| Show f GLI RUGBY VS s AMERICAN RUGBY Authority on Oil Association Writes 01 Oi the 1 Iwo Wu Ganes Gaes KEEN COMPARISON In narl Burly Wn u Witti Il Twenty lien on Each EcI About lout The following article artIc from J Morton MorlIn nf nt city etty 01 football Will doubtless b be read with Interest Ro So much ha has ae been laid ald on football tithe In ti Inthe the papers papera ot of this thie country that thit a Q rum lIm between th Rugby game ame as al i In broad abroad and M th the style o It Rugby Ruby played In th the American col 11 Ig m my mr y prove somewhat 1 J rl an n In tine one nf or I ihn hn In Halt II Lake Uke dailies b by th Ih tho HII v 1 the pastor nf ot th the n or I this city which WUI wu vcr very uM he stated that from torn a I point of oC vi view w the tHi style of ut play has hac lU the American game ahle beaten to t a I t do nut ut claim to be it a Competent Judge o of Or thu tho Rugby Jilliby same Ham lime under tinder lulie It I Is Ii played and ant 1 I matte inke the statement With rard to w the rn college gm m that from fm a Ii spec spectators It IL would rack I Ihl hi lw LI lIH Oil I t of DC ti a I 11 Inv j r to discern the aim and object of the players Th Tho college Rugby game at tt first lut Wu wac copied CoNed front th Ihu English style of oI lit ill the trie early seven tie the game was wall play played d b by te tennis teams of or 20 n elds nt least baut the tie tint three thre matches between wei were e played by teams of or that hat silo Ille but hut lit ut present the Rame I Is ii played by Iy teems nf of 15 III a side Kids only one lull ull back tour lour three quarter bucks bucki two halt half back mid eight forwards I might bet hero say any that I am In position to 10 make It a comparison lIt between th thc two styles tylee usI us fill usI I J have 0 ner oer CI a dozen dOlen Inter International national amei am In various ports purt of oC also have hove seen oen the crack Welsh t teams play alto alln haw have been present at lit dozens of ot l matches and cup tie ties under the of the II aI Northern Rugby HUlby league which the cream of British talent am also have seen lIel on this conti continent nent various eastern und uni at ploy play lb Ho I t am able to judge judg from a standpoint that no western or eastern altern I conch ch cun vin claim I One thing that hut can cito be noticed ut III a glance l Is the I 4 utter brutality of college Rugby to that played under thu tha law avii of ot the British union TUB TIlE DEAD DRAD AND ND No Wo one OM can deny that statement lie Ite has hat seen leen the two styles of pia play The list 1151 ot of dead and Injured players in th the two ca rues in Ic absolute proof a end and lilt la le convincing to any person There ur are at ut least three times as IN many teams In Yorkshire I unit South gouth Wales Waits a as there thie ar IU In the whole of the United States The fhe Itu Hust nUl by season under Rugby Union rul rules R anything from 22 to 21 20 weeks and 1101 under the Union rules rule fully night months Then ilien take lake tutu Into 1 that 1111 aides consist t of or tG 16 players nod time lime of play never nevel less lees 88 II 5 minute halves Yet Vet more mora players have tiled died from Injury In the last three years year American college laws thou than In Inthe tb the last Iut fifteen years under tinder miss makes It absolutely iy Impossible tot for any 1107 college olle coach or apologist to tu m my statement No substitutes substitute are ara al III allowed lowed lowe after aUn the game ame In Is commenced un under der tier English Rugby Ruby If It u a player drops out from exhaustion or Injury that lull will havo to finish h gum gume with their team Th fb The style stylo of Rugby I In Is foot toot football Ian ball t to tG a U certain frill In lI extent II nt as the pIa players player verI kick klok drop kick punt ane and even dribble lb the bull ball with thair feet in us often II as us they carr carry It II but the thC pres present nt college game II Is anything und and everything but football Walter alter Camp amp th the tho great grent eastern AuthorIty author authority ity ItT Nt I Id In an that through the sen s I of or colle college football Coat couches tin the old Rugby game lame huts hUll been boen Improved In lii sense Ine or form but I 1 bo bog even ten evento evento to differ with 10 to great an In authority as us the person II and lid emphatic emphatically emphatically all ally state PInts that hut the tho foot toot ball roaches between n them have hay I in ru ruled ltd led and mutilated th the fine old oM Rugby came rame that It call even a Q shred of ot UM Its former glory clory and If it the they go 10 on Im Improving proving It In th future as they say May they h hlll done in the put past then all allthee thee the will need le Is an Imaginary bull tuIl AS ti ASat at the hl he present time tim for tor what whit use UBe they put pot the ball bait tu to tn a Q dilapidated top hat Dr or even evelt a tryIng frying pan or an emergency woUld equally r the purpose Tho Th Vh Rt Rev Kev F Ed dIy states that he hl saw the l h gam pluyd In Inn n Halifax N l H II there are an no rio I teams In that part of the Dominion that can he Pie called first class clas and corn com d with he the Welsh teams und nil th L tuck track clubs forming the Northern