The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-29
NEW FOOTBALL COMMITTEE
AGAIN TO AMALGAMATE WITH
Old RULE MAKERS.
intercollegiate Athletic Association 10
Elect IT'S seven embers To-day Exec
utlye Committee Meets Prior to the
Annual Convention 20 Outline work.


The intercollegiate Athletic Association OF
the United States is 10 hold its annual con-
vention at the Murray Hill Hotel to-day, and
preliminary to the convention the executive
committee met last night and went over the
business to come up to-day. The executive
committee is composed of Capt. Palmer r.
Pierce, West Point. chairman; Prof. Louis
Bevier. Rutgers: Prof. Henry d. Wild, VIII
iams: Prof. Herbert WEIGH, Ohio Wesleyan;
Prof. Frank Strong. Kansas University. and
Prof. W. L.. Dudley. Vanderbilt University.
Profs. WEIGH and strong were not present
last night. Prof. Rice was on hand in place
Of Prof. WEIGH.
Although the /. c. A. OF the United States aims
to exercise q supervision over college sports
in general. its course as pertains 10 football
is OF the most immediate interest. The
executive committee last night nominated
the members OF it's new football rules COM
mittee, the nominees to be elected at to-days
general meeting. As soon as the new COM
mittee is elected steps will be taken to bring
about amalgamation with the represents
tives OF Harvard, Yale. Princeton. Penn
syIvanis. Cornell. Annapolis and the Uni
versity Of Chicago.
In tact the two portions OF the rules COM
mittee will be merged, just about as they
were last winter, and the formation OF the
meetin IS to discuss the playing rules are
quite likely to work along as smoothly as
they did this year.
The way the |. &. A. U. S. feels about the
matter is told in a statement OF the order OF
business for to-day. which contains the follow
Ing:
The football rules mi elected for 1907
shall be composed Of seven members. and be d.
rected to act as follows;
OF Yale, Princeton. Harvard, pennsylvania, Cornell.
Annapolis and chicago uliVetslles, VINO ,consu,
rules committee during, 1909. and propose that
the committees be amalgsimated into one which
shall formulate rules under which football shall be
SeconCly-If this amalgamatlon be refused. then
the above named committee OF seven shall proceed
20 formulate rules under which football snail DO
Thirdly-That the seven members elected by this
conference shall be guided In their action so as 10
Elimination Of rough and brutal playing tci
Definite and precise rules OF play. tdl Organiza
tion and control OF officials In order that the rules
made shall be strictly and lmpartially enforced.
As to the other committeeman refusing
ANA gamation there is little likelihood OF that.
and as the objects named as sought in the
new rules were brought about by this years
code II is improba BILE that any changes, OF
1 consequence will be by either
conference or original members.
Capt. Pierce. who is president Of the assoc
citation. said last night that the conference
rules committeeman would get In touch
with the other seven without loss Of time.
As to the rules themse Ives. ne said there
Conference seven and the other seven are
pretty Generally agreed that the rules as
i 81 SSrobs be that The rules Committee after
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the reama lgamation will have very much
the same personnel as it had this year.
There may be one or two changes in the
makeup OF the conference seven, put in the
main the same fourteen men who successfully
revised the rules will again comprise the
committee. The conference will not do
much in the way OF instructing its com
mitteemen. IL Is felt that the, committeemen
themselves are best fitted 10 deal with points
affecting the actual playing Of the game.
4 vote OF thanks is 70 be extended TO the
seven conference members because 1T is the
opinion Of this conference that the rules
committee appointed at the meeting Decein-
Der -, 1895, fulfilled their duties in an able
and satisfactory manner. that the rules Of
play adopted by the ,amalgamation COM
removed Objectionable features of play under
the old rules"
flcers are to be heard to-day. Also n discus
sion on whether n national athletic organiZa-
ton Of colleges and universities is. advisable.
IL so is this ASSOCIATION organized along the
right lines, and should its efforts TO control
college athletics be increased Then Will
come the election Of the football rules COM
The /. {. \. at present has about thirty
five members. representatives OF all col
,eGes' whefheT n or out o. dhe ASSOCIATION;
and express their views. \ Harvard repre-
sentative Is expected. but whether Vale,
Princeton, PennsvlNania, Cornell. Chlcag 20 and
Annapolis VIII send representatives remains
The association has no intention Of telling
the univer sites what eligibility rules they
must have. said Capt. Pierce last night,
The biz colleges need have no fear Of being
controlled by the little ones. We do think
H. advisable for us TO formulate eligibility
for certain Of the smaller institutions which
need guidance in that sort Of thing. but IA
for the big Institutions they can have their
own eligibility rules and conduct their own
affairs a. suits them, hut We would have
them all united in an association to promote
strictly amateur sport; Clean lea r sport % on "a. an
I to put the college sport Of the country"