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...foot-ball game : "To those who have watched the development of the game in recent years, the inefficiency of the most stringent regulations governing the conduct of the players would have occasioned no surprise. The Harvard game, in New York, was only a practical illustration of the fact that rules will not make a player a gentleman, if he naturally inclines toward ruffianism. The fact of it is, there should be no necessity for rules against intentional unfairness and brutality in a game where the contestants are the representatives of America's three leading universities. When one stops to think...
...Avenue Hotel in New York. The meeting was called to order by Pres. Thompkins of Yale and showed the following delegates present: Yale, Camp and Tompkins; Columbia, Griffith and Simpkins; Princeton, Peace, Look, Bird and Moffat. The championship was awarded to Yale. Mr. Camp was authorized to have the rules printed and copyrighted. Mr. Appleton stated the position of the Harvard faculty in regard to foot-ball. The following changes were made in the rules: The punter is to have ten instead of six feet as heretofore, rule 7; It is impossible for a player to be offside...
...number of students at Harvard renders it impossible for one to be acquainted with all, and a universal rule of etiquette is to introduce a man entering one's room to all those present. This rule is absolutely necessary, and is so strictly carried out that a man is frequently introduced to friends, and in some cases even to his own chum...
...changes in the foot-ball rules which were made in the recent Inter-collegiate convention seem to us to be both wise and practicable. The alteration in the number of points that a safety and a touchdown count is manifestly a much fairer valuation than that which the old method employed. Rule 17 which reads "a player cannot be off-side play. Rules 19 and 38 as now amended seem to cove the points they bring up, much more satisfactorily than the old ones. A most judicious change has also been made in having the games for the future refereed...
...change suggested in rule 28 is unique, and should not be hastily decided one way or the other. At first thought it would seem to be an excellent way of forcing a team to play fairly whether it is disposed to do so or not. For while there is often so little difference between a player and a substitute that a team would be willing to lose the one and bring in the other in order to gain some desirable point, on the other hand, a team would under no circumstances be willing to lose...