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17 SHOULD FOOTBALL BE ABOLISHED, IS. QUESTION IN COLLEGE AND CLUB lng any game to become of such a nature as to have in it necessarily a probability of serious Injury to the players. There fore I believe that tho record of this year FOOTBftLL IN -IEED OF REFORM PORTLAND YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE PLAYING ON JUNIOR FOOTBALL ELEVENS Indicates the need of a more open game, in which generalship and alertness, shall figure more conspicuously. If any other game could be devised that would arouse the same enthusiasm and have whatever beneficial features football has, It would be Just as welcome." BACK TO THE ENGLISH GAME College Presidents and Other Leading Educators Favor Changes in Game. Professor Xewlll Says Interference Should Be Abolished. Professor A. C. Newill. of Newill's Riv erside Academy, expressed himself as fol lows, when asked as to his position rela tive to the agitation for tho abolishment THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX. PORTLAND. DECEMBER 3, 1905. of football: ' POINT OUT THE ABUSES Unless Brutality Is Eliminated, Sev eral Declare for Its Abolition. Others Believe the Game Can Be Saved. svairosiuai ox football. i The fellewiOK questions were ub- J mlUed to the proeldonts ef the oI- i leBes and universities of the I'adnc Northwest and the principals of the Portland High School and academies: Are you in favor of abolishing feet-, ball? Reasons for and atcalnst? Do you believe that brutality ean bo eliminated from the -same by revising Us rules? Can you mig&est any other method of reform? Unless the present rules governing foot ball as It Is played today are changed changed so that the fatality list Is re duced football as It stands will certainly be abolished, not alone by the Institu tions of learning, but by the athletic clubs. The protest' against the game?, against the alarming lncreuse In fatal ities and permanent injuries resulting from the game, has created a furore that will not down. Coaches at ilrst tried to sneer the protest down, but President Roosevelt raised his voice, and, together with the clamor for a change In the game which has come from presidonts of col logos and universities, prominent edu cators and graduates. It is clear that drastic reforms must follow. Just 1kw the game will be changed is not settled upon as yet, and In all prob ability It will take a football convention before the present rules are changed. Hardly two of the colloge presidonts, coaches and old graduates who have voiced their opinions so far. agree as to the exact reforms that are sure to follow, but a meeting of delegates. It Is believed, would be able to accomplish what Is aimed at by President Roosevelt and others. Just at present opinions are divided as to which department of the game causes the lnjurlos. Some aro of the opinion that playora get hurt most often In the scrimmages, while others lay the blame to the deadly open tackling. What has brought about and Increased the number of fatalities Is not so much the presenco of professionalism as It is the result of close study of the game. Time was when brawn and muscle were depended upon entirely. Keen students began to use their brains, and the result Is that brains and brawn have Joined hands. Tricks lmve boon worked out. and as much now depends upon a captain to solve these tricks and chockmate them by plays even mnr trinfcv nnd bv formlnc plans for v.ruivinp im the trick olavs of the oppos ing team. Years ago. tackles wore taught to watch a runner s nooa ana snouiacrs. It dawned upon one student of the game that before a man can ilrst move the up per part of his body that he must do so Hvlth his feet, and from watching the shoulders and body, the tackles were taught to center their gaze upon a run ner's feet. The work of the tackle is not only to throw the runner with great force, but the hope In landing him hard Is also to make him collide with the ground so hard that the ball la knocked nut nf his irrasD. In the scrlmmaccs. and. of course, in the pile-ups. is. per haps, whore most of the "dirty" work Is done. In the heat of a scrimmage, it is a simple trick to twist the neck of a formidable player, or land on him so lard with the kneos that he is knocked out nf commission. Other critics hold Urmly that most of the Injuries come in the open tackling. So far the game on the Coast and In the Pacific Northwest has boon free of fa tal injuries. In none of the colloge games )4ayed in the Pacific Northwest has a' player been fatally hurt or permanently injured. This; however, has not "kept tlHtsc who have the intorest of good, cloaii football at heart from .Joining with the Middle West and East in demanding a change in the rules of the game. Prominent educators' views on the re form of the sport are given in the follow lug symposium. SPORT HAS ITS ADVANTAGES But President Campbell Suggests Valuable Reforms. MONMOUTH. Or.. Dec. 2.-Special.)