The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-08
have games OF their own which do n M
ithr!vo elsewhere. 5s I.
Harvard Presidents View.

BE Harvard Presidents View.
President Elliott, OF Harvard University,
said that no did not consider himself SUI
nciently well Informed on the technical
part OF the English game to give any
competent criticism Oh It. or comment on
Its success ,lf adopted by the Ames7can
universit les. ~ &. 81 VII ,t *ss.
IIe did not approve Of international
matches, as he considered them contests
vii ich developed too many imp easant IN
cldents He believed that tf:a American
game could be performed in maly de-,
partments,a as suggested In h'es last an an
nual report. .L5 II
Little Favor at Cornell.
Professor I. j.. 4; NJ Dennis. on athletic
authority at Cornell University, former.
Is president Of the Athletic Council and
now the Cornell mem be- Of the inter-
collegiate Football Rules Committee, OK
pressed himself as being l,nfavora Bile to-
q change Of the present style Of foot
hall in American colleges to the ItInBllsn
Association game. u, o. u
"It is my opInion,'' he continued, that
the American game Is superior because
Of team work and the opportunities It
AFFORDS Of handling tho team as unit.
1t gives the young American a drill IN
discipline, which is very beneficial TO
American college boys As the game IS
played to-day it gives opportunity for
concerted play, cooperation OF al mem,
i bers OF the team" "
I Glen s. Warner, the football coach at
Cornell, also said that he would be great
ly opposed to q change In American
football as 1t IS now played. n
Morley, Of Columbia.
w. r. Morley. coach Of the Columbia
University football team, aid:'.Why
n, r1t OH, nj iaR NJ q
Rugby Is the more popular style Of foot.
ball. to substitute association for their
Rugby game \! No doubt association is
popular In England in certain quarters,
but In the universities Rugby holds OK
L actly the same position In general nth-5
lctics that American Rugby does here
Association Is played by them o. q side
issue, and 1t Is being introduced here on
the same footing. u Rugby will always be,
1.-THE more popular OF the two games. "t8
! George Woodruff, Carlisle coach, said;
Is..Eirst and all the time, LIDO not admit
that the American Rugby game Of foot
ball, as played at American coll eges, is
brutal have been actiYely connected
With the game as player. official and
coach since the fall&of 1856, and never
have seen any reason to feel that It is
From tits standpoint 7 believe that
the difference between the two styles OF
football in the point OF danger Is at best
only Of oegrss RnEey foo15ail causes
and thus has 9 greater appearance of
causing Injury: but nero cuts on the face
are not real injuries, !, Ell
and every one had knee or ankle In
turcd in tho association games. II believe
Rugby football Is a game. which. with a
qulckness Of brain. eye and muscle. mag
nanimity to your opponent, esprit de
corps, health and strength. 5 ls,
teglc preparation and good generalshIp
during the game. The delays themselves
caused BY signal giving, add to the inter
est of&the ,plme, because, while the signal
Is being Flven, each spectator has time to
DECIDE what play, he would choose and to
tel his neghbor IN the grand stand what
IL and 9 Why Il ought e be played.
made hv accident, according to the sltu-5
alton, and none but the experts have the
patience to keep on the qui vIye In order
I'm sho TT feel hat is Rnsb bS Fl Is not
brutal, and that association foot ball
should not be substituted for It, because
the latter, Is not as good or interesting
n game either for players or spectators.
Let association foot-ball have its own,
place, and do not try to substitute 1t In
place of a better game" I'll
Walter Camp, Of Yale.
Walter Camp Ypls yell known 1GG a,
~ atniellc lnat teIs, VI ~ luYor ~ I.lt 'slf
Association football as an added sport for
not see how that sport can be substituted
for tho American Rugby gane Of foot
hall, Mr.. Camp said: II am In favor Of
Association football as an additional sport
in this country. Think there Is a chance,
however, for both styles Of football to be
played alongside OF each other. But to
for American Rugby football seems to ma
something that can no more be done Than
substituting one mans fortunes for some
body. else.s, In other words, II q college
must nlay Association but not Rugby toot-
I ball, It would not follow that tho per-
mlssible style of game would take q hold
on the public In college or elsewhere. But
the more sport we can have the hetter.S
Both kinds Of football run along together
IN England ono more popular than the
other at dl tferent times."
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