Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-29
Gridiron Convention Wants
One-Rule Code.
TO REFORM G AN E
INTERESTING RACING AT BOTH
NEW ORLEANS TRACKS.
Womens New Golf League-O' Brien
Has Choice of Three Big Purses
college Chess.

After a stormy session that lasted for
nearly nine hours the representatives of the
sixty-two colleges and universities that
gathered at the Murray Hill Hotel. New
York, yesterday. to act on the foot ball sit
uation and to secure reforms In the game
came to a happy conclusion that promises
to accomplish the end desired. For five
hours. however. 1t appeared as though no
decision could be reached, so varied and
Numerically opposite were the views eX-
pressed After the hardest kind OF a battle
the practical men in the conference man.
aged to convince the others that recognition
of the present intercollegiate rules commit
tee was necessary If any effective reforms
were to be made. and that the work of re-
vising the code would have to be under
taken with that committee as a party to
any action.
A committee of seven was therefore APP
pointed to revise the rules and to seek an
% amalgamation with the present rules COM
mittee. The committee will go to Philadel-
phia this evening, seeking admission to the
session of that body scheduled to be held In
that city tonight. Failing in the endeavor
to secure the amalgamation of the commit
tees. the men appointed yesterday Will act
Independently of the older body, and there
will be two sets of foot ball rules con-
summation much to be regretted. and which
every effort was made by the practical men
IN yesterday conference 10 avoid
Adopt West Point Plan.
1t was the West Point plan that final
ly adopted by the conference, with slight
modification. In advocating its adoption
Capt Pierce of the United States Military
Academy said he had reason to think that il
a committee of five sent to Philade
phia 1t would be received favorably. and
would be admitted to the meeting of the
older rules committed bUt in SDitp of
advice seven members were named instead
of FIVE. making the new committee the same
size as the old. On the new committee of
seven, however, are three practical foot ball
men who know the game thoroughly, And
the old committee may not feel that 1t Is
Jeopardizing any real interest of the game
by accepting the larger body.
The committee of seven that was named
includes seven delegates and many al
ternates. representing the seven sections
OF the country that were in evidence in
the conference. They were as follows:
New England-Delegate. f. r. Hail. Dart
mouth; alternate. P. c. Philips. Amherst.
New York state-Delegate. Charley DAILY,
West Point; alternate, H. c. Huntington,
Colgate.
Other Middle states-Delegate, J. A Bah
bitt, Haverford: alternate, f. H Dodge,
Rutgers.
Ohio State-Delegate. c. w. Savage, Ober-
lin; alternate. Fred Stone, Miami
Middle West-Delegate, II. L. Williams.
Minnesota; alternate, H. w. Donovan. New
OfR city.
Far West-Delegate, ]. T. Lees Nebraska:
alternate ]. B. Ehely, Colorado College.
Southwest-Delegate f. H. Curtis, Texas;
alternate, w. B. Burt, Kansas.
Practical Men.
The practical men on the committee are
Charley" DAILY. the old Harvard quarter
back. later of West Point. and a notable
player; Harry L. Williams. the old Yale
half back and hurdler, now coach al Min
nesota, and E. X. Hall, the old Dartmouth
player. All the others are actively ldenti-
fed with the game at their universities in
one or another capacity.
Besides this action of the convention
the whole broad question of eligibility
amateur status and other, ethicalevils of
foot ball were gone over and means taken
10 secure concerted action looking toward
the elimination of abuses that have crept
into the game. The convictions of the
convention were very pronounced and
boldly spoken In no uncertain terms
There were sixty-two delegates in the
Dig parior of the hotel when the conference
was called 10 order by Chancellor Mac
cracker. Letters of regret were read from
some twenty institutions including Yale
Harvard. Princeton Pennsylvania Cornell
chicago and Michigan, expressing sympa-
ehy with the purposes of the convention
Dut stating their inability to participate in
view or other obligations or ARRANGEMENTS
covering the subject of the deliberations.