-2residoMt P. L. Campbell, of the Univer sity of Oregon, who is here for a briof visR. wts seen relative to the attitude of the University of Oregon regarding foot ball, and when asked. "Are you in favor of abottehing football?" said: "I am not as yet in favor of abolishing football. All forms of athletics in college ttfe need the stimulus of intercollegiate eompetitioit to give them vitality. One of tihe grave dangers In student life is that ef isimple physical laziness. It is hard to get a large number of them, even with good gymnasium aipliaitces. to take a sufficient amount of systematic exercise i keep in the bst of health. There is a cortaiR amount of inertia that has to be overcome. Experience has proved that the interest aroused by intercoUogiato cempetttioH is about the only effective way of overcoming this inertia. "The men usually tako no great interest J gymtMMtam work as purely a class ex orcise. The effort to make intorclass com petition take the place of Intercollegiate competition has been frequently tried and has always proved a failure. "Good athletics in college are of advan tage, not only for tholr own sake but also as a alternative to other less desirable term of extra academic activities. Phys ically vigorous young men are never con- lout to devote all their energies to class room work. They are absolutely sure to have other Interests, and it is desirable that those interests should be at least a little harmful as possible. Even the ex treme of rough football is probablv prefer able to the possible alternative extreme on the part of some students in the direc tion of dissipation. "As a rule, well-directed colloge athlet ics dloan up college life, making it vastlv more healthful both physically and mor ally "Asto football, the intercollegiate games hi the Northwest this year have been YOUTHFUL Americans take to football as naturally as a dur-kling does to water. The game Is net confined to Gl ioses and athletic club, but nearly every "Rang of youngsters In Portland, partic ularly If It Is representative of the Amer ican boy. boasts of a football team, which they say Is the best ever. Out at the Multnomah Field, when there Is a football gama, you will see big-eyed, admiring boys watching with the deepest Interest the plays f the veterans. They all long some day to be a member of the Multnomah team. That Is their goal. This same sight ean be seen almost any afternoon on the vacant lots ef Portland. The older boys will be playing, and around the sidelines will be grouped the still younger boys, longing and hoping for the day that they will have a chance to "make good" on this and that team. From the age of JO years up. the boya are all equipped with football paraphernalia as complete as can be had. The accompanying pictures show somo of the youthful football enthusiasts of Portland who are on as high a pedestal among their kind as Is "Chet" Murphy. "Dave" Jordan and others. The players follow: No. 1. Ladd School Reading from left to right; McKlnney. left tackle; Brandt, center: Ireland, right tackle: Martin, right guard; Arnold, left guard: Walker, left end; McNeelan, right halfback; Sharp, fullback: Holden. quarterback: Perbam, left halfback; Styles, right end. No. 2. Sunnyslde Top row. reading from left to right: Richmond, fullback: Shar on, center; HaadahL left halfback; Can tain Minor, quarterback: Henrlchson, loft tackle: Hlne, substitute. Lower row: Lambart, loft guard; Camp, right guard: Wlnslow. right end: . Lewis, right characterized by good feeling and by free dom from serious accidents. "The University of Oregon team has had courteous treatment in all of Its games, and it has been very seldom that any member of the team has had to leave the game, even on account of minor injuries. The coach has not allowed men to remain on the squad who wore not In. every way physically fit. The team has been In good condition all season, and has closed the work feeling well in every way. The quality of the coaching in the Northwest is bettor than ever be.foije. not only as to the science of the game but also as to the spirit of fairness and good sport In which it has been entered. "At the University of Oregon. Coach Shorts steadily placed the University first . and the game second. I think that all in tentional rough playing can be removed through right coaching and additional se- , ts Kalnlng rapidly. I think that It caa verity In penalizing for rough play. 1 1. depended on to do Its part toward "The spirit of the men must first be , making the game what it ought to be. made right, and college men are. as a i Wlth these modifications and improve rule. clean ouough and honorable enough j wents. I think the game will continue to to play a fair game when properly ap- , highly useful to college life. It would pealed to. be a distinct loss, as I tec It, tor the "I believe that the new rule suggested . , h(. hha by some of the Eastern coaches that no . substitute should be allowed during me i remainder of a half for a man put out of the game for rough play, would be a good one. Such a rule would compel the coaohos not only to train against rough play, but also to very carefully pick men for the team whose temper can be relied on. The practical effect of the rule hi to cause the toam penalized for rough play to lose the game. "I also believe that the suggested modi fication of tlie rules requiring a gain of ton instead of nv yards In lbre down ... 