New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-02
IN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
VALE GAME-THE SOLUTION OF UGLY
play" TO BE FOUND ONLY IN PUB
TIC OPINION - THE HARVARD
pI,N\SyJVANIA GAME
PENNSYLVANIA GAME.

TIC OPINION - THE HARVARD
PENNSYLVANIA GAME.
rssrs has been a great amount written on the Har-
yale game during the week and no doubt
va. aaaI more said but a matter of fact. there
n,v one or two things. after all, that of any
~, inheritance and these two or three points are
e nature and a subject that compel every
" ..,ushbred amateur athlete to take the same and
Wv onlv side. These questions are briefly the fol-
ling and We spend a moment looking al them
sson,ace In the first place. It is a question
" sober there Is such a thing hard luck" 1t
VA Harvard had hard luck at Springfield This
,rck consisted first. in Harvard's winning the
s for the first time in six years, and for the first
-. In six years there was not an atom of wind to
- ,he winning OF the to,s any advantage. Nat
uy the element of chance entered into the toss,
So, I ouestlon if during the last six years Harvard
"a had the wind three times and Yale three, the
nj, yoult have been very different. Then. Har-
Va had hard luck in Fairo nlds try at goal-so
a., sad That is not so Fairchild made beauti-
s nreclse try at goal. which, with his other tries
,n,de his goal-kicking unenviabe, of which more in
roment: but Fairchild missed the goal. and. as
80 missed IT, he might just well have kicked the
IN into ouch-n- goal so far as it did any good II
- score Luck did not enter into the matter. II
as s,mply miss. Furthermore. Harvard is said to
have had hard luck in not scoring touchdown when
pu.f
immediately after this try at goal Here. again.
.hare WAS no suspicion of luck. 1t simply de-
cson of the umpire and referee The general con,
sensus Of opinion. both among lale ana HARVARD
hack or safety touchdown. but the referee decided
Otherwise presumably deciding 10 the best OF MS
a. matter here there the bad judgment of the
harvard and Yale Arrangements in choosing incom-
ppure and simple plays very small part in deciding
}cotban games. 1t does in everything else Ii Is
oufe another thing TO say that Harvard outplayed
Vie in mos; points and still beaten. There is
some truth In this. and II was therefore unfortu-
nate that the team playing. all considered the bet
Ter game should not have won. 1t was. therefore,
hardly Jus, that y to should stand as the score
representng ms game OF s' ana sn, sbs
moi considered TO represent the relative standing OF
the two teams. When TINS is said an mas peen sna
that can be brought 20 bear on this particular ques-
ton
There are. however. other matters that require
careful attention. and though there is considerable
difficulty presented TO any who tries to write
about them still an attempt at fairness will bring
out certain questions Of the greatest importance to
the game of football. In the beginning. the ques-
ton OF ugly play is of course, most important at the
moment Ii is just possible that the faculties OF the
different colleges may take the matter into their
own hands after the season is over. For those who
love the game there is nothing to fear in this for
most of the members of the faculties of the larger
colleges appreciate the value of the game as
trainer of mind as well body. and also as an
Influence toward morality and temperance in COL
lege life They Will not therefore. stop the game
unless they make an exhaustive examination into the
results of the game after which decision looking
toward the stoppage will be made only II they find
that the disadvantages are greater than all those
important advantages Such result is hardly likely
and the most that happen therefore. is a recon-
mendaton that the game be materially altered
Meantime, all football men deplore the Springheld
fsmperate word as TO this No sport in the world
can be made gentlemanly and clean II the men who
Legislation never made anything good which bad
men bound TO make bad. ANY statements
therefore-and there have been many Of them our
ing the last week-that may be made TO the enect
that the rules reformed by the committee last
Pay SUCH as that shown at sprnshed under the
old mass play rules would have injured more men
than injured this year because In those close
and crowded plays there was Infinitely more oppor,
tunty for ugly work with fists and knees and
shoulders.
The Saturday game at Springfield began with
good football-nay with beautiful football During
the play Yale was certainly being pressed hard
BY Harvard. Then the thing occurred which has
happened at Yale several times during the season.
which happened before every ones eyes in the
Springfield game two years ago. and when 10 a
certain though less extent last year. r. Hnkey'
the captain of the Yale eleven. lost his head. He
did not lose his head, as We speak or II usuaiy !,
is
and run toward his own goal by mistake. nor fum-
HE The hall nor make any bad football plays But
ne lost control of himself, and began 10 be rough
In way that the game does not call Tor Inc
much ked-of incident earlier In the season. wheh
he kicked or is said TO have Kicked bealu, 10
another example OF his losing control of himself as
soon as he becomes angry. The incidents-ahy one
will remember who saw them In the game TWO
years ago. when he lost his head in similar way
Of he
the same general style Hinkey did not forget foot
bail on Saturday week ago He played wonaer
fu game at times, covering the fed with great
plav But al The same time he lost control OF his
nerves and did things which he did not reane ne
was doing There is question; therefore. N my
mind that he began the ugly play IN TINS game me
His coaching Of his own team Tor TWO ye stnr tSe
beginning OF the game for the bad tactics ADOPTED
BY several other members OF the team soon ~
e esse W,s ,ba r 'n Moa should have quad
Hnkey This was an extremely ranioai o., diSo,,al
ify the captain OF Yale or Harvard or ELlnceton
or Pennsy vania team for smuggling or LOT usS Npffs
occasion and instead said several times that as
cid not see Hinkeys rough play Ihat ne sr W@s
conscious Of some ugly playing In high q dis
evident however, from the fact tna. ne sub
situtes both on the field but snort tlne anu h
cause insignificant as nfnpa and did
what had been occurring constantly 'e
occur after this decision
Most Of the men on the Harvard side who retircd
from the field on account Of Injuries, reuren uu'
ing the first half. Most Of the Yale men WIN
tired for the same reason did 50 in the second nan
Those who saw the game and know the oiiiere"'
incidents as they occurred realize 10 man. as any
one else must. that the ugly play began as thihh
by Yale in the first half was continued WIN ID
terest by Harvard in the second hall mere wac
another evil. not 50 great as the other' oecauS =,
has the plea OF self-defence and revenge "hion !"
human. II 1t Is not good football. IL Is heSei
less. an evil And, though some peop'e nn,n,,a,no
cuse the Harvard men for going In and defending
and reveneing themselves yet It was not only pau
football and injurious to the game as sport D.'
has done much to endanger the good name Oh wv
ball among college faculties. This ugly worn "a
gether with the uncertainty in the unhpfi"s a.'