KUK Ittig b by league leue th they would be as chalk rom coin In to cheese Poi For fast tAlt open clever lev end scientific nu hy one has baa ti to t tr ru HI l to tu parts of Tot 10 and Houth Wales Fa Fat Fait t spectacular rolls covering the length of or orth th the field OC occur frequently during a iL numo and the passing of tho the ball hull be bl III lun lasso uen n the fleet tare bick hI when traveling at to top speed tire ars won Ion wonderful dt to tt nerta nothing HII ap P It Is III to hI b be hI on this Kl Klof I io o of the water Under British Rugby rules the quarter hacks bucks are the fastest m n They Thuy are nis th the offensive line and und the they tay do all 1111 ti tt scoring Looking on oil onu oila u a match say 11 between the two Wh V h crack fifteenth and tuI then watching 11 Hy sty i u like turning from trO viewing a 11 rue In lie lieI I wean i II nd nid then with u 11 It h hIng ing log cart cirt horses the same iam UI IiI Ii h I If f Yale rail u or nf I were pitted agil tat either of t ti I to two II o n Welsh tenn a tn tutu y h la run off oft their ligi ILg before half time While the wonder wonderful ful till pausing or of the Welsh harks barks would bewilder them and to I finish h they would uld be bt outclassed d both bolli In punting drop kicking end and on dribbling thu the ball boll The hc Welsh phI anti and especially lIy the tho quasI iuni l Illa players In the Northern league utu aiu tat only extreme extremely ly Iy fast men for or 01 lh the lO 10 yards but also 1151 men for tor the 10 miles crO 11 LI y run ns as football players In III the tho old country generally belong lelong to 10 one of ot tho thu several of r tune duns which exist In mid and In III a n country that produces annually hun hundreds dreda able to do the lbs 10 miles under tinder er C G minutes minute those who sho ho cant dl do the ills dis tunce un under the tha hour ar art are looked upon as 51 very mediocre re pe And nt III 1111 for stamann or staying power I won wonder wonder der tIer hO how Vale Tale or Harvard or Hurry up Yosts men would look or feel teel If It they Ihy hod itati to undergo the severe ordeal of oC eight mouths months and that consecutive months at league football and then tin tIlt r ish up with the hard halll cup ties at lt the end nd of ot tho thu season lIlon They Thy cant hardly rrUe a run Mt after r even tire the short Amer American mer kiln ican college season lealOn clubs on un th the other hand han generally never reach the top nf rt their form Carm until the season U is at lit least four tIUI months old arll arid and league matches are pulled oft off whether It U rains hard or 01 snows Nothing but an art extraordinary I severe levero frost froit or an 1111 Im Impenetrable penetrable fo tog fog prevent presents I a IL league belli being played i IN IS SPEED AND I C CF F For r internatIonal matches I In the depth of ot winter Inter If It snow II lIes deep on the thi ground hundreds of ot men mn era are employed In rI the ground ton upon lIOn tons of at straw alit urt placed upon th the surface afur the ground has ben been thawed by tw sores or of nf devils and net left there until u a f fv w hours houra before the kick kirk off All AM to the speed and pace It would b bid bd t impossible for tor an any American coll team to lOpe cope with any We sh Ih nr Ill Northern league club ai M they are in III such ugly ully outlandish and armor plate They rhey would be bp left Itt at u a standstill b by teams team dressed tl In a n rational outfit simply Imply 1 a short and knickers and fuby tuly to 0 per cent of rugby players even eln dispense with shin ettli guards Under Ilu Rushy by again you jou Ou will sometimes see e expert dribbling I 1111 shy umon among ihu forwards while on theother theother the theother other hand bond DO per cent of or the American college playerS player dont understand ever the first of the lbs art Rrt of ot d dih Ib tl else thoy would nev never r have lao maleu male made madu madeI I u horo hero of or Tipton for tor simply dribbling 1 A It boll ball over the line Une and getting a lIuI touchdown n a 11 teat feat so 90 l and com corn that thit any English schoolboy past H 14 yon year Ial re of ago age could do any anti and andery every ery day dOl In the ta wauk There Is II nn nfl chance er Ir r opportunity fUr tor manipulating the bull ball with th Ih the feet In Inthe Inthe Inthe the modern college game therefore It I Ii only an 1111 unsolved system of or massed piny which 5 60 50 per tr vent cent o of th the Ipe UI t I uis I II I cant cont make anything of and ma mo under the tM name flame of nf tooth I I However Rugby Aub no matter under what hilt form torm It Is la 1 played can Olin really claim the title of ot toot football INI II The Th on gme m Is II th the only one In existence that truly deserves rel the cognomen of ot loot luot b ball ll II as t the be ball II Is played by the test no handling or er earning carrying allowed hU II as s tar for ns nl fast o open n clever T c n ci title tilt spectacular I football a 0 cornet t bel en two clever first cIa claw chase III o kT clubs bae baa all kinds of oC Rugby whether college or English or Northern Union skinned to death 01 If the RII Rev l I Eddy could 11 by some meant 1 see lee th the magnificent footwork of ot the professional league