Evening star., 1925-03-15

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they cailed-lin--died in harness.
Engaged all Friday night and
Hotel Pennsylvania in his duties as
ball rules committee, he retired to hi
a few hours sleep before reporting
meeting, and never awakened. He :
Mrs. Camp. the widow: Walter
Camp. jr.. and Mrs. II. T. Hobson.
son and daughter of the deceased,
were notified.
The foot ball rules committee. after
the first shock of the fateful mes
sage had passed, resumed the meet
ing.
we did as we believed Walter
would have wished US to do" said
Chairman Hall. But IL was heart
testing and spirit-testing task. 1t
will not be the same, now Walter
I has gome.'
r ,gr In New Haven in 1859.
Walter Camp was born in New
Haven. Conn. April II, 1873. the son
Of Leverett L. and Ellen Cornwell
Camp. After attending Honkins
r}Grammar School and completing his
preparatory work he entered Yale III
the fall of 1875 anG was graduated in
1880. He then entered the Yale Medi-
cal School, but after two years re-
signed to enter business with clock
manufacturing concern in this city.
The Following year he was back in
New Haven as assistant manager of
the New Haven Clock Co., and in the
latter organization he rose to general
manager. then treasurer and then
president He relinquished the last
Office several years ago to become
chairman Of the board of directors.
But although remarkably success
full in business, IL was In the world
of sports that he gained his greatest
and lasting fame, first as a partici-
pant and later as a coach, writer
and a legislator.
Active in Many sports.
His foot ball career began as a
freshman at Yale in the rough and
tumble days of the SPORT. Eligibility
laws were not as they are now, and
Camp participated in varsity sport.
not only as a freshman, but also dur
ing his, two years in medical school.
and was a mighty factor In winning
gridiron glory for the Blue.
Foot ball was not his only sport.
for he held captaincies in both foot
ball and base ball during his under
graduate years, rowed on his class
crew. represented the unive rsity In
the first Intercollegiate tennis tour
nament and competed as a hurdAer
and quarter miller in the varsity track
and field meets.
His interest in foot ball and in
college sports generally continued
after his competitive years had ended
As treasurer OF the Yale Financial
Union he introduced to Yale and to
college drcles generally system
of financing whereby all sports.
whether conducted on a paying or
losing basis. were financed by q
general fund. Heretofore each sport
was expected to pay its own way or
pass out Thus the benefits of many
non-paying sports were saved to the
schools.
Famsd fer "AlI-AmerIca" Teams.
Camp was perhaps best known
through the medium of his "All-Amer-
lea" foot ball elevens, which ne had
selected at the close of each gridiron
season since 1883. In choosing his
earlier honor elevens his selections
were confined TO the so-called Big
Three teams. but as the game was
taken up in other sections he at
tempted to make his honor elevens
nation wide In their scope and trav-
eled many thousands of miles to wit
ness Western and Pacific coast stars
in action.
Shortly after his resignation from
the Yale Medical School he became a
member of the intercollegiate foot
ball rules committee, and had served
as chairman n and more recently as sec
rotary of that body. He was a prime
factor in developing the modern game
of foot ball. The first step made at
his suggestion was the rule requiring
gain of 5 in three downs; another
big step was made through his sup
port of the Introduction of the for
ward pass and the rule calling for a
gain of 10 yards on four plays. He
was a bitter opponent of smart and
dangerous practices, such as Clip
ping" and "Indianizing," and it was
through his insistence that new regu-
lations regarding dangerous equip
ment were inserted in the rule books.
Originated the "Dafiy Dozen.
During the World War he organized
and directed the physical training of
the Navy and the Air Service and at
the close Incorporated many of the
exercises he taught in his "dally
dozen--a system Of sett!ng-up exer-
cises in which photograph records
were employed to order and maintain
the cadence of the drill
Camp wrote extensively on foot
ball and on other sports. He was the
author of several books on college
sports and contributor to a number
Of magazines.
Camp Developed Many Stars.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March IA
Walter Camp, who died in New
York today. was one Of the greatest
back-field players in his day. in the
opinion of those who have follow ed
foot ball at Yale for third of a cen
tury. In Camps student days the
formidable contenders against Yale
were Wesleyan. Rutgers, Tufts and
Princeton. Harvard was not then re-
garded as, a great opponent, although
the early games we're often noted for
remarkable feats. Camp Is said to
have come into unusual prominence
in one of the Harvard games when
he displayed skill in running through
broken field. He also achieved
fame In college base ball as it was
then played.
the master mind of>foot ball in Yale
University. he developed scores of
players who became of mag
nitude and often captains. DR.. will
liam Bull, one of the greatest kickers
Yale ever had, who died in the South.
was one of Camps early pupils. Ray
Tompkins, so; Harry Beecher and
Robert N. Corwin, now professor
| in the university, and long at the
helm of athletic administration, were
| among other brilliant pupils.
Noted Players He Instructed.
Among players who were very
closely linked with Camp as a. field
general In the training period for 20
! years or more were such we'll known
men as William (Pa) H. Corbin,
Frank s. Buttersworth, Frank Hin
key, Thomas Shevlin, Edward Glass
George Goss, Perry Hale and sher.
man L. Coy. In recent years, with
the increasing number of men who