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f- r. V ik. 4R s ! SV tft - mfmSm The Future By Professor J. I. Wyer Year after year goes byand the game of football and an Incident of study Is scarcely changed at all In the dlrec- ten weeks each year.- tlon of more open play. The rules FifthThe risk of serious accidents committee seem unwilling or unablo and ho aPPHng list of casualties tr. An oTOv ih,' iu e l . A, which occur each season. to do away with those features of the a. .. . . , . . . . . .. , Sixth The spread of tho game into Play which, while they may in some hlgh flchool8 and grado 8chool8t wherJ degree make tho game strenuous and it is often played without proper cqulp excltlng, are yet thoroughly distaste- mont or supervision, ful to those who yiold to none in love These six reasons, each one of which of a good hard contest of any kind, but seems to become stronger every year, who cannot enjoy or approve the'hos- have, without doubt contributed to a pital accompaniment, tho medical and reaction which has been more notice surgical Interludes and tho too fre- "able this year than over before, quent and distressing accidents, and There aro signs that President Eliot, even deaths. who has called attention with dtaap A few years ago it seemed a fairly Proval to tho game In his recent an oven question whether tho game was nual reports,- is about ready to tako worth tho offort necessary to maintain aomc decisive action at Harvard which 11. It has enough good points (some may result in nothing less than its of them better than almost anyother abolition at Cambridge. r.port) to makd a strong case, but cer- Fow" would expect President. RoOse tain aspects of football as now played volt to object to anything on the have been taking such definite Bhapo ground of over-strenuoslty, yet ho has within tho past flvo years as to const!- recently shown his dissatisfaction with tute so formidable an indictment of footbajl as now played and exhibited a the game as to give us good cause for willingness To use his influence to bet suspending judgment. They may be ter conditions. summed up under tho following heads: Tho distinct impetus given to asso- Flret The persistence of ""mass for- elation football within tho past few mations.and close play with the result months and tho interest Bhown in it sthat the gamo is less interesting to by several of tho great eastern unlver- 3pectators, more dangerous to players sltles is but ono more 'sign that the and offers greater opportunities forun- present football situation is top-heavy t perceived roughness. . and shaky. t Second Tho commercializing of It seems safe to predict that unless football. Every year makes it more of the high-priced professional coach, the a pure-business proposition. It is cost- expensive scale which necessitates ex ing too much ,to maintain, admission orbitant prices, tho rigorous and un charges, aro too high, too many men reasonable training which restricts tho aro paid to play (which saps the true number of players and foBters a species spirit of tho aport and puts it very of professionalism, and tho present much on the level of professional base- style of play, encouraging brutality ball) If not in one way or another by and unduly emphasizing beef, unless ' the athletic managements, then by out- these cardinal objections can bo rad- - sido interested parties. ically remedied, and vory soon, the 'hlrd Unduo prominenco in college lifofV ,n fivor of some form of tho assocla- FourtnHigh degree of training, re- lion gamo -In toto will not be matters quired, whlchpractically bars out all of surprise to those who have followed who cannot afforiTto make a business the situation closely In recent years. .-,., . University Athletic Board Thn TTnlvfimltv of Nebraska ha&Min Athletic Board of whlcirsho 'may welNpf Physical Education, and coach of DO prOua. it lB'maao up Ol U uuuy lOf mon whoaro thoroughly allvo, and anon "who are thorough business. It 'men who aro thorough business. 'The xapld advapcomont b Nebraska In' tho past fow -years has been largely "Hub to thro unabatod efforts of this Board. Thoy have worked wonders with tho amount of monpy thoy have had on hand,' While eoonomyhas "been, necessary, yet these mon had used tho money7 so Judiciously that every thing tho athletes .havo needed to give them tho best advantage has been granted, Tho Athletic, Board is composed of six faculty members and flvo student members Faculty-Members. Tir. T.fiOB PrAHidflnt'nf tho AthioHn Board, also chairman of tFo football committoo. Dr. Loes Is professor and head of tho Greek department in tho University of Nebraska. Professor Chatburn Ono of tho mombors of tho football committee, and has served for somo tlmo as a member of tho Athletic Board. Pro- lesop Chatburn Ifl a professor In tho Engineering department. , Dr. Pound- Dr. RoBcoq Pound is Dean of tho Law Sphool. Ho has been .latorestoo- in MMot.cs ovor sinoo. ho has been connected urith tho Law School. Dr. Pound is chairman of tho baseball committoo. . UStiii of Foot Ball reaction from tho gamo as now played Dr. Clann-Hoad of tho doDartment uiBsiiuun, gymuumuiii, uuu uutmui-uuu teamsX.Dr. Olapp is chairman of tho comnlltteVon track ahtlotlc's. Dr. Dales Avprofessor in tho Ohem- Istrydepar'tmQnbDr. Dales is chalr man pf tho basket-ball committoo and also a member of tho baseball commit tee. Dr Bolton Head of tho depatrfloTlt of Psychology. Efa Is chairman of fcho committee on grounds and field. Dr. Bolton has thoroughly identified him- Belc wjn athletics in Nebraska by his hard and earnest, work. 1 Student Members. Max Moyer Mombor.of tho Senior Law Class. Moyer has been active .S.' In tho law school Organizations over since his freshman year. 7?L L?. nont in. University lifo ovor since his entrance. . Maurico BenodlctMomber of tho Senior Academic class. "Bonnie" has been ono of the most prominent men in the University ovor since he en tered, and has played four years on w...w. ...., w..uu uuu uua uvuu JfUUll tno lootbau team. nStoSZ class, and Ta boWoVthe varsity baskot-ball team for four years; Ho" was captain last year and Is serv- f, ,QS captain this year. ., , j S- ' gj pitched on tho varsity baseball team for two years and Is captain of tho 'same .this year. ' T lirllllnm TTnn. ir.