The evening world., 1893-12-20
THE WORLD, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 10, 1898.
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Proposed Changes in Football
Rules Agitating Athletes,
The Long Bicycle Race at the Garden
Next Week.

Since the close Of the football season
there has been no end Of agitation ns
TO a revision OF tho football rules. Every
body has had a hand in making sugses-
lions. some Of which are good. but more
are quite the reverse. Some want 10 do
away With the present game altogrthet.
and have football A. Ii Is played in merry
England, while others want, the rules
modified 80 the game VIII resemble
blow the, feather" ",puss in the corner"
,"tag" and othcr wildly exciting games
In Its gentleness.
practical football! mcn-mcn who have
played the game know whereof they
speak-are wholly In sympathy with the
move to make the radical changes In the
playing rules FOR the collegians' guidance.
one of these is Arthur Cumnock. who
led the Harvard eleven to victory in 1880.
rough, says Mr.. Cumnock, the way to
do so Is not to tell the college man what
he must and must not do. College men
are going to play a game that will be
the only way to get them TO play a more
open game is to convince them that more
tomGhdoSns Gan De made by open play.
that two or three plays, for instance in
reference and wedges. have been done
to death. Some of the old plays, which
Of in developing just a few of these more
modern plays. Among the former may
be mentioned long passes. running Of the
quarter-back and tackles and side-linc
tricks. The team that has the greatest
number OF plays will beat the team that
is proficient IN one or two plays only
every time. Al the same time, you get
a more open game. 1t will not help mat
that.
The point is to legislate, not so as to
sIrable. but to make other plays more
frequently; or as ] have said, snow that
more ~touchdowns can be made by more
open play. Do not do away with in
them by a greater amount of open play.
p cry year some good and some unde-
sirable points are developed. Pick out
them n then show the college man
wherin by practising all of the former
his game Is improved. All of this takes
time and the matter Is being rushed
the suggestions made are not good and
do not strike the practical football man
fayorably. I myself do not think foot
ball any rougher than 1t has been for
several years.
Things are lively now at Madison
sprint races and l42-hour bicycle race
are preparing themselves for the seige
next week. What experts declare to be
S faf best wil, a Be o ssessa 9os aay t ana night stSf
from now intil the hour of midnight
Sunday, when the race will begin.
President Byrne. of the National Cycling
which he says his Association sanctions
the racing at the Garden. which does
The Metropolitan Association seems
to be meeting with more than its share
~ obstacles for Its annual boxing tour.
Blu: It is announced that despite sud.
den whims. of the police and losing
tickets the show will take place at Cen
trial opera-House as originally SEIZED
The Mayor Of Jacksonville has declared
s siii" sente as oPTP e wi,i to v tse GSro %5rainanae
Council passes 1t ,ove his veto. TIL,
% wi'S t inee msttsF b s't t If nf Mi,d In H0n IS soio,
to give $4,000 of his winnings to tn,
poor. Now what will Corbett do II hi
wins? . 81.
A. shaving match is going on in Eng
land. One OF the competitors shaved ter
It is not thought likely that the spor,
will become popular in this country.
Harvey ubert will give a Inner ir
honor OF Jake Schaefer at the Bruins.
wick Billiard Rooms, a Broadway. this
afternoon.
The Imperial wheelmen will give ar
entertainment at Central Ope-a-House
tonight.
A bowling club is being organized
among the members of the Xavier Club
A match may be arranged soon be.
tween Choynski and o'Donnell.
Capt. Hinkey has announced his inten
tion of offering prizes for drop, kicking
and %punting, the contests to take place
next Spring.
Schaefer. Ives and Slosson will be pre-.
scented with their prize money at Del
monico's this evening.
Forster. the German champion, was a