The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-28
RADICAL STAND TAKEN
MacCracken Would Abolish Football il
Reforms Are Not Made.

MacCracken Would Abolish Football If
Reforms Are Not Made.
Journal Special Service.
of football from the list Of colegle ath-
letics, or such radical notifications Of
the present rules as will eliminate the
Objectionable features, is the stand
which New York university will take
on the football question:. .-
This stand is taken by Chancellor
MacCracken, and will be incorporated
In memorial to be presented to the
corporation Of New York university,
which will meet in special session on
Wednesday to take definite action on
There appears to be no dissenting
voice at the university on this subject
The faculty are all of one mind, the ath.
letlc committee is said to be of the same
opinion, and large number Of
the undergraduates. tend to the belief
that there is no difference of opinion in
the student body on the subject.
Game Is Cancelled. re-
The annual interclass game between
the sophomores and fresh1ner,, which
wa was scheduled for today, has been can
celed, owing to the death Of young
Moore in the Union game. - o
Of applied science at New York univer-
slty, and a member Of the committee on
athletics, is unqualifedly in favor of
abolishlng football from college athlet-
les. ''nAo'
,I cannot associate football, as now
played,' said DR.. Snow, HWith the hiph
aim Of university. It is not a game.
according to the standards Of most peo.
pie. 1t is doubtful whether the bull
night has cost more lives and suffering
than football, sanctioned by American
colleges, has cost within a. similar
term.'' ,.:
. +, Rules to Be Changed.
New Haven, Conn.,, Nov. 2s.-Yale
footbaH men admit that the playing
rules will be- changed radically this
winter, but they insist that the rules
committee 6 will do the charging. Presi.
gent Hadley had declined to take part
l,a n q general conference to reform foot
pau by college presidents and officers,
He thinks the undergraduates and al.
umnl arc running the game in such fash.
lon mat II reforms are needed they can
effectively make the changes.
...-~@ Damper from Chicago.
ct,, ,,Gh1cago,,. Nov. 2s.-University of
Chicago officia ais do not see much hene.
NJ i to be derived from the proposed
football conference Both President
aian} harper az and Coach Stagg, who is a
tee, have notio ions of their own that
they belleve will solve the question of
brutality. -
PRESIDENT Harper some years ago
first made known his favoritism for
endowed athletics. In his opinion the
commercial interests in college athlct:
les can be eliminated only by removing
the matter Of gate receipts entirely from
the sport. 10 eliminate tn commercial
spirit will eliminate the commercial
! athlete. according to President Har-
per, and the commercial athlete is the
0newho causes all of the trouble that
President Roosevelt would avoid.
,-.-<s Play Gentlemen, He Says. 49,.
" "Play none but gentlemanly ana
ano pr Haeper pc tptal
letics who 90 to college to play foot
ball and the greatest evil in college
athletics has been removed. The true
sportsman and gentleman will not take
an unfair advantage of an opponent
For these reasons DIR. Harper favors
endowed athletics and the doing away
| with the commercial athletes.
Coach Stagg, on the other hand, does
not believe with President Roosevelt
that changing the rules will eliminate
| brutality. Like President Harper, he
| believes that the game must be madq
less brutal by putting less brutal play.
e efs s on i the & teams clean e92aehes and
unnecessary roughness will solve Tho
question, according to Stagg. Occa
sional injury cannot be avoided in any
sport, says the maroon coach, but TIE
people who cause the most Of them car
be avoided. s =
| ACCORDING TO THE RULES.
| ~. --.s Chicago News =
Catchem-I hear Battsby has been forced tx