-l xt Foot" Ball-East and West By Robert T. Hill It is a difficult matter for ono going collogo lifo and moro than In th6 West, from West tb East to Judgo clearly tho is there found a greater homogeneity difference between tho athletics of the ,n tho studont body.' Tho class fattier respective sections unless ho has como than tho Individual or sot of individ vory closely into touch with It person- 1,als ,B tho unit, and in times of athlotlc uuj, uuu wnuBv niiuw'ieugo is not lim nil mmI .. . 1 M . . -i ited merely by tho information which ho unconsciously imbibes or by tho fow contests ho may havo seen. Tho writer, furthermore, is handi capped bpcauso of his separation from the undergraduate body, and bocauso Columbia differs from other Eastorn institutions, Yale, Harvard or Prince ton, and tho small colleges, because of Its urban location and largo graduato body. It is no secrot that athletics occupy a moro prominent placo in Eastorn collogo Ufo than that of tho West. Moro is required of the individual stu donts, athletically, both by tho college authorities proper and by tho studont body. Throughout tho East thoro is a 'greater multiplicity of athlotlc inter ests, including football and baseball, basket-ball, tonnis, association foot ball, lacrosse, hockey, fencing, gymnas tic work, water polo, wrestling, boxing, croBS-country, track, the crows, and so rtn tVltv-lllrrVi ttiA 11.. U -m ii several Bpor'ts demanding to a certain extent a peculiar man. Mnrnnvn, !. ...i... ...,. .,.... gulshes himself upon tho athlotlc field, is given, tho preferonco always in tho matter of class distinctions and honors, At Harvard tho freshman who plays tho best gamo of football in tho Yalo Harvard freshman annual Is, I under stand, gonorally presented with tho class presidency. Tho froshman who enters college and who Is athletically J!nr: "r1 - w..0 .. uvuuta. j.u luci, 11 18 21 th7Bh VT athlCtICS thQt classes endeavor to perpetuate them- so ves. Owing to this fact, then, that athlot- les so prominently enter into Eastorn The Scores of Four Ifears The Nebraska Team Has Home Grounds lQOi2 Ncbr, .51 JO J7 6 12 Doane rO Colorado ........ 0 Ghrinnell 0 Minhe$otar. ... .0 ivussouriN. .. u Haskell Indians... 0 Kansas... ,.f. 0 16 Knox...v. 0 7 Northwestern . . . . 0 12 1904 Nebr. Grand Island ... 70 72 Lincoln High 0 J7 Grinnel...., 0 46 Colorado 6 0 Creighton.... v. .0 39 Knox ,. ..0 34 Minnesota '. 6 2 Iowa 6 17 Haskell Indians.. J4 6 Bellevue" ,..0 Si. Illinois JO J6 L o4Y4l Alt Hli . BtrosB tho four units or classes com- blno into a stronger body. And this provokes consideration of' studont support. It is gonorally ad mitted that support of this kind Is Bad ly lacking at Columbia University, Tho location and character of tho students is largely rcsponsiblo for this. But in other institutions it seems ad If' tho whole student body was saturated with collogo spirit. "Support" is not do manded, for it is already concedod. Ono viowing Eastorn games is struck by tho consistency in this-reapoct But' without derogation to our Eastern brothers, tho West in my estimation, and particularly Nebraska, can oducato Easterners In tho matter of enthusiasm when it onco does tako tho stage. Thoro appears to mo no .probability of Miohigan meoting an Eastorn team this year, or for somo timo to como. I boliovo I voico tho sentiments of tho Eastorn followers of tho collogo gamo in stating that Michigan would un doubtedly glvo her rival a hard drub- b,ng' unlc8s ,t.8hould uo Yfll, in which CttB0 honor8 m,Bht bo moro ovon. I ImifA nnnn U VmI. A,.-. A. ""'" aw" ",u iu, tuum WOrK OnCO this year and I was amazed at tho "team-work." Thoy win by that. Much of tho attontlon given to ath letics In Eastern colleges Is duo to' tho competition among them for honors, directly resulting from thohxrgo num ber of Institutions located so compara tively near to each other. Rivalry runs rampant at this season particularly. Of zxuvxzzx courso this rivalry is productivo both port J cacnot rofrtt,n. In I'nB this short sketch, from giving vent to tho gon- oral fgoijjjg am5ng Nebraska men hero that thoy havo seen no bettor football1 than upon Nebraska TTleld. Not Been Defeated on its: in Four Years 1903 . Nebr Grand Island. .. .0 64 South Dakota... 0 23" Denver 0 JO Haskell Indians. 16 ' Colorado.: 0 3J Iowa ;.... 6" T' Knox... .... ...-.5" ,33 -; Kansas'. .... t-r-0 , 'jj6' 'Bellevue 0 52 f Illinois... 0 . 16 Nebr. v. N W Grand Island .... 0 30 " Lincoln High ...0 20 South Dakota ... 6 "42" Knox .0 J6 Michigan 3 J 0 Crdghton. 0 J02. Amest-..).. w .0 2 J Colorada ....'.;. 0 J8 ' Minnesota. ....35 " .0 ; Doahe 5 43 ' Ulinois.;:...... ' I 4 X rs. 4 i i i X m v-"w ' 5 " ' A w , ' v t I " wv V ' wi-aK' - W