The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-26

10 THE EDITOR OF 1HE StN-Slr. In con-
alteration of the fact that considerable comment
has been made upon the decision Of Saturday.
and also that You devote some space to tho same
Point this morning, l trust that you will print
the following:
Rule 1907 Tho officials of the game shall be an
umpire. a referee, and a linesman.
d. The umpire is the Judge OF the conduct Of the
players. AMI his decision Is nnai regarding fouls and
The umpire may appeal to both the referee and lines.
man for testimony IN all cases of fouls seen by them,
and II shall he their duty to volunteer their testimony
in all cases prescribed in Rule so az; but they can.
not be appealed to upon these points by the captains
Id rho referee shall see that the ball is put in play
proEress. He s also the Judge of forward passes and
OF running with The ball by the quarterback. His dc.
ciSion 10 nnal in all points not covered by the umpire.
Section d. in referring to its progress" hal
reference merely to the number OF yards lost or
gained. and as to whether the quarter back runs
off-side play, and il Slocovitch touched the ball
it was Mr., Wrenn's duty to call tho ball down
at that point: This decision did not come within
my jurisdiction.
Regarding giving the ball to tale, would merely
IN ysto oo meu over .'I By not tI fsl pnlp ~ @n # mrs n5a manas
he put the Yale man on side and gave 70 him a
chance to get possession Of the ball. WHICH he,
on the ball. was not slow to do. l stood dI.
reetly over the players at the time. and dc.
and the play as it actually occurred. /
would render the same decision again under
exactly similar circumstances, fully believing
that the Yale man was more the possessor OF
tho ball than the Indian. and that he had a per-
slant ltsT f tEnt H 10 daseG%'G hands nd se tomch .ap t ha.i le aaf in,
The unfortunate part OF the whole affair was
e thG 9tf, sbasl R9i' Sor by b faS i MeG end b !; on INV whiSn dc,
my jurisdiction. +. NJ. GOULD.
NEW YORK, Oct. %.
The delegates to the New York Interscholastic
A.A.held a special meet ing at Columbia Institute
yesterday afternoon. Tho following schools were
Gram%ar. Columbia Institute Collegiate. De
kellogg :, Madison, Sachs. Cutler. Woodbrid xe,
llalscy, and Trinity. After tho regular business
presented it's report and schedule. which were
dde eeIded Mt f hsr X f isy Syy yla i T,d tns E gHm bs $ W Till b
Oh every Tuesday and Thursday.
CANPRlpGE. Oct. 25.,-The football season at
Cambridge has less than three weeks to run.
Only orc more, game of prominence will be
played before Harvard meets Yale on Nov. 10.
against the Newtown A. team, and Cornell
VII play here on next SATURDAY. In discussing
satHrday's game with Brown the ma ioTlly o.
did not score. The coachers are likewise sur
prised, but are not SO certain about any great
improvement OF their pupils. That Reggy"
Brown should have missed three easy goals in
succession was n thing to he deplorcd. Ii is safe
Yale iey have t.Ss n snlirel ; ' disappea TsdR'nBEa oafi n a. leit
guard and Swain at loft tackle have leaped into
5E armi i Sma Norton wanI1 Shay "os i b. badly s 0gs Of
!. SEQ Haskell. the big Amher.t player, MI tho
position OF right guard. When Haskell was on
tho Amherst eleven, several years ago. he was
considered one of the best tackles in the coun-
try. Behind the line the positions are pretty
well fixed; II Sulliyan's knee will only cease
botnering him he will replace Sawin. The lat.
ter Is a plucky player. but he is too erratic and
lacks the head ana experience, Of Sullivan.
Dibblee is II fixture at left half back. Unless
some new candidate turns M shortly for full
back. Warren Is practically sure Of the place.
Harvard will present n strong eleven against
Cornell, for Bouve, .Moulton, land Donald will
have thrown away their crulchcs by that time.
The result Of the game will help the coachers
and Capt. Cabot 10 determine Just who are go.
ing TO play against Yale TWO weeks later.
PRINCETON, Oct. 81. II Tigers regular prac-
tice against the SCRUB" eleven this afternoon
took place in d driving rain. The field was a
quagmire, and the ball was coated an inch thick
with mud. Both ~elevens played ragged ball,
but the varsity pushed tho ball down the field