Evening journal., 1893-12-02
The FooTeALL CRAZE.


The character Of the game of football
must be changed AS played now il is
too rough. Worse than that, 10 is dan
gerous. 10 is not fun to risk life and
limb ia contest to put bali between
one or another goal at the Two ends Of
field The game has reached a climax
II must deteriorate into contest in
which degraded and brutalized men only
can engage, like the bull fights Of Spain
or the kicking contests Of the coal
miners attended by men Of the most
hardened and inhuman sensibilities, or
the rules must be modified
The game Of football, so called, which
occurred between the Yale and Princeton
teams in New York on Thursday, was
not the worst OF it's kind, but il was bad
enough It WAS TOO bad, indeed, for re-
dned or intelligent men, It was horrify
ing TO sensitive and sensible women
But Il has become fad for both TO at
tend approve aud applaud
In describing how Captain Hlukey, Of
Yale ran after the football which had
been kicked toward the Princeton goal
the New York Sun says:
Young Blake, Of Princeton, however.
came tearing along at top speed and
bending far over as he ran, with arms
outstretched and every muscle extended
to the fullest, just reached the ball
caught It. beautifully and tumhllng head
long forward collided head on with Cap
tain Hinkey, who was speeding after the
sphere The shock was enough TO break
the neck Of bull Thousands rose in
their seats and tile women turned their
heads away when Captain Hinkey was
raised to a half sitting posture. and II
was seen that blood was gushing from
his head and right ear The crimson
tide flowed down the neck Of the Yale
chieftain, and the physicians hurrledly
had him borne from the field. Blake,
strange to say, was unhurt. and smilingly
retained possession Of the ball. In
reality he made the star play Of the
game, as Yale would, in all probability.
have crossed the line had he missed the
catch
The "star play" was to collide "head
on with another man at the risk of two
lives, and to disable one Of the men.
II this had been a battle with deadly
firearms Captain Hinkey would have
been carried to the rear, put in charge
Of skillful surgeons, bandaged and sent
to the hospital He would not have re-
turned to the field In the roster Of the
company on the next day he would have
been reported as wounded, and at the
end of the month his name, II he were
alive would appear among those eligible
for promotion for gallantry on the field
Of battle.
Giving general resume Of the
condition Of the players, wrong
fully so.ealled, as they "lIned mp
for the second half the same report SAYS
Scarcely face but bore some trace OF
the struggle Brown. of Princeton. had
a lovely black eye and blood heoked his
/ forehead In two or three places. Hinkey
was bleeding more freely than ever
prenohard had a slight cut over one eve
! lhornes lips were swollen, aud Butter
worth had some Of the cuticle aoraped
from his nose Boards nose was cut.
and 50 10 went through the entire list.
! But the marvel TO an onloCker was how
any body escaped complete annihilation
in the mad, impetuous plunges Ii woull
have been madness for any man, whose
body had not been toughened by three on
four months Of preparation. to indulge
Ia such sport u looked like one rush.
and then doctor or the coroner
That is small matter so far as those
twenty-five men are concerned Tn,
world can spare them, as easily as they
can spare their bones and limbs It t.
no matter how they go out Of the world
whether they live or die. But it lisa
matter Of great consequence what sport.
our boys have and what sights 90 600 OF
our most intelligent people witness. Il
Is not the occasional death OF toreador
the frequent disembowling Of a horse. th,
inevitable butchery Of a mad bull as
consequence that renders bull fghtin,
degrading, but the spectacle. IL is {,
the thousands Of people who see it thai
the real injury comes
IL is snot right that our boys should en-
gage in such sport as modern football
has become, aud it is degrading to re
fined men and women to witness sucl
a sport. In some respects it Is worsl
than bull fight. A bull fighter doe
not soil his clothes with blood or mud
II he is killed he dies decently.
It is needless to say that the gam,
must be modified that is self-evident
The craze has reached its height