Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 307, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1914 — TO RESTORE FOOTBALL GAME [ARTICLE]

TO RESTORE FOOTBALL GAME

Agitation at Columbia for Renewal of Gridiron Contests—Open Style Removes Danger. agitation has started for a renewal of football activities at Columbia college. Those who favor the reintroduction of football at the college point out that the main objection that the Columbia faculty had concerning the game now is removed. The Columbia authorities barred the game eight or nine years ago because of the many deaths and serious injuries that occurred on the football field during the period. The new style game, it is pointed out now to the faculty, has removed much of the danger tn football. Columbia has a student enrollment of about six thousand and from among this collection of youths it could mobilize enough footballers to give the best teams in the country a real battle for annual honors.