The sun., 1905-12-16
COLLEGE DEBATE ON FOOTBALL
PRINCETON'S ARGU MENTS PRE-
van OVER HARVARD'S
Representatives. OF Ola Nassau Take 'he
Affirmative on Question THAT the Game
Is a Detrlment-- Judges Decide thani'
mOuSiy Against the Harvard orators

Affirmative on question tHaI tue 'u"'e
Is a Detriment- Judges Decide thani
nouSly Against the Harvard orators
CAMBRIDGE, Dec, l5,-Princeton wor
the annual debate with Harvard tonight
on the question "Rcsoircd That inter
collegiate football in America is detrl-
ment rather than a benefit, Gov Mcl'ane
gave the unanimous decision Of the judges
or Princeton because they had the better
arguments, Fox of Harvard and McEwen
Of Princeton were the best speakers OF the
evening,
The speakers for Princeton on the afiir-
native Of the question we're X, M McEwen
'o6 p McClanahan, 'OG, and T, s. Clark
'oS, and for Harvard on tho negative G.. D.
Hirsch 'O7; A. Fox, 81. and W. NJ. Shohl
'G6. A. Tulin, 81, a regular member OF
the Harvard team, was unable to take part
in the debate, Shohl speaking in his stead
The judges were John TagGard Blodgett
Of Providence, Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of Rhode Island; Robert
Archey Woods, head worker Of the South
End Settlement, House Of Boston. and John
McLane Governor Of New Hampshire.
Louis Brandes, law H. presided
X. NJ. McEwen opened the debate for
Princeton. We are considering intercol-
legiate football in broad sense" he said,
land the first objection to the present
game is that it is unserviceable to college
men as means of healthy exercise, 1t
should be the object Of every intercollegiate
sport to offer an opportunity for beneficial
physical development
Judged by this standard intercollegiate
f., 1..n f.,t1.
majority and it is positive detriment to
the others, Less than one-tenth Of the col
lege men to-day engage in the game, and to
the other nine-tenths 1t offers no opportunity
for exercise The reason for this small per-
centage Of players lies in the fact that the
game neCessitates a special course Of train
ing if the player is 10 enjoy fair degree of
personal safety
y. McClauahHn continued for the atiirlna =
tive. My colleague has shown" he said.
that the great mass Of students cannot
take part in the game, and will show that
the game Is detrimental TO those who do
participate; first, 70 the players general
health, second, to his intellectual develop
ment. Violent training. necessary to so
violent game. causes physical exhaustion
and does lasting injury to circulation,
digestion and nutrition Muscle gained
at the sacrifice of the vital organs is worse
than useless
an the second place the present game
and training arc detrimental to the pL4 yers'
mental activity. Harvard publication
SAYS that men during the season do next
to nothing in their studies President llot
says that the distractions of the game grow
greater every year and a prominent mem
bcr OF TINS years Harvard team says that
for the last two years university football
has played havoc with his studies
r. s. Clark concluded for Princeton. He
said: There is n distinct tendency to-day
toward unfair and brutal playing, and
this untits football for place among col
leee sports. Unfair methods are protitable
toward victory and there is every incentive
to their Use. Tho close formal IONS and
mass plays make it possible for
a player 10 violate he rules and
escape detection, and such opportunities
are often augmented by the leniency OF
officials and spectators and by Inadequate
punishment of offenders. SO strong are
the temptations and 80 inadequate the pun
ishment that brutal instincts are aroused
in a man not morally vicious. Football is
detrimental to the physical wei fare of those
engaged in it. 1t fosters mental mediocrity,
it lowers the ethical standards of all those
concerned. Does 1t pay?'
Hirsch opened the negative for Harvard
by stating that football was not to i've taken
to mean the football Of one year or the
football Of one section Of the country. but
to be taken in its broadest sense. He
stated that Harvard had three contentious.
First. that Iootb supplies a clean and
wholesome interest for the student giving
rise to "A Ciean atmosphere in college life
that would otherwise I've lacking, and pro-
lot l,ra ..f