The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-14

officers and made a good start in the
meeting will be held in this city Jan.
81. By that time it is expected the
proposed changes will have been dis
cussed pretty thoroly, and Some of
them ready to be acted on. The first
thing the committee Of fourteen did
after electing officers was to decide
on a name and the following impress
sive title was chosen: The American
intercollegiate Football Rules COM
mittee. This committee consists of
the following persons: Professor L.
NJ. Dennis, Cornell, chairman; W. T.
Reid, Jr, Harvard, secretary; Walter
Camp, Yale, editor Of rules; J. D. Fine,
Princeton; John G. Bell, Pennsylva-
mia; Paul Dashiell, Annapolis; Lieu
tenant G. D. Daily, West Point; A. A.
Stage, Chicago; DR.. H. L. Williams,
Minnesota; E. K. Hall, Dartmouth;
F. 81. Curtiss, Texas; Professor James
Babbitt, Haverford; C. W. Savage,
Oberlin; Mr.. Lees, Nebraska.
Three Absentees.
Of these all were present at Friday
| nights history making proceedings ex-
! cept DR.. William Lee and Stage. It
Was decided that eight members of the
| committee shall constitute a quorum,
and that eight votes shall be necessary
to constitute a vote of the commit
tee. The members Of the committee
unable to attend the meetings may
send alternates or delegates. The real
work Of revision is to be done by sub
committees; their findings, however,
are to be ratified by a vote of the
whole committee before becoming laws.
On the subcommittee on provisions.
for eliminating brutal play the follow
ing were appointed: John G. Bell,
chairman; F. H. Curtiss, DR.. Rabbit
and Paul Dashiell.
The work to be done by the foregoing
subcommittee is very important and as
much, if not more so, is the work to be
done by the following subcommittee on
"Suggestions looking toward the open
ing Of the game: Walter Camp, chair
man; E. K. Hall, and W. T. Reid. The
latter committee will have the most to
do in making practical changes for
bringing about a freer, wider, and more
interesting game, and at the same time
to preserve the desirable features, All
three are practical football men, Mr..
Camp, the chairman, being reckoned as
not only one Of the most thoro football
men in the country, but one who has the
game at heart and has sound Judgment
as to what the proposed changes will
accomplish. The committee on brutal
ity and foul play is also regarded as one
fitted to deal with the question.
Professor Dennis, chairman; Profess
sor Babbitt and plain Mr. Reid are the
subcommittee on "Suggestions as to
ways and means for the appointment Of
central body officials
A subcommittee was appointed on
"Propositions looking toward a field
laboratory and consisting of Daily,
, chairman; Fine and Savage. The field
r laboratory presumably is place where
1 the committee can experiment on the
? formations and arrangements of play
4 ers in general that may come up for
t discussion.
r Eleven of the committeeman have
q places on the subcommittee. OF these
h Eve are from the old committee and six
a are from the conference committee, the
q latter including Reid, who shook the
old committee one day and joined the
conference committee the next day
Then as member of the amalgama
ton committee was back, before the
!, second day was over, on the commit
tee, which included the committeemer
that Harvard pulled away from.
t. This action of Harvard is still dis
II cussed in football circles. They coult
id not fathom Harvard s movement in get
8. ting away from the old committee will
rs amalgamation about to be accomplished
re They regarded it as somewhat amusin,
le that Harvard representative shoult
t. be back on the committee with the mel
just forsaken. Reid, however, get
m plenty of recognition by being on tw
IS. subcommittee. Each of the two forme
committees has two chairmen on sub
committee. There is a fair share o
on politics in the amalgamation game
ce There is still some uncertainty 7egardin
lib the future of football at Harvard. An
{" agreement that the American interco
IL legiate football rules committee ma
II, reach in the rules revision may not net
NJ essarily be acceptable to Harvard, q
NJ the overseers of the corporation of tia
ed institution could turn them down If 8
disposed.