Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-04
FOR CLEAN FOOT BALL
Action of the Western College
Conference.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| CHICAGO, H., February 3.-Coach Stage,
speaking OF the action Of the western col
iege conference on foot bali. said: Il knew
that the blow was coming. but the commit
tee certainly was sweeping in its resolutions
It was. of course. their purpose to guard
| against any future criticism on the grounds
OF professionalism or anything savoring of
1t in any way. and they have done their
work well. can't prophesy as to the prob
| able workings under the new regime. A
training table is. naturally, the best way to
develop a good team
Dean George E. Vincent of the junior
/ colleges Of the university said that he con-
sidered 1t a significant fact that the con-
ference authorities got together with such
| unanimity and such spontaneity in their
demand for clean sportsmanship. He said
/ THE action will put foot ball back to
| where 1t was twenty years ago, back to a
| purely amateur plane. The spirit of pro-
| fessionalism and high specialization was
running away with the old ideals The
| adjustment Of the training table is an ex-
| cellent one. 1t will put the upon an
| honor system of training. A certain amount
! of moral stamina will be required for a
| man to subject himself voluntarily and
/ without coercion to the rigors of strict
| training, and those who cannot observe
! university on the athletic field. At Yale, I
/ remember, several men were ruled off the
| crew simply because they did not have
| sufficient moral responsibility to train.
| Herding together crowd of men at
/ training table and checking them up at
bed time is a good device to develop a beef
| machine, but mighty poor way to develop
| d human machine. 1t is simply return
| to the old English idea of keeping in train
ing all the time rather than of going into
training for season ana then punging
| into all sorts of gastronomic excuses"
AT the University of Michigan the student
| sentiment was that the action was too
| strong. Mr. Yost should be made men,
Der of the faculty said Director of Ath-
! letics Baird. He has a flve-year contract
! with the athletic association. a contract
| virtually ratified by the university senate.
! Minnesotas and Chcago's coaches are fac
| ulty members; 4aiichigans ought to be one,
! too.
LET Yost be a faculty member. Do not
| abolish the training table limit the
| schedule to five games. The one-year resi-
dence proposition and proposed rules
| against high prices and preseason practice
| are good features. The adoption of the
| rule against degree men playing would In
| Jure US, especially as both Hammond, half
| back, and Barlow, quarter back. who intend
| to come back to school next fall, will grad
| uate from the law department next June"
The action was generally approved at the
| University of Wisconsin as far as the fac
/
| jected
| At the University of Illinois it was said
| that the provision regarding coaching does
! not meet with favor and 1t is held that the
/ graduate system is vogue is not evil.
| Students and the faculty at the University
| of Minnesota were greatly surprised at the
| drastic action taken
| Some of the students at the Northwestern
| University were disposed to find fault with
few of the resolutions of the conference.
| At Notre Dame the faculty and those In
| charge of athletics were delighted with the
| results. They declared that If the suggest
| ed reforms were carried out Notre Dame
| would be on equal footing with other
| colleges of the middle west. The clause
ousting professional coaches is considered
| the best of all. Notre Dame is not willing
| to abolish the game, and member of the
| faculty will be engaged to coach all the
| teams and direct gymnasium classes.
Special Dispatch to The Star
| ANN ARBOR, Mich, February 3.-Au-
| gust Russ, Browns premier athlete cap
| tain of the Providence Institutions foot
| ball eleven last season, and one of Walter
| Camps selections for substitute ends on
| the all-American, will enter Michigan next
| year. The news is held to be authentic, as
| it comes from an old Brown man, who
| knows Russ personally.
Yet Michigan's athletics will not be bene-
| flied by Russs coming for the crack Bru-
| uOUian mas participated his allotted time
IN college sports. He has also figured in
track athletics at the eastern university for
four years. Were he eligible he would I'M
doubtedly be a valuable addition to either
track or gridiron squad, as his record
shows.
PHILADELPHIA February 3.-For six
weeks the University of Pennsylvania foot
ball authorities have had within their num-
Der second member of the American in
tercollegiate foot ball rules committee and
have been in complete ignorance of his
presence. The man in question is F. Homer
Curtiss He Is coach of the wrestling team
assistant gymnastic instructor and a mem,
Der of the freshman class of the medical
department. Until the Quakers were ac-
quainted with Curtiss' presence and iden-
tlty here they thought that John C Bell
charter member of the committee was
the only representative they had among the
foot ball solons.
AS matter of fact Curtiss has been in
the city, occupying his present position
ever since last September. On the commit
tee he does not represent Pennsylvania, but
the University of Texas, at which instttu-
tion ne was formerly coach and player
When the New York conference was called
by Chancellor MacCracken of New York
University the Texas authorities asked Mr.
Curtiss to represent Them and as Curtiss
was the only man present from the south
he was named on the rules committee. the
conference not knowing about his position
at Pennsylvania.
PORTLAND, February BIN the opinion
of President P. L. V. Campbell of the Uni
versity of Oregon it Is quite likely that the
athletic council, consisting of three MEM
bers of the faculty. three, graduates and
three students, will pass rule permitting
not more than three days absence from
the university at any one time for athletic
trips.
The meaning of this is that, while the
annual foot ball trip to California Will not
be entirely done away with, but one game
would be played under such a regulation
1t is also possible that ARRANGEMENTS will
be- made by which the foot ball team will
alternate, one year going to California and
the next to Seattle for the annual game
with the University of Washington
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