The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02

but 1t IL only being discussed, and no ac4
ton has been taken.
In the hands Of the undergraduates is th'
whole mntter.s They must ask the rules
committee to aet. When this call Is form
ally made. the committee meets AS ye
no call has been made.
The rules committee Is composed OF Wal.
| ter Camp OF Yale J. n Sears OF Harvard
| Alexander Moffatt Of Princeton. John G
| Bel OF Pennsylvania l.. NJ. Dennis Of
| Cornell. =. J.. Dashiei OF Annapolis.
i Nearly all OF them favor some change
in the rules. although from syhat Walter
| Camp says Yale does not favor the abo.l'
tion OF the mass plays. which are reail,
the Objectionable features. The majority
! OF the committee was interviewed by the
Now York World What they said follows.
Mr.. Camp says: II don't know that we
lshall urge any radical changes N the
present code. but OF course can not make
any positive statement on that point.
can state one thing, though, relative to
| the proposed revision. There are n number
| Of technical rules which require action by
the committee TO secure d uniform inter
probation. They are apparently ambiguous.
| at least they have been interpreted IN dill
| ferent ways the last season. Yale VIII seek
to have these ambiguous rules discuss
Thy the committee and given definite in
| depreciation
Mr.. Camp was asked whether Yale would
| request an abolition of mass plays. and said
he was not ready to make II statement on
| that point.
! For the last two years." says MIR. Bell.
the present playing rules have been found
very successful, and think without any
lust cause for criticism. Football is a
progressive science naturally, but fSc
| I'LL
details which need attention from time
to time, but fundamentally the rules rs
they stand are in my opinion, entirely fair
and unobjectopAbte,
'fAs far as Pennsylvania IS concerned,
the game played by them is perfectly
fair. There is no attempt at mass plays,
and all games played by them are all strict.
,y within the wording OF the rules
II think tew minor changes are ad-
visable, such as to determine when a
scrimmage begins and ends. Among
many there is very vague idea as TO
this, ami 1t would be just as we'll IT this
pont was fully determined upon. 1t
might also be advisable to have some
what more accurate specification of GER
tain duties on the field for the officials,
rs to whether or not thoy belonged to
the referee or umpire. This is a very
Important question, as IL often occurs
on the field. aud there Is n question a,
once raised as 10 the province OF the
official to decide the point raised I'm
fortunately no one can anticipate an OBJ
lection. Every effort so far has heen
made to guard against a misunderstood
ing on the field, but the officials duties
can not be defined too accurately, as they
Will avoid a possible friction and un-
pleasantness between the captains and
often between the players themselves.
II think that the rules with the modi-
ications have suggested are perfectly
fair to all PARTIES
IL will 70 into the conference this year"
said Mr. Dennis, with proposition TO
change the scoring in games. touch
down is made only after the hardest kind
OF work and should count more. The
touchdown is made by team work and is
not due to individual play. 1t should count
five points. ] favor abollshing the kick ait
goal from Il touchdown, and believe that
goal from the field should count but four
points.
AS for mass plays, | do not think them
so dangerous. but as an open game is more
Interesting TO watch, / favor legislation
that will force more open playing, For
this reason | will urge the abolition of
mass plays. There are number OF minor
changes that favor also, but which are
not of great Importance.