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THE RED AND BLACK.
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of the rnivemlty of Georgia.
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KDITOlUAL COMMKNT.
We :ir«• i11< 1.■!>1 <>> 1 to Mr. \\ ill
Hoyt for getting up tlu> ntldetie
Hews ill this issue.
< >wing to innhility to obtain
tlio manuscript in time, it was
impossible to publish in last
Week's 1D:I> IMi Hl.ACK tlio find
ing of tlio Committee of tIn*
Vnivorsitv of Tennessee who
wort* appointed to investigate
tlio charges brought hy tlio Uni
versity of licorgia against the
tlio Tennessee loam, in rojjaml
to unfairness in the rooont (Senr-
gin-Tcnnessec foothall game.
However, in this issue, wo pub
lish the report in full, together
with a eartl from Mr. K.S.Cnn-
non, who acted as umpire in the
K«im
As to the report, wo have
not hint; to say, except that tlio
statements in the lirst sentence
of paragraph.'! and in paragraph
7 are eorroot. Wo have found
that in those two points mis
representations were made in
the account of the game as pub
lished in the Pi n ami Mi vi k
several weeks ago. These state
ment' we retract, and gladly
make an apology for any injus
tice done Tennessee, at these
two points in our account
The failure of our foothall
season to come out dear of debt
has rendered it painfully evident
that some new system in our
athletic management mti't ho
devised, or our inter-collegiate
athletics are doomed.
With these facts in view, the
Athletic Council atitsla*t meet
ing appointed a committee of six
to make impiiries of the mana
gers of other college teams as to
their tn'tlmd'of management,
and to suggest to the faculty
some means hy which our sea
sons might at least pay all ex
penses.
The trouble seems to have
lieen that the exjH'hses of our
team and those of our opponent'
have taken all the gross receipts
of the games, and so left noth
ing to pay for equipment or
coach. The expenses would be
increased very little, but the
receipts greatly augmented, by
hibits plainly the advantages
over the former method. A
unanimous selection has been
made in less than a week after
the season’s close, and every
one is satisfied with the result.
Not :m unfavorable criticism
has been Uttered by a single
member of the student-body, so
far as we know, but each one is
confident that the committee Ini'
made the best possible choice,
and that Mr. MeCutcheon richly
deserves the high honor that
has been conferred upon him.
playing two or three games on a der the new system, but it ex-
singl" trip ; and this suggests a
possible remedy. Sewatiee made
$2,ol)(l.(l0 on her Western trip
on account of the fact that she
played five games in a single
tour. There were the gate re
ceipts of five games for profits,
and expenses not at all propor
tionally increased. If, for in
stance, on the Tennessee trip,
our team should have had
games arranged with Sewatiee,
Vanderbilt, and the University
.of Nashville, there is no reason
why a considerable amount
should not have been cleared,
as there would have I no ad
ditional expenses except those
! of a stop-over.
As a very reasonable objec
tion to such a trip, it is urged
that it is demoralizing for a
j team to be for so long a time
out of college, Imt the men arc
allowed to play a certain num
ber of games olV the University
campus, and there is no reason
why all these games (or the
greater number of them) should
not he played iu a single week.
It is high time that the stu
dent-body should awake to a
realization of the serious dan
ger that confronts our inter
collegiate athletics. Matters
will not be allowed to go on al
ways as they are at present.
Something must be done, and
done tpiickly
omen
elev-
tmicli
in the
THE ELECTION OF CAPTAINS.
The election of Mr. McCutch-
eon as captain of the H>00 foot
ball team has demonstrated that
thi’ present method of selection
is decidedly a success, and that
a choice of captain hy the com
mittee in charge is easily made
and avoids all the evils arising
front the mechanisms sf polit
ical cliques. This commitoo
consicts of l’rof. John Morris,
Physical Director; Dr .1. P.
Campbell, faculty member of
Athletic Council; Mr. John' themselve
Wclcli, the resident alumnus
member of Athletic Council:
the retiring captain; and the
coach for the team.
