The Minneapolis journal., 1902-10-15
UP TO THE COACHES
Athletic Directors Alone Can Pre-,
vent Such Occurrences as That
at Omaha Yesterday.
Football Game Turns Out a Free
sFight-Discredit Brought
Upon College Sports. w..

Truly football is a strenuous game.
Yesterday a contest took place at Omaha
between the South Dakota university and
the Omaha medical college elevens. The
football, however, was merely incidental
to g. free fight between members Of the
two teams. Here is a list of the points
scored: ..
South Dakota Novotny knocked
senseless and carried from the field. Oh
sen knocked down and badly trampled
for strangling. Captain Newconb. shoul-
der blade broken. Thompson. broken rib
and other injuries. Hanson, tibia in right
leg broken. Total, IS points for Omaha. =.
|" Omaha :Eby hit in stomach and forced
to. leave the game Jungbluth~ chased
from the field and did not return. Total,
South Dakota. five points.
Minor injuries, broken noses, black
eyes, etc., South Dakota, IL; Omaha, 9.
Final score: Omaha, q; South Dakota, II.
Reports from Omaha say that while the
playing was rank on both sides, from q
| football standpoint, the spectators went
| wild with delight So many Omaha men
| were disabled that after all the substi-
teers were called down from the beachers
| Monday the Hamline university team
| quit before the end Of Its game with
North Dakota university. Grand Forks
correspondents state that this action was
entirely inexcusable, and was inspired by
a fear Of defeat The Hamline players
say that the referee "a Hamline mani was
about to award the game to Hamline on
account of slugging by North dakota,
when the crowd gathered on the field, and
apparently was about to mob the referee,
when the game was declared torfe1ted 10
Hamline. :.'T
Dlscredit College Sports.
Occurrences Of this sort are greatly to
be deplored, since they bring discredlt
upon all kinds Of college sports. Yet
Inothing Is to be gained by suppressing the
facts. The life Of the great game OF 1oot-
ball depends entirely upon the sport be-
ing kept clean, and free from suspicion OF
professionalism or brutality.
1t is only right that the desire to WIN
provided victory can be secured In fall
and legitimate manner, should be pre-
eminent whit both coaches and players
It Is to be regretted that the desire fol
victory should overshadow the ideal o.
clean sport. Fortunately such occur.
;: rences as that at Omaha yesterday arr
rare. Among the arger college teams th<
+ game is comparatively clean, albeit lndl
v1dual cases Of unnecessarily rougn play
) ing are still too common. . :,
But in football as in other things, thu
4 innocent must suffer for the sins OF tn
guilty. That game at Omaha Will or1f't
discredit upon all college football teams
= in the minds Of certain persons. Such eX
- |, hibitions as that at Grand Forks Monda.
n hurt the sport throughout the country
Such methods as those employed by Ger
o tain western universities to induce play
e ers from other institutions are menac
r to the game. Faculty discipline will no
y do much to effect reform. The remed
Ia in the hands Of the coaches themselves
A roast from a coach will do more to dis
O courage slugging among the members c
n a. team than a hundred newspaper edlto
4 rials.
2, Much has been done by athletic man
y agements in the east to keep the game
3; football clean. Much has been done In tn
a west by the "big nine'' conference TO roc
p out professionalism. but much still re
"a mains to be done, and only those actlvel
- Interested in football can keep the spol
ID up to the highest standard.