Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13
Old and New Gridiron Com
mittees Anal Jamated.
LONG SESSION IN NEW YORK
Prof. Dennis, Camp and Reid Elected
to Principal Offices.
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS
Herrera Knocked Out Corbett-Sulli-
van Beat Rice-After Golf Tour
neys-Base Ball Notes.
LONG SESSION IN NEW YORK
RACING AT NEW ORLEANS

NEW YORK, January 13.-The two foot
ball rules committees the old standing
committee and the new committee of the
national intercollegiate foot ball confer
ence met in this city last night in separate
hotels. The former convened at the Hotel
Netherland and the latter at the Murray
Hill Hotel. After a little preliminary work
the two committees got together at the
Hotel Netherland to discuss amalgama-
ton.
After more than two hours, the two COM
mittees agreed on the method Of amalga-
mation, and elected officers.
resolution was adopted that the press
be informed that the two committees had
smalgamated upon the understanding that
the chairman should be elected from the old
committee and the secretary from the con-
ference committee. and that Walter Camp
act editor of the rules.
Upon ballot Prof Dennis OF Cornell was
elected chairman; DR.. Rabbit of Haver-
ford secretary. and Walter Camp editor
of rules. DR.. Babbitt rendered his resigna-
ton secretary In favor OF w. Z. Reid
of Harvard, who was elected secretary
from the conference committee.
At the conference the old committee was
represented by Paul Dashed of Annapolis.
chairman; Prof. l.. NJ. Dennis of Cornell;
Prof. J. B. Fine of Princeton, and Walter
Camp of Yale, and John 6. Bell of the
University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Alonzo
A. Stage of the University of Chicago. was
unable to attend on account of the death
of President Harper.
The members of the other committee
present were +. Homer Curtiss of the Uni
versity of Texas. E. X. Hall. Dartmouth;
Lieut.. Charles d. Daily of West Point DIR.
James A Babbitt of Haverford and C. NJ.
Savage of Oberlin. Prof Lees of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, and DR.. Williams of
the University of Minnesota, were not pres
ant Enfi 4r Of IIat. ord
an added member of this committee.
While the committee still at the
Murray Hill Hotel Mr.. Reid arrived, and
under the rules adopted at the confer
ence on December % was made member,
and subsequently in the meeting at the
Hotel Netherland acted with his new
friends and ignored the old committee of
which Harvard has been a member for so
many years.
The preliminary work of getting the two
committees together was easily accom-
pllshed. The first move was telephone
consultation between DR.. Babbitt and Wal
ter Camp. This was followed by the re-
ceipt of a note of half hour later by Mr..
Camp from the men at the Murray Hill
and another telephone talk between MIR.
Camp and DIR. Babbitt; then Prof. Dennis
took his turn with the Haverford repre-
sentative explaining to him the things
which the new committee must not demand
from the old organization. After that there
was a twenty-minute conversation at the
Murray Hill Hotel, and at $50 pm the
two committees were shaking hands in the
small dining room at the Hotel Neither
Hand.
Everything went along in fine shape at
the start but soon II became evident that
the men from the Murray Hill were de-
termined to carry the fight In the organiza-
ton of the new amalgamated committee.
1t came to such a pass that they with
drew from the room. Mr.. Reid among
them, and retired to a separate conference
20 prepare ultimatum.
The old committee had voted unanimously
for amalgamation, and made every effort
10 obtain an amicable agreement, Mr.. Bell
acting as the ambassador