Nap," hitting over
.300. As a pitcher Koestner showed signs
of effectiveness at times, but he Is In
clined to be wild. He has declared that be
never will pitch again, and Doane has In
timated that he would prefer to be as
signed to some other position on the teanr
committee, made tip of representatives
from the leading universities in the Kafit.
The report of the treasurer showed that
the association was bj a prosperous con
dition. The receipts were $1,860. and the
expenditures 11,313 42, leaving a balance on
hand of $T>4*> o>S. The chief expense was
$097 65 for four meetings of the football
rules committee.
The various colleges and universities
were represented as follows:
Alabama Polytechnic . .Profcjsor Thomas Brass
Allegheny Professor G. F. Snav«l? y
Amherst Prcfessor P. C. Phillips
Bates R. D. Purlnton
Brown Professor K. W. Marvel
Bucknell (Not represented)
Carl ton (Not represented)
Carnegie Technical Dr. Watson I*. Savage
Case School A. S. Wright
Colgate Dir. E. C. Huntingdon
College City New York. . Professor T. A. Btorey
Columbia Professor G. L. Moylan
Connecticut Agri..- R. O. Smith
Dartmouth Professor ' .'. Lay rock
Delaware Professor C A. Short
Dennison (Not represented'
Dickinson Prof etwor F. E. C raver
Franklin and Marshall. .President H. H. Apple
Georg« Washington (Not represented)
Grinnell E. J. Jaqua
Grove City (Not represented)
Harvard W. F. Garcelon
Haverford Professor J. A. Babbitt
Indian* : 'Not represent
lowa State • Profe«or S. Q. Beyer
Kenyon - - • (Not represented)
l^afayeit* (Not represented)
I>ehigh Professor W. L.. Wilson
Manhattan John F. Brosnan
Miami '• . ..(Not represented)
Mount Union ...Albert H.Wilson
Muhlonberß William H. Reese
New York University . Professor A. B. Lamb
Niagara I Not, represented)
North Carolina Aggies. ..Professor W. C. Klddlek
Northwestern Director C. Hammett
Norwich (Not represented)
Oberlin Professor C. W. Savaf»
Ohio State fNot represented)
Ohio Wesleyan (Not represented"!
Pennsylvania State Director W. N. Golden
Pratt Institute Director John A. Davis
Rutgers Professor L. Bevier. jr.
F«-t<-,n Hall (Not represented)
Fwarthmor*. Professor G. A. Hoadley
Stevens Institute F. L. Sevenoak
Syracuse Professor H. A. Peck
Tufts Professor H. G. Chase.
T'nlon Professor H. Opdyko
T. S. Military Academy. Captain W. r. Nesbltt
Arkansas Not represented*
Chicago I'rcfessor a. a. Stag?
Colorado V. R. Castleman
Kansan ..<Not represented)
Minnesota Dr. H. I* Williams
Mississippi i Not represented!
Missouri Pio'essor W. i; Manly
ra»v« Pr-fes?or R. G. Clapp
North Carolina Prof, A. H. Patter
son
Pennsylvania r. „ Dr. R. Talt McKenile
(Dr. J. W. White.
visiting)
..Professor R. D. Smith
•i- <■■!■'' ii Thompson,
vi«ltinK>
Ttcohept-er Director W. K. Reed
Tennessee ( Not repr«-sent«l>
TexPß (Not repres«ntfd)
Vlrelnla Or W. A. I.inbeth
•vVifM-onsln Professor G. W. Khler
Vsnrterblit (Not represented)
Voshlnrton & Jefferson. (Not rtrprrs<nteil»
TVealevnn Professor F. W. Rle«l* n
w«wntt«Mt*r W. w. Campbell
W»«t Virginia Director A. W. Cb#-z
V'lUlamß ....Professor 11. D. Wild
Witf-nbers (Not represented)
ASSOCIATE MEMBEItS.
farllsV In.linn School.. Dimeter G. S. Warner
Si.riiiin'i'M.l Training... . Dr. J. H. M.i', .l>
Andover Academy (Not r<-pr»s<-iitM)
lix^ter Aca.-temy (Not rei>r»-Krni.iri>
PlttsburK
-.' AUTOMOBILES.
6TQDPA HD-DA YTON* * RSI .i-i »WEI ju
ra*>"«-n;r*'- runabout: thovotwhly rebuilt lv
maker and newly painted, nt sf>*> for Ut ,-i,
k v roowWkt ZSsooin i..n. wCr
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TIGERS TO PLAY HARVARD
Football Game Between Two
Now Practically Settled.
Percy D. Haughton. head coach of th«»
Harvard footbaHeleyen, and W. W. Roper,
coach of th<» -"Princeton team, held a con
ference In this city yesterday relative to
a football (tame next fall
No formal announcement was forthcom
in«. but it was learned on good authority
that the two elevens would meet and that
the game would be played at Princeton,
probably on November 4.
A committee from the University of
Pennsylvania made/ up of J. W. White.
Craig Mitchell and Dr. Carl Williams also
had a conference with Mr. Haughton look
ing to a renewal of football relations be
tween Pennsylvania and Harvard, • but
nothing came of it, so it was said.
