Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-04

have football restored at Northwestern
and still am enthusiastic over Its
right to place. OF course, the deatf
of Cadet Byrne is deplorable. But as
game, football is comparatively safe
in colleges now with their excellent
system of coaching and training
Prof. George w. Patterson, faculty
member and chairman of athletic
board of control at University Of
Michigan, Ann Arbor.-'In my opinion
canoeing and rowing are more danger
GUS than football. In the twenty
years that have been watching foot
ball at Ann Arbor there never has
been a death here caused by foot
ball game But we have canoeing
fatalities every year"
The Rev. John Cavanaugh, president
University OF Notre Dame, South
Bend, Ind.-"S pasms of virtue do moi
help. Football today is less violent
form of amusement than it ever has
been before. The unfortunate acct
dents to these two young men will not
occasion any importnt changes in the
manner of playing the game. Boys
nave. found way of perishing even
when football was not played"
Prof. Howard M'Clenehan, secretary
FACULTY committee on outdoor sports
Princeton university, Princeton, N. J
Il think that Byrne's death, al
though 1t may cast cloud over foot
ball, is not to be taken as an accident
by any means characteristic of the
game as 1t Is now played. The mode
or play now in vogue has greatly re
duced the chances of serious injuries
l do not think that this will have any
effect upon Princeton's position in
football"
Hill M. Bell, president of Drake uni
Versity.-'T am sure we all deplore the
death of Byrne. But such an accident
is liable to occur in the progress OF
any game which Is pursued. by the
vigorous young men Of today. l like
the game of football, and cannot see
that many permanent injuries are re
ceiyed in it, when the number of the
participants is considered"
A. B. Storms, president Of Ames Ag
r1cultural.-"I do not think that the
death of this West Point player is
enough Of an Indictment against foot
ball to bring about it's adjustment IT
general | think that the game Is all
right, but there are SO many questions
pertaining to It's present vogue in the
colleges that 1 cannot take them up
satisfactorily at this time. will dis
cuss them in my next annual report.
Capt. John M. Bower, superintend
ent United States Naval academy, An.
napolis, Md.-"So far my opinion as
to football is unaltered. | have not
arrived at conclusion adverse to Its
continuance at the Naval academy"
Maj, Gen. ]. Franklin Bell, Chief of
STAR. United Estates army, Washing
ton, D. C.-"More injuries are sustain
ed in teaching the cadets to swim, in
the baseball games, in polo, and in
general gymnastic work, than in foot
ball"
John F. Nollen, president of Lake
Forest university, Lake Forest, ILL.,
The rules today are adequate, but
the officials are lax They allow alto.
gether too many infractions, these be.
ing in the nature of violations of the
rules OF good craftsmanship.
injuries cannot be done away with
These occur in all branches of sport
You cannot have game without run
ming risk of somebody getting hurt
There is no need for discrimination
against football-that is as played in
colleges"
Automobiling baseball and other
sports have their casualties The
tragedies of the gridiron invariably at
tract more attention than these, how
ever, because the opposition to the
game has Away been greater.