The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-11-08
ONLY ON COLLEGE GROUNDS
PENNSYLVANI4' FACULTY COMMIT
TEE TAKES ACTION.

Hereafter When Football Games Are to be
Played on Other Than College Grounds
Special Permission Must be obtained-A
Member of the Committee Gives the
Reasons for Such Action.
Philadelphia, Nov. THE University
of Pennsylvania faculty committee on
athletics at special meeting this af-
ternoon adopted the following:
Resolved That athletic teams repre-
senting the University of Pennsylvania
shall not hereafter play on other than
college grounds without having first OBJ
tanned special permission from the uni
versity committee on athletics.
A member of the committee after
the meeting said that much of the re-
cent criticism of the faculty's action in
prohibiting Tuesdays football game in
New York with the Boston Athletic
association had shown conclusively that
many of the critics and a certain pro-
portion Of the public did not recog-
nize clearly the difference between the
cvompetitive sports of students, where
the first thought should be the pro-
motion rof health and strength and
similar sports undertaken by outside
organizations wherein some instances
far different motives actuated the par
ticipants. He added that the more
strictly the game of football could be
limited to colleges and universities, the
more hope there would be for its preser-
walton and for ridding it of the OBJ
jectionable features incident to contests
in which gate money" and gambling
were conspicuous features.
The athletic committee has been con-
templating this further step for some
time and thought it best to take it
before he end of this season, so that
no matter how future games may re-
suit such result could not be thought
to have influenced their action. Besides
their reasons, based on the physical un-
fitness of the men for prohibiting Tues
days game the position of the Penn
sylvania faculty on athletics is concise
ly given In the above statement.
The failure of Pennsylvania to send
over the strongest eleven that could
be mustered to play under the title of
the University Of Pennsylvania. has
been severely criticised and forms the
whole base of the contention that Penn
sylvania has behaved in an unsports-
manlil1e manner. From facts that have
developed, however, it would seem as "
it We're virtual impossibility to send
a. team. DR.. Whites opinion as to the
physical condition of the team referred
to seven Of the eleven men. 1t would
have been a. grave professional error
for Dr. White to disclose which seven
men were unfit to play. Therefore. it
would have been impossible to make
up q. team including the remaining
four.
The idea of sending eleven substitutes
under the title of the Pennsylvania elev-
en- was rejected because it would have
been in measure an insult to the
Boston players, whose only aim was
to try conclusions with the strong Penn
sylvanfa eleven and not to gain a nomi-
nal victory to which no glory would
attach it would have been masquerad-
ing behind false face. 1t would
have been unfair to the members Of
the regular elevn to have their title
defended by team containing not one
of their number and 1t would not have
been acceptable to Secretary Beales of
the Boston Athletic association, who
in conference with the Pennsylvania
management on Monday evening after
hearing Of the faculty committees ac-
ton, which he applauded, expressed a
desire to have the freshmen team sub
stituted for the regular eleven.
After Mr.. Beales had telephoned for
and obtained the consent Of the Bos-
ton team to the arrangement the
Pennsylvania management spent sew
eral hours in getting together the fresh
men and preparing for their visit to
New York. The game did not take
place because of subsequent refusal of
the Boston eleven to play.
Neither the Boston Athletic associa-
tion nor the owners of Manhattan Field,
New York, have suffered financially,
the athletic association of Pennsylvania
having expressed it's willingness to foot
all bills.