Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-11-08
UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL.
Resolution of Pennsylvania Faculty
ON Subject.

PHILADELPHIA. PA. November T.
The University Of Pennsylvania faculty
| Committee on Athletics al a special meet
ing this evening adopted the following
! ref solution:
"Resolved, That athletic teams repre-
senting the University OF Pennsylvania
shall not hereafter play on other than COL
lege grounds. without having FIRST obtain
| ed special permission from the University
| Committee on Athletics.
A member of the committee who was
seen after the meeting. said that much
| OF the recent criticism Of the faculty's
action In prohibiting Tuesdays football
| game in New York with the Boston
| Athletic Association. had shown conclu-
| siyely that many OF the critics and
certain proportion OF the public do not
recognize clearly the difference between
| the connective sports Of students where
the first thought should be the promotion
| OF health and strength, and ginilay
sports undertaken by outside organiza-
| tions where in some instances far differ
ent motives actuate the participants. He
added that the more strictly the game
Of football could be limited to colleges
and universities. the more hope there
would be for It's preservation and for
Kidding II of the Objectionable features in
| cident 10 contests in which gate money"
and gambling are conspicuous features.
The Athletic Committee has been CON
templating this further step for some
time, and thought II best TO take 1t be-
fore the end of the season, SO :tat- no
matter how future games may result,
such results cannot be thought to have
influenced their action.
Resides their reasons on the ground
of physical unfitness of the men for pro-
hibIting Tuesdays game. the position OF
the PENNSYLVANIA Faculty Committee on
Athletics Is consistently given In the
above statement. IL Is further neces-
.ary. however, to explain the failure
OF Pennsylvania 10 send over the strong
est eleven that could be mustered
to play under the title OF the Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania eleven. This
omission has been most severely criti-
cised. and, in fact. forms the whole
basis OF the contention that Pennsylvania
has behaved in an unsportsmanlike man.
ner
This charge would appear to be we'll
founded. but from facts that have since
developed II would seem as II 1t would
have been a virtual iInpossiblIty to have
sent team.
In the first place. It must be stated
that DR.. Whites opinion as 20 the
physical condition OF the team involved.
particularly, seven members OF the team.
and. for reasons. which every medical
man will comprehend, II would have been
a grave professional error for DR.. White
to have specified which seven men were
unfit to play. Therefore. II would have
been impossible to have made up a team
Including the remaining four. which would
have also disclosed the fact that the
seven men who did not play were the
ones referred to by DIR. White.
Hence the only alternative was to send
eleven substitutes under the title Of the
Pennsylvania eleven, and this idea was
rejected solely because OF the following
reasons:
1t would have been. in a measure. an in
suit to the Boston players, whose only
aim was to try conclusions with the
strong Pennsylvania eleven. and not to
gain a nominal victory TO which no glory
would attach: II would have been mas
querading' behind false face; 1t would
have been unfair to the members Of the
regular eleven to have the title that
they had gained defended by team
taking not one OF their number and II
would not have been acceptable 20 Secre-
tary Beales. of the Boston Athletic AS
ISOLATION, who. In conference with the
Pennsylvania football management on
Monday evening, after hearing OF the
ldCuily aNtiont 't ny
plauded, expressed a desire to have the
Freshmen team substituted for the regu-
lar team, stating that the Boston players
would prefer to meet a weaker team n
they could not have the glory to be gained
from a close match with Pennsylvania s
regular eleven.
As Is generally known. this proposition
was assented to at once. and. after Mr..
Beales had telephoned for and obtained
the consent OF the Boston team TO the
arrangement. the Pennsylvania manage
ment spent several hours in getting to-
gether the freshmen and preparing for
their visit 10 New York. I'm order that
the Boston team and the people who had
purchased tickets might not be. disap-
pointed That they were disappointed was
due to the subsequent refusal Of the Bos-
ton eleven to carry out the agreement
made by their secretary, with their own
approval.
Neither the Boston Athletic Association
nor the owners OF the Manhattan Field,
New York, have suffered financially, the
Athletic Association OF the University OF
Pennsylvania. recognizing the right OF the
faculty committee to take the action
which they did take. and ignoring the
liability of the Boston Athletic Associa-
MON. because Of their refusal to play the
substituted game. having expressed their
Willingness to foot all bills.