Show JORDAN TALKS ON I RUGBY FOOTBAll Says American Game Will Wi Never Again Be Allowed at Stanford David Starr Star arr Jordan president of Leland Iland Stanford Jr university and one of ot the most noted educators of the country spent a f few tew hours In Salt Lake yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day During his brief bret stay star here he was Wf entertained by Professor Byron Cum Cummings and Professor Profesor Cardiff of the Uni University University The greater part of the morn morning mornIng morning ing was spent Te In driving about the city et for forir and at noon a luncheon was given Dr ir Jordan at the University club cub Those present were Dr Jordan Professor Profesor Cum Professor Cardiff Professor Leon Len Jor Jordans Wilson Hartman and A Dr dans das private secretary Dr Jordan loft left leftIn lof loftIn In the afternoon for Montana At Mis Missoula MIs MIssoula MIssoula soula he will conduct a series of lee lec lectures tures before wl the university there From Montana he will return to Salt S lt Lake to address the Utah wi Academy of Science No More for Stanford Football will wl never again agin be played at Stanford Stanford Dr Jordan emphatically de declared dare yesterday esterday although there have been many man reports recently that that the stu students students dents would insist on having the great college oleg game restored r stored In the school The attitude ge of the school authorities on this Hatter atter Is definite and It will wU never neer be b restored In either Stanford or the Uni University of California Calf It I Is true that there ther has been a movement on foot to bring bril about its is reestablishment but the ruling spirit at the school does doe not fa faor favor faor vor or it I A few of the younger students stand up for it hut but the leading students assert their disfavor We Ve will wi never al allow allow allow low any game ame involving mass plays Interference and it I would be Impossible to play the game gme of football as played by b eastern easter colleges without using such tactics The reason we are against mass plays and interference is that they th y are af un nfl sportsmanlike and dangerous to the play player players ers era er Football as played pI ed by b the eastern schools is not a contest between the te men mel It Ir js is s a battle prearranged by coaches coache li I i Is nothing more than a struggle gle be be two sides side in which the time coaches are the generals if I there is no coach the thE becomes a farce The coach should lie II eliminated from the Contests instead d dot of ot being the central figure as he is isnow isnow isnow now Would Eliminate Coach It lt t is our policy pl C In time to eliminate the coach and have hae the games managed manage entirely by the students The games in Australia and New Zealand are carried on without coaches and every eer man is hm thrown on his own responsibility and the time result resul is that they the have hae exceedingly good J o teams This method of ot conducting sports Is superior to the methods used us d I ii American colleges It I Is the same in track and field feld sports there should be beno beno berio no rio paid coaches There should only be advisers adviser and trainers trainer to get the men in good physical condition The greatest vile ls in the time athletic Uc centers around the toach and the athletic contest has lias be become come ome ore a struggle between the tIme coaches coches and not the students of the schools Rugby has hao many ma advantages over the game gime of football Every Ever man Is his own toach loah He is called caled as l e to do all al the timings thins that are arc done When any injuries they are confined to the legs while in l football internal Injuries result resul anti and an n affect affet the nervous system There Is less les hysteria a It I is ismore Ismore Ismore more Interest to watch and does not have llave the th excitement and spirit of battle that Hlat football has ha where there ther is a yard rd tj t gain and nd anything can be done to gain the yard Rugby Has Its Evils EvUs Evis Rugby however does loes not eliminate all al th the evils evis but there are only onh two al alternatives the abolition of football fo or orthe orthe the till Rugby Ru by game gme and an the colleges in the fast tast will wi realize this Football cannot cannot be modified to eliminate its Is defect so its it abolition bolton or the advent of the Rugby game Jame will wl sooner or later become necessary ne necessary sary Imry The bee bea plan lan would be to get along without either of these games Any An new game can be introduced into our ou athletics so long Ions as it I does dots not require requite the mass mas plays pla s and Interference College spirit spirit and demonstration In athletic contests contest should not be forbidden but hacked b eked It I Is not the bleachers who are ar playing the game but the contest contestants contestants contestants ants This is another advantage Rugby h has is over the tile American football enthusiasm and cheers heer fut ut little In the te victors College spirit is overdone and instead of ot being praiseworthy it i becomes disorderly While I do not disbelieve In it I I 1 would be inclined to pour cold water on it I The Tho rooting and yelling figure too ton much in our contests contest It I is not genuine college spirit but disorder Class Fights Bad Class fights are ae another phase of col cot college college lege spirit that it I is not well wel to encourage encourage encourage age although the time annual rush is a good timing tiling in so 80 far as it i prevents prevent the classes from clashing cashing at other times and inter interrupting interrupting the school work The fresh tresh freshmen freshmen men and sophomores sophomore will wi get at each other anyway and probably better betterto beter to arrange a battle batte and satisfy them At Wisconsin the sophomores ducked ducke the freshmen for the annual class fight fight but this Oils seems to be absurd We Ve tried a football game gam at Stanford It I might have hac been a success If IC there had been twelve footballs Instead of one but the plan planor of or supplying each side with wih plenty plent of rope and no knives and letting them bind each Mch other seems to have proved the most satisfactory In our experience the annual rush has ha satisfied the students and no more fights have resulted Class rushes in which football tactics are re resorted resorted sorted sorte to are Injuries and I am opposed to them as a the students go them improperly clothed clothe and amid not physically ph prepared for them and serious injuries are ely to result resul Freshmen Should Be Barred The Th eligibility rules that that are now no in force at it t Stanford are satisfactory and anti there thEre is no indication of or professionalism although I believe beleve the freshmen should not be allowed to compete in athletic contests as ne a they the should devote the first year yer to their school work The rule should generally generl be established by colleges throughout the county and it itcan cn can be e depended on as a a safeguard against professionalism Since establishment at Stanford there thore has ha been no suspicion at either Berkeley Berk ley or Stanford Dr Jordan Jora avoided the te recent disturb disturbances disturbances disturbances ances that they have hae had at Stanford In which fort one students student were sus suspended suspended us pend ed edI I I do not care to discuss this matter mater materI said sad Dr Jordan It I is a domestic af affair affair f I fair and ad not one of or general Interest There probably would not be anything to discuss If I It had not not been for statements I in the papers paper I gave out out my m only pub public pub lie lic lc statement on this matter mater several davs lalo ago While speaking peakIng of athletics at the Uni University University I verity of or Utah Uth Dr Jordan remarked that lit it was peculiar to him that Seely who played d guard on the University team last lat year yar was still stI an undergraduate player pla cr Dr Jordan said sid If H played pla ed at at Williams and andone andone andone one year yar with wih us and that was seven years ago |