The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-09
toned, and against which the fight of


out of the question to make a forecast
as to the probable strength of the elev-
ems which shall compete in the games
scheduled for the coming season.
1t was possible last year to antici-
pate that Pennsylvania would make a
good showing on the gridiron, and in
the forecast which was made by the
writer in September attention was
MIA eleven was possessed of strength,
which should make it formidable: thru
out the season. So it proved to be-.
Further attention was called to the
possibilities in the Yale eleven, which
had been put together for fast, rsngy
game. and Yale proved it's right to be
considered respectfully that respect.
This season, however, what Yale may
Go, what Harvard may do,Iwhat Penn
the scores of other colleges may do,
which will shortly begin football prac-
ticee, devolves almost entirely upon
their method of applying the new rules
to the players connected " with their
elevens. There is, it is true, at the be-
ginning Of the season a mutual footing
on which all colleges may stand, as all
encounter the new rules in common. It
need not be expected to last long. The
OF the men who are to play under his
instruction will be the first to place an
eleven in the field which shall exempli-
fly the thoroness and ability to win I'M
der new conditions. 49,
To figure out a championship in adj
vance for any eleven this year will be
quite out of the question for more rea-
sons than one. Faculty Introduction
has shut down on the games Of the
'Big Four in the west. It will be
1 i'm SSH; to- TAXI any line Inc on the com,
that section, because there will be no
mutual exchange of contests.
Yale, in the east, will play Harvard
and Princeton, but Harvard has no
game with Pennsylvania this year, and
as neither Yale nor Princeton plays
Pennsylvania, the quakers are compara-
lively isolated for the first time in sea-
sons. Michigan will come east to play
a game with Pennsylyania, but Michi-
and Minnesota, so the western basis for
comparison is lost.
That the game will be general in
spite Of the crusade made against it by
some Of the college faculties at the
close Of the season of 1905 is certain.
In fact, there are comparatively few
colleges at which it will not be played.
Columbia is out Of the sport in. the
east, to the general dislike of the stu
dents, who feel that so long as Column
bia made such distinction against the
Of the college to attempt to assist in
developing the new game on improved
lines.
In the west the most important col
lege to abandon football is Wisconsin.
It is said the faculty had more objec-
tion, to the side issues Of the game than
to the actual sport itself. The creep
full to the Wisconsin professors.
The fight against football in the win
ter Of zoos was actuated by different
motives. In some places there was
earnest desire to remodel the game on
the lines urged by the public. Other
colleges wanted change in order that
their material might have a better
showing on the gridiron than had been
possible under the old rules. Still an
other cause for, the criticism of the
game was the jealousy of petty profes;;
because the football coaches received
more for: their services than those who
taught the adult mind how to shoot in
the proper manner. -
It is not claimed that the game of
this year is likely to be perfect by any
means: On the contrary, those who
have, been laboring to modify it desire
hearty support from all colleges. to as
slst in adjusting any incongruities
which may be manifest after teams
have begun to practice for the coming
season.
No one knows with any positiveness
just what kind Of game will be the
outcome since the change in the rules,
but there is a hopeful belief that the
sport will follow those lines which have
been suggested in the way Of making it
more pleasant to the contestants and
other words, it is the belief Of the com
mittee on rules that they have intro
duced more actual football into foot,
ball. rs. - /
Go be continued next Sunday.)