1 .1 K. mitn aArurt 4t nwulrf Anin un the came, minimizing the danger from mass phys and at the same time making It much more Interesting to- the specta tors. "Without quostion there wilt have to be some modification of the rules, hut above and beyond all that, the ompbaots must be placed upon the spirit with which the men outer the sport. There must be a high standard of clean, fair play and the absolute enforcement of the rules of ama teur standing." FAVORS REFORMS IX GAME. President Kane Suggests Changes i Tlmt Would Save Football. By Thenas K Kaw. Presides rtver4ty of WawMnKtoa. SEATTLE. Wash.. Doc. J. Under the impulse of Jhe present agitation about the dangers and brutality of football, it is important tliat we seek the sober second thought about the merits and faults of the game. The football enthusiast would tend under these attacks to claim that thore were no faults in the game; the "roformer" at this time could Imagine that the fate of the Nation depends on tle abolition of thte groat ator of de struction. Football Is a raggid. rough game. It is to be played by men who are physically sound. From the records of the football season at almost any university we may say that sHght injuries are incident ts the same, that serious injuries are possi ble, and that it is possible. I think only possible, for the player to bo killed. The record of injuries, however, cited in the papers is rather largely made up of cases of accidents to young, immature players not properly trained, borne cases, too. arc probably due to intentional Injury. But even If the game Is played by teams intending to follow the spirit of the rules it is still n dangerous game. If, how ever, the men are put in the proper phys ical condition, and are taught the game so that they understand -It. and the spirit of the sportsman prevails with both teams, the danger of serious injury is not unreasonably great. On account of the great merits of the game I should not be at all In favor of abolishing lr I think that the benefits of the game may be saved to us by three things. In the first place. I think the rules may be modified In, some respects to advantage, looking toward the elimination of danger. I should not favor, however, rad!ra! changes in the rules whleh would change the essentials of the game. In the second place. I think that the game, even with the present rules, could be made much as it ought to be by the work of the eRidata. The rules should be enforced strictly and severely, and without any possible exceptions. If It were clearly understood that In every case of roughness or "slugging" the of fending player would be lost to his team, the unnecessary roughness of the game could be rather easily oHralnated. Penal - , ties should be put on whenever deserved. ' and the officials should be well supported 1 in such decisions. In the third place, the colleges and unj versities should aim at the highest typo of sportsmanlike spirit. This spirit in the coneces and universities In lho "nrlhail GAME ILS ITS BAD - FEATURES Eliminate Them or Abolish Uic Sport, Says President Ferrin. By WltMam N. Fwnn. President PaeMc Vatverity. FOREST GROVE. Or.. Dec. 2 To the Editor.) So far as the game of football meet the requirements for a strenuous. Mwutfy sport among college students. It Is tkvi kij ei nwraKeniem. i snoUHl not 'n la favor of abolishing It from college un til a determined and concerted effort had been made to rid the game of Us objec tionable features as at present played. If this cannot be accomplished, then. In my judgment, football should not be given a place among cdllege gamos. I am not at all cortaln that any changes Hi the rules ean be devised that will pre vent brutality. It was generally expected that changes would be Introduced this year by which this would be brought about: but the objectionable features are more than ever in evidence resulting in a greater number of casualties than in any- previous season. iwiii fix- i wa ui i'ik KuHe mat puM- ly forbid foul play. It is not clear why these rules are not enforced. I agree with the suggection that" if. In some way. the same could be made more open, officials and spectators might the more easily de tect slugging and foul plays, and so put a stop to them. But it is doubtful If that an be done by any changes in the rules dt the game. The fact Is that the brutality com- ptamea of result, not so much from the rules govorning the game, as from the character of the players and the spirit that controls the game. Football, as now played, has almost ceased to bo a sport, it has become a contest. In which the players in the opposing teams are deter mined to win at any cost. There is little doubt that most or the serious casualties which occur are not the result of accident so much as ef a doMb- rate intention on the part of playorz to disable a powerful opponent and "put Mm j out of the game." N change in the rales will prevent this. The Increasing prevalence of these ob jectionable features. I think. Is due large ly to the increasing professionalism that prevails among: the players. The men are being paid for their services, either di rectly or by means of "special. Induce ments." Large sums are being paid for coaching and special training; men of ap proved ability are kept on the teams year after yoar: the importance of maintain- Inir a winning team overshadows all other college interests, and the members of th team are given to understand that they are engaged, not smpiy to piay loot ball, but to win games. The conditions of the game are worse this year than before be cause it -has bt-en carried farther toward professionalism than heretofore. Bascall has almost disappeared from the colleges because of professionalism in it. and football Is certain to go the same way unless