The morning times., 1896-10-05
NEW RULES FOR FOOTBALL
They Will Greatly Lessen the
Chances for Injuries
LOCAL TEAMS LINING Up
Great Interest Is Felt by All the
Tenms-Ench One Trying to Get
in the Best Shape-Even the
Light High School Boys Are
Hustlers.

This fall promises to be one of renewed
interest in the local football world.
Last year the sport suffered greatly in
consequence OF the very unfortunate acci-
dentto Bahen, the Georgetown College half
back in the "a Thanksgiving Day game
with c. A. G. Those Una,quaintcd with
the game were quick To seize upon this accl-
dent as Illustrating the extreme rUughness
OF the sport, and considerable opposition
was manifested. II came, however, from
those VINO knew nothing ;ibolt the good
points OF the gaiEc While il is admitted
thai IL Is no sport for constitutional weak
linss, yet prominent physicians, college
authorities, and even athletic Ctrrs SIuen,
insist that the game, when pla yed under
proper conditions is bcn-rIciaIt 10 the mind,
morals, and physical well being Ut the
pla ycrs.
Incrcls no game which requires quickucss
of Thought, promp,ness Of action, and even
ness uf temper III such II degree rs foot
bail. In addition the candidates Tor an
eleven must he impressed with the TACT that
self-dcnial is absolutely essential. While
training the simplest food only can he
eaten, and dissipatiUns OF even the mild
est kind must Lc gwen up. Otherwise
the platter will find himself out uf cOndi-
NLtlII 'bHNttt' I'!s ilIA'H HA''' Ai'''AN
to irJury Failure to comply with these
rules is often he cause Of INJURY to players,
for which the ''rou sEncss'' of the game Is
unJustIy held responsible.
CHANGES IN THE RULES.
The changes in this years rules will re-
suit III II utGCb more open game, A. AL mass
plays IreprOhui,cI Tits believed ttat this
change Will greatly reduce the injuries
resulting from a large number OF men
going ahead of the bail. 1t VIII also give
greater oppcr unities Tor individual work.
though team play Will not I've weakened
thereby.
During tile past week active work among
The local teams WAS Conmenc.d While tlic
number OF teams L. limited, iii nearly every
Instance they will be stronger than III the
past, aud the rivalry for local championship
houors promises to be very keen.
Capt Wells, OF the Columbia Athletic
Club, Will undoubtedly have Il very strong
team, as the material from which 10 select
an eleven is abundant, and OF unusually
high quality. Among the candidates are
the names Of the hest known players Of
the District. such Is JOHN Shields, Tuiby'
Dickinson, Frank johnson, AL Lect, Barnard
and Fred SINS. These men Will make tie
Others hustle To gain places on the team.
There are Il number OF men out, and tue
work OF the candidates generally seeiIs
W Nsinh VI StltNNihE tNf
team Will he Il puZzliug one \ Reserve
team OF considerable strength can hc formed
after the fir>t Team is maze up. \ training
table will be maintained, and Mana ger
Charles Cabrera intends that the team
shall bC equal IL any Which has represented
the club i'll the past.
SECOND TO NONE.
The Potomacs Intend 10 put forth team
second To none. Manager Schcll rays tEat
lie has twcnt y-five excellent men from
whom To pick Il team. Members of the old
Orient ana Canterbury clubs have COM
bincd with the PGtomacs, and the PICK Gf
the three should result III an eleven which
Will give any uf the local teams good
argument. MnTe can lie said about the
Individual play yers after the men assemble
Ia practice, which will he commenced uis
afternoon at the gIounds, First and V
streets northwest. Games Will lie pla yed
weekly with either l,cals or out-of-town
teams.
Their game with the Eastern High School
ON Saturday showed them tu possess Il
strong line dnd good running backs. With
more practice in Interference ana tacklins
the eleven should tc among the first i'll
the city. ". RUsson and Darby are The
halfhacks, and their work is well known
to the football public, especially that Of
tsbSSph. ihpN. Il'its up
ana Hedges and h sings are the guards
Both are heavy men, as are the tackles
Bruckhagen ana Brooks. Erd or HaiG will
Ice found al full. l.. Russur. the liGhtest
man on the team, plays quarterback. Alto
getner the eleven is better than Kendall
has had for some years.
Columbia Will have I varsity team
this fall, but there i a movement Oil foot
among the students to have an eleven rep
them In "A ipI..ur which - hpinp
talked of. This league, if formed, will
include the three High schools, Episcopal
High school of Alexandra, Columbian Col,
Icge and possibly the c. A. c. reserves
There is no doubt about the popularity ui
the scheme among the Columbian students,
and they hope TO see ii ConSunmated.
Washington Light Infantry Athletic As
sociation Will organize Il team in fe ~
days. but at present. little can Ice said
about the eleven. There is no reason
why the soldier boys should not have III
extremely good team. as there are Ilcnt Y
| of fine athletes III the Infantry. Their
| champion basket bah team show wha1
| they are capable Of.
HIGH SCHOOL BO VS..
The High School teams, though light
Will furnish some extremely clever cNhi
bitions during the season.
The Ccntrals seem to have the heaviest
tcsatf VI tIt t'liDt
tent Capl3InCy OF jolly should again sue
cccd in defending the intcr-iligh Schoo
championship against Eastern and Busi
ness. However, they will have no easy
| task as far as Eastern is concerned Cant
:. Maupin is an energetic youth, and Il
| hard practice and la rier pla aying vii
avail. the Eastcrns stand "A iifstrate chance
of brin sing the championship over tC
! Capitol Hill. The good stand the team
| made asLiDs ST the heavy Gallaudets on Sat
| urday stamps them as II very clever eleven
The Business team is practically an un
| known quantity as almost all the pla yer
are new men. Eugene Cough is captain
and he will have plenty OF material from
| which TO pick a light team. II S hardl,
probable that strong team can be dc
| veloped. but that remains to be seen
Indications seem to point to yer,
| successful season. as interesting games be
| tween local teams will be played and tn
managers of the various teams are in cor
respondenCc with well know clevens, witt
view to arranging games for the nea
| future.
Plumbers Elect Officers,
Mil waukee, Wis, Oct. 4--Tbe Plumbers