The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-11-11
WHAT'S The MATTER WITH PRESENT.DAY FOOTBALL GAME?
NC" Ndea to lessen Chances OF Fatal
Leads to Changes
to Save Game Abolish

ball goes to the opponents en- the spot
Where the ball was put in Dlay for
that third down. Who's going to try
a forward pass under such condi-
tions? Naturally enough, since they
are hampered by such n rule. a team
IN its own territory has simply got to
stick to line bucking on the first two
GOWNS and punting on the third"
Asked how he would remedy this
difficulty. Mr.. Herman said:
Easy and simple. Let them re-
move these penalties, or else modify
them"
No Remedy, Says Coach Warner.
Carlisle, Pa. Glenn s. Warner.
the Carlisle Indian football coach.
said:
"Of course football is a rough game
ana tEerH lS an element OF danger in
IL. rrooabiy but little more so that in
otheH branches CT athletics. 1t is SIM
Ply an unfortunate coincident that
these accidents have happened. They
are not due to any radical fault in ,he
game. and don't see any way to rem
edy the rules to make football less
rough, although | think changes can
be made in the rules to make it a bet
ter game"
IrincIpai Wants to Stop the Game.
Brooklyn, \. Y.-Dr. William Fair
ley. at Commercial High School.
Brooklyn, said:
II thoroughly disaDnrove of foot
ball. AID | wish / could stop it imme-
diately. 1t is rough and brutal and
should be abolished am writing to
the parents Of the football players in
my school. hoping that enough will
prohlbit their sons from playing SO
that the team will break up. am
also demanding signed statement
from the family physicians declaring
the candidates to be physically lit to
play"
Fighting Safer Than Football.
IittsburS. Pa.-Because Of the re-
cent football fatalities, Samuel An
drews, superintendent of the pubIic
schools of Pittsburg. took a decided
stand against the game, and ii is
probable that every influence will be
Drought to hear for the suppression
OF football here
II think fighting is better sr-:I, -
said Superintendent Andrews. "Ion
many Young men are killed and sef-
oCsly injured in football, and the
game should be done away with
No Remedy. Says Eefcrce Sharpe.
PAii2delphia.-Dr A. /. C. Sharpc
tha famous Yale player of the COS
now acting as athletic director at the
! NiliiaT! Penn Charter School in Phil
adelnhia. who served as referee of the
iiaTvarc-West Point game, stated that
the fatality was due to an "unfortu-
ha'e accloent as distressing as un-
avoidable."
There was no fault Of the coaches
n IN =
ro;ed that he was in fine pbysico
shape, in perfect health, | might say.
was behind the Harvard line at the
timc OF the accident. Just rs soon as
the ball was snapped back Byrne dove
IN between left tackle and guard. The
harvard players moved right on and
Byrne was stretched on the field. The
whole thing occurred so quickly that
10 one Will ever know Just how II did
actually occur. II was noS due to the
roughness Of the game, for | have sell
! dom oficiated in football game
which was SO cieanly and fairly
Dlaved. There was not the faintest
indication Of unnecessary violence
ana no nGcailed for piling upon the
PLAYER after he had been thrown"
Can Nou suggest any modification
OF the rules which might insure more
| 9~lEiN ~ the Fi3HerS! was asked.
| NO, was DR.. 3harpe's emphatic
rcnly. Most of the injuries in foot
| hall to-day resulted from tackles, and
| IL %ou were TO eliminate tackling you
could not play football. Personally ]
think that all the criticism OF football
and present football rules Is unde-
; served. Football is too firmly estab.
sished as sport of the colleges to be
aDolished because OF fatal injuries in
rare instances"
Yale Men to BE Carefully Watched