The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-07
CURRENT SPORTING GOSSIP.
FOOTBALL RULES COMMITTEE TO
NEE1 soon.
walter Camp Talks Of the Game and Makes
Few General ItcmarkS PROMPTED BY
President HITS Criticisms james X.
hccne Names ISIS TwO-l car-OlGS.


kccne Names ISIS T~o-l car-OldS
The intercollegiate Football Rules COM
mittee according - present plans viii hold
It's annual meeting ia this c,y tho latter
Fart OF tls Vera. providing 4 \ stage
Of Chicago can attend Otherwise the meet
ing Will be POSTPONED Walter Camp was
900 town Yesterday. aud when asked what
lc had - .iy regarding the recent criticism,
81 football by President i.iot Of Harvard.
declined 10 ~ into the subject except to
say ~ general way
IT would bO obviously unit for mo 20 criti-
else President Eliots statement. but viii
say that think wholesale attacks on tho
game are misplaced and that geuerali2a-
tons rs T. it, moral tone lack force because
Of tIrir Indebtedness and difficulty OF be-
ing proved Trickery ia u0 more In evidence
nor essential 10 football than In any other
game. In every sport the Contestants. II
tAcy are In earnest. use all the skin at their
command 10 win. Why not In football To
single ont the weakest point ia an opponent
ard play FOR II does not Indicate low moral
Tone. II ia the essence 90 all games With
ogt II here would be practically no sport,
certainly no scientific euielyor.
Regarding the proposed changes In the
rule, which will be cosiderei by the inter
collegiate committed Nj Camp said
Il have any number Of suggestions from
Witch could In evolved oil sorts OF games
pHny esemDlng anything but football.
have not examined all OF them. but far
hnvc seen nothing better than my sugEes-
ton that the gain in four downs he ten yards
instead OF 1--WE ] doubt whether any radical
change will be made Attempts 10 make the
game more open should be mado by direct
methods do rot believe IN any roundabout
way Of getting az this result by innovations
which would radically alter tho character
Of tAe game. such as making the players
H. "a rfteI Ina afu md u-rls,
The more open tho play tho greater the
chnnccs for injuries unless tho game ia To lose
ali semblance Of its present form and become
practically association football like asso-
citation foo tbn and hope IL will grow In this
country. but don't see why II should clash
with the Rugby game The latter has been
developed IN this country aud apparently
nlls the bill The crowds that want 10 see IL
now cannot be accommodated. and II IT is
IN he made more popular by the adoption
OF new rules do not know what will hap
pen.
In naming his tvo-year- olds for the coming
season James r. Kccnc shows his sympathy
for Japan in the struggle with Russia by call /
Ing three Youngsters all sired by the great
Commando. Oyama. Nog and Kurolti, after |
the Miindo's famous generals These colts /
arc IN the care Of James Rowe together with /
others by - Leonnrds, Voter Horoscope. |
Ben Brush, Kingston and Flori7el. who bear
these names st. Mungo. 50. Kelvin. Sanctus /
Mark NEEDLE, Capas. Special License Hal
lowmas. Ballot Box, Guy Manncring Swag-
GER. High Brush. Paul L. Peeping Tom Lam
castrian. sen Serpent and Bohemian Another
string OF two-year- olds to be trained by vii
linn Gleason, Rowes assistant hsvo been
named as follows: Evasion. Sahara Mos
quito. Home Rule. True Love. Skyte Garcia
Umhra, Pleasure Bay. Belgrnvia Cassundra
Pythia. Hocus Pocus. Suffrage. Curiosity.
Bribery. Baliotta. Early and Often, Merry
Saint. 81 Ursula and Suayita All OF these
colts and lilies we're bred Mt Castleton Stud
and are rnrnScd IN many rlcs stakes In
selhc'l1r tho names. Mr. Keone has shown
the usutl careful thought II night be we'll
for other turfmen to follow III example IA
TIL respect
Danny Maher. the American Jockey, who |
will ride in England again this year will I
probably sail for Europe to-day or tomorrow /
Mnher. who has been paying visit TO mis- |
parents Mt Hartford. arrived in town vester-
day and told his friends that he intended Z
10 70 direct to Switzerland for rest before
beginning his duties In England Maher is I
IN fine health and says that he will be able
to ride rs light as ever
In comparing tho amount Of money won
on the turf in America. France and England
II Is shown that Omerica Is far In tho lead
IL. Is
Duryea. James II keene l.. r. Thomas
Sydney Paget and Newton Bennington won
grand total Of S74G230 In France, 1--WE
owners. Edmond Blanc, VI. de Gallant Count
II de Pourtalcs. j. LieuN and W. X Wander
bllt. won total Of S6i3.oO5. In England,
Eve owners. Sir James Miller Major Loder
l.. de Rothschild, the Duke of Portland and
the Earl OF Carnaryon cleaned up $3.50 SOS
The first Ave winning stations in this coun-
Try Nieddler. Ben Brush. Ben Strome and
Hamburg. showed q total OF si2i.745
similar numhor Of French stations showed
$50 600. while nye English stations showed
t7l.7lj
The rlunFers AZ Hot Springs are not un-
booking, their bank rolls these days. Judging
from all accounts. Dave Johnson. George
MaSa6 H and Dutch Ff 5S fs s5Ss4 so hSd
times Startle the books with $500 wager, I
but as rule they are satisfied with about
tioO 70 race.
Iq a race nun recently at New Orleans
Jockeys II Phillips and Hennessy had a {
passage M arms that was interesting as
viewed from the head of the stretch Both
great ohums Phillips rode Au Rcyoir and
Henne7sy lad the leg ~ on foSmcad They
hng.n to ,ids d.srarat.iy ,ecL ard n atu
in the middle Of the stretch F0Nmend began
Phillips hin Hcnnessy's horse over the nose
with bis whip 10 keep him from swerving.
Hguuc--y accidentally in the back Hen
messy did not understand. and as the blow
stung hiut he proceeded TO lash Phillips
across the arms and chest with AL the strength
AT his command
Look out for the Stewards" cried Phillips
IN pain II was happy thought. for Hen
messy stopped nHictng punishment Just in
the ui. OF time The stewards saw nothing .
and after tHe race Philip, unere apology
to his clum,
Owners OF baseball grounds in any OF the
biz or little leagues who have been winking
az tho open Gambling In the grand stands
aud bloaChrr- might do well to peruse Sec
tiou of article \ OF tho national aRrocmt mt
now 100 force, which reads Every league
shall strictly enforce the provisions IN its
constitution against open betting on its
grounds. and club officials are required to cause
the arrest and prosecution OF those who en-
gaze iu the practice This section has
never been strictly enforced but II is safe to
say that n view OF the scandal that has arisen
this winter there viii be a general crusade
against the owl. particularly m Pittsburg
and Boston, where the matter has become
somewhat Of q nuisance.
Dominicl McCailrcy. the veternn pugst
who once aspircd 10 be heavyweight cham
piOn. hl hoDbcd no as referee Of boxing
bouts n Plttshurg Several years ago MCCaf-
frey was 10 poor health and his friends we're
considerably worried about him. But he