New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-13
HARMONY IN FOOTBALL
COMMITTEES JOIN HANDS.
Long Session at Hotel NetberIand
Ends an AmaIgamatioR.

There is harmony in football After many
conferences and much playing OF politics, which
lasted five hours, the old football rules COM
rnittec. representing Yale Princeton, Pennsyl-
eania. Cornell, Chicago and Annapolis. formed
an amalgamation late last night with the COM
rnittee of seven named by the Conference OF
Universities and Colleges. REINFORCED by the aa-
aition Of Harvard. which had withdrawn from
The old committee and had been duly elected
member. of the conference committee.
= might he more to the point 10 say thaI
nov national rules committee was organized
with Professor L. NJ. Dennis, Of Cofheh %
chairman. and W T. Reid jr-. Of Harvard sec,
,o.srz- Il vas almost midnight wileh MI -
nd the first formal statement for
rTo anne out of .he committee room anu -
,,,.;o,, vas adopted that the press ~
.tor7osd that the two committees i''u
.+oa unon the understanding Niat '''N -,
-,.o,,Id no elected from the OLD cominl'es9
and the secretary from the - the
ord that Walter Camp act as eoiI"i - IN
rules. r,,o,, was
80 chairman; Dr. Babbitt, Of HaVerioru'
-,,r...rv and Walter Camp editor Oh iuleS'
- z.sbbitt rendered his resignation aS So
= a.; fo,-o- of W. T. Reid. OF Harvard "'4O
- .I.cted secretary from the. conference Gull
snittee ....a ,,.os rem
At the conference the old coflli'ilt'Se hair
,.o,+a5 bv Paul Dashiel, or AnnapolAs'
,..r. Professor l. n. Dennis OF Coi -.
fessor 7 b Fine of Princeton "'i'0' -
o4 vale. and John c. Bell. OF the III, 80 -
Pennsylvania Professor AiollNo - - o++ena
e.. T-ntversity of Chicago. was unable 70 a1e'i'O
'4i' -, 90 the death of President Harper.
''l .,,,rs Of the other committee present
- Homer C,,rtiss Of the University u
- K Hall Dartmouth Lieu'ei''N-
49,. n T)alv. Of West Point; Dr. James a.
y,-hh,.+ oP Haverford, and G M 0aF"eS'
r,r.-lio Professor Lees, OF the university VI ~
h-estra and Dr. Williams of the CIAi'eI - -
.,,,nAso,s were not present Wlllanl l.
>. ~ Harvard, was an added me1nper u ms
committee. ,,r,,+-
EarIv IN the evening the conference oO-l-
tee met at the Murray Hill HOTEL "heie
Reid tr, Of Harvard, made apPHcabioa -
,o,ss;on 10 the Conference Of universities ana
+r-,,a. rr,,. committee went further and made
I,~, q member of the committee on the theory
80 - mas empowered by the conference TO
form, If nossible an amalganlation win the men
NJ Harvard, Yale, Princeton etc II was con-
sidered partial amalganation
The old rules committee was IN session az 'ile
Hotel Netherland.
This committee met and after some discus
sion voted unanimously under instructions from
the -ar,ous universities for amagamation with
thu old committee, If such an amalgamauon
could be made by conserving the interests OF
to+b committees An invitation was then sent
m the conference committee TO come 10 the
Hotel Nethcrland to discuss the best methods to
unite.
The preliminary work Of getting the Two COM
rnittees together was easily accomplished. The
eIe-
mr.. Rabbit and Walter Camp. This was fol-
lowed BY the receipt OF note half hour later
bv Mr. Camp from the men at the Murray Hill
and another telephone talk between Mr.. Camp
and DR. Rabbit; then Professor Dennis took
his turn with the Faverford representative ex-
,lainine TO him the things which the new COM
1rittee must not demand from the Old organiza-
ton After that there was a twenty minute con-
,ersatiop al the Murray Hill Hotel. and at $50
o m. the two committees were shaking hands IN
tie small dining room at the Hotel Nctherland-
With Harvard q member of the conference
committed the old committee was IN the MINOR
fty and while matters went smoothly at nrsi,
tt was not long before split seemed inmlnent7
as the new committee seemed disposed 70 ask
TOO much when il came 70 a question 81 or
ganiZation
This resulted in the conference committee
vyithora wing to decide another plan Tor
amalgarnation. This plan eventually proved sat
tsfactory, and the committee vas duly
formed.
The revision OF the rules was not considered
The committee then adjourned until January =
at 10 a. m, at place to bs decided on later.