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...prospects of the team this year are excellent as two of the last year's team have returned, Captain W. H. Russell '18, national swords' champion, and G. H. Code '18, but E. P. Hamilton '18 is still in Mexico. There are several Sophomores who have shown promise, especially R. G. Crimmins '19, E. Gay '19 and C. E. Hodges...
Dean Briggs, when interviewed yesterday by a representative of the CRIMSON, said that the code was "highly commendable" and that he heartily approved of its purpose and wording. The effect of the expressed official opinion of the various colleges against unsportsmanlike evasion of the rules, he said, should do much to improve college football...
...code begins by stating that football, as a distinctly academic game, should be especially free from all bad sportsmanship. It is impossible for officials to notice all violations of rules, and proper play must be the result of the determination of coaches and players to eliminate all unfairness. There has been "a rapid improvement of the standards of play in the last ten years," but there is still something to be done...
...committee now feels that the game itself is clean and sportsmanlike. It realizes, however, that there have been and still are abuses of the regulations, and to this end have drawn up a code of ethics of the game...
...action of the committee, as Dean Briggs phrased it, is "highly commendable." Strictly honorable methods are frequently lost sight of, particularly among school teams. And it is with just these teams that the "Football Code" is likely to have the greatest effect. If schoolboy players learn that unfair methods are discountenanced by lovers of the game, if they are taught clean and honest tactics instead of questionable ones, there will be less abuse on the part of "outsiders," more honesty on the part of those who play, and a higher standard in the game itself...