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Show SAYS S iff ITPlnlll Investigating Committ Concludes Deaths Are R, suit of Weaknesses. CHICAGO, Dec. 29.--K.ep the pilv cally unfit and the untrained piaver ', of football and the game win be (, from danger," was the oDlnlon t f, in the report of the committee on lata ties in football submitted to the convt tion of the National CoUegiate Athl. association here today. Dr. W. Ehler of the University of consin. chairman of the committee in , report said that the association ' shr,L go on record to point out the dang, of the game that exist for those w a physically unfit, either because of at weakness. He urged that ail caaidal for teams suomit to a rigid medical a: physical examination and the strict pcrvision of players, both in pracuce a" the playing of regular games Investigation by the committee th . port set forth, showed that the cause i an outcry against the game as a "brui and degrading sport cannot be ma tamed and the sensationalism thai i been attached to it should tease I exist. Of the thirteen players reportFd to hi died during 1914 from the results ot pa ticipaiion in football games or pnviii Dr. Ehler said that only taree oi t ,e were college men and onlv one nas member of a regular varsity team. "The j-esults of last season,'' Dr. Eh! said, "only emphasize what all coik, men have insisted on from the first tc: no one should participate in football w! I Is not physically fit in every respect a: then only after he has had proper trail Ing and has learned to adjust himself i the conditions arising from the game." Few Rule Changes. No drastic changes were included In t!i report of the foelball rules commitle' which was to be presented before til close of the conference. A general review of athletics on tt Pacific coast was presented in a paper b Dr. Frank Angell, chairman of the fac ulty athletic committee of Leland Stan ford university. He was not present atr his paper was read for him. Praise for the Rugby type of foothal played in the west and recognition of u faults of baseball on the coast receive attention from Dr. Angell. "In the matter of 'dragging' pretara tory schools for promising athletes should imagine." said Dr. Aneell, "wear' not so strenuous as In the east. At an rate the athletic 'drag' hereabouts Is M nearly so important a factor in 'fleer ing' subfreshmen as fraternity plecg:as though occasionally the two run togeir.e: Per contra, as between California i" Stanford, the fraternities through inuiua entertainment have a good influence ii toning down excessive partisanship." The, need of a strong central tovn ing bodv. with power to enforce its man' dates and an increase in the power of I referee was emphasized by the speaker ir connection with the development ol ft' ball. Basketball, Low Standard. Of western baseball, he said: "Alas Baseball maintains its position at tm foot of the lists of sports in marae.: and morals with a discounts? per; sistencv. We have not, indeed, deieiop that rcrtned product of near a1""", known as the summer ho el Pfe';J fear, however, this cannot oe,altr"i" to our superior virtue, but to the soar ,; of the big summer hotels in' u 1. ram The report o: the committee football fatalities, showing that Ml one of the thirteen deaths ac ited to football in the past ea ' of a trained college player, was i ccer but the recommendation ot the , commiu . that It be discharged from '"f, sideration was disregarded. the executive committee was em?pe : to consider the advis.i rmny o . . the work of the fatalities column include deaths from all form"-,?, including hunting, cancel g s.r . baseball and skating so that J , defense might be made to t e -harr j football is a "brutal and ue,rao. '"Reports from the basketball f rules cominlUsererMijnaii (Continued on roUomsgJL, SAYS UNFIT SHOULD IT PLAY FOOTBALL (Continued from Preceding Page ) de lded to publla busketb 1 and tra k rules and also to fo mulato awmnng eet rules Kepo ts of offl ers showing tl e uasoc a t on to be I good fl an al cond tlon were read and app -oved Tl e gathering of co lego repreBenta 1 es wag ma ked by tie prese ce of miny footba 1 coaohea o dlscusse 1 scl ed es of ganes An agreement was made to 1 a e Notre 1 an e nlveralty footba 1 team meet the i aje-s of the university of Nebraska at Llnco n October IS 1815 V return natoh to bo pi ed in Chicago tn 191S was also agree l po Walter Canp of lae attended the conference ani discoun ed any Idea of naterla change tn the present footbal rules The present ru es 1 a e developed a game wllch al owe f I scope for Ind dual excellence In the p ayer he said They are wel understood bv the public they are thoro gh y nderstood by the plaj ers, and the epo tl g vr ters lm a grasped their ever deta 1 Under thoBe circumstances there seen i to be no good reason for any material c ange |