The evening world., 1893-12-27
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The Views Of Gen. Miles on the
Rough Play in Football.
Fine Coursing Mt the st. Louis
Associations Park.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles IL the latest per-
son to take a voice in the football dis
cussion. 1t Is the opinion OF this noted
indian fighter that the game as II IL
now played is too violent. He wants
to see the game continued but thinks
momentum plays ought to go.
Hitting n crushing" says Gen.
Miles. lis too generally executed upon
the plea that the offender is excited and
does not wish to do bodily injury to an
opponent. He knows that by smuggling or
Jumping upon his man he can disable
him until a retirement IL necessary.
and these tactics are directed against
the strong players who are KNOW to be
invaluable to the success OF the opposing
team"
1t would seem from that statement that
Gen. Miles thinks many OF the injuries
inflicted on the football field are inten-
tional. Smuggling. pure and simple. while
not a pleasant feature of the game, Is
the means of very little injury to play
ers, and the accounts of most OF the big
games played hereabouts this Fall have
contained comments of how compare
lively free the game was from smuggling.
While fisticuffs in football Is not to be
defended, 1t ID a matter OF small moment.
as far as serious injuries are concerned,
as compared with mass plays. momen-
tum plays, close scrimmases' vicious
Gen. Miles thinks 1t would be a par
tial solution of the brutality problem to
rule offenders off for. good: In this con-
e%x-captain of the Harvard eleven. who.
with all due respect to Gen. Miles. prob
ably knows more about football n foot
ball players, which were printed in THE
, Evening World. NAV no again ulOted.
You cannot tell the college football
player what he must and must not do.
He will play the game which is produc-
, tive of the most touchdowns. and In or
der TO get him to play a more open game
he must be convinced that more open
play will bring better results. Legislate.
sirable.. but to make open plays more
desirable"
A st. Louis despatch says: There
was y sport yesterday at tne 81;
h hpals CodarS'nf heA Sf fisst Courses rsrt Of "a a
twenty-four dog stake were well con-
tested. The grounds were In good con-
hounds the ~fieetest in the West. The
was Field Marshal; p, j. %Callaghan,
slipper, and George w. B.. Burling,
Results were: ]. McElrath's blu b.
defeated John Egan,s black b.; York,
Vile; Nj. Hannik's I. b. Danger defeated
X. defeated c. A. Robinson's (. b. Flirt;
r. Rothwill's brindle d. Belfast defeated
p Flynn's black b. May; John BAN,
Keiiy's blue b. Belle defeated R. Roth
willis brindle d. Hickory D."
No fresh news from Jacksonville this
morning. Neither Gov. Mitchell nor the
Duval Athletic Club people had any
thing to say. SO the matter remains IN
sonville to-day. Manager Brady has de-
parted for the South.
Regarding sheriff IT, Br1 Mbs, Of Io1yas
the contest. Brady said that the Sheriff
was very liberal In his views on pugil-
ism and had assured Corbett that there
was no prize fight. Brady, has booked
Corbett to appear at Madison Square
Garden Jan. q. An interesting state
ing overtures to Corbett and Mitchell
n the managers Of several high-class
heavyweight bulls for a grand sporting
osition n are now on their way.
Chris Won der Abe. the st. Louis base
ball magnate, is out with a suggestion
TO nave umplreS report AT q certain nOur
every night. just as the ball players do.
He thinks 1t would be the means of the
umpire doing better work. Why not
provide, each umpire with a chaperone,
lock him in at night and AXE him to and
from the game In a "Black Maria?"
The management of the Clinton A. c.
amateur boxing show to take place at
Lenox Lyceum Jan 4 and 8 announces
that Maxy More, Of the New York A. c.,
has sent to Secretary White his accep-
tance OF IN invitation to ~officiate as
referee of the tournament.
Billiardist lake Schaefer and wife and
w. A Spinks left at $50 this morning
for Rochester. Schaefer and Spinks
and Cleveland, and then 70 to Cincinnati,
where Jake will practise for the Chicago
tournament.