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...upon intercollegiate football," has aroused general discussion in University circles, and no difficulty has been found in securing capable exponents for both sides of the question. On the affirmative side, arguing for a deduction in the football program will be M. A. Cheek '26, Captain of this year's gridiron squad; R. H. Field '26, Managing Editor of the CRIMSON and press agent of this fall's football releases; and E. J. Metzdorf '26, temporary Vice-President of the Debating Union, Backing the present system will be N. S. Howe '26, halfback on the University squad for three years...
...Debating Council yesterday announced that an attempt to secure the services of E. L. Casey '19, former star halfback and now gridiron instructor at Tufts, as an advocate of present conditions, had failed. Casey was unable to be present at the discussion, but expressed himself as greatly favoring a debate on the football problem...
Four or five years ago, professional football was almost unheard of, gridiron warfare was considered exclusively an occupation for colleges and universities. Within recent years, however, the game has been organized on a professional basis and its spread has been so extensive that it may at present be regarded as a regularly established professional fall sport. Should its present pace be continued, and if the management of the new venture remains in capable and honest hands, an organization rivalling that of the baseball league may well be expected before the end of the present decade...
...public overrules the objections of these and other solons of sport. Protests and disqualifications have been unable to stem the tide of public interest in the gridiron game, and as college stadiums are for the most part not accessible to the outsider, the new graduate, football fans are forced to seek their battles on fields fought for by mercenary soldiers...
...professional game itself is old. For more than 30 years attempts have been made to popularize it. As far as can be learned, it had its beginning in the mining district of Pennsylvania, where the towns of Labrobe and Greenville fought for civic glory and for money on the gridiron. From Pennsylvania, the game spread to Ohio, its present stronghold...