Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-28

going to St.. ... Anere will be obJec- tonable features in the game until the playing rules are revised"
 In President Eliot's university nine teen men, including Theodore Roose- velt Jr., received injuries, running the gamut from battered ears and hatten- ed noses to fractured arms and legs.
 President Wilson of Princeton ex- pressed himself in sympathy with any revision of rules that will make foot ball less dangerous. Princeton's rec 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, the captain, yanderboern, having his cheek bone fractured and elbow dislocated, its president. c. H. Van Hise, declares In telegram as being willing to as- sist In reforming football, but he does not want the game abolished.
 President Schurman of Cornell said that he had told President Roosevelt at the recent conference in Washing ton that be favored eliminating brutal ity from the game of football. de will aid in the University of Pennsylvania movement. Five of Cornelrs men were burt during the season.
 President Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the University of California declared that the game has .eutgrown its inten- tons Tt Is too highly developed" he said. Mfr. Camp and others among the self appointed committee on rules have promised reforms. but they have never come Now we shall have to re- wise the rules ourselves"
 Hamilton college. at Utica, \. r., which has had no serious accident on the gridiron this season. is in favor of strict enforcement of the rules of the game. SO as to do away with brutality. President Stryke said: T am willing my men shall take chances on the grid iron if the game is kept clean. am ln sympathy with the U. of P. effort"
 At Brown university. Providence. R. L. it was stated that the season was remarkably free from accidents, only one man. Reynolds. being hurt His 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. w1se's death was caused. It Is stated. by brutality of the most vicious sort. be being pounded and kicked as he lay prostrate.
 The death of John Summergilt of Franklin college. Chester. Pa. was the result of his being deliberately kicked in the stomach. He started to walk home from the game and dropped dead.
 Thc co,=mbla college faculty are much exercised over the harsh treat ment accorded their men by the Penn sylvania players the other day. They are taking of sboiishlng the game at Coiumbia. Douglas Garter. Columbia's fuIIback. fs in a private ssnitarium ID New York ss a result of a scrimmage He is suffering from the rare injury a sprzin of tine spinal column. Phil. vou salrra of the same team is nurSln a fracture Of the foot
 The Chicago Tribune recently r eeived the following telegrams fro presidents of universities and coles In sll parts Of fhe country In reply requests fer comments on the lar football mortality and accident list q year
 President Harper Of Chicago univer tv vas too iH to express his views the questian- In his place a statenE was obtained from Professor Ehsr dean of he divinity sebo rho said.
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