UNIVERSITY 0É OREGON MONTHLY
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operation,” which he -apparently does not believe to be a requisite
for success'" in the American game.
President Jordan emphasises th a t since Rugby uses four..'more
men to a team, thus givihg exercise to a greater number, it cornés
nearer being a healthful sport. But .does i f make it. as good"a
game?' ^American fo q tb a lO s an offspring of R u gby,'w hich had
undergone m any'’changes since its introductibn in to ’ thé* Uhitèd
Ê&atésMn ' 1 8 ^ W /^ h t American, authorities claim that through this
proçes|-R e v o lu tio n the game hés/been improved. T hey have found
that thé* fifteen-mar#‘t^ah3ÿl’Ss# too/ cumbefsoiffé’, *and impossible to or
ganize w ith any degree of perfection. One hundred R e n R b u ld
play in an\ American gâme if necessary w r fifty could be placed in
a R Sketball garne but w hat would be the result? f
I t is impossible hefe to answer fully all the attacks made by
P resid en t'Jo rd an / cbfto deal with ,many\of the defèets ofi/Rugb’y ;
btff -a’TèW fundam ental différence©’“ between * thé' games m ust b e 1
dé,Mt With t ^ ’s h o ^ tf ia t the/A m erican system is not entirely a battle’’
nor less of a ^ p b it than Rugby. Tfie gaRq^M ffer radically in regard
to interferencév j In Rugby the pla^pr With the ball must"'be ahead
oj his? team mates, while in the American game there is no rule
tq this ^effect, , and the^S-Ucces^^wend runs, forw ard passés, and M
fact of any play, depends^ upon gettihg men ahead* of the “runner”
tp give protection from o p p o n en ts/ ^Perfection, in tiffs feature is
science.
1 In ^ Ugby; When a player is tackled th é game IS ^stijl on," while
thé action in our game^éeâêeS until play is started again b y a -sè c re t
signal from the attacking side/' 8 There
Where th e ^ m e ric a n game
justly claim s superiority/ | It places upon th é ;value of possession
and position gainedGby/a planned and coffsi|foenf attack, by virtue
of which scores are usually made. ’ In Rugby, position makes .rela
tively,little difference, the ball being now in one part of the'field,
now in another. Rugby has the chance and individual element con
trasted “against the deliberate generalship and the months b£ study
which' are requisites of «'success in the American gamé.
| It is questioned whether' the American revised game is “totally
unfit” for secondary school's.
H ow ( m a n y '-sérious; injuries have
R e n reported since the neW? rules have taken effect© / In Rugby
th iS y d ar two California players had’legs broken.
Such a football
accident has not been recorded in the southw est in. years,, so w h y
should Rugby bé' R ^positively claimed as a safer game for high
school players?/