Show HARVARD MAY DROP F FROM FOOTBALL Faculty Urges Reduction of ofA A Athletic Contests as First Step OTHER COLLEGES WONDER Gridiron Schedule to Be Re ReV Reduced Reduced Re- Re V a as Wedge to Eliminate Eliminate Elim Elim- mate Game Gamel V BY MANHATTAN IA HATTAN K New w April 4 If If there Is any basis of fact tact in bi some sonic of or tile the talk which Is current In ill college athletic circles Hai Harvard vard ma may soon cease to be a a. factor in football Tile The taU tall un undoubtedly has arisen from the action of the Harvard Harvar faculty In pissing passin a resolution urging a i lc reduction in Inthe the number of Intercollegiate Intercollegiate Intercol Intercol- athletic contests As the baseball baseball base base- ball and track and fired programs have all aU been arranged ed cd ed football will bo ho the first of or the sports to feel the effect of the opposition opposition opposition tion of the faculty to the tho prominence given s-Iven to athletics It Is of course possible that theother the theother other othol colleges will pay ay no attention to the suggestion sugs of or the tho Harvard faculty but tho the best opinion is that whether the they do or not the thc Harvard Har football schedule will be materially reduced It f is among the possibilities that only two games will bo per permitted permitted one one with Yale and one with Dartmouth Inquiries at the thc various vallous Eastern uni- uni v as to the probability of ac action action ac- ac tion lion similar to that at Harvard Harvar- 1 leaves tho tiO question In doubt As tho the athletic question stands at present at Yale Yule power and policy in Iii the matter are practically vested In the general athletic ath ath- l letic lIc committee composed o of gra graduates an and un undergraduates That committee it is said Is not likely to act unless under the spur o ot tho the faculty How tho timO lUg Big Stand I Columbia In 1001 t by y Us Its abolishment of or football 11 shows that the sentiment there Is In lii accord with that of or Pro- Pro feasor Eliot and although Professor i II pr o oCt tho tho acuity fauty lY la Is e In Inn n B iL u i graduate said Harvard ara In my Tny opinion nii mu muy depend on Colum Columbia I to t follow In Viler t p ln till thus matter J XV t S J As regards s Princeton J l r J B n Fine head hea of or lie tho athletic t executive committee said Thero There arc two questions Involved In lii re reducing tho the number of contests In iii athletics the athletics the aca academic and the ath- ath From an nn athletic viewpoint and m that of developing ln strong teams the tile present system Is needed but as ns faras faras far as the thc academic side is concerned 1 that Is a question for the athlete himself him himself himself him him- self to decide At Princeton an ath ath- lete can cun compete in only emily two branches so bo that there has been little dl difficulty for the individual althou although h university teams have lost many a vali valuable val val- al i naLle man in this wa way As rc regards ards Pennsylvania's Pennsyl attitude at a n. recent meeting of or tho the athletic committee a resolution was c adopted In I which tho opinion w was s expressed that there should be bo less Jess In indoor athletics In order to place some somo restriction on the tile competitions it ed that tho the track manager of or tho the Pennsylvania Pennsylva lva nia team must In future sen tend send 1 a n. sch schedule sched dule d- d ule of oC winter Indoor meets to the faculty fac faculty fac- fac i committee before entering ath ath- letes No 1 action however has Lon boon taken on outdoor athletics j Ray Hay rJ Ewry SmI Suspended Ra Ray flay Ewry the tho ho champion broad Jumper has been suspended by the national registration committee of or the A. A A A. A. A U. U for exhibiting exhibiting- his prowess at fit unsanctioned meets that of oC tho the West WestSide Side Sido Neighborhood being being- taken aa as a specific Incident The fhe testimony given b by Ewry Evry himself when first brought up on charges lJ by the Metropolitan o tan as association as- as registration committee was such that it left lefi little doubt in fn the minds of followed tho c case e that the general A A. 4 A. A U. U would suspend sus sus- suspend pen pend 1 him him If It it ever over took the matter in hand V Ewry however will wm not be out for long lIons Ho He will wIH immediately apply to I the local association for reinstatement and as ns h he lie received no money com compensation compensation pen pen- for his exhibitions but committed com corn milled only a minor offense ortense and that through Ignorance his application will willbe willbe willbe be favorably acted upon as soon a as itIs It ItIs Is filc filed 1 I I I |