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Show AHUM) PROHIBIT FOOTBALL 0h airman Columbia Athletics Committee Com-mittee Says It's Abominable. ' new York, n.o zf. Trancli S, r.ons chairman of the Columbia University com mlttse on athletics, today pronounced football as played under the prryent rubs and methods H "a brutal n' xbomlnable KHnie." and fcaJ.I H that ir he had hti waj II would be prohibited Bpeaklng of the rules oojnmltteo appointed a H nutnher of vm ago by the now defunct t'nl- H verslt) Atiiletic club. Mr. Hangs ald lU Ii. embers are liTewponelhle, ImperfloUe 'r H public opinion and rujbl- In llielr dlsregSMI of the Increasing danger ,.f Die game BS they vppg made H No Confidence in Club He declared that they had -ee nothing to belter condlUoni nn.i that he .ji.i nor think H th revision cf Ihe rule could he entni"l-I H to thein now with any confidence. J Of a proposition made aoraa months ago H to refer the qne-nlon of Mopping football to H the athletic oo-datlou of the varloux uoiver- tit las, Mr Pang" said: H Von mlgh: as e) trust the cooking of a H "teak to a cegrful of lion".' H Pretddent Butler Speak9. Pre"ldnt Hutler wild hut h hj not yet ready to moke a atati-nient for publication. H tut that the Ttewe of Mr. Pangs nppcare.i BBBg to him to bo entirely ound. The I'nlvenliy H council aeveral years ago authorised the preel- BBBb dent to appoint S university committee on BBH fudn" organization to supervise and control H nil student organizations. Athletic and Qther BBH which in anv way represent the university' H before the publl-. It Is In the power of thlc BBBfl oinmltleo to tak-! whatever action on the pa- BBH Of tho question which eeenvs to thSOl Wlss. H Woild Urge Action. It was said todav at Columbia apparent I - on good authority thai President Ruller '-n-. BBsg , nlv a wallet the "nd of the football eeau BBS before calling thl" comtnlttee together mil BBBg urging them peremptorily to forbid the ftir- BBsfl thi r participation of i-oiumbia etudenta la the BBBfl game of football a" It la plaed at preant BBS |