Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-30
Sixty-Eight Schools Meet and
Decide on Changes of Foot
Ball Rules
NEW RULES COMMITTEE NAMED
1t is Instructed to Cooperate With
Inter- Collegiate Committee, If That
is Possible, to Secure Needed Revis-
ion-oId Committee Will Probably
Not Recognize 1t.

committee, Which is In adjourned SeS-
sion today at Philadelphia, tolerates
and accepts the interference Of the
committee representing the sixty
eight schools, whose representatives
met in New York Thursday, there will
be marked changes made in the rules
governing the,.game for next year. In
case the intercollegiate committee does
not take kindly to the wishes of the
committee Of the siXty-eight there is
reason to believe there will be a rup-
ture among the football playing
schools of the country with the out
from the New York conference is re-
fused recognition by the intercollegiate
committee and "lays down" the inter
collegiate rules will govern, and there
will be rupture, if not, and if tn.
conference does what 1t assembled to
do, it will insist on set of rules, that
will do away with the Objectionable
features.
There is every reason to believe that
the intercollegiate committee, which is
composed OF representatives of Yale,
Princeton, Harvard, Pennsylvania,
Cornell, Annapolis and Chicago, will
not pay much heed to the wishes Of the
committee representing the sixty-eight
This is guessed at by reason Of the
fact that of the seven Annapolis was
the only one represented at the New
York conference. Dashnell, Of West
Point, Stagg Of Chicago and few 9th
ers have dominated foot ball and foot
ball rule making for years and It Is not
likely that they will relinquish. without
a struggle, the prestage which their
years Of membership on the board has
given them.
The conference at New York was
unanimous In the belief that some
drastic and Immediate action should
be taken to lessen the danger to play
ers, do away with mass formations and
secure permanent officials for inter-
collegiate games. 1t was also the avow-
ed purpose of individual members of
the intercollegiate committee express
ed by interviews before the opening
meeting that the dangers Of the game
should be lessened and that the play
should be more open. But this, in
mea sure, was their avowed purpose
last winter and nothing resulted but
few immaterial amendments and adj
ditions to the rule that have in nowise
affected the danger of the play or the
play itself. Tnere is reason to believe
that this yea. also there will be no
material changes made, for those who
are framing the rules love the game
as 1T now is and are prone to cling to
those rules Of formation and play that
made it what it now Is, and was when
those who are. now framing the rules.
were on the e,ridiron.
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The sixty eighth conference, how
ever, is out Tor action, and while 1t
lacks the support, evidenced by the
non attendance of representatives from
the "big four" of the east it was at
tended by a most liberal sprinkling Of
representatives of middle and western
colleges and universities. The schools
represented at the New York confer
ence were: University Of Nebraska,
Creighton College, Colorado College,
University of Colorado, University of
South Dakota, University of Kansas
University of Missouri, ST Louis Uni
versity, University of Minnesota, Carl
ton College, College Of Indiana, West
ern University, Case School of Applied
Science, Wittenberg College, University
of Cincinnati, Oberlin College, Woos-
ter University, Miami University
Kenyon College, University of North
Carolina, Kentucky State College, st.
Johns College, Annapolis; Maryland
Agricultural College George Washing
ton University, Vanderbilt University,
University of Texas, Western Univers-
ity of Pennsylvania, Washington and
Jefferson College, Allegheny College.
Dickinson College, Grove City, (Pa)
College Haverford College, Bucknell
University, Washington, (PaD College,
Rutgers College, Stevens Institute,
Amherst College, Williams College,
Holy Cross College. Wesleyan, Dart
mouth, University of Maine, Tufts, Col
by College, st. Lawrence College, Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute, Niagara
University, College of the City of New
York. Manhattan College, Colgate I'm
iversity, ST. Francis Xavier College,
Columbia University, New York Uni
yersity, Syracuse University, Union
College Rochester University and West
Point.
What this New York conference pro-
noses to do may be judged by the fol-
lowing duties outlined for the COM
mittee:
81. To communicate with the COM
mittee that has formerly governed
foot ball, and propose that the com.
mittee be amalgamated into one which
shall formulate rules under which foot
ball shall be played.
"2. If this amalgamation Is refused
then the above named committee OF
Ave shall proceed to formulate rules
under which foot ball shall be played
by the institutions ratifying the action
OF this conference.
"s. That the five members elected by
this conference shall be guided In their
action so as to secure the following:
"(a)-An oIen game.
"(b)-Elimination of rough and brut-
al playing.
"(c)-Eficient enforcement of rules,
making the rules definite and precise
IN all respects. such as the definition
OF brutal playing. holding. tripping, and
in general all infringement of the rules
for which penalties are given.
"(d)-Organizatio of a perman-
en-, body of officials"
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