The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-29
NOT Alb AGREED
COLLEGE MEN Do NOT ALL LIKE
THE NEW FOOTBALL
RULES.
TOO MUCH HASTE, SAY SOME.
SHOULD HAVE LET EASTERN COL
IEGES TAKE THE INITIA-
TIVE.
TOO MUCH HASTE, SAY SOME.
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The new football rules adopted at
the intercollegiate conference have
stirred up some dissension. While
Stage favors it, there are several men
opposed to the rule at Chicago uni
versity. Prof. r. F. Harper, brother
of the president and a member Of the
board, is outspOken against the adop-
ton of any four-year limit.
Prof. Harper does not believe that
a. four-year rule would do justice to
universities, or where they have large
graduate departments. Where there are
small undergraduate departments, like
in his own university, Prof. Harper
thinks that the enforcement would do
positive harm
At Northwestern university the new
rules have been received with appro-
baton. All the members of the ath
letic committee who have examined
them believe they are the best ever
prepared for Western colleges, and
Northwestern university Will probably
be among the first to adopt them.
Prof Clark, chairman Of the commit
tee. is confident that favorable action
will be taken at an early date. f. n.
Haller. manager of the football team,
and also a member OF the athletic COM
mittee, agrees with Prof. Clark. Sew
eral of the other members are out of
town during the Thanksgiving vaca-
ton, but they are known To favor the
spirit Of the rules.
Northwestern will be as much affect
ed by the adoption Of the proposed reg
uIations as any Of the Western col
Ieges, but this will have no bearing
on the action of the athletic commit
tee. Last year Van DooZer and Potter
were sacrificed from the football team
for the rule which prohibited a student
playing four years before he received
his degree The restriction proposed by
the conference of limiting the total
years of playing to four, regardless of
the degree viii disQualify Andrews,
right tackle: Jackson. half back, and
Whitney. right end The other players
have been passed upon by the commit
tee IS to the length Of time they have
played with the close of the present
season. The number of years each play
er has been on the team is:
Hunter two; Perry, two; Thorne,
two; Libberton, three; Sloan, two;
Morse, two; Leyings, two; Brown, two;
Cutter, one; Deitz, one; Andrews, four;
Smith, two; Hart, one. Jackson and
w nlLQey nave pldyeu IueIL dllOIteu
time in other institutions. g
Still among some football experts the
opinion seems general that the stand
of the seven Western universities for
reform in football and the doing away
With dangerous mass plays and Guilt
waiting the open style of the game is
a good one. There are two divisions.
One side says the Western schools are
all right in taking the initiative. The
other says it would have been better
for Eastern authorities to do the work.
The latter argue that as the Eastern
critics have followed the game from
its very inception, they are, above all
others. best qualified to make changes,
and if they are not made there is no
need for them.
Yale, Pennsylvania, Nebraska and
other colleges approve of the plan, and
promise hearty support in the revision
OF the rules.