New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-27
AGAINST PENNSYLTANIA.
A COLLEGE CONSPIRACY TO BAR OFT THE
PHILADELPHIA FOOTBALL MEN.
NEW RULE SAID TO BE READY. INITIATING IN
FAVOR OF YALE AND rRINCEioN-THE

TIGERS WON OVER BY CONFESSIONS
The college boys who have during the last two years
succeeded di,arransng the affairs OF the lntercoc9ae
Football Association until they themselves scarcely recog
nye where they are at" may with one more mee'he
manage 10 get something Ike tangblc Orce: again The
the sport wcarird of their childish pa'uc
and they would Ike 10 have NOR football ana
less scnsess legislation and idle chatter The nytcrous
cloak NJ secrecy I'm which these young men VIVA tcn-
solve has become particularly tiresomc To bu-in IS men
and to others who are occasionally brought IN contact with
them.
Delegates from Yale Princeton Wesleyan and the
University Of PENNSYLVANIA met again ~ the Wndsor
Hotel yesterday morning and after session of half an
hour adjourned until Tonight al o'clock. Captains
1rencbar Of Princeton, and Gordon o! Wesieys ic''
the hotel before the meeting was called TO order 10
il safe that the scheme agreed upon beforehand
was entirely acceptable them Captain Mackcv OF the
University Pennsylvania began proceedings yesterday
with protest BY the rules Of the association he showed
that u nye-days notice must be givcn to all member"
before a meeting could b. held. He carried his point.
Yale proposed the postronement OF the meeting ana
Princeton seconded the motion, which confuscd 'he
Univers,y OF Pennsylvania delegate more than ever
After the session Captain Mackey was asked what ~
all mrant and he replied seriously that he really d'd NOV
know His manner however impressed one Win thc pe
lief feared the worst T. C. Num- OF Princeton
said that nceng had been adjourned 10 let Pensy
yania think the matter over He would not say what
proposition Pennsylvania was t. think about bit ne ao
mcd the exact conditions OF the old Undergraduate
rule were letter and that they would De fcl"beu
II was the substitute for the obnoxious RUE
would work directly into the hands Of Wesleyan ana Yale
as neither team would single player. princeton
was won over because she would lose only on" payer
Pallet. The rule Will be so framed that KING VIII
be able to play Princeton and Greenway at Yale.
Prncet action II she deserts tho University OF Pfhn-
sylyana AZ this crit moment viii probably b, vigor'
ousy condemned. and ultimately end In Pcnnsyl'
yania's retirement from the association
The proposed rule WILL 1t is said. crush Pcnnsyl-
yania's eleven and her present formidable team
to the winds. Pennsylvania would lose ak or seven oil
her this late date when 1t VIII b" Impossible
70 MI their places. Gilbert. osgood. Thona-. frook.
Woodruff and Wharton the Players who would be de-
barred IL the new rule is adopted to-day
There a rumor yesterday that the ultimate oo)ce'
is the entire Capitalization Of the present lnterrocg'
Football Association and the A,matsn Of new three
corncred association, compoei OF Yale Princeton and
Harvard. Thosc who tae feeling n Cambridge
however say thnt there is not the bsrss possibility OF
Harvard entering apy such league
There is stu a hitch about where tho ThshksgVlhs
nsr ranr shall be PLAYED between Yale and Princeton
Andrew Freedman, Of Manhattan Field. when seen last
NIGHT said tina; he would not retreat step from his
original propositions. He will meet the college men TO-
NIGHT and he hores that the notter VII be settled lie
SAYS that the comfort OF the general public and the press
o,ound. Tho Yale men want The University Athletic
club 70 manage the game while the Princeton men are
aid 10 have q nerent that question