something is done immediately to check this tendency. There is "graft" In the management of football In the colleges and universities of the Pacific Coast, just as In those of the interior and the East, and It is pro ducing the same effects. There is prob ably not a prominent college football team on the Coast that Is not maintained by "special Inducements" offered to Its mem bers. For example, three men who were members of the football team In a Wil lamette Valley institution last year arc this year prominent in the team of a college in Eastern asMngton. No one believes that these men went from their homes in the Willamette Valley to enroll as students in the distant Institution without "special inducements. ' The most crying need of reform In foot ball Is not inxthe matter of any changes in the rules of the game, but in a com plete stamping out of every trace of pro- losskMialloai. Let us have It played as a sport, dean, manly and honorable Let It be more simple In every way. Let there be less money spent upon coaches, and less time and effort upon special training of men for it- Of that sort of sport the eoiloges will never have too much. SAVE GAME IF POSSIBLE. But Abuses Must Be Eliminated, Writes Professor Bratton. By W. A. Bratton. Chairman Faculty Ath letic cemmitiee. Whitman Colle. WALLA WALLA. Wash- Dec 1. I am VIEWS OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS AND OTHER EDUCATORS ON NEED OF FOOTBALL REFORM rn.ESIDE.VT P. U CAMPBELL, University of Oregon Even rough football is probably preferable to the other alternative, dissipation. I think that all Intentional rough playing can be removed through right coaching and additional severity in penalizing rough phiy. I believe that a rule requiring that no substitute should be allowed through the remainder of a half for a man put out of the game for rough play would be a good one. I also believe that the suggested modification of the rules requiring a gain of ten instead of five yards la three downs would be an improvement since it would opon up the game minimizing the danger from mass plays and at the same time making it much more in teresting to spectators. WILLIAM N. KKRRI.Y. President. Pacific University Make a deter mined and concerted effort to rid football of its objectionable features; if this cannot be accomplished remove it from its place among college games. The most crying need of reform In football is not the matter of any changes in the rule, but a complete stamping out of every trace of professionalism. THOMAS F. KANE, President University of Washington Modify the rules to eliminate danger, let the officials enforce rules against roughness' of playing, let the colleges and universities foster sports manlike spirit. PROFESSOR w. C. HAWLEV, Willamette University I am not In. favor of the abolition of football, but believe the rules -shewM be amended to make It a more open game, with mere running and kicking and le&s play in the mass. The authorities are not Justified in allowing any game to become of such a nature as to nave in it neeossalrly a prob ability ef serious injury to the players. W. A. BRAXTON, Chairman Faculty Athletic Committee. Whitman Colloge The game has too many good features to be thrown aside, But it must be modified unless abuses are Immediately eliminated. The worst are Invertebrate officials, professional coaches, mass plays and the pres ent style of charging and tackling. A. C XEWILL, Principal NewllI Rlvervlew Academy Foetbalt de velops manliness, strength and self-confidence. It is not too rough for boys. Make the same more open by compelling- the quarterback to stand five feet behind the scrimmage and by abolishing interference. In terference today means slugging. Jumping and diving at the man with the ball. T. T. DAVIS, Principal Portland High -School I do not wish to en courage the abolition of the . game for I bolieve it aeeemplftshes mueh good. The roughness should be eliminated from the sport. DR. j. W. HILL, Principal Hill Military Academy I believe It would not be desirable to abolish footbalL Roughness can be partially overcome by changes in the rules. Endeavor should bo made to imbue the boys with the spirit of sport for sport's sake. S. X. JOHNSTON. Principal Portland Academy Unless something is done toward amending the rales. I believe that the example of Columbia University in abolishing the game will be followed by a. great number of colleges and academies throughout the United States. glad to comply with the request of The Oregonlan for a statement of the attitude , of Whitman College with reference to the j present widespread seatlrnont against football. The faculty of this college do not de sire to see the game of football abol ished. It is 'the only one ef the great sports open to college amateurs which has not been turned into an amusement enterprise, conducted by greedy mana gers for gate receipts, and associated with the worst forms of-gambltn; and professionaUsm. Football Is and always has been a game exclusively for college men. It has been guarded with great care from the entrance of professionalism. The same accusations which make It Impossieie for a man to be a member of a college football team would not be considered at all with reference to any other game. The game itself has too many good fea tures, and has done too much for individ ual students coming under our observa tion to be