The Indianapolis journal., 1899-10-09
FOOTBALL RULES.
Regulations Which Govern Western
intercollegiate Contests.

The Athletic Association OF Purdue
University has published neat pamphlet
which contains the constitution of the as
sociation and the intercollegiate rules
governing games and players. Purdue
University under the leadership of President
j. H. Smart. several years ago took firm
stand in favor of clean" athletics, and
especially against the evils that were be-
ginning to creep into football contests. In
1894 President Smart issued a call for a
conference between the universities of
illinois, Chicago, Northwestern. Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Michigan and Purdue. The
meeting was held Jan. r. 1895, and Mr..
Smart presented set of rules which was
interest in football throughout the State,
the rules are here given:
Rule !. No one shall participate in any
intercollegiate game or athletic sport un-
less he be a bona f1de student doing full
work in regular or special course as de-
fined in the curriculum of his college; and
no person who has participated in any inter-
collegiate game as a member of any college
team shall be permitted to participate in
any game as member OF another college
team until he has been a matriculant in
such college, under the above conditions,
college col elcs academic m S degree " mas obtained
Rule 2. No person shall be admitted to
any intercollegiate contest who receives
any gift, remuneration or pay for his serv-
ices on the college team.
Rule B. No student shall play upon the
teams of any college or colleges for more
than four years in the aggregate.
Rule 4. No student shall participate in
any intercollegiate contest who has ever
used or is using his knowledge of athletics
or his athletic skill for gain NJ person who
receives any compensation from the uni
versity for services rendered by the way of
regular instruction shall be allowed to play
on any team.
Rule 5. No student shall play in any
game under an assumed name.
Rule 6. No student shall be permitted to
participate in any intercollegiate contest
who is found by the faculty to be delinquent
in his studies.
Rule Z. All intercollegiate games shall be
played on grounds either owned or under
immediate control of one or both of the
colleges participating in the contest. and all
intercollegiate games shall be played un-
der student or college management and not
under the control of any corporation, as
sociation or private individual.
Rule s. The election of managers and
captains in each college shall be subject TO
the approval of the committee on athletics
Rule 9. College football teams shall play
only with teams representing educational
institutions.
Rule TO- Before every intercollegiate
contest the representative chairman of the
atheletic committee of the institutions con-
cerned shall submit to each other certified
adopted, to participate in said contest 1t
shall be the duty of captains of the respec-
tive teams to exclude all players from the
contest save those so certified.
Rule II. Athletic committees shall re-
quire each candidate for team TO represent
the university In intercollegiate contests
eligible under the letter and spirit of rules
adopted.
Rule l2. No person having been a men,
Der of any college athletic team during any
year and having been in attendance less
than one college half year shall be per-
mitted to play In any intercollegiate con-
test thereafter until he shall have been in
attendance SIX consecutive calendar