In such a committee there is
almost m> chance for the work
ing of political schemes, and
the election must lie solely on
merit. Now. for several years,
our teams have been greatly
handicapped by the pledging of
the men to mu* candidate or an
other for captain's honors,some
time before the season’s close;
and the result lias always been a
divided team—a team that
lacked that unity of purpose
and play, without which no
game can !*> won. Kven after
an election hv the team was held,
the result was seldom final.
There were in nearly every case
charges of fraud, and protests
entered. These led necessarily
to hard feelrngs on the part of recognition of thi
the defeated party, and to a di- should therefore be
CLASS GAMES.
There is indeed a good
for the P.MtO ’Varsity
en in the ftict that so
interest is being shown
class foothall games. The en
thusiasm is unprecedented, not
only that exhibited by the teams
themselves, hut also by the stu
dent-body. Every spare mo
ment in the day finds the class
captains and their men out on
Athletic Field running signals ; j
andthe attend anecat th ■ games
during the last week proves how
popular these contests are with
the students. The excitement
shown has been its great its at
;in inter-collegiate game, and
th" iitt"rest j list a< intense.
There will be no lack of good
men for the’Varsily when our
—freshman are trained in the
;i-s games ; Tor sin’ll men
make the best of athletes.
What better players have there
been on our football elevens
than Nalley. Cothran Kent,
It it'll ii>, or McIntosh? All these
were men wlin trained in ath
letic sports from their very en
trance to the University, when
they gave little promise of what
they were to become. We could
wish for no better material than
we have now iu college, and
class game will bring out this
material and show the men
what they can do.
Football is the American col
lege game. While other sports
are taken up in season, foothall
belongs to college men exclu
sively, and they have made the
game what it is to-day. Hnse-
hall occupies an important
place in college athletics, hut
the best baseball players are
not found on University nines,
and in fact, our best coaches arc
drawn from professional ranks.
This is not true of football.
There are no professional foot
ball elevens, and the coaches
are till college men. It is a
game made by college men for
college men.
Such being the case, our foot
ball should not be left to the
eleven men who compose the
’Varsity, hut it should lie the
common property of all stu
dents. The class games are a
fact, and
encouraged
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The amendment to the con
stitution of the Athletic Asso
ciation passed by the Athletic
Council at its last meeting is
worthy of the earnest consider
ation of every student.
The difficulty with which the
Advisory Committee lias had to
contend in making elections is
the fact that it now requires
eight of the ten votes in the
committee to elect ; and in prac
tice it has proved very diflii-nlt
to obtain eight votes out of ten
for any one man, on account of
political factions in the Univer
sity. A remedy seemed to lie,
therefore, in decreasing the nec-
ccssary number of votes in the
committee, and it was this rem
edy that the council adopted.
It is now proposed that a ma
jority of tlioxi nitimi iu the com
mittee shall elect, the name re
ceiving the least number of
votes being dropped after each
ballot.
Plainly, thi- will fulfil the
purpose of obtaining ait elec
tion. and that very quickly ; for
the number of names will soon
be dropped to two and one of
these must secure a majority.
In case the vote should stand
a tie. the president will have the
deciding vote, and the matter
will lie settled without any
delay.
The only question in the
minds of tin■ Athletic Council
iu presenting this amendment
to tin' Association was whether
to i much power would not be
placed in the hands of the Ad
visory Hoard by stirli a measure.
I nder this system of election, it
is evident that if one political
party should obtain strength
sufficient to hold a majority iu
the Advisory Committee, they
might easily run everything
with a high hand, to the com
plete exclusion of the minority.
This difficulty seemed a serious
• me, hut no better method could
be found, and it was decided to
submit the amendment to the
Athletic Association.
Let the students think over
and talk over the proposed
change; and if this is consid
ered the proper reinedv for the
evils of the present method of
election, let the amendment lie
ratified when the Association
meeting is called just after the
Christmas holidays. If, how
ever, a better system of election
is known, let the proposed
amendment be voted down and
another substituted in its place.
\ ided ’Varsity next season.
The election of Captain Mc-
Cutcheon was the first held un
to the fullest extent.
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