leau teams In Great Britain he would to the seine same a m colic conclusion I IT lI IS TOO lOt 1 lo 10 o Any tny changes In thu the of lIt I Coach Jack Jalk Owsley of ot Yale returned re It turned to New NII Haven title this week from front the Ihl loot bull ut at tue V hU hW House but man managed to escape the re rui roo reporter porters porter who ho go NO but wa wits was supposed to know everything about It Litti when I klel to the New Mew Register T Tue u ob oh object b of or the president was wan to eliminate th the rougher feature of or football and ml nd tin tha 1 at ut luncheon w as entirely on this point No III decision Will was arrive I 1 at It Will the presidents talk have an any effect on the thEl style of ot football to In lit pla ed this fall tall lr r w waked was wat asked aked fot ot the slightest lIt h he replied We shall follow the policy map mapped I out SOil ami the other colleges will do the same seine Will thore there be another session Mimon ut lOt the White I louse House 1 No the incident Is III elated as us far fur tu as this year Is III ned Mr bloomer loomer denied the report that President Roosevelt an as a Harvard II tt Mr Ir Owsley not to um lun up Or too bl big a II score this year against thu crimson the he The IX cx at 01 motive that actuate the pr ld it In calling the c le Is Mild Ild by some ome Yale men melt to have been extremely tel pei peiK e K mal The They dope It out nut Ut th this thi We wa way TOlIe You TOl sue ice the tAe president hopes that thal young oun Teddy reddy will get let on th the hu Harvard team leant II n lie is lit light lIht and anil would vou hive have to play ply olId nd and Thit would bring him up Hus Hua Husky ky Tommy und and un esi th thi rules are lire modified Teddy junior i soon be bo down and out an un I covert covered up i This MIll explanation however I U Is not 1111 i iclal elal I Keeps MII Y YHan Han Harvey Holmes bo boss bose nf of athletIcs it t the Ihl University of Southern Call till 1111 ornia b has du dug up tib out of oC th the another giant for tor lila hit line There IheN are aro sev lr dv In sight at the Methodist In Institution Th The Is N v o Please Ilease M this the last dance danca for tor mc me meAs As s the rosult result of ot a leap deep laid plan plon he sent ent a n copy CON of ot the words and music to Mr Mrs Ir OKeefe and then putt Mat t down behind a large huge cigar clear to await developments When Mrs fr OKeefe got as all tar fat In her bet perusal of the song loni as the thorns chorus sh she aim had decided ed to withdraw her liei suit stilt for or I u ut separation ell from the author There were vero two things about It that compelled her nn as she shot said mild and made her to keep him hini In the tho family One was the evidence that liar her hus band had tIP the hi poetic Instinct and auth the theother other wa ta IlU the delicate one une ex ax Capt the Initiated would under understand It 11 that Ja Jack k Will was prepared to assert hi hir claim to the last lut dines dance with nith Mrs ulia divorce or no divorce all u escort it takes a brave man to do 0 this thle at the Pan Panl y clubs or the tho Eureka and aini Athletic 1 bIll ball and reception THU Ill I H P FI i 1 I R lS S How Jimmy town Down n a Pro Prot lit muter II I C In Iii n M t I 10 lonN t Here Is ts another story tory Jimmy Drill told recen recently II Shortly after I fought taught Young Youn oung Cor bett belt I was In St It It Lou Loul Lotus In taking In the lie fair In my rambling around the lie city I noticed In a II cheap little vaudeville ho hall house i e they were showing pictures of ot I tho ho fight As s there were no pictures taken of the light and I I 10 loss lose nothing by fake rake photos photo I much c care came re if It this manager er was wait making milking a lIttle money timoney out of or hi lib his v yen en n ture My I curiosity howver was cut suf I aroused so 10 that I decided to see MOI what the picture looked like Gee they thy were ere a it sight You ought I to have seen asia In the tello fellow that t rep 0 Cu 1 Corbett orbett ana I J They Ih were a n pair air of ot cheap hobo hobl just ut g gotten u up for forthe forthe I the occasion The fellow that m us Corbett was bad enough but the guy RUY i that was supposed to he me was u a par pOl unkempt appearing chap I After th tb the show thol I 1 went out but In front of ot the house houle and 1 said Mid to the manager a bum looking gu guy youve got Rot representing Well that Britt all ll right he Ito de I 1 when hen the manager bawled out What are you ou talking about You never saw Maw Drill 1 l never NI saw him I 1 MM said with wHit 1 a laugh Well I gul guru guess I 1 have hu In r feet fact t I I 1 see lite him every time I 1 look in the tho I V i I j i i t i Oh to so youre Mr Ir said ald tho thin manager recognising me nie now from moni tho thin thoI lIP I turl that wore were appearing In 10 Ih the St l lLouis Louis newspapers newspaper Wall ull the chap Hints In log ing you ou 1 Tn tui tel I lyo o tithe lithe truth I 1 dont mind your OUI showing tie the and making I 11 IL little money I said stid but that guy poring an ills me InC needs neel a hair cut font Dont mind that lint Mr DrIll Britt wound up lip the manager Ill have him shaved In t the he ii 6 A I 1 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