The sun., 1895-03-20
NOW FOR FOOTBALL REFORMS.
The Cnivcrsity A. c. will Probably Con
sent to Handle tho Matter.


The CnivcrsIty A. c. will Probably Com
sent to Handle tho Matter.
The announcement in yesterdays SrH that
Walter Camp and Alec Moffatt, tho Advisory
Committee of the Intercollegiate Football As
sociation, had decided to ask the University
Athletic Club to call q conference of the leading
colleges to discuss proposed changes In the foot
ball rules was hailed with delight by all lovers
OF the game. Ever since the season closed last
fnll followers Of the game have contended
that the rules should be changed but for some
reason the solons in charge of affairs have seen
fit to adopt dilatory tactics 1t has consequently
been argued. and with degree of good reason.
that the different college faculties have been led
to look upon the game with disfavor. simply be-
cause the abuses which brought college foot
ball into disrepute last fall have not been wiped
out.
1t isnot generally known. but it is nevertheless
a fact. that all of the leading colleges. Harvard
Yale, Pennsylvania, and Princeton. were noti-
fed several months ago that the University
Athletic Club would be willing to undertake the
appointment OF a new Rules Committee, provid-
ing the colleges should request such move.
member of the U. A. c. Athletic Committee even
went SO for as to notify member of Harvard's
Athletic Committee that such action would ex-
pedite matters, and as the Harvard man was Of
the same opinion. way out Of tho difficulty
seemed clear AS last years Rules Committee
were. at their own request, discharged by the
University Athletic Club. when the needed
reforms had been made, 1t is necessary that an
entirely new appointment must be made by the
proposed conference. The letter from Camp and
Moffatt was directed to the University A. G.,
Guy He @ eonss WITH the
bcrs of the clubs Athletic Committee at once,
and whatever action is decided upon will be
dn ua a
than probable, however. that the club Will con-
sent to act.
when seen by Sun reporter yesterday said that
he did not know what action the club would
should have been considered last December i'm:
mediately after the season closed. but could
aep6e no for the datory methods ths OF the
He said that Secretary Richards had tho letter
from Camp and Motfatt and that it would be
submitted to the club at once.
The fairness and equity shown by the Uni
yersity a. c. last year in appointing the Rules
ferences which led up to the final result. gave no
cause for complaint from ony sourGe and lovers Ir
again consent to handle a matter that requires
no end OF diplomacy to satisfy al parties con
eerRed Las. yesrhs o Of W.
q the University Of Penn.ylvania; and F: J:
Dashiel of Lehigh. may be reappointed. providing
would also be an excellent idea il the ex-cap.
OF Yale. Emmons OF Harvard. Trenchard OF
Princeton. and Knipe of Pennsylvania. were in
tee eel Tor n with % their recent experiences on the
field they might be ablo to render valuable as
When the season ended in December THE
Sun made several suggestions for the consdera-
tion of the rule makers. among which were the
The first WAS to give the officials more power to
rule against smuggling; the second was to abo
ish the MON ent,im plays by compelling the men
in the rush line to remain in their places until
the ball had been snapped back. and the third
catch punt If these three changes are made
tho game will surely be freed from the objec
tionable features that caused the battle between
Yale and Harvard at Springfield to give the
sport black eye that will not be forgotten for
years to come.
Schedule orthe Metropolitan District Crick-
ct League.
Tho Metropolitan District Cricket League held
two meetings at the Cricketers' Club on Mon
day night, the first being the adjourned annual
meeting. and the second meeting of the Exec
utive Committee. Tho delegates present were:
D. A. Munro. J. Rose. and II. Rushton. Manhat-
tan c. c.; j. D. Boyd. c. II. Ellis. and F. c. Cal
der. New Jersey A. c.: E. G. Keogh and c. II.
Owen. Brooklyn; E. A. Smith and L. A. Skyne,
New York.
Tho report of the committee on the revision of
the constitution Was approved. but will not be
acted upon for thirty days, when all clubs will
have received the legal notice of the amend
ments The Victoria. Morris Heights Paterson.
Harlem, and Columbia clubs sent in their resg;,
from the Kings County or ST. Georges A. c.
Those clubs will probably drop out by default.
Tho following is the leagues schedule:
staten lra@a Ssw n. Y, rn.n
June 2S-Hro2kNn "; Sew York lat al Prospect Park. Park
pect Park.