Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-28

football interests the world
- over and to create an en-
tireiy new game combining
elements of the American ~fntercol1
legiate contents and Rugby is proposed
by Alex Knox, former executive chair
man of the New South Wales Rugby
Football league.
He desirea the building Of a new
game which viii be = sort OF Esparan-
to football played by American. Eng
lissf, Canadian. South African. Austria
Han. French and possibly German
teams.
Nh Knox has seen several games OF
football as played by American coli
leges and has been quoted with cpin-
Ions Of the game in various cities. Nat
urally he believes Rugby IL the bette,
game: but, unlike sonae other visitors
he has no desire to huri an allen form
of athletics bodily into American In.
situations.
II wish to organizes football 80 tha
II may become an International Sport
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running" say Mr.. Knox.
II have no idea of attempting to de,
wise a new game of football myself
but r have q plan to interest the gov,
srnfng bodies OF football playing PEG.
Piles IN an international game. As 70,
criticising American football. I am IL
no position to do 30. I do not like ths
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Rugby, but 1t must interest Americans
Intensely. for he big contests draw
thousands Of spectators. Rugby at
racts In a similar way wherever Il Ii
played.
Important men ere enthusiastic ovel
football as a game. The German ern.
peror has advised the young men Of
the nation to take up the sport. Ths
elenaer is Of football are beneficial and
inter asting. If a game could be devised
which every country might play undei
q universal code no athletic field could
hold the crowds which would gather
for an international championship
match. The game shoule have tbs
tons. A movement to form such I
game L desire 10 bLATI.
MIR. Knox has sent a fstter to h In
tercollegiate rules COMMITTEES In thi.
sountry and a similar letter to the Rug
by Football associations of England
Canada, Australia, South Africa
France and California asking the bod.
les If they are willing to attempt tn,
formation of a new game and are will
ing to send a delegate to an interna
4 tjxsrAaA eonvanSS4sEx NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
favo Bic repltkSa4-FaGes ssd SIC
a communication and the rnz5u fsNot
q interests or the various COUNTRIES
ar willing to consider the plan Mr.
Knox is ready to take the first steps II
securing corresponding secretaries from
the organizations and selecting a plac,
for EN- international conference.
The Australian who has been iders
tilted with Rugby for many years. takei
a more favorabfe view of ths American
game Tran does Professor Edwin Lin
tn of Washington and Jefferson col
fege, who has Joined the ranks OF thosi
who desire the adoption. OF Rugby ant
the complete assassination of tint
American game. He has been involves
I'M the faculty control of athletics Il
Washington and Jefferson for Bonn
time and has had an influence on inter
collegiate athletics among the rivals o
his college.
His recent attack on football readl
In part as follows:
why this insistence for a radical
change In the rules year after year.
No such demand il or ever has beer
nlado for any other game which is uset
sn intercollegiate athletics. Biuntly
my answer is that It fs because tn,
agams as 1t has developed In this aoun
try has so many undesirable charae
teristics that the enzy reform which 4
possible Is its ANAL and irresurrsctablt
burial in the scrap heap of the world,
folltes."