Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
FOOT BALL NOTABLES !.
WITNESS RUGBY GAME
Hamilton Defeats Ottawa Be-
fore Representative Gath
ering in New York.

NEW YORK. December 1.-THE Ham,
iltor and ottawa, Ontario. foot ball
teams. two of the leading clubs OF Can
ada. gave an exhibition game of rugby, az
played in Canada at Van Cortlandt Park
this afternoon, before a representative
gathering of the best American foot bal
authorities and a vast crowd OF other
spectators who had been attracted by a
desire 20 see the game which has been
heralded BY some as the successor ot
American college foot ball now played.
Hamilton won. IL 10 Il.
Not understanding the rules of play at
| first the crowd was apathetic, but as
the play advanced there was more en-
thusiasm, and al the conclusion the pub
lie was Enthusiastically friendly TO the
game.
The rules committee of the American
Collegiate Foot Ball Association meets
in this city during Christmas week. and
it is EXPECTED that It's members, nearly
all of whom Witnessed the game today.
will consider a revision OF the rules.
bearing i'll mind the Rugby game as ex-
hibited today. Among the head coaches.
trainers and ether American authorities
there seemed to be consensus of opin-
sence OF mass play in the Rugby. gam.
is responsible for tine few accidents which
have resulted The game is divided into
four quarters of fifteen minutes each
The teams exchange goals between quar-
tiers. and there was a ten-ninute inter
mission between the second and third
quarters. One Ottawa man was slightly
hurt in he first five minutes OF PLAY.
but after that not "A player was injured
until near the end of the contest when.
in fast and strenuous playing, three men
We're retired. The rules provide that
no matter how slightly a player is hurt
he must retire to avoid possible further
| injury.
| The frs quarter. when Hamilton scored
four points to Ottawa's nothing. brought
out many features of Rugby. The game
was marked by spectacular kicking h.
| the backs on both sides This. and til.
| rule against mass play. led to much open
playing. which appealed particularly to
| the spectators.
The principal element of roughness
| comes in the tacklng. which may be done
4 by one player only, and, which because
OF the long kicks and great runs, con-
| tributes degree of danger. Three of the
fourteen players on each side are called
/ 'scrimmager and they, occupyin;;
positions directly back of the line OF
tackles and guards known as wings"
do whatever Scrimmaging there is
Among the foot ball authorities who
came TO New York to witness the game
are r. w. p. Brown. head coach at Har-
ward: Alonzo a. Stage, athletic director
| at the University of Chicago; Lieut.
Berrien. athletic director at Annapolis:
| Lieut.. Nelly, athletic director at West
Point; t. w. Marble Brown University.
! Prof. Caffea, webb Academy: DR.. S. +.
Newton, former head coach at the I-ni-
versity of Pennsylvania r. Ross Will
Hams. Williams College; Percy Haugh-
ton. Harvard coach; Capt. Ted Coy
| of the Yale team and Walter Camp, the
dean of foot ball authorities.
Mr.. Camps opinion of the game was
| eagerly sought, but he said he had not
| formed any definite opinion except that
| he believed accidents would be reduced
| in the American game il mass scriIn-
images were eliminated, and the Canadian
! style of open playing and free kicking
were adopted. He also approved the
| rule making it compulsory To retire 4
| player even though very slightly injured.
/ Mr.. Stage said that he believed in
| time the Rugby game could be made as
| popular as the American game, but that
| to adopt all of the Rugby rules would
| mean the education over again of the
| college athlete, which would be a long
process.
| Some of the American experts We're
opposed to the Rugby game on the
ground that it did not admit of the
theoretical and scientific niceties of the
American contest.