The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-01-11
PROTEST AGAINST YALE

Just now th. foremost question in foot
ball legislation is not SO much what shall
be done who shall do II. Diplomatically
stated the proposition is. shall there he
a preponderance OF influence I'm the rule
making body? In other words. II there
is a union OF the old and new football
ruias committee, shall four Of the IA men
be Yale graduates?
The general public has paid little or
no attention TO the institutions from which
the chosen football legislators graduated.
! The same can be said in all liability
OF the New York conference which select
ed a committee OF seven The men were
picked from the institutions they are now
identified with and are listed as represen-
tatives OF these institutions
But college mon who have been iden-
titled with football in one way or an
other have been thinking over the mat
ter. and as there is politics I'm football,
the same as in observances OF college and
university activity, they are on guard lest
some institution gets balance OF power.
The result Is that some alumni OF Prince
ton, Pennsylvania and Cornell in Philadel-
phia have pointed out that Yale will WELD
relatively a much greater amount Of in
fluence in an amalgamated committee
than any othCr Institution.
1t is recognized by them that Yale is
and that Yale influence has always been
for the best football. But. notwithstand-
ing that, they feel that such an arrange
ment is open to just criticism and that an
equalization and n wider distribution
would be better for the game.
a fair way, IL has been suggest ted.
would be to have members or the rules
committee be graduates of the institu
tlon they represent Then there could
never be any suspicion or criticism re-
garding their position on matters that
came up for legislation.
This desire for equalization I'm repre-
sentation VIII have less weight in the
question Of amalgamation and, in fact,
probably not influence the position OF a
single institution The two committees
will be united. In it's proposal for a union
the new committee suggested an execu-
tive committee OF five 10 do the drawing
up of the rules and then submission TO
a vote by the remaining nine members.
Three of the old and two of the new COM
mittee were to comprise this executive
body.
The arrangement of this phase Of the
matter Will be the hard proposition TO
work out Upon what lines shall the
division be made? Geographical? Insti-
tutional? or shall It be so many from
one committee and so many from the
other, regardless of past or present af-
fiiations or location? Therein lies the
problem that must be solved before the
legislators can continue their work of
revision OF the rules. To outsiders this
political phase OF the question seems a
trivial matter. But to one familiar with
the history OF football legislation it's i'm
portance will be readily recognized.
The names and alma matters of the
two committees follow:
Old committee-Beii. Pennsylvania; ;
r'ine. Princeton Dashiel, Lehigh; Stagg.
Yale; Camp, Yale; Dennis, Michigan;
Reid, Harvard.
New committee-Wiiams. Yale Bah
bitt, Yale; Savage, Oberlin; Lees. West
orn Reserve and Johns Hopkins; Hall,
Dartmuth; DAILY, Harvard; Curtiss, Pur-
due