Show I Football I i Delegate R S Powell Introduced a bill In the lower house of tho Virginia legislature tending to prohibit the game of football In that state A penalty pen-alty of from 50 to 500 C for each offense of-fense Is prescribed Stevenson the star quarter back of the Pennsylvania cloven whoso election to the captaincy for 190G was not ratified by the university athletic authorities made the statement that he would remain in collego and make good in his studies If possible After considering the matter two days and discussing It at great length the faculty of the University of Wis consin adopted resolutions Instructing Instruct-ing the Wisconsin representative to the university conference In Chicago to recommend the suspension of intercollegiate in-tercollegiate football for two years Rlpon Wis college Is to take up the game of lacrosse which so far has not been played In colleges and universities of the West Dr Cutler a Harvard medical college man who has charge of athletics at the college Is an expert lacrosse player and has taken the students In hand The college col-lege authorities decided on lacrosse Instead of tho game of soccer football because lacrosse Is more spectacular therefore a better drawing card and i as good or better for the student himself him-self The college will not abolish football at present as long as the other schools keep up tho game but lacrosse will be made an additional feature of college athletics |