The morning call., 1892-12-27

downs, which In Canada are called tries.
What Canadians call a rouge, which counts
one. counts for nothing in the American
game. but practically means gain OIL
twenty-five yards by the side playing on
the defensive.
Between the Canadian and American
rules there are many differences, but the
similarity is greater than one might expect
before consulting their rule book. The
dlnerences are found more In the methods
OF play than in the rules themselves.
As rule in the American game every
play Is made In accordance with sign al
given by the captain of the side which has
possession of the ball In the, Canadian
there is no signaling.
Interference. the leading feature in the
American game. is not permitted in the
Canadian.
The penalty for violation Of the rules in
the American game is either a loss of five
yards or possession Of the ball In the Cana
dian IL is called a penalty kick or free kick
on goal. In Canada there are nc touch or
goal judges.
Canadians play with fifteen men. much
the same as in England although the posi-
tlons are somewhat different, the strongest
OF the Canadians being their wings.
These are the essential differences, but
the differences in the methods of play are
even greater. In the American game, pos
session of the ball being so essential, very
few risks are taken of losing it. conso-
less kicking than in the Canadian game.
There is also no drIbbling in the American
game, an important feature of the Cana
dian.
The ball is never kicked off in the Cana
dian sense of the term, the side which has
that privilege simply forming wedge and
charging the opposing line, which is ten
yards away.
There are other minor points of difference
In the methods OF play, but these are the
most essential.
American football players have not nearly
so much chance for display of individual
brilliance as the Canadian. II q good run
is made 1t Is due to a large extent to good
interference, and no one except the halves
and fullback can by any chance do much
running. In tie Canadian game, which is
mole open, there is plenty OF scope for good
running and good kicking.
The American rules are held in high
/ favor by many prominent players la the
Ontario Rugby Union, consisting of the fol-
lowing leading clubs: Osgoode Hall, To-
Ottawa College, Hamilten, Trinity Uni
versiiy and Queens University. Kingston,
and at the next annual meeting Of the
union, in few days, their adoption will be
discussed.
The English game is the parent Of both
the American and Canadian, but the
! process OF evolution has been slower in
/ Canada. The introduction OF the wing"
game was tho most decided change Canada
has as yet made. The next change will I'M
| doubleday be signaling, and the reduction
| OF the number of players TO eleven.
1t is more than probable that next season
| the crack team of Canada will cross the line
and start a series Of international matches
In football, following the popular example
| OF the crack cricketers.
Captain Kerr of the Canadian champion
! ship team, who attended the recent great
| game between Yale and Harvard, in writ
| Ing TO a friend in this city, says:
After season of study and experience
Of their game we could put an eleven in the
held against them that they would fad IL
very difficult to beat.
Their tacklipg Is far ahead of ANYTHING
| We ever see, and they go alta m an with the
determination not merely Of bringing him
down. but Of landing him nearer his own
goal than the place where he is caught
Their combinations are wonderful, and
would be impractlcable TO us except per-
haDs in tie colleges
Repeated delays after the downs are OBJ
1eeti0nable, but i think their system of
penalizing, by allowing the non-uffending
side so many yards. IS good one"