New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09

who had purchased tickets for the game on De;
because the members Of them did not want -
countenance a game that encouraged and allowed
such Hinkey 10 play. rms game ,there
fore while IL was d sad from a technical foot
ball point OF view. Will have salutary iniuen S
on the sport itself because 1t showed now easily
and within what d short space Of time the same
men could play such different style OF game
Whether any changes VIII be made in the rules
this year H. uncertain. Football men. like any other
body OF human beings in a similar position are IN
cinei be conservative in their votes on such mat
ers and il ia quite true that LILLE can be done 10
prevent unnecessary roughness. since that r,s1S
win the morale and spirit OF the men which cannot
III. regulated by nythlmg but the greatest OF la
mllers-publc opinion. II Is possible. OF course TO
appoint several umpres, and there Is something III
the suggestion that IN a HarNard-Nae game lot
example. "A Yale graduate OF good staining SHou''
decide whether Harvard men were playing unneces-
sarily roughly and a Harvard man whether Yale was
doing the same The tendency here would De 10
c,tch anv AMI all unnecessary rOughness and. win
an umpire 10 confer with ih'm. the three might be
expected % DE- reasonably severe against UNFAIR
play The necessary roughness results largely now
al1ys from the perfected systems OF massnS men
into Interference plays ~ have just said above:
these PLAYS are beautiful examples OF what XXI,
ana study AMI generaship can 40. ana as sh h
for sport lhlN are 100 severe On we lien ,, ~
dangerous % lie and LIMB. The game wouid pe
better
that one of the ulos, Important parts - the sport
il interference. the sport itseif wGnd D. IN the
I'm rns hal, r 'iF any ns arte in the PaS Such
n evening rule need not necessarily be made. 1t
could be limited 10 statement that no one aheai
of The bail should in any way interfere with an
opponent Then the restriction that the bail sna!l
not be- passed forward could be removed ana passing
IL have ave. a ar pointed out that when body Of
football men come together at the University An
loiic club m Will have sgihcienty strong r s
cal element among them to bring about sucn eNteh,
be the result AMI each college represenative would
hesitate to throw this field open to ms adVFrsar'es'
The reports and arguments favorng the entire stop
page OF the game are most OF them without founda-
ton or weight The exhibitions on public grounds
especially in large city Ike New YORK, are unqueS-
t,onably nowadays too extensive for any college
sport The prices charged for admission and FOR
seats are 100 hisn and make the whole transaction
SAVIOR too much OF the public show All this Is GER
r,inlv an evil ~ far ~ the college sport Is con-
cernel and many in the proposition set iorth
already I'm tnis column that the games should nay
must b. playcl on college grounds one OF the Des'
games ~ the year. that between Pennsylvania ana
Harvard. was played on the university grounds at
Philadelphia. and there Is no reason strong enough
to outweigh these already given for preventing such
"a piece Of leg station Prices. too caa be decreased
10 - and Is cents with u limited number OF tickets
which should be open to undergraduates nrSt lni
graduates second there being no third AZ all Such
bni AS Tor stopping the that is manifest.y
utilities. the most benutituI physical and mental
training possible and some one says stop Il because
II is rough Uow Jew of these pcope think Of the
fact that POLO and cross-country riding have both
Killed more mon In proportion To the number that
footbaW but in all athc,ic- combined and yet VINO
SAYS stop crossc9untry rdnS ana polo: ~ IS SnN
glmes Of football that they feel this way. and in
80 far they crcise this they are right. lhere
not meant for spectators at all. All this enormous
attendance t. merely outgrowth OF popular favor
the managers Of the eievens In fact, the prices
charged would be thought to be prohloitory by most
peop'
II is the fault OF the public that they make such
an enormously popular affair of II ali Several
Years ago. when 800 students composed the audi
cnce II one OF these games the sport Itself was as
interesting the players. They enjoyed them
sc.vcs "a much their successors do now They
did not play as good football. because the game has
advanced year by year but they got quite as much
good out Of II AS the men do now. Then the public
took up the game. and some persons would
prohlbit one OF the finest Of college sports one OF
the greatest arguments and Influences toward tenn
pcrance In drink in morality IN general university
life that have been known. because the public
has made 1t public. II the game is TO be saved, the
way TO save IL Is take IL back 10 It's original
poslton before the community spoiled 1t for these
persons but do not Kill IT, because you do the same
into something else IN Al probabil!ty-someth hing
vicious and more dangerous. You TO your
self as have heard several parents say as some
body was .impng off To the side of the field with a
sorilned ankle wei. il Is unfortunate, of course.
but he is I'm such wonderful ply steal condition that
he will be all right in week; and would rather
have his ankle sprained than have him grow III
from lack OF exercise weaken his whole system
for NE with dissipation. or course these two eN,
tremes are not absolutely presented. but football
grasps young college man at the beginning OF the
college year, when he Is just from home. and car
res him with iron hand through "A critical pc
Rod And II only the eleven mer of the university
team played the game their Influence would he
worth the time spent. for there Is nothing at col
lege In the way Of emulation like the afnbitlon to
be an athlete and the admiration or every student
~ '' EX-VARSITY CAPTAIN.