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. vr Intercollegiate Athletics Automobiling .* Wrestling .* Golf * Baseball .# Football * Boxing 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-»£iate 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 AUTOMOBILES. THE LOCOMOBILE SIX CYLINDER SHOW CHASSIS HAS ARRIVED ATTHE SHOW ROOMS. BROADWAY & 76TH STREET. \\ INVITATION IS EXTENDED TO VIEW THIS EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF MODERN MOTOR CAR CONSTRUC TION AWAY FROM THE CROWD AND HURRY OF THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW. THE LOCOMOBILE COMPANY OI AMERICA, Broadway & 76th Street. Licensed Under Sclden Patent. Suggest Athletic Alliance 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 AUTOMOBILES. •SEW-TOftK 13ATT.? 'TRIBUNE. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 30. 1910. | 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 i'2O \w-§i S,.n «L 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.