The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-12-21
Harvard Discusses Pootbaal.

"A very important meeting of Harvard
students took place in the College Gym
Dasium December 1, the occassionSbeing
gathering of the athletes of the college
- GBten to the arguments of the Faculty
Committee on the subject of the propos-
ed prohibition OF the game of football
as one OF the regular college sports.
Captain KimbalI of the football team
addressed the meeting, and he informed
the asSemblage that the Faculty Com
nittee were ready to listen to COM
mittee of the students on the subject.
After some discussion, Messrs. Kimball.
ROSie;and Bessus were appointed a COM
mittee of students to place before the
Faculty Committee their arguments
against the proposed prOhibitory action
al the Faculty. While the committee
a students were out, two of the mem
beFs of the Faculty Committee entered
the hall and an informal discussion was
held, during which Professor White
chairman ,0f the Faculty Committee,
read the report they had adopted. which
stated that, in November, 1888. the
committee forbade the. playing of the
game of football, but revoked the order
50 that the game could go on under rules
that made it less Objectionable. Last
june, the captain of the football eleven
vas told that the game could be PLAYED
this fall, but that the games would he
regarded as test games The.eanlinfttee
had attended four games played this
1aH, and at each game the members of
the committee were scattered ever the
ground SO that they could observe all
objectionable features. In all the games
brutallty had been shown. Blows were
struck and Hen knocked down. Unfair
play was common and generally was
1npunlShed In fact. but two men were
disqualified in the four games. Among
the cries heard on the field were the fol
lowing: Slug himt' KNOCK him
down." Break his neck !" kin him ~
There was fighting with closed fists in
All the games. IN the Harvard Prince
ton game there was one fight: in the
haYard- ale game, two fights; in the
Yale-PrincetOn, three fights; in the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. game. three
In all the games there was a lack of
gentlemanly spirit. Three PLAYERS were
obliged TO leave the field on account of /
their injuries, and twas necessary to fill
their places with others. II public
NPAtLoh MAS StioHg enough, the referee
Sould enforce the rules, and the present
game might be played, but public !
9pinlon was not sufficiently influential. |
The empires. who should assist the !
Eeferee, now act as captains on their /
TespectlveS teams, and distract the I
referees attention. For these reasons. !
therefore, the committee had decided to !
request the Faculty to prohibit the I
game.
When the committee of students were
given a hearing in the directors room.
kle discussion rambled over the whole
ground OF athletics in the college. but
she subject of football WAS Of course the
ehief topic. 1t was asked if the revision
h the rules made last year was not ben
ehclal, and If the opportunity could not
be afforded the students to make other
IhangeS in the regulations before the
game was prohibited. Prof White said
hat the rules, though changed. were
sot effective, that they were constantly
Isolated. 1t was suggested by Mr..
EurtiS OF the law school that the rules
euld be enforced if there were three
efereeS. each to look after a distinct :
'ortiOn of the game. Mr. KimbalI sug- i
eSted that committee of students, ]
citing with q committee of the faculty,
llght draw up rules that were unobiec- | i
enable, and that Harvard might say to r
Their colleges that she could play If +
hEse rules were adopted. This would