New-York tribune., 1905-12-09


oellor MacCracken of New-York University
met in the Murray Hill Hotel yesterday and
adopted resolutions which it is hoped. will re-
suit in the formation OF a new rules committee
chosen by delegates from the various colleges
and universities in the country interested in the
game
There attempt to amend the rules. the
conference leaving that work TO the committee
which it is hoped. will result from the action
yesterday. The resolutions follow:
Resolved That the conference favors the ,ap.
In the universities and colleges. to be appointed
resentatives and responsible to their appoint
That an invitation be sent to the colleges and
universities OF the United States that active
IN from ae c6egs H ppRRt R6 sa elect esh Year
committee of eleven members which shall foTInu-
aGs no one aSa be e @ to
this conference who has received compensation by
as player. coach. umpire referee director. com
ebep df facutR n a Of eoege who IS reguIsrl
enrolled as such in its catalogue
York city Thursday. December q at l 1880 "a m
fceTs Of this R;'I conference. cts ''''O'0N
That it is the earnest desire of this conference
which win make the game less dangerous, and
defection e Of FOUL and brutal play. and With this
latter end in view, mass plays shall be greatly
another was presented having in view the put
ting of an end TO the subsidizing of players
from preparatory schools by the big institu-
tions This which was follows, unani-
mously adopted:
Resolved. That It is the sense Of this conference
that interseholastic games Of football; such as
Schools. should be Discouraged by the school au,
oheTacsr of the games on such Occasions ana the
mmaturity of the students.
All was not plain sailing for the conference 1t
took its members the larger part of the morning
to decide whether they had come together TO re-
form football abolish It, and the rest Of the
time until luncheon to make any approach
toward getting together on how reform should
be brought about.
Thirteen colleges were represented, as follows: /
Swarthnore, DR.. w. s Cummings and Professor |
G. A Hoadley; Lafayette, President E. F. War /
field and Professor F. A. Marsh jr.; Columbia, /
Francis S. Bangs and Professor Marsten T.
Bogert; Fordham, the Rev ]. c. Hart and /
Francis O'Neil; Union DR.. II. L. Towne and |
Professor Howard Opdyke; Rutgers, Professor /
Louis Bouvier, jr., and Professor John 3. Smith; /
Rochester President Rush Rhees and Dr. c. L.
Stroud; Wesleyan, President B. P. Raymond
and s. V Coffin; United States Military Acad
emy, Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Howe and
Captain Palmer E. Pierce; Haverford, DR.. ]. A.
Babbitt and NJ. H. March; Stevens, President
Alexander C. Humphries; Syracuse, Professor
Henry A Peck and Frank SmalIey; NewYork
Chancellor MacCracken and F. E. Cam. Chan
eelIor MacCracken was chosen chairman and
Mr. March, of Haverford who the only
to have a part in the meeting,
was made secretary
1t was expected that either New-York which
lad called the conference. or Union, which
xnown to be specially opposed to the continua-
in
'or the abolition of the game, but this was left
o another institution, which presented a reso-
ution saying that the game of football as
,layed at present under existing rules. should
,e abolished
Instantly half dozen delegates. chief among
whom was Colonel Howe. their feet
,btecting They did not want the game abol-
shed but reformed, and a substitute resolution
vas offered that the game of football should
lot be abolished. but should be reformed"
The argument was then fairly launched, and
or nearly two hours it continued. Union took
he lead in trying to secure the absolute aboli-
ion of the game, but it soon developed that the
cal ouestton was whether there should be what j..
,iybt he called technical abolition. or whether
he question of abolition should he put aside
Itoqether and only reform should be censid-
red
Columbia was for technical abolition. She :
,anted the conference to take the position that !
,otbau no longer existed and then proceed to 1
acure the appointment of rules committee 8
.hich should supply a substitute for the present
anne and when it was all over an expert could !
OF tell the difference between the new game i
nd the one which had become history. il
west Point fought manfully for reform and :
naily won the day by vote of fifteen TO eight :
olumbia Union and New-York each cast two Q
otes against the amendment, and Stevens cast
or single vote against IT, while Rochester di- !
idAs President Rhees being against the
.nendment and Professor Stroud for it La 5
lvette's delegates were late in arriving and did s
81 atpear i'm time to vote on this proposition. 7
Having got this much out of the way it be- :
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