New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-26
1T is RED-HOT FOOTBALL.
LOVERS OF THE SPORT FEAR THEY SEE
DANGER AHEAD.
THEY SAY TOO MUCH RoUGHNEss WILL KILL.
THE GAME-ACCIDENTS GETTING TO
BE COMMON.

night the last OF any Importance Will have been
played, and then the admirers OF the game can sit
down and calmly draw conclusions about the good and
tho Bad the harmful and beneficial results OF the
II has unquesonably been OF wonderful playing
OF unfortunate accidents and remarkable interest from
the public well from college viewpoint.
Whether the scientific development has been marked is
question which Will considerable discussion tefore
another around Many declare that the
to-day is not brutal 1t five or even ten
or fifteen years The argument is made that ten
| sames played where played few
years and in consequence only natural that
ciicnts should be more numerous Another argument Of
college in favor Of their is that most serious
accidents been caused in little insignificant
in which players had imperfect knowledge Of the
manner which the game should be played. In such
games rough play Is likely to be mistaken for aggres
sveness pure and simple and serious results naturally
| follow.
To bear this argument sincere friends Of the
point to the years lis, OF casualties, and in measure
| prove argument. player belonging OF
the great college has been seriously injured this
year Hugh saussy. whose neck was broken at Eliza
beth. a member OF the OF the College OF the
city Of New-York; Raymond Crew. who was Killed at
Adrian. Mich. belonged to School OF
Toledo, Ohio: Joxc Perez killed at Poughkeepsie;
Adds Harold at> Richmond Ind. and J. l.. Peterson
| had his neck broken at Dclayen Wis.
| Turned ankles. bruised and limbs have been
about the only serious troubles which the Harvard Yale
Princeton. Pennsylvania. and other great college teams
have had contend against The fact that most OF
the players who with the
toned will wind the season with their teams is
another argument advanced by college men.
COLLEGE MEN TALK
several college men uptown resort the other
! iay, and nothing war more natural than that they
should begin discuss the football situation The group
vas an interesting enc. and the discussion waxed
others up and Joined in the debate. Some
suggested that the frs, ihias to be done YVES to
devise scheme to eliminate the brutal features.
All agreed this there clear sailing uatil
| that To ar m
out brutality. but how be done? Another
| marked that the rules they stood were explicit
enough and that II the umpIres and referees would only
enforce rules there would be trouble
"As a player does> any smuggling or con-
,cmpble tricks he should be ruled on the hed. said
the slim man who came from Dartmouth. That is
only way stop backsuardism ari II team lost
one or 4 its best men In an important game 1t
would give the players a lesson they would not soon
forget"
The slim man was sau.lched. however. because 1t was
shown that and umplres would not enforce
the rules did and that they never would
and that there discussing the matter from
that point Of view.
1--WE have good cause to complain against rough play.
said the sleek looking Harvard for II Emmons and
Upton had been sugged in the game al Springfield
last year Harvard would have been the champions OF
least Yale would never have made that touch
down and the chances were with Emmons and Upton
on the team throughout that Harvard would have
scored"
''Oh, that's right" said robust iao man. I'VE
heat YOU and It's in the day TO howl about
II When Emmons and Upton were knocked two
strong took their places and the infusion
Of blood redout lot of players ought to
have helped you rather than retarded your chances
think that when a player injured substitute should
take his place. Plenty who retire not
severely injured. and they simply get out TO give
fresher and stronger chance In England, you
know IA player rctires the game goes on Just the
same and substitute takes his place"
ioys cettn az
said the looking I'VE interested in this
problem Wesleyan. and there was more behind the
retirement OF team from the intercollegiate Asso-
citation than people thought. or course our team
was too light and inexperienced but there other
reasons for retirement scar-faced minister. with eyes
out OF and would not make cheerful
spectacle the pulpit Sunday. But. all that aside.
are discuss improvements In the game Now,
what is to be- done or what Is the outlook
WILL THE FACULTY STOP 1T?
.'Now can tell YOU what will come said a chubby
faced handsome fellow whom one called Tracy.
Il know they think Princeton. and have every
believe that they are thinking the same way
other colleges only trust that the thanksgiving
Day games Yale and Princeton. and
Cambridge. between Harvard and Pennsy-
yana will pass or without serious accidents Those
ganes will close the season. and for one am glad Of It,
81 should be surprised II there were an explosion
about Saturday which will be the real football
saton OF the year. There have been great many ac-
yet the college faculties have said nothing Now
this silence to Is Significant than an uproar
would be- and | fear the result tell you that after
Thanksgiving Day the colleges will either stop football
for good Will taken to amend the rules as
do away with much OF the rough play
This silence OF faculties is doubly significant
think just at the present time There be
sort OF an understanding the colleges step
aside and allow the boys full swing for this season.
that the young fellows have not taken enough rope
with which to hang themselves II they have, goodoy
to college football.
WHAT COLLEGE MEN SAY.
The writer spoke with several college men during the
week. and 1t Is surprising that the number believing
that the college faculties would take action was so large
A few thought that the game was doomed as u
college SPORT while all believed that emphatic changes
would have be made in the rules before the season
OF 1894 1t the general opinion that mass playing
has become too conspicuous feature In the games.
Outside the danger such work has little to recommend
II from a spectators point OF view. Any plan which
will insure more open play will be hailed with delight.
but a sensible solution of the problem has yet to be
advanced.
1t Is easy enough to say, Have more open play"
Everybody saying that but the genius who will invent
the successful plan Is the man for whom everybody Is
looking at present This by passing the ball
the backs. who will stand further from the rush
Ines but until this plan Is tried at length might prove
dangerous experiment as team would lose ground by
such n play rather than gain ground. The rush lines
become walls. and the play Of the future
away from centre Flying revolving and fan
wedges this year have the old ''v' wedge into
oblivion. ,
The likely TO become aggressive IL not
erocous when humanity comes together In n crash |
)nc's better swept to one slde and the brute
which may lain dormant. comes to the front In
uch a moment n will be struck which one Will re-
,ret long he lives. There is however, no excuse ,
or premedltated brutality. such Prenss showed IN
he Crescent-Ora game at Eastern Park He wa. {
arcful enough TO get on top In scrimmaase and be
generally got there by running and jumping feet arst
pon friends and foes alike. That he did not bro
neck not his fault and yet Messrs Coffin ana | l
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