Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-12-16

snail DE dismissed from college. The
rules. II indorsed by al the colleges,
Will go into effect next season.
The death OF Harold p. Moore OF Og-
densburg. n. Y. the other day In New
York win have the effect, according to
word that has been received, OF abolish
Ing the game at Union college. where
he was a student President Ray
mond or that college has long been an
ardent supporter OF reform In football
tactics. This year he has expressed
himself vigorously against the brutality
manifested In all the college games.
After the killing OF Moore. Chancellor
MacCracken OF the New York unIver-
sity, impressed that some stringent &C
ton should be taken against football
brutality In future, sent a telegram 90
President Eliot OF Harvard asking hfEn
to take the initiative His telegram
stirred the president up. but not In the
direction the chancellor had expected.
why should he ask me to call a
meeting OF college and university presE-
identsr' demanded Professor Eliot
I'm not the one to do this thing II
should come from n body OF men rep
resenting the university. No. I'll not
call any such meeting. I'm In favor OF
anything that VIII take the dangerous
I features out OF the game. but I'm not
| going TO start It There will be objec-
/ uOnable features in the game until the
| playing rules are revised"
/ In President Eiiots university nine
teen men, including Theodore Roose-
welt, Jr., received injuries. running the
gamut from battered ears and fiatten-
/ ed noses TO fractured arms and legs.
President Wilson OF Princeton ex-
pressed himself In sympathy with any
4 revision OF rules that will make foot
ball less dangerous. Princeton's rec
i ord OF casualties for the season COM
prised six men, the most serious injury
being to c. Brown. 1908, whose collar
bone was broken in practice.
Although Wisconsin university's team
escaped with one serious injury. tho
captain. Vanderboern. having his cheek
bone fractured and elbow dlslocated,
It's president. &. II. Van Hise, declares
in a telegram as being willing to as
sist in reforming football. but he does
not want the game abolished.
1 President Schurman OF Cornell said
| that he had told President Roosevelt
at the recent conference in Washing
ton that he favored eliminating brutal
ity from the game OF football. He will
4 aid in the University OF Pennsylvania
4 movement. Five OF Cornelrs men were
hurt during the season.
\ President Benjamin Ide Wheeler OF
the University OF California declared
\ ha huu fr,F
| lions. 1t is too highly developed" he
said. mir. Camp and others among
l the self appointed committee on rules
have promised reforms, Tut they have
1 never come. Now we shall have to re-
1 wise the rules ourselves"
Hamilton college. at Utica, n. Y.
4 which has had no serious accident on
the gridiron this season. is in favor Of
| strict enforcement OF the rules OF the
1 game, so as TO do away with brutality.
4 President Stryke said: Il am willing
my men shall take chances on the grid
4 iron II the game is kept clean. i am
I'm sympathy with the L. Of +. effort"
At Brown university, Providence, r..
l.. Il was stated that the season was
remarkably free from accidents, only
one man, Reynolds, being hurt. His
I ankle was broken early IN the season.
After the death OF Vernon Wise OF
the Oak Park High school. Chicago. the
faculty forbade further games during
the season. Wise's death was caused,
IL il stated. by brutality OF the most
| vicious sort he being pounded and
kicked as he lay PROSTATE.
The death OF John Summergilt OF
Franklin college. Chester. Pa. was the
1 result or his being deliberately kicked
In the stomach. He started 10 walk
home from the game and dropped dead.
The Columbia college faculty are
| much exercised over the harsh treat
ment accorded their men by the Penn
\ sylvania players the other day. They
are talking OF abolishing the game at
1 Columbia. Douglas Carter, Columbia
/ fullback, Is in a private sanitarium in
1 New York as "A result OF a scrimmage.
4 He is suffering from the rare injury OF
a sprain OF the spinal column. Philip
Won Saltza OF the same team is nursing
fracture Of the foot.
The Chicago Tribune recently re-
II ceiVed the following telegramS from