Post by Coach Campbell on Oct 16, 2002 11:02:41 GMT
New York Times
October 12, 1905
A FOOTBALL CONGRESS SCHURMAN SUGGESTS
Praises for Roosevelt for Taking Lead in Effort to Reform Game
WALTER CAMP'S STATEMENT
Conferes Agreed to Urge Strict Enforcement of Rules- Cornell's Coach Suggests Changes
Special to The New York Times.
ITHACA, Oct. 11 - Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell University, made the following statement today on president Roosevelt's efforts to bring about reform in football:
"I believe in the retention of the game, but its brutality must be eliminated. The difficulty has been finding some supreme central authority which could initiate reform with effect."
"President Roosevelt has all the qualifications for such effective initiation. His standing as a college man, his well-known devotion to athletics, his sensible comments on the football situation in his Harvard address, all mark him out to lead this movement of reform."
"I believe that what he finally recommends will be adopted by college athletes througout the country. It might perhaps hasten the reformatory movement if a convention of the athletic representatives of the colleges and universities were summoned to meet in Washington."
Glenn S. Warner, Cornell's head coach, suggested two changes in the following statement:
"I think a very simple way to fix things would be to allow offside play on all punts; to let the ball be free after kicks, and to increase the distance to be gained in three downs from five to ten yards."
"As far as roughness goes, I think, that this element of the game depends largely upon the coaches."
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 11, - Walter Camp, Yale's general athletic advisor, on receiving permission from President Roosevelt, tonight gave out a statement, signed by all the conferences, as follows:
"At a meeting with the president of the United States it was agreed that we consider an honorable obligation exists to carry out in letter and in spirit the rules of the game of football relating to roughness, holding, and foul play, and the active coaches of our universities being present with us pledged themselves to so regard it and to do their utmost to carry out that obligation."
Coach Campbell
October 12, 1905
A FOOTBALL CONGRESS SCHURMAN SUGGESTS
Praises for Roosevelt for Taking Lead in Effort to Reform Game
WALTER CAMP'S STATEMENT
Conferes Agreed to Urge Strict Enforcement of Rules- Cornell's Coach Suggests Changes
Special to The New York Times.
ITHACA, Oct. 11 - Jacob Gould Schurman, President of Cornell University, made the following statement today on president Roosevelt's efforts to bring about reform in football:
"I believe in the retention of the game, but its brutality must be eliminated. The difficulty has been finding some supreme central authority which could initiate reform with effect."
"President Roosevelt has all the qualifications for such effective initiation. His standing as a college man, his well-known devotion to athletics, his sensible comments on the football situation in his Harvard address, all mark him out to lead this movement of reform."
"I believe that what he finally recommends will be adopted by college athletes througout the country. It might perhaps hasten the reformatory movement if a convention of the athletic representatives of the colleges and universities were summoned to meet in Washington."
Glenn S. Warner, Cornell's head coach, suggested two changes in the following statement:
"I think a very simple way to fix things would be to allow offside play on all punts; to let the ball be free after kicks, and to increase the distance to be gained in three downs from five to ten yards."
"As far as roughness goes, I think, that this element of the game depends largely upon the coaches."
NEW HAVEN, Oct. 11, - Walter Camp, Yale's general athletic advisor, on receiving permission from President Roosevelt, tonight gave out a statement, signed by all the conferences, as follows:
"At a meeting with the president of the United States it was agreed that we consider an honorable obligation exists to carry out in letter and in spirit the rules of the game of football relating to roughness, holding, and foul play, and the active coaches of our universities being present with us pledged themselves to so regard it and to do their utmost to carry out that obligation."
Coach Campbell