Telegram-herald., 1889-12-13
FOOTBALL CAPTAINS.
Men Who are Training tbe Co1sgs
Teams for rhs Struggle
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Football furnishes the sll-absorbln1
tcplc Iu the American colleges a. the
present t-ue ana specu 2sioE Is rife as
10 tle prosp pscts IN the coHing strug ggLe
Letaean ale, PTineetou and Harvard
Tor cEaup picnship honors Every year
increases the interest taken Ia tne
sport : the colleges. and since the up-
preston OF sluEglng BY the resolate
actlon of tie faculty % harF&rc Ia
1883 there has been = -aarked in prove
ulent In the game. IL Is 10 longer
mere contest or physical strength-a
battle between giants = hich ia former
years degenersted into free ngnL
1t Is q game IN which scienc~ DOES
more, perhaps, 70 give the mastery than
10 does In any other athletic sport Bow
IN vogue ln this country.
In tne early days of football. fale
ana Princeton led al the other colleges
a. the game. Their eleyens were little
else thsu sluggers, ami when they got
the bah they rushed IL through the
Lines of their opponents without mercy.
Harvard usually played more gently ana
With some show Of science The result
vas that u vas left far behind IN nc
race ly the other universl ties and 70
was nor till Harvard had encountered
repeated defeats that 70 decided 20
adopt the tactics OF It's rivals. SIX years
ago cambridge trained team or giants
20 meet Yale and Princeton and deter
mined 20 beat them al their own game
The team was instructed 70 defeat their
opponents, even IL they had 20 place
every man on the rival teams "hors "a
combat" 20 do It. In other words, 10
was 70 be free 1ght" and the battle
Was 70 go hard with the weaker team.
News OF this arrangement reached the
ears OF the Harvard Faculty and they
Immediately took steps 20 prevent tho
members OF their college team from be-
ing subjected 20 the brutal handling
that was clearly in store for those who
undertook 10 play against Cambridge
The Faculty demanded that the rule
then in force, that a player should be
warned three times before being dis
qualified for slugglng. should be re-
scinded ard that he should. instead, be
thrown over for the first offense. This
demand and all protests we're unavau-
ing and the game was PLAYED under the
old rules. But it was the last game
ever played in that manner; for the re-
action set IN in 1884 and the suggestion
of the Faculty of Harvard was then
adopted generally. So many young
men were disabled and seriously injured
by the slugging that their relatives be-
gan 90 interfere. and the adoption of
the precausion became a necessity.
Another salutary rule that has done
much 10 elevate tho sport was that
adopted by the intercollegiate Asso-
citation" at its recent meeting in New
York. deciding that hereafter no
one shall be eligible TO play in
a collegiate championship game who is
not bona fde student of the college
for which he plays, and that professional
athletes should not be permitted TO
participate in the games. At the same
time, it was distinctly ruled that no
university player should receive any
money for his play from any source
whatever One effect of this new de-
parture was 70 immedi lately rule out
Wagenhurst, the great rusher Of Prince
ton, a player who had been foremost in
all the big matches Of that college.
Three other noted players Beeeher,
Bull and Terry were also barred out
by the same rule. IL had been the in