thrown aside without very se rious consideration. The qualities which make a really good football man are not brute strength and disregard for the rights of others, but are really courage, college spirit, self-controt and manliness. That these are developed by participa tion in the game Is not denied by anyone closely la touch with bodies of students in schools where the game is played. A general proof of It was offered by the ex cellent showing In .courage, resourceful ness and endurance made by those vol unteers of the Spanish War of l&S, who tackle: H Lewis, left end. Entler. right halfbark No. 3. Hill Military Academy Juniors Reading from left to right; Stephen Price. right halfback; Austin Flegel. right tackle: Fred Callahan, left tackle: Victor McFarland. fullback; Tom Wilson, left halfback: Fred Rosenberg, risnt guara; Harrv Hoblecker. left end. No. 4. Hill Military Academy Juniors f continued) From loft to rignt: .eius Massev. richt end: Frank Jacobs, center: Frank Barnes, quarterback: Phelps Car son, substitute: John Greenougn. leu guard. had gotten their best training for service on the fiotball field. Nevertheless, the game must be abol ished unless abuses which have crept Into it can be thoroughly and immediately eliminated. Nor Is It probable that the colleges and the public will be satisfied with any reform which Is proposed by the coaches who have heretofore had charge of modifying the rulos. They have prom ised us too often that their changes would cut out the evils, and the succeeding year has seen no decrease in Injuries and fa talities to players. The sentiment now so widespread against the game will ac cept no reformation unless it is accom plished with the consent and approval of those who are known to be thoroughly interested in the welfare both of the col leges and of the public. So far as wo know there is no gamo which could be substituted for foot ball which would accomplish the same beneficial results and hold the Interest of the college students. We do not believe that it is at all Impossible for President Hoosovelt, In consultation with the college presidents and some who are expert In football matters, to produce a set of rules which would eHmlaate the bad features of the game. Of these the worst are Inverte brate officials, coaches whose reputa tions and positions are dependent on success, mass plays and the present style of charging and tackling. If these things can be avoided in a new form of football, and if officials of suf ncient courago and backbone to vigor ously and strictly interpret and en force the rules can be found, then one of the greatest sports which American college life has developed will be saved. This is what we sincerely de sire to have occur, and we think that the present agitation bids fair to ac complish it. The Whitman College football team has this year been coached by the professor of physical culture. They have played, besides practice games, four games against the best and heavi est teams in the Northwest. In these came not a ulujde man hn been in jured, no ninn has been compelled to leave n game la which he started, and no time bnn bees taken out to enable the man to Ret triad. We think this a proof that with coaching which looks to the physical welfare and good con dition of the man, the element of dan ger can be reduced to a minimum. MAKE THE GAME MORE OPEN". Professor Hawlcy, of Willamette, Sups ests Changes In the Rules. SALEM, Or.. Dec 2. Special.) Profes sor W. C. Hawlcy. of Willamette Univer sity, who has always taken great Interest In college athletics, gives the following pinion on the question whether the game of football should be abolished: "I am not in favor of the abolition of football altogether without an attempt to amend the rules to make it a less hazard ous game. Having played in a team three years myself. I realize that a training ean be obtained which Is useful to the young man In the preservation of his bodily health, the concentration of his energy to the accomplishment of a given purpose, and the training -he gets In aelf controL But the rules of the game should be so amended as to make it a more open game, with more running and kicking and less play in the mass. No other college game seems to be able to arouse the en thusiasm among the students that foot-, ball does. and. when this Is directed to the development of a proper college spirit It Increases the interest is and attention to tho duties' essentially devolving: upon students as such. Students as a,body do better work and receive greater benefit from their activities when the collegiate atmosphere is fall of a generous spirit, and as a student body they have a com munity of interest. While a player I en joyed the game, and think that under proper restrictions it exerts a beneficial Influence in college life. I do think that the authorities are not justified in allow- "I am absolutely against any proposi tion to abolish the game of football, for in its original form and intention the game has developed more manliness. strength and self-confidence in boys and knocked more conceit out of them, and does more to put them In their right pos! tlon more quickly and more prominent!. than any other sport. It also causes the yellow streak to vanish, which Is worth a great deal to any boy. It is my opinion that the game as played today Is not too rough for boy but it Is too rough for