JOHNSON ACCEPTS OFFER
Champion Will Fight Winner of
Jeannette-Langford Match.
Paris. Dec. 29.— 1t Is announced her** that
Jack Johnson, the heavyweight champion,
has accepted definitely the offer made some
time ago of $25,000 to come to Paris in April
and fight the winner of the approaching
match between Joe Jeannette and Sam
Ijan^ford.
GREAT WRESTLERS TO MEET
Gotch Pleased with Acceptance
of Bout by Hackenschmidt.
Montreal. Dec. . £9. — Jack Curley, manager
for George Jlackenschmidt, the Russian
wrestler, left for Chicago to-day to con
clude arrangements for a match between
his principal and Frank A- Gotch. Curley
had previously wired formal acceptance of
a challenge to a contest for $20,000 a side.
Dps Molnnil lowa, Dec. 23.— "Tickled to
death." declared Frank Gotch over the
telephone to-day when told that Jack Cur
ley. manager for George Hackenschmidt,
had accepted the challenge Issued through
"Farmer" Burns." that Gotch would meet
any man who would put up a J20.000 side
bet.
"I am all ready to meet the 'Russian
Hon.* as they cr.ii him, and show him that
I am still the world's- champion. I would
prefer that the match be pulled off In the
next three or four v/eeks. After meeting
him I will stay on the mat as long as any
of them can put up enough money.- But I
don't think there is enough money in the
whole bunch of them to cover the amount
In the challenge issued by 'Farmer* Burns.
A Dcs Moines citizen to-day authorized
"The Dcs Moines Capital" to offer $10,00") to
secure the match for Dcs Moines. The. only
stipulation la that the match take place
within six weeks.
RACING AT JACKSONVILLE
Four Favorites Come Home in
Front, All Well Played.
Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 29.— Form players
retrieved some of thetr losses of the la.-t
several days when four favorites and a we'A
played second choice came home in front,
their improved showing n^ing due to bet
ter track conditions. The best race of trie
day. a handicap at a mile, w*nt to Rag
man, who spread-easled his neld. leading
by a wide margin from start to finish.
Carlton G. got the plate, six lengths back,
while Sandlan took the small end of the
purse. The weather was peasant and the
attendance g<xvl.
The summaries fallow:
First r»fo <se!!ln»r: f.>r two-year-old*: parse. |
*4UO: five and a half furlongs)— Keal Oem, JOo
(Burns). 7 to 2 ar.i 8 to 5, won ; A via 10. ;
(Wanen), 4 to 1 and 8 to o. second: I m There. I
107 (Bell). SB to 1 and 10 to 1, third. Time,
1:08%. Florrt'- Bryan, Emma Stuart. G. L. ;
Eoyl". Goldwlck and Rampant also ran.
Second race (selling; for t xo-y ear-olds : purse, 1
$4UO- five and a half furlongs*— Minta. 109 (But
well) 2 to 1 ami 3 to 0. won: Starter. 1«» :
(Davis). 10 to 1 and 4 to 1. second; Fort Car
roD 1W (Gordon). 15 to 1 and 6 to 3. third. !
Time. l:0S%. r>iscontent. Skein, Royal Lodg«,
Golden and Deceivable also ran.
Third race (for tvvo-year-olds; six furlongs) — 1
Edda. 112 (J Wilson). » to 5 and 1 to 10. won; '
K«*iwlne t»7 ißuf.veli.. 10 to I and 4 to 1.
second; Moncr!«-1. 110 (Belt), 9 to 2 and 8 to 5.
third. Time. l:13 i. Bertls. County Tax. Biu« ,
Mou«i>. Jim Ij. and Andella Bryson also ran.
Fourth race {selling; handicap; for three- i
year- olds and upward; purse, $'30O; one mile) — '
Raßraan, 10.'< (Bell). 7 to 2 and even, won; .
• ariton ii.. 104 (Musgravei. 7 to 1 and 2 to 1. :
second: Sandrian, I<>7 I Wilson). 7 to 2 and « to
IS. third. Time. 1:39%. Pulka and JPrinceilk- '
also ran.
Fifth rare (selling;; for all age*: six furlongs) :
— Eye White. li>f> (Mussravfi. .'; to 1 and »$ to 5.
wen; Marie Hyde, 100 (Bell.. IB to 1 and <& to 1. I
second; Xlfrht Mist. Mi (Ross), -•"> la 1 and *>
to 1. third. Time, 1:33%. Abrasion. Hark
Antony 11, Shawnea. I^a^alle and Leontine also 1
ran. WSM!
Sixth rare (selling: for three-year-olds and j
upward: one mile and a sixteenth) — Ten l*a«fs.
105 l Walsh). 13 to 1 and t'. to 1. won; Heart j
Panes. 102 (Gron), 10 to 1 and 4 to 1. second -
Don Diaz. 104 (Rosa.. 9 to 1 and 3 to 1. third. •
Time. 1:4)%. Oakhurst. Ben Howe. I^adr •
Ksther, Hlbernlca. Canopian and Spindle alao
ran. '
AUTOMOBILES.
