New-York tribune., 1889-11-04
PROFESSIONALISM IN FOOTBALL
QUESTION WHICH is AGITATING THE DAo
CoLLEGEs-THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
TO TAKE ACTION.


Tho Graduate Advisory Committee OF the ln''e. =,
coueria,e Footbar Association will meet tonight al
tho F,ftb Avcnuo Hotel to decide certain questions
which have an important bearing on the chainpo"
ship and also on the future of the game OF ooi'H
football This has been so far an exceedlneS nv" 10
csting season, full Of excitement ana surPrIS'e
calling of this meeting Of the Graduate ooi"'
has added interest TO It. The commlttee VIII o -
to decide upon the question of PROFESSIONALISM a"u
also 10 define more exactly the conuuoiS uP
a graduate may play in his team.
Uarvari and Yale have protested against wagon
bursts playing on the Princeton team on tho sroui
that he is a professional athlete. There are vague
,mors also that charges will be made that Cransoh'
of the Harvard team is not student a, oan''iis
and is therefore not entitled TO play. ise' OH ING
other hand has recently played four graduates on
,or t..mTcrrv ,s5. her famous halfback Bull
,s7: Beecher 'ss, and Corbin, $50. There was
another story that Princeton intended TO play George
go. but the report from Princeton Is tha' ocofso
win not take his old place IN Princeton's rush io
The general understanding Of the situation is tha'
Yale maintains that she intends to force the
10 reform its rules concerning professionalism anu
tbs paytng Of graduates by placing four graduates on
her team They are TO re-enter college II tey are
needed nominally take course as graduates put
practically 10 play football There are also stories IN
the afr that Yale will withdraw from the ASSOCIATION
unless wagenhurst is dropped by Princeton.
II is not generally believed here that Yale Will
be Obliged to resort to either of these measures Ing
Princeton men will try TO force the association W
rccoonizs wagenhurst as an eligible for the tram
If there is strong protest made against hh'
Another reason is that the New-'ersey
men believe that they can defeat Yale
without the assistance Of Wagnhurst Inc
specifc charge entered against Wagnhurst Is that nc
is professional baseball player. 1t Is argued that'
as the Intercollegiate Baseball Association rules out
professionals the football association should 40 uo
same. There appears to have been decided mistake
about the case of Cranston. Ernest L. Conant' now
a lawyer in this city, graduate of Harvard and the
Law School and an Instructor In forensics In the
college for the last two years, told the writer yesday
that Cranston was special student In proper stand
Ing Mr.. Conant acting secretary OF tne |oh
mittee Oh Special Students which readnl1eo Tras'"n
to college this fall q.
The struggle for the championship now appears 70
be- between Harvard and Princeton. Yale mas us
appointed her friends Princeton has made the Dig
cect scores and Harvard the ceanest record Prince
ton IS playing a spirited aggressive game, while har
vards defensive work is said to be as good Us her
offensive play. There is vcTitable football Doohi
at Cambridge, and 1t would not be surprising II rrioo
ton should slip up" Harvards territory TINS isi'
as Harvard did at Princeton last year. ouihhooA ID
said to be the best captain Harvard has ever haa'
and he is said to have actually 0vecomo Va en9 en-
difference of the students as 70 athletics he eii-
forcing rigid discipline anu mas like precision
cantsin Poe of Princeton, has developed into qulcB
and accurate eaPan His %nc Is playing I g '1g veT a.
ever CAPTAIN GIL of Yale, is toling with raw ma
o end is IN ABOUT the the same pos1Ge @ 2ea al and
II is in charge of q good man. The University Oh
pennsylvania has surprised everybody by Its brilas
work. The Wesleyan men are disappointing 'n'''
The games yet to be played are November g g.
Harvard-Wesleyan, Springfield; NoyemDer To- hal, u,
yarj. Princeton Cambridge, and Yale-Wesleyan az
snringdeld: November % Harvard ale, springteh
November o. Princeton y ale, Berkeley oval a1te-
noon; Pennsylva Wesleyan, Berkeley oval morn
ing. ,.,. ,,,h =. w,sb
inCon Park Brooklyn, tor Orrow, and Prlncctoh VIII
also meet the Columbia eleven at Berkeley oval ID
the afternoon.