Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-07
the RULES ARE ALL RIGHT,
nNprnrs uisctss FOOTBALL AND
ms nntrAL FEATURES.
Penalties rrescribed--rrouble 4
they Are Not Entorced ny rhosr
ia Authorlty--onr writer Monid
Have Mass Plays HAIRED.

Wter accident has taken place, ana u
has been the most harmful IN the
gnme'a history. Can rules be framed
which will do away To a great extent
with brutality and unnecessary rough
ness, or are the players Themselves to
blame Tor the unusually large number
OF inJurioaf The following signed
etatementE from persons intimately
connected with the game are pertinent
at this tlmc
There Ia no doubt that there have
been an extraordinary number OF acct
dents attending foot hail this year.
both In practice and N matches There
have been many HtNtemcnts IN the
papers regarding Hlugslng. In justice
to foot BAN players It Is only fair to say
that / believe these reports have been
much exaggerated especially IN the big
games. In my opinion the now rules
have lessencd dangers OF injury by
practically stopping momentum plays.
which last year were the main object
Of complaint They also place u pre-
MUM upon Kicking and Ia this years
coutVata tho ball has been Kicked IN
consequence far ofloncr than hereto
fore, ana the dangers attending run
Mug play have been decreased to -
small degree, A penalty difficult TO cn-
force was placed upon plliuE up on a
man who has been tackled, Ton yard,
oven hflecn yard penalties were sub.
atltuted. whore heretofore only Ave
yards were given In case Of fouls, The
tendency. thon, OF tho new rules has
been 10 lessen the number pf fouls aud
the dangers peculiar 10 certain plays,
Where the now rules failed, In my
opinion, to accomplish all thoy might
have done lies In two points
a. Mass plays fully az dangerous
as momentum plays, have not been
eliminated
80 The fun back is not sufficiently
protected uPon receiving the ball when
Kicked by the opponents.
'lhe mass plays above alluded to,
are responsible. | think, for the great
number OF Injuries Thry are fully us
dungeroua ns momentum plays, 40
called Thcy have been developed tbs
year TO a marvellous degree In many
plays All OF the rush line, except three.
are dropped back ana three or four ~
the heaviest men sent against u tackle
or guard ahead ~ the runner, who has
the ball THE tackle or guard must go
undor the Interference and stop It, The
force with which he II struck is tire.
mendOua,
II think Il would be good thing 10
prohibit the men In the limo from fail
INK back Of the ball murc than one
yard or Ia limit the number to per.
haps tho ends, who are usually COM
pprRllvely light, The Offensive game vt
present Is distorted We almost never
Npc the line na II used 10 look 1 think
more open ao-cRllcd trlcl, plays should
W. used They make pretty. clever
ana lcss dangerous game. With rc.
gard to tho protection of IA fun hnck
much has already been said 10y others
I think any Interference with him he,
forc having chance to catch tho han
should bc rewarded with II tcn-yard
penalty, At present & fun back not
bignNlllng for a free catch cnn be foul.
ed over. ana az a result the hnu sim.
ply goca to hs ald,. I think, also. that
w oasc uf a free catch the catcher
should be allowed to touch the hail
down ana pass Il back for another of
his side to kick, thus cnabllnp hls
rushera To got down the ncld. hslleVe
Ia enforcing tho Kick. hut not To 40
great disadvantage to tho slide which
has made the FREQ catch az now eXiats.
Az matters now stand a fnoc catch IA
never oven attempted, II ~ too comfy.
"FirnllY, 1 thnl, tho rule regarding
pillng ON d Mayor who has bern tncllod
should be enforced. ma IL hna not bnen
this year. Tho referee should ,yblHtlc
promptly whom the PLAYER goes down
ana " amy of tho opponcnts drop on
him after that the fftepn-ynrd penalty
should bee given, Lastly tho lincanlnn
and referee should have tho mower 10
SPEAK up II they soe amy foul without
appeal by the umpire. appeal by play
ora not being allowed The tasl, of utn.
piV In too much 10 expect uf any ono
man lNpotbali will alwuys he rough
and that IL one OF It's hno points. IL
need not be brutal
PAUL =. pASuIBt,"
Paul j. Dashlcl was one OF tho foot
bah reform COMMITTEES OF last y,nr
AT the close OF last aoason'a may II
became evident to men who have tho
best interests of the Enino AZ heart thnt
n fouthall'a populnrity VIVA Ia rnnttn,,
much of ia roughnras hath intenttnnal
and otherwise, must h. clininntcI
Added 10 this theto came n unt,ar.et
demand from tho foothnll n,hlic f,r a
return to The older and m,,cr n,sttior
omen stvle Of NAV in r,hIch i',e,t,,.,.
uiavea an inn,rta,,t 49,, ""',' H'NN'"N
don waN hold nnd n cn,,,,,t,,l', w
noinioa IA frnmn s,,c, ~
AWAY win mo mnmcmt,,,, -, mVu'u a9
would further n,nrn me p'aSH my
NAV In which t,tri,l,,. u,,,,h1 800 o'
stt, M, , e,..,,' M "uuN " hrnca-
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