men, Insomuch r it puts a premium on beet and brawn rather than on brain and courage. F" r Instance, a young man weighing less than ISO pounds is today practically debarrci from obtaining a position on his college team. "Now In my mind thero are two ways In which the game can be made more open and faster. "Firstly; by making the quarterback stand five feet behind the scrimmage. Secondly, by abolishing- interference which Is the only radical distinction be tween the American and the English game. "Slugging and holding are the causes of dirty ball, and are too often overlooke"1 by the officials. In my mind Interference has been developed to an extent that never was so Intended by the founders of the game. "Interference originally meant to charge with your shoulders any obstacle In the way of the man with the ball. Today It means slugging, holding. Jumping and div ing at the man carrying the ball. I am very hopeful that college presidents win not combine to abolish football, for with out It the manliness of an American boy and young man will surely be discour aged." FOOTBALL- IS VALUABLE. Change of Rules Will Overcome the Roughness, Is Dr. Hill's Opinion. By Dr. J. W. Hill. Principal Hill MIIHarj Academy. I hardly think that It would be desira ble to abolish football in preparatory acad emies unless a. more desirable game could be substituted for it- No game of the present day teaches the boy so many les sons that will be of use to him when he passes from school life into life's schoo The control of temper he found necessary will be of inestimable service to him n later years, and the subordinating of self for the welfare of the team as a who' will tend to make him a better citizen a well as a more useful one to the com munity In which he may live. Whllo the game as played at present J in many cases unnecessarily rough, thlr can be partially overcome by changes In the rules. Any tendency on the part of a player towards unnecessary roughness or unsportsmanlike conduct should be se verely punished by the officials. Profane language or uncomplimentary remarks concerning decisions of the offi cials should be sufficient cause for dis qualification of the offending player. But If there Is to be any radical or per manent change in the things which have been tending to brin? the game Into dis repute. Jt must come from the players themselves. A game Is good or evil ac cording to the spirit and motives of those who take part in it. The spirit of "win by any means" is becoming more and more prevalent In our schools.- Let us endeavor to Imbue our boy3 with the spirit of sport for sport's sake, and we will find that, no matter what the rules are. the game will become what It should be a gentleman's game. DAXGEROUS TO LIFE AND LIMB Unless Rules Are Amended, Game Is Doomed, Says pror. Johnson. "Am I In favor of abolishing football?" questioned Professor S. R. Johnston, one of tho principals of the Portland Acad emy, in response to a query as to his views last evening: "Well, r am and I am not. I do not wholly approve of the pres ent method of playing the game, but can not devise any measure that will remedy the situation, for I am not well enough versed In the technicalities of the game Just as tonff as our younsr men are as full of life and animal enthusiasm, It is hard to figure out any means of prevent ing them from resenting any affront re ceived in a contest of this kind, and until some means Is provided for a more open style of play there will be danger to life and limb in the game of football as played today. Officials at present should be able to eliminate some of the roughness of the sport, but as far as I know they do not accomplish much in this line. "As I said before. I am not well enough acquainted with the rudiments of the game to .suggest any change In the present playing rules. I believe that unless some thing Is done toward amending the rules, the example of Columbia University in abolishing the game will be followed by a great number of colleges and academies throughout the United States." ELIMINATE THE ROUGHNESS Game Accomplishes Much Good, la View of Principal Davis. Principal T. T. Davis, of the Portland High School, when questioned regarding his views on the football question, said: "I would say that I see no reason for roughness In the game, but as it does ex ist in many instances, some radical change in the present playing rules is es sential to the. cleanliness of the sport. I do not profess to know a great deal about the technicalities of the same, and there fore am not well enough versed to suggest any change In the present method of play ins. I do not wish to encourage the abo lition of tho game entirely, for I believe that it accomplishes much good, but there should be some remedy advanced that would tend to eliminate some of the roughness of the sport." What Sullivan Won. The winner's share of the Gardner-Sullivan fight proved quite a nest egg. Mike ("Twin") Sullivan certainly must have had a heavenly smile on his countenance when he walked into the bank to deposit his coin. In addition to saving the thou sand dollars he had wagered as a side bet., he won Gardner's II 000 and hauled down 75 per cent of the fighter's share, making his total profits 53235. Gross receipts .... $3,840 Divided as follows: Hayes Valley Club ....Z.90 Mike ("Twin") SulllTaa 2235 Jimmy Gardner..: 745 Side bet X.Oea Won by Sollivaa 1.063