The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-20
FOOTBALL RULE MAKERS.
They BeGin . Hard Task to Inaugural
Tnlked.Of Reforms.

The Intercollegiate Football Rules Commit
tee held their much talked of meeting yesterday
at the University A. c., 10 West Thirty-fourth
street. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the dele
gates went into executive session, those present
being: Walter Camp of Yale. Alexander Moffat
of Princeton. Robert ID. Wrenn Of Harvard. l..
NJ. Dennis OF Cornell. and p. J. Dashiel. delegate
at large. John G. Bell Of the University of
Pennsylvania did not arrive until later, 80 the
business of reorEanizing the committee was be-
gun without him. J. II. Sears Of Harvard. who has
served on the since it was first organ.
lied, was on hand to formally introduce Wrenn
as his successor. Scars paid the Crimson's new
representative several well.deserved compli-
ments, and also expressed his regret at being
compelled to withdraw from the committee be-
cause of pressure of business.
When this had been done the committee went
to work to select a Chairman. Last year Walter
Camp was both Chairman and Secretary, but he
did not want to serve in both capacities again.
and after a very friendly debate Paul Dashiel
was chosen Chairman and Camp consented
rules should be considered then cane up. Some
of the delegates wanted to have. each rule care
vocated the plan to get at the principal
points. including the proposed MODIFICATION or
ne H. mfH rict an ,bnngS Tit ans i d Sas so nne deci Tss
to take up the rules in order.
AS the first batch of rules In the code book re-
lates to various definitions OF plays and technical
terms. 1t was thought that the committee would
experience very little trouble.
But as these same rules are not clearly
worded, u discussion arose as to the best way to
straightcn them out. By that time the dele
gates said they were hungry, SO they sat down
to a ga worry dinner, which was presided over by
{. Z. Cuyler and other members OF the U. A. c.
Council.
At o'clock the committee again went into
session. anu, after two hours OF deliberation,
Mr.. Camp announced that they had adjourned
to meet again in n few weeks, when the rule re-
vising would be resumed.
I'VE have only considered rules of minor i'm
portance." said the noted Yale man. g. and they
have mixed us up pretty well, too. In order to
fix them up. each delegate has been asked
TO draw rules according to his own
Ideas and then submit them at another
plays, goals from touchdowns. new scoring,
duties of officials, or the plan, to allow the quar-.
ter back to run with the ball, for the excellent
reason that we did not get to these questions"
do Won believe the rules will DO radically
changed T. TIE SUN man asked.
well. no." replied Camp. slowly. II believe
there's no necessity for that, The rules need to
ter understood. but that's all. All talk about
brutality Is absurd
The fact OF the matter is that tho committee
members really met last night to ind out in an
informal way what tho ideas of the five big
colleges are and to report back to their re-
s~pective institutions just what the situation
may be.
THE sun has repeatedly stated that Yale,
Harvard. and Pennsylvania are against changing
the mass play rule. and as a unanimous vote Is
necessary to make any change. none 10 proba bio
on this point.