New-York tribune., 1910-12-30

Gus injuries, but a slightly Increased nufh-
Der of minor injuries under the new rules
Only One Death in Football.
Professor George w Ehler, OF Wisconsin,
then threw the calamity howlers into a
| panic by showing in a carefully prepareo
| report that of the seven deaths among COZ
lege men charged to football by some OF
| the newspapers last season only one was
directly traceable to the game as played III
| 1910, and that one an unfortunate acc-
dent, for which the rules could in no way
be held accounta BILE.
OF the six other deaths charged to foot-
! ball, one was on account Of pneumohia
contracted by watching a game, one from
| cancer, and the death came early IN Jaiao-
, ary. 1915; one was from chronic heart
trouble. referring to the case OF the student
| who died at Cornell; two came as q result
of injuries received in the previous series
of 1909 and for which the game as played
under the new rules could not be held ac-
| countable and one as the result OF a 1oui
| blow referring to the case of the west
| Virginia player, which was investigated by
the coroner.
The report was so well received that Fro
fessor Ehler was asked to make his sell
imposed duty permanent one as repie-
sentative of the association
| DR.. Harry L. Williams, chairman OF the
association football rules committee, maze
| a full report on the work accomplished anu
| wound up by saying:
On all SIDES the consensus OF opinlon
seems 10 agree that the game under the
new rules has been made comparatlveis
safe and reasonably tree from danger.
can be eliminated from football is not to
| be expected any n ore than It can oe eHil-
mated from other manly. virile sports: but 81
fo1,
| listed and to which the public and those III.
! tef ested in the welfare OF coiiese piaSeas
and school boys rightfully objected mas
! If l may be permitted to quote an expert
ence which has come directly unGsr ~, ny
own personal observation; snon,T r,ie. hau nn
/ injuries among the football players at the
University of Minnesota, During the tai 90 OF
first two minor contests had been PLAYED
one or more Of the regular VARSITY men men
sustained serious injury "nlsh re, hin, Tn
, his removal from the game ana kept nun
| out of play all the way from TWO ~eehS
to the remainder of the season
During the fall OF 1910 not "a snns9 scannt Of
injury until the final game OF the seaSoi, Tt,i.
| In this game one man was hurl lnis Is
! single injury was entirely unnecessary anu
was the direct result OF deiineirase nm IN,
fraction of the rule forbdding tackhng men u
going down the field on kick WINE III IN
me me ,nnaTtant Contests on this schedule
| the eleven men who began the game played
| through to the end without SUBSTITUTE
! I Relieve that this experience which |
| have cited is not unusual and that many
Others can give similar testimony.
Under the present rules great fespoLis..
! bfIitv is thrown upon the officials. not,
/ however greater than the high cahpre men
| who fill these posltlons can ie0'o''o'
| properly sustain. da-s+oos
It should, however. be well unoers.oout
! that men who are to tll these iInPoIJtaure P,,'tuc
fo no m
which they should not hold Lightly Ihsy
! should prepare themselves for once ps
careful; continuous deep e. ppo,nn1eielv s1Tey " mas
! tered and all decisions can De coFrecuS
rendered without hesitation.
light re training in preparation for the foot
ball season SO that they may oe QUICK s,nt eiui,
FAST runners and efficient workers. and sucn ra1
ceive high rate OF compensation
Officials Cost q Penny.
| Dr James A. Babbitt, reporting for the
| oan+ra, hoard of officials, which has done
so r,uch in providing for the proper con-
duct OF football games, astonished the
delegates by some figures which showeo
the scope of the undertaking. DR.. Baboitt
y.xplained that a secretary and an assistant
secretary to the chairman Of the COM
mittee Cninselfl had been forced 10 WORN
/ from ten to twelve hours DAY curing tie
season TO handle the monstrous correSpoh-
dence and assign officials. More than one
| hundred colleges applied to the centrai
board while forty depended on the board
for officials In their entire list OF games.
The total fees from colleges and schools
Including expense money, amounted 10 *0'-
1so Some two hundred and fifty ofhc'ais
were on the list, from a far greater NUM-
Der who applied, many OF whom were not
S><4 No I'd
Eleven games was the greatest number
| 70 which any official was assigned. while
SEQ miles was the biggest distance travelled
| IN cover one particular game. The average
fee for all the games for which the board
| assigned officials was s2S 70, while the big
eeat amount any one man earned through
| ont the season was $5lS.
DR. Rabbit explained that the board had
heard some unfavorable criticisms OF the
| work, but that these were onset by many
| favorable criticisms and high praise he
| explained that there was much to be done
| to- make the work Of the board thoroughly
effective and pointed out some of the DIM
culties which had to be overcome He
urged strongly that a better esprit de
CORPS be est blished and that the officials
should be the invited guests Of the colleges
and universities. and not simply paid OFF,
!
entertaining way that the delegates showed
| their satisfaction by generous applause.
! Ralph Morgan, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the basket ball rules committee,
| ported progress in the effort to make the
game fast but clean. He explained that it
was the purpose of the committee to edu-
cate the officials so that the rules might
be enforced to the letter and that blanks
were now furnished that a. report could
be had on the work of the officials IN each
| contest. He added that the game was
growing in popularity. particularly in the
South and that the committee was striy-
! ing to bring about uniform fnterpreta-
| ton of the rules
named follows: Ralph Morgan Penn
sylvania; Lieutenant P. .. Glassford West
Point: James Naisnlith, Kansas; AL Sharpe,
Yale; Harry Fisher, Columbia, and Oswald
Tower, Williams.
Alonzo A Stass, of Chicago, chairman
! of the committee on track and field ath-
letics, turned III a Yciuminous report only
part of which was read. The committee
recommended that two tries instead Of
three be allowed in field events that q
committee on records be appointed and
! that the hurdles In hurdle races should
nd 1kefn