Evening star., 1905-10-15

Widespread interest has been aroused IN
intercollegiate foot ball through the con-
ference which President Roosevelt called
at the White House Monday for the
purpose of discussing the brutal and pro-
fessionaI elements in It and other forms OF
college athletics. There were representa-
tiyes present but from three members OF
the big Six" These were Harvard, Yale
and Princeton. The fact that the Universi-
ty of Pennsylvania, Cornell and Columbia
were overlooked has been much commented
upon and criticised In the three uniyer-
stiles sighted. Penn, Cornell and Columbia
do not necessarily feel humiliated, but they
think the President could have accom-
plfsned more had he recognized the fact
that what was known In his days as the
Zig Three" has now been superseded by
the big Six.
1t is almost certain that some radical
changes will be made in the foot bali rules
during the coming winter as a result Of the
Presidents conference. The conference
came at a time when attention had been
called to the roughness Of the game
through the many injuries on the big east
ern gridirons. Not in recent years has
there been 50 much rough house foot ball
with consequent injuries to players as this
fall At Pennsylvania three men nave
been removed from the game by fractured
bones at Columbia one, at Harvard Two,
while minor injuries have reaped big
harvest at all the leading universities
1t cannot be denied that college foot Dali
received a severe blow also when the Co
lumbia- Wesleyan game almost DIoKe up IN
a free -for-all fight. This is thing Which
occurs rarely in college sport ana mas no
parallel among the big universities since
The famous Springfield game between Y iaie
and Harvard in 1885, which broke up thelr
athletic relations. In the general condem-
nation OF the Columbia wesleyan trouole
that the whole trouble had its origin in the
failure of the officials to enforce new
rule which was drafted by Inc lntercoi-
legiate committee for the purpose VI pre-
venting Just such troubles as occurred
there This rule Is that whenever runner
is tackled and the progress OF the pali
stopped the referee shall call IL oeao. IN
the Columbia game Armstrong VINO was
running with the ball, was tackled ana
stopped. Instead of calling down, OF
befng stopped by the referees whistle,
Armstrong tried to wriggle away from me no
WESLEYAN men. Then came the Jump py
FuIIback Bailey in which the Coiumpla
man was hurt The free-for all fight foi-
lowed. as might have been expected, put
all could have been avoided had elther the
PLAYERS or the officials respected the rules
on this point. 1t Is worthy OF note . mi mi
many of the injuries received in foot bali
games this fall have been due to the nom
enforcement of this rule. When a man IL
tackled and the progress of the pan stop
ped he should call down faiIuie ~ q
observe this rule means that the opposing
players will pile up on him ana someoooy
is bound to be hurt in this way
Previous to yesterday every memper VI
the Blk Six" with the eXceptioh VI az az
and Columbia, had been scored on by the
minor colleges. Columbia. however, Mas s
held to a 0 to 0 game by Wesleyan anu
this is equivalent to being scored on. ,ie laie
alone has clean record, Tor the cils nov S :
not been scored on. neither has any team
been able to threaten them. the oni'er
sity of Pennsylvania has been scored on
twice Gettysburg securing a iairly ea.nIa anJa
touchdown and Swarthmore KICKING d ho.a
goal Cornell had to submit TO TWO touch-
downs by Colgate. though the lthat ans -
have been playing redeeming loot pan
since Both Harvard and princeton "eie c
scored on in their Wednesday games, anu
In both instances long runs turned tne
trick seventy-yard run on double pass
did the mischief at Harvard and 1OS-yaro
run on tumble at Princeton. Ii Is "ei,
that all of the big universities nave suHeFeu
equally in this connection, for II Will put
tbeno all on even terms. The minor col
leges know so much foot ball now tnat
their big rivals are never safe from being
scored on. .---. -
Columbia have suffered the most severe
losses during the last week. Not satis1ed
with removing Weede, the brlllaht leit
end and HolIenback, the halfback, botn
with broken legs fate this week took three
more men. and among the best on the
squad. Captain Reynolds, the brilliant lelt
halfback and punter, has been refused per-
mission TO enter the law school through a
technieality and in consequence resigned
the captalncy Torrey, last years captain
and center rush, being unanimously elected
to his place. Reynolds has entered an
other department for postgraduate work,
but the faculty athletic committee declines
TO Let him play foot ball. Although per-
fectly eligible, the Pennsylvania authorities
feel that the Reynolds case has attracted
too much notoriety already, and that the
player should be sacrificed for the good Oh
the university. Horr, the 2f0-pound can
didate for guard. failed to pass his entrance
examinations, and left the university. Sink
Ier the right end OF last year, has been
obliged to quit the team because or pa
rental objections.
REYNOLDS place at left half IS being filled
by ShebIe, Horr's at left guard by Robin
son and Sinkler's at end by CASTOR. All
of these men are much below the standard
Of The men they have replaced The loss
of these five men has diminished Penn s
chances for turning out a championship
team by % per cent.
AT Columbia the faculty has taken a
hand, and at one stroke removed from the
team Captain Thorpe, Fullback Carter and
Halfback Starbuck. Thorpe has been
dropped from the university for failure 10
keep up in his classes, while the other men
have been forbidden to play foot ball, but
have been allowed to continue their studies.
Thorpe played tackle on the Columbia
eleven and was one of the mainstays of the
team. His loss is serious blow TO Coach
Morley. Carter was likewise Indispensable.
His loss removes from the team the only
capable full back the New Workers had,
and there is no one to take his place. Sim
ilarly, Starbuck showing brilliant quail
tiles as half back and was particularly
valuable for his punting. The loss of these
three men has reduced Columbia's chances
for having a strong team nearly one-third.
Indeed, the New Workers viii be lucky il
they escape defeat in some of their games
with the minor colleges.
Just now Yale and Princeton are showing
the best form OF the big colleges and
strange to say they are the ones which
predicted the direst results when the sea
son opened. Yale is showing up remark
ably strong in the back field. while the
Els line is maintaining the reputation
OF the 1904 stone wall in brilliant fashion.
The back field Is one of the fastest COM
binations Yale ever had this early. Alto
gether Gale's prospects are OF the rosest
order. and II the Ellis do not hold their
own with Harvard and Princeton fl Will
be cause for a great surprise.
princeton has not been tried out against
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