The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
UMPIRE WRENN GIVES HIs VIEWS
BOU LAST SATURDAT,A GIVE.

Can Ro Auended-Hew . west Point Lieu
tenant " assuppressca-Ners orthe Colleges.
robert ID. wronn, who umpirod tho Yale
Carlisle Indian snmo on Saturday, made the fol.
lowing statement to THE U yesterday:
'ln Wow OF the fact that there have been sew.
ernl mlsstatomcnts published and a general mis-.
understanding regarding tho decision on Sat.
urday by which Yale retained possession of the
ball after a kick in the Carlisle Indians terri.
tory, i may say that Slocoyitch. the Yale end
rush, was not offside when the ball struck his
knee. for the reason that the ball had previous
ly graZcd Hudson's leg as tho latter ran for
ward. Mr.. Gould ruled rightly enough that he,
as referee, had nothing to do with onside play
over which there has been considerable criti.
cism, but tho question was not one Of offsido
play. 1t resolved itself into the single point of
possession and Of this tho referee was sole
Judge"
The play viii CHI has caused 30 much talk &C.
CURED this way: With the teams lined up on
Yale's 45.yard line. Mcbride. Yale's full back.
punted. The ball sailed over the heads OF all
OF tho players, and when 1t struck the ground
the only Indian between tho ball and the goal
line was Hudson. The latter. instead Of run
ming forward, as Mr.. Wrenn declares, ran back
ward, at the same time permitting tho ball to
roll past Carlisle's 2o-yard line. At that point
Slocovitch, the Yale end, who was coming
down the field at a great rate, overran the ball.
which struck him on the leg and then bounded
Slocovitch was Off side, according to such OK.
perts as Frank Morse OF Princeton and Bert
Waters of Harvard, who saw tho play as The
Sun man saw it. Referee Gould in the pres
enco OF half a dozen witnesses admitted iInme.
did Giidd'H nSt see %ss' It, and and from R'a Umpire rna Ge' @renn' ias State as
'ment Of the play hc could not have seen 1t
either. Frank Morse has this to say Of the
'Slocoyitch was Off side, and when the ball
the play. should. have declared the bali down
where The f.side play occurred. 1t was the
and snd'f Il was Ssa a s ~ n,sh that Sp IL, anst ofi aGisnlsy iid not ii ss
1t in that light"
Gilman c%olIamore, the ex;Haryard player.
Ride. and the ball really belonged to the In
dians. The referee should have followed the
rules, after 1t was punted by Mcbride. Had
he done SO, he could not have failed to see slo.
have been able to call the attention of the um.
pire to 1t or take the authority upon: himself
An ex-Harvard coach, who is now living in
Il read Referee Gould's letter in THE U
To-day, and l was. surprised oyer some Of his
statements. A referee 10 really in charge OF
etfairs on the field, and it has always been his
duty TO follow every movement Of the ball. II,
of. sido play, would it be his duty to overlook it
simply because it was not under his ,~jurisdic-
ton If so, then the rules should be changed
DO that both referee and umpire will have power
to rule on any points that they may see."
The statement that Yale may not play an
other football game in this city, because OF al.
legged unfair treatment received by the team
from the crowd last Saturday, is rather surpris.
ing. 1t is true that the majority OF the crowd
eympathized and rooted for the Indians, but
Yale received due credit for all good plays and
also cheers for the great brace in the last half,
when The Blue players carried the ball seventy
ELEMENTARY remarks were made. by specta-
tors were not aimed at the Yale pla yers. The
Yale men played in the most sportsmanlike
manner. and made MANY friends nv their pNcnl-
lent behavior.
There is considerable controversy this season
over the disposition OF the ball after it has been
sent asros; the goal line direct from the kick.
this point, reads:
At the kick. on, II the ball go out OF bounds before
and Kicked on again. II Il be Licked Saa.t Of our Pt Of so"n %I's
second time II shal! go as a kirk;o1 to the opponents.
nrst down at the centre OF the field to their opponents.
Whenever the ball is kicked directly over the
sEfl Iine sn 1T Is really Y out .i of , bounds although 18th o Efh
either let the team into whose territory the
25-yard line for u free kick, or they let tho
other team kick over again as Il the ball had
should be a definite ruling on the point, all ex-
perts say.
Burr Mcintosh oiiciated as umpire in the re.
cent Harvard West Point game, and enforced
the rules 80 strictly that he had an interesting
encounter with an army Off or on the side lines.
The. latter was a Lieutenant. and was so ex-
ing the cadets and incidentally subjecting the
officials to adverse criticism. Finally Nc
formancc. and when the latter refused, Burr
quoted Rule ID, to the effect that the umpire
rsInses not to permit enmnl, eo With shc ann ru,e IL i bs 1 0Mehd 6r
removed from the field. Then the Lieutenant
The football season of tho New York Inter.
scholastic A. A. was opened at Berkeley Oval
berkeley School and d. La. Sale institute. It
was a struggle for honors In the first section,
alsrge number Of admirersin the GsId, who were
we'll supplied with horns, and whistles. As 10
usually the case, these lads overran the field
task; THE game had to be stopped several times
90 that the %gridiron could be cleared; The
witness q scholastic football contest.
The game began a. $50 O'clock. Berkeley
aowned. De La Sales backs were sent through
then 6recsd up and held De Ia salie for four
Gr"nSsry, iIi H%S.inF t'n and Fssrn sy' SsFk y
worked the ball back to the centre OF the field.
Sage Ds ia s sStIs ts sst sss@ los! loo 90 sDo a1i t to Piss9sS vs a, ys ,RIs
for ott-side play. Berkeley then began a vigor.
touch own, Huntington Kicked goal. De La
Sale kicked oyer the line twice on the next line.
Kicked to De La SALES twenty.6veysrd line.
Berkeley made no attempt to advance the ball,
but simply, had 1t passed TO Huntington. who, on
q beautiful drop Kick, hoisted the ball over the
uprights for a goal. The half soon ended after
this, The score being II to lin favor Of Berkeley;
The DE La Sale players were greatly refreshed
IN the second half, and with tho exception OF q
few minutes before time was called held the ball
In Berkeley's territory throughout. BY repeated
mass plays Gender was sent through for a
touchdown, and he also kicked goal. Nofurther
scoring. was done. There was considerable
Trangling over the decision of the referee when
he gave the ball to Berkeley School TO kick of
after De La Sale Institute kicked over the line
twice. In the second half A. Boyesen was in
5urcd and had To be assisted from the Held. lie
reappeared on the side line a short time after
ward. The lineup:
Berkeley School. Positions. De La salls In.t,
Wilbur. Left end .............G Gender
ellison .,...-.."...Lef tackle. "''''' sGSr,ensr
irvine Left guard ..,,, Raftar
oeeoe' ...,.,. .,....,.. Centre. see, Ruddy
Thomas. ..."....... Right guard go. '''' ;:huTphy