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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