The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-11
YALE In FAVOR
/ OF INAUGURATION
Blue Votes to Take In the New
Football Rules Com
mittee.
Journal Special Service.

journal Special Service.
New York Jan. 11.--Al doubts that the two
football rules committees would be consolidated
were dispelled today by the announcement that
Walter Camp, who Is the blues representative
ON the committee, had been authorized by the
athletic authorities favor the constitution. He
declared he would vote for it on Friday.
Both the old committee, composed of the ath-
letic representatives of the various colleges. and
the new one, formed by college presidents and
members of the faculties to reform the game,
will meet in this city Friday night and as the
new committees has chosen to work With the old
one the union Is practically, assured
Notice of Ya1es action was sent to the other
universities and the Harvard student body, upon
learning of it, became jubilant as they saw in
it an amalgamation and coming changes In the
rules that will assure the preservation of the
game at Cambridge.
Altho Pennsylvania, Princeton and Cornell are
said to be averse to union Of the old and
new committees, 1t is thought that Yale's step
will lead the others.
Pennsylvanians have been studying carefully
the makeup of the two committees. and have
found that of the fourteen members no less
! than -FOUR are Yale graduates. These are Walter
/ Camp, Stagg, DR.. Williams and Rabbit. Hary-
| ard has two graduates, Reid and DAILY. Pennsyl-
van1a and Princeton have only one representative
each, while Cornell has not graduate on either.
4 The Ithaca representative on the old rules COM
mittee is Professor Dennis
Harvard has been the mysterious quantity all
/ along, but her stand on the game for next year
was pretty plainly shown In the report of the
| committee Of graduates. Forward passage when
| the teams are between the 25yard line is one
/ Of the provisions. The most notable Of the other
1 recommendatie Is the disqualification of any
| player using brutal tactics, roughness or in
sulting talk. Two umpires and the head lines.
man are called upon to watch such offenses and
| punish them. The punishment is made leaving
the game, no substitute for five minutes of play
and for two ofenses no more playing by that
man for year. -
| The report says further that the distance to
be gained shall be ten yards in three downs.
Harvard Withdraws.
Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 1.-THE Harvard
athletic committee last night, after passing a
resolution that it unanimously in favor OF q
continuance of intercollegiate football provided
satisfactory changes can be made in the rules
decided to withdraw from the national football
rules committee and send a representative to tn,
national intercollegiate football rules committee
which was called by Chancellor McCracken O.
New York university. In a statement ISSUED
after the meeting the committee announced tina
Harvard withdraws from the old committee Ii
the hope that other colleges will do likewis
and SO leave but football committee zvhicl
| shall fairly represent all the colleges In tn
country. Harvard therefore will not be repre
sented at the meeting Of the old committee 4
|, New York.