The evening world., 1893-12-29
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Plans for the Reconstruction of
College Football Rules,
The Way Pugllistic Affairs Stand I'm
jacksonville.


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Inc WORK OF iecohstruc'lng the rules
Oh iooloaii' Wh'ch the hiNersltE Atm
ie''c Ciup started recently, VIII he re-
sumcd when the students of the football
centres yaln Harvard and lrin,,,,r
.o''n , ,,"' ,".u "',u : '''''' 'o'''
nave returned IRON the CHRISTMAS re-
cess. Messrs. Camp, Sears or Brooks
etc. ~. ,, ~, 49, ,,,
lNes Vi 'he 'hr'e 'oliegeS haih'u' Will
hold another meeting at the L. A. G..
early in January. when they will discuss
'he FORMATION OF permanent committee
on revision. Before that is done. how
ever. they will probablv visit their col
,an,. ,S a,,,',,,, ,,',r, ~, ,,,,,,a,,,, ~.
reyes anu consult with the captains or
some other college authority and get
their views IN tho mattor
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Inc plan as now formulated Is that
the Committee consist of two or three
ranre.ont,,i,os Of tho collcyoe n,,pod
,,, asp' .S.n''',,,.o @ - :" '"y so'I ,,,,
ana such other colleges as IL IL deemed
proper to have represented. This Com
mittee viu tben invite cxn.rt oniuions
80 ,>.,'
from all over the country AhEpouE
whom the Committee thinks knows the
MS say on what he considers the best
WAY ,o ror,rn tho game These oninions
~, "' Wv ~,
VIII ne careiully gone over lne Soou Sc
lected from the bad, according to the
-, o'''''.',, 'u,n' s'". .n,. "' e"'
the ardu3us work or drawing np, new
SCI or rules for the guidance OF football
payers; a!i ,,o, ,.u ,,o ,o s,,,,.,,,
me new rules VIII then ~" Supnntt"d
10, iSr acceptance by footnal teams
throughout the country. There Is no
law competing any team 70 adopt thtsr
new rules when they are drawn up, but
1t Is not considered probahie that they
Princeton and Pennsylvania, the leading
%%tpa %"eIs o tbnss tKs 'h"m f" un
The fornGiators Of the proposed ncw
nSs HnS nssr pSsd to Sk n the mGsr
very remote. and II wouldn't make II
great deal Of difference anyway herea-
bouts, provided the principal college
teams played according to one set Of
to be hoped that but one style OF game
will be played next Fall.
Two other things are also to be hoped.
One is that the new rules are agreed
upon as soon as possible, that we may
know what sort OF game We are to
have. and that the game will not be so
- ar.
A JacksonNlllc despatch sa'S' II was
learned to-day that Sherln hrpwaru, W
this county. wrote to Gov. Mitchell anon,
week ago, asking what means ne shonid
adopt to stop the hght. 80 Iar me SSVer-
that he will order the Sheriff to do all
in his power to prevent the contest"
Referring 10 the arrest OF Corbett and
Mitchell the despatch says that friends
Of both Corbett and Mitchell. especially
of the latter, treated the whole proceed
ing as a huge Joke
They iolied him about the prospect of
being locked M. and one of the party
asked him how he would like to share
tickle him immensely. A big smile spread
over his face and ne said, with emphas
Fine; and think that programme
Cnrhett and Nitcbe,, .re pow nr,cti-
callv il, custodv IF JuGee Gaii decides
cinnls Nv wifi he compeIIed 70 annear % hamfnre m IRE
he Cr;minal Cn,,rt on Tho dnv named
and then their 90 %nas hefnrS . ;i,rv
TIE nninjon is that tbere is M iurv in
Dmvai To,,ntv that woI,lI And thom
Thera 10 anotber contingency which
may nut n naw nbasa On tho AZ air nnd
structing the County solicitor to Iuash
those proceedings and institute such new
proceedings as he and the Attorney
General may agree upon The members
,hat the courts VII decide thni glove con-
tests are not Illegal IN Iioriua' ant
Inc Naruna Boat club, or BrooKlyn Is
LOOKING Tor new quarters. AZ me annual