The evening world., 1894-09-06
FALSE FEARS FOR NEW RULES.
Football Cranks Quaking in Ad-
vance of Practical Tests
College Enthusiasm Will BE Lacking
in Professional Games.

Last year seemed the zenith period in
intercollegiate football history. The pop
ular victory OF Princeton over Yale on
Thanksgiving Day, after four successive
seasons of defeat. ended the campaign
with a boom at the New Jersey college
and spurred the New Haven men to
greater efforts next time. The fact that
the iale-tniversity OF Pennsylvania
match was decided In this city drew an un-
wonted crowd and doomed the philadel-
phia Varsity not little, and, alto
gether interest in football was deep and
pervasive.
This year the new playing rules veto
in advance all prophecy as to the relative
chances OF the leading college teams. and
even the eminent band of experts WAC
devised them do not pretend to know
how they will stand practical demonstra-
ton.
The fact so often repeated by the
gentlemen themselves that they were
unanimously agreed upon, severally and
collectively. relieves each member of
individual criticism. 1t Is foolish to
suppose that even the astute Walter
Camp could work" the Committee
when IL is remembered that John G.
Bell and DR.. W. A. Brooks, Penn's and
Harvard's representatives. are consid-
cred as shrewd as any men in the
foot ba III political world, and both duly
suspicious OF Wales lodges"
1t is not at all unlikely that the first
few preliminary matches between Yale,
Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, &c.
and the minor teams Will show uneN-
pected applications and constructions
of the new playing rules that may ne
sAG az In NtVNtV nf M ~ 10
and supplementary or entirely new
legislatio
There is a popular Misrepresentation
that mass plays were wiped out of exist
ence by the committee because para
graph &, of rule 80. IL generally read
without due reflection of it's intents and
Limitations. mo momentum-mass plays
shall be allowed" does not by any
means preclude such momentum inter
ference as Woodrun's flying interior
ence. although 1t does prohibit such
which proved such AN enectual start OFF
last season. In short, till the new rules
have been actually tried prophecy is fu-
tile Ea6 and specnil equation Is as bad a..
New York Baseball club. speaks most
confidently of the prospects OF the
Leagues football scheme. New York,
phia and Washington viii be in il. The
players are to report Saturday. Sept 10.
and an exhibition game will probably
be played at the Polo Grounds that after
noon.
Since "Bucky" Vail. the pucky quar-
terback of the University of Pennsyl-
Vania eleven, ataep a game of AS
astically indorsed IT, the college men
have not viewed the Association game
so disdainfully, and the belief in many
quarters that 4 is less rough and wear
lied 1t considerably.
Still. football ls essentially an ANA
teur sport In this country, unlike Eng
land, where both Rugby and Association
players are engaged at regular salaries.
and II Is doubtful whether professional
football would be a paying Institution
here. The tremendous attendance ana
wide interest in intercollegiate games
last Fall very probably led the baseball
magnates to believe that they could
gather in the dollars after the baseball
season closed by diverting their players
energies in the direction of goals and
touchdowns during October. November
and December.
The naivest thing in football this sea-
son is Cal;. Frank Hinkey's remark
this year" Surely Walter Camp will
stop the guileless youth from uttering
such innocent comments.
Yale plays its first game at the Yale
field Sept. q. the day college opens, and
a full week earlier than usual
Phil King begins coaching the signs
at Quogue this week.
The Denver Athletic Clubs champion
ship team was so badly treated at
some of last seasons ma tches that foot
ball has received a temporary setback
in Colorado.
The Royal ArcanumN Football League
is undecided whether to play under
inter collegiate or association rules.
Trafton. the big centre from Fall
River, who will captain the Le-
high team this year. is going to have
ten good men under him from present
indications.
Tho Naval Acado,, lie ,,oi,u g., -
badly OF for coaches this year.