New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
FOOTBALL IN A MIDDLE.
rxn1Ess COMPLICATIONS IN THE INTER
COLLEGIATE ASSOCIATION.
x1E APPEARS. ON TECHNICAL GROUNDS. TO
BE THE ONLY REMAINING MEMBLR-UNl-
yERsITY ATHLETIC CLUE TRYING To

RE THE ONLY REMAINING MEMBER-UNl-
vERsITY ATHLETIC CLUE TRYING To
GET CONTROL OF MANHATTAN FIELD.
Thu affairs Of the Intercollegiate Football Association
n.ar to be in a rather complicated condition at present.
a a. looks the boys could do better taan place
-. in tbe hands OF competent professional business
.nager who could un,angle the knots In which the
hole fabric is wound up That the association Will
Ultimately be rcoreanzed in It's entirety seems assured
Then IL college sports we're conducted tie same ous
ro. principles which professional sports are run IL
would take wise lawyer indeed TO straighten out the
.oarls The University of Pennsylvania has virtually
ssranchsed Itself by refusing obey the rules OF the
association by playing protested men Then. princeton
COOS TO Philadelphia and plays Pennsylvania and accord
ps TO the which professional, baseball for
instance Tigers would forfeit their franchise or
membership BY playing against ineligible men and dis
fanchsed club To make matters worse Wesleyan. the
fourth suddenly Resigns the day she Is TO
Dlay Yale without giving tventyfcur hours warning OF
tor Intentions. To a swinging the limbs OF an
unbiased 1t looks Yale Is the intercollegiate
Football Association. II she is not. where Is the aSso
citation anyway?
As soon the friends Of the association realize the
recuiar condition OF affairs effort will be made TO
cot them in something like tangible shape. trlpc
league embracing Harvard Yale and Princeton, would
be a model. and the championship contests would be
worth going miles Harvard, however, likes her
Independence, and. while nobody tell what Is likely
to happen in the future. her present determination Is
70 hold aloof from any such association Harvard aoeS
be dictated ana so long a. SUE
her present position she make up her team DIS shc
sees it, and play her men in the same way
wEsIdryAN's POINCY A PROBLEM.
wo.eyan's part in the mudde is hard to understand
Tho ministers cancelled their championship game wiz.
Yale Saturday, and yet they now say 'haO 'hcy WI"
keep their arrangement with the Crescent Atheuc Nuo'
and play that tomorrow at Eastern Park. ives
eyan has alway. been strong ally for Yale, and the
champions are likely miss their ola fnehos IN iu'u'e
controversies, which are sure 10 come up
WESLEYAN upoue sorablv helped Yale 10 accomplish her
ron, in tho recent souabbc the UNDERGRADUATE rule
and ts successor Yale and Wesleyan stood soidv TO-
eether Princeton and PENNSYLVANIA voted the otner
uay causing the deadlock Princeton was eventually won
over and the Ioor University OF PENNSYLVANIA men Were
left out in the cold. a nice question arises: ""o"'a
Princeton have gone the foe had she known OF
wesleyans intention 10 resicnf
A meeting will probably BE- held to-day between An
drew Freedman and the representatives, OF Yale AMI inc
University Of Pennsylvania regarding the scheduled games
between those teams down for next SATURDAY New
Workers would like the game PLAYED at Manhattan
Piel and with weather great crowd would tirn
ont 10 witness the contest. PENNSYLVANIA was certahy
not disrraced BY her defeat the hands OF Prince
ton on saturday Yale plays PENNSYLVANIA on the same
conditions Princeton did splendid battle should re-
suit and followers OF the game would he able TO get
GOOD line on relative strength of the Yale and Prince
ton teams. The remarkable crowd at Mannheim PARK on
Saturday may have bearing the case, and carry
the battle to Philadelphia
When the Manhattan Athletic Club officials secured
leaders Of the defunct athletic club did not realize
at the time that they making of the wiscsS
moves financial standpoint, that that i'iatea as
ISOLATION ever made. Manhattan Field, properly con-
Quoted will pay handsome dividend Andrew Freed
man now controls field receiver for the Manhattan
A. c. for the benefit Of the creditors. SO long as MP.
Freedman pays and lives up to the agreement
made with John b. Day. it does not appear piin how
he Is to be dspos,essed
PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE FIELD.
Still it is an open that the University Athletic
Club would like 10 the lease Of the property and
tho own.r, Of the property would like the T.
A. c. get possession. person who ought to Know toid
Tribune reporter recently that he would wager some
thing substantial that the University A. q "oua nave
charge grounds next year MI. frceohah' ee"ns
secure in his possession, smiles contentediy
The University Athletic Club Committee having charge
AZ the Yaleprnceon Thanksgiving Day game has maze
wise move in securing possession OF Dead Heal HI
for that day. The hill will probably be fenced IN ana all
admission probably 80 cents charged to the lhcosure
temporary stand might be put up Oh the sope 70 "hch
many people who cannot aiord To pay a. "ou' sau9
nay 50 cents the game.
Haryad's showing in her game against Coraeli on
Saturday satisfactory the followers OF the Chson
Considering the condition Of the grounds the Canrd5c
men did excellent service. Strategic interference Was.
Of course the question, and the slippery ball AID
muddy field caused most the fumbiing. HaN'rd
may oefeat Yale Springfield on November 20 but
II Decent champions will realize that they nave
been through a terrible struggle.
the best contested Of the smaller football games
Of yenr played Bay Ridge yesterday between
the Varuna Boat Club and the Pastme a. C. clevens
About LOO people the match, which ended in
draw each scOiing six points. Nike Leonnrd
prize fighter local repuc is the captain Of the
Varuna team and he did excellent work. might Do
expected these days Of aggressive football playing
Local enthusiasts have their last chance 10 sec
the Yale champions until THANKSGIVING Day at Manhat
tan Field tomorrow, when the Yale and the NewioiA
A. C. teams will meet
The first championship came in the American Foot
hill Union race squabble. Ncw-YOrk refused
IN play In Saturdays weather and the referee the
game TO the Orange \. c. team By u y. weather IS
moi An excuse In football and IL looks II the winged
foot club wo,Nd have submit 10 the rulings retire
from the association.
The Manhattan team would like hear from all
teams averaging 40 pounds Address NJ. Goodeison.
No. 5l2 Manhattanave city.