AEROPLANES
at the Auto Show
t^PALACE
AUTO SHOW
GRAND CENTRAL PALACE
DEC.3I^ tojaN.7^
AUTO NEWS OF 1 D«
Attendants at Garden Show t 0
Wear Swiss Guards' Uniforms.
UNUSUAL TROPHY DISPLAY
Data Gathered During Rscsat
Blizzard Show Motor Trucks
Were Not Bothered. '
A feature of the automobile otr s,
Madison Square Garden from January 7*»
21 will be the presence of fifty attendim
attired in -the Mi regalia of the &'—
Swis* Guard of the Vatican. 4uriT»* K
"^s ti*
eighteenth century, when they n^ „
bodygruard of the Pop*. Th- uniform
said to be original*, obtained from a it
eign eaataaaar. and they will be as-st^
ing and dazzling as anything In the gardji?
The jackets and trousers are of a briDbMt
scarlet hue. A cap with a red croaa, hear*
white stripes and a crow-black peak, «^
black leather puttees complete the oatflL
In the foyer of the Garden the sttaMV
ants, ticket takers and others win be _
formed in a costume in keeping wft^ tea
decorations.
One of the most unusnal '-ompMaw^
ever paid an automobile -was expressed br
C. H. Smith, of Madison, Fla., in a tele
gram to the Hudson Motor Car ComaaaL
of Detroit. Mr. Smith wired to t»H of »
228-mile run- he had Just made from At
lanta, Ga.. to hi? home in Madison, star
good, bad and Indifferent roads of hills aal
sand. "The engine kept cool all th« wt."
he said, 'and ran so quietly I could har*
slipped upon a covey of birds with it"
"That surely is a new one." said •$<&
Broadwell. the sales a?ent. 'T have oftn
doubted if the en.Erine in my car wrs na
nin'gr. it was «o qul«"t, but I r..,-,, thcc^i;
of using- the "33* for creeping: up on %aM
or stalking: Ms? garae." : *^fia§
Glenn H. Curtis?, who will *-xhtSlt*t£§
aeroplane In -which he made his Al aa>
\>t York" flight and -won JIO.MO. at Si*
First International Aviation Show £♦ tat
Grand Central Palace. b*>trinni:is NeT
Year's Eve. believes that aeroplanes Trill
decide the next gTeat war. He says tiki
from his experiments in dropping nnnsan.
comparatively Us?ht object?, from a heiglit
of 300 feet, with the result that 75 per «ac
of his shots struck a target approximate^
the size of a warship's deck, the de
ductions of himself and other aviators ass
reasonable.
In " a recent article, J. W. Mitchell, a
writer on aeronautic?* as applied to war
fare, declared that while it was unlHatf
that any aeroplane would ever "blew »
warship out of water," "blcxrirs ft m>
bbs the water" was a more exact tent
In any case, he believed the dropping «;
gas bombs on a ship would make it m
inhabitable.
Hundreds of army and navy officers tint
have accepted invitations to attend the
Palace aviation show will hold diacussloas
on the subject with prominent aviators.aal
constructors of aeroplanes. Officers of. aS
the forts about New York Harbor and
the gun testing experts of Sandy Hook sal
attend the show, as well as the ".-"r?
from the Brooklyn navy yard. The entire
membership of the Army and Navy Cats,
of New York, numbering _■.'.."<»>. have jntin
a reservation for a block ••"' ticfcstsftr
the opening night. ■ ■'" .
In order to pet accurate •-ornpanlli*
data, on how th^ir trucks perform In jbu*
and Ice th« iloreran Motor Truck > otnpsaf,
of Worcester, Mass.," telegraphed to e«rr
owner of a Morgan truck d•;-:d •;- : the recent
blizzani to find out how much the snow
and weather conditions bad affeetH tl»
efficiency of th<»ir big five-ton trucks In
delivery service. At the *ame f'm«» "''
telegraphed 10 an *»qual number of pro
spective customers who are 'Jslng horses
this work, askins: the same question*.
Our of more than one hundred inqulrf??
to truck owners only two w-e out of -?*Hn
mission, one havlnjr been in an. accteect
and the other having Its annual overhaul.
In all other Instances owners imported that
the trucks were not only doinz 1 tn*lr resrular
work but nearly all were Bsißß re«vilr«l
to take care of the overwork on account
of the hors*o b*»lns: unable o k»ep up thetr
usual efficiency In the snow. Ten p*-r ° n
of the non-owners of trucks expressed fci
their replies a lively interest for informa
tion on motor tucks.
AUTOMOBILES.
The first International
exhibition of aero
planes forms a part of
the Palace Automobile
Show.
This exhibition includes the record
winning machines of Grahame-White,
Moissant and other famous aviators:
also commercial air ships of both
American and foreign make and
aeroplane accessories of all kind*.
One entire floor of the Palace is
given over to this unique and instruc
tive exhibit, and the elaborate scheme
of decoration which will be a feature
of the show has been carried out on
the aviation floor.
This feature is but a detail of the
PalaccAutomobileShow, which prom
ises to outclass any of its predeces
sors m the size and number d its
exhibits and the arrangement and
treatment of displays.
