The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-08-22
WILL PLAY THE
ENGLISH CAME
AND CALIFORNIA
WILL HAVE TO GO 1T ALONE
DURING THE COMING YEAR.

California and Stanford will have to
go it alone in football this year. I'm
less the faculties Of the two univer-
sites relent at the last minute, the
football stars of the past will soon be
deep in the mysteries of the English
Rugby game or the game that has
been patched together under that name
These win be the only two great col
eges in the country to play Rugby.
Everywhere else, out of the great mass
Of denunciation-som well founded,
much hysterical-the old American in
tercOllegiate game has emerged vic
tOriOus, and the men who took the lead
In abOlishing it have decided to per-
init it again, under the same rules,
practically, but with promises of their
stricter enforcement. Not even the
smaller colleges of the west who to a
certain extent, look to California and
Stanford as guiding lights, could be
persuaded to follow in their footsteps
in this experiment. And it seems that
even the high schools are going to stay
with the old game SO the cardinal
and the blue and gold must be salts
fed with their own company and carry
on their own experiment.
1t is interesting to see the mood in
which the two colleges are going to
tackle the proposition. There is still.
in both institutions a strong under
current of feeling against the change,
| n In L. l.
late to secure a pardon for the old game
At both places it is felt that the inter-
| collegiate style of play was abolished
without a fair hearing It is frankly
stated by members of the different con-
! ferences that the latter were merely
a form as the presidents of the two
universities had already condemned
| the Intercollegiate game out of hand
with the ulumatum Rugby or moth
ing"
The university authorities here have
never claimed that the charges laid
at the door of the game in the East
apply to the game that is played out
here. The: "Kill-your- mani to win, "
game is not played if California In
all the years of football between Stan
ford and California there have been
surprisingly few serious injuries. Com
mercialism has not entered the Cali
| fornia game. There is no purchasing
of players: what a man gets either
at Stanford or California he is likely
to work for And in all the years of
Stanford California football there have
been but three or four fragrant cases
of what is designated as mukerism.
| The reason for this is that the col
leges have been fortunate in the gem
eral atmosphere that dominates their
athletics, and, most important, in hav-
ing officials who have not hesitated
to enforce the rules of the game with
out fear or favor.
All these facts have been admitted
and pointed to with pride by the ath-
letic authorities of the two univer-
Stiles but they have determined to
experiment, and experiment they prob
ably will. Rumors come from both uni
versities, however, that a final effort
is to be made by the students to get
back the old sport.
But the coaches of the two univer-
stiles have not waited to see if any
change is going to be made. They
have taken it for granted that Rugby
will be played and they have spent
the past few months equipping them
selves with the knowledge that they
hope will turn out winning teams. DR..
Oscar n. Taylor the California coach
has been abroad for several months,
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