New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-12
oNE RULES COMMITTEE.
r,nIGIMATION LIKELY.
root1,aH Solons Mast Agree an Order
fo SaUe the Game.

-,. condemnation OF the OLD tootpaIl Io
-,;ttee. made up of representatives OF Har-
. vale. princeton, Pennsylvania Corneli'
'z,..so and Annapolis, with the committee 0p
o-T.+ad recently by the conference OF uhlNelsi
poin'oN colleges is almost sure to be effected
- ,.4+ when the two committees meet IN inns
'o---s1 IT.r-ard has already withdrawn from the
Guy .,r,,i,+ae as told in The Tribune Thurs
o- o,5 thrown her lot with the conference
oas' -. and Yale has formally declared III
Quinn. L.. o,afparastion and instructed Waiter
i 81 :. n vote 1t might almost be said thaI
No,.ae radical move has practically oissoiVeo
y. committee and that instead Of amaIga-
-, q new committee, representative OF an
- Universities and colleges in the country VIII
=. o--onized. All things considered, thls inuSI
50 done to save the game.
1-,nceton- Cornell, Pennsylvania. chicago anu
.rnanolis have not declared themselves ioi
= rta question Of au1algamation, but IN splte
~ minors IL dissatisfaction from Philaoel-
=. soanos probable that the question mas
20 r., viewed in he same spirit as obtained a.
--,,a ond Harvard, and that the representatives
:, .besa institutions VIII go 10 the meetlnS pre-
.a-.6 IN vote for a national rules committee
acc matter Of fact, such procedure VIII pTac-
.,o.IIv he forcsd upon them. as with Harvard
-.,tb6rawal ana Yales favorable a1utuoe me
r,bsrs can hardly fail to follow the lead
II will take some time for the TWO coiii-
,rIttees TO agree on the best ways ana means
a. affect z coalition, and the actuI reNiSloN
n the rules ana notifications IN me gam
Ill rrobably Be delayed short time. This
,,+4Ia T,on,ent Reform IS assured, and
.s,-. &c nienty Of tine to accomplish this before
.nn+bsr season rolls around Il is not unlikely
,b.t the suggestions for amalgalnation mace oS
+,a conference committee will be adopted IN the
Main with a few minor changes. This is only
6 ouastion al detail The suggestions mace Oy
the new committee were as follows:
r.rst-Tbat the two committees be amalgemated
tnfo national committee 10 meet ann -
second-That me nalEGEa d disc,,ss changes and
notifications Of the existing rules o. eaN!I
Tbird.That IN executive committed Of fiEe he
chosen from the national committee for lhe PVT
Recommendation OF the national committee
Fourth-That the five members OF the eAecu dd
committee be made up OF three from tEe ~ $50
rules committee and two from the NeW-1o rK CON
FJbEThat the rules determined upon by the
ecutiVe committee be submitted TO the ln3lFluua4
members OF the general committee for ratlncation
era committee these rules shall become the ofnclal
rules for the ensuing year.
The withdrawal Of Harvard from the old COM
nittee was the one subject Of conversation yes
.srday wherever those interested in the sport
those who have been in sympathy with the new
conference committee. It naturally strengthened
its position in the football world, strong it
may have been before. It was felt that even
IL the other universities represented on the old
rules committee should decide against a COM
binaton the conference committee allied with
Harvard could draft new set of rules which
would be even universally adopted than
those made by the other committee.
VIII Harry ri hos Toya 1xxyaS pf
Well received by some, and there feeling
that II would have been better if this move had
been delayed until the old committee had con-
fened tonight and the views of the other menu
bers Of the committee had been heard. 1t was
pointed out however, that this only another
indication that Harvard had little hope of any
real reform. so far as the old committee was
concerned. a crisis had come at Cambridge, it
was said. that had 10 be met in a way that
would satisfy those who absolutely favored the
$Apension Of the game for a year at least.
resident Eliot has stated his opinion on the
subject IN way which leaves doubt 70
no" ne Iee-s, ana ne has naturally many follow
eis among harvard men. The Harvard athletic
committee has put itself on record, however, as
Delng IN favor OF the continuance Of the game
II necessary changes be made in the rules so
as TO make it acceptable. That committee wants
J" save the game for Harvard and probably
look the radical step believing that the ends
SVuiu oetLef be reached by throwing in her lot
with the conference committee than by de-
pending on the old committee. which had failed
N the past" according 10 DR. Eliot.
Al ING meeting Of the Harvard overseers on
wednesday there was said to be a difference of
opinion Is 10 the steps Harvard should take,
Ust tey plainly demanded radical revision
" me rules IN their. communication to the Har-
.aro athletic committee judged from the resou-
LIONS adopted by that body. Harvard men in
ILis CITY yesterday were not willing to comment
On PRESIDENT EIots terse expression on the
-eiorrns proposed by the graduate football COM
mittee: The suggestions of the graduate COM
Inlttee are entirely Inadequate" A well known
laIe graduate, who would not be quoted, said,
however, that If tho suggestions as made by
ria III
ulat could be expected If the game was to be
preserved as American football