The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-07
CURRENT PORTING TALK.
\ DEMAND FoR MORE OPEN PLAY
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

Patrons want-narrn, Withdrawal from
Enthusiastically naethsas OF CountinE Out
Fi~Ehters-The Causes sr BATTING streaks.
The general desire on the part Of college foot
ball experts TO make the game more open viii
probably compel the Rules Committee to con-
slider tho question at the coming meeting with
moro than ordinary care. The doing away
with mass plays, while not absolutely necessary,
Is prompted by the public demand for q style Of
play that Is not too intricate and can be easily
understood. especially by spectators who are
comparative novices In discerning fine points.
II has always been admitted that long runs by
individuals, protected by good interference, are
more preferable from q spectators standpoint.
than short plunges into the opposing line by the
backs, who are promptly buried under q heap Of
humanity. Every football game that has been
OF q sensational character has abounded in long
runs. Tho great dash through the Princeton
team by .Thorno Of Yale at Manhattan Field
several years ago will long be remembered by
those who saw It. The memorable sprint by
Lamar Of Princeton, which won the game for
Yale ten years ago. has been pointed to as q
play Of remarkable skill. The wonderful
PUSHES by the late Osgood Of Pennsylvania, es-
pecially against Harvard, are still fresh In the
minds of tho experts and are often mentioned
as an illustration Of what is possible in this
style Of play. Last fall tho ncver.to-bo-f for.
gotten runs by little De saulles, tho Yale quar-
ter back, both against Harvard and Princeton,
and the hair.raising dashes by Young of Cor
nell against University Of Pennsylvania created
more comment than any other achievements on
the football field. The making of Yale's touch
down against Princeton by Freshman Dudley
was the direct result of a mass play, or q plunge
into the line, vet Dudley did not receive credit
for winning the day for the Blue. It was the
long run by De Saulles that made It possible for
| nY,dIay En- lao rnshaI apar Tho ,oal 1t,a Thn
largo crowds who saw De Saulles ana Young
make their great runs wero simply carried
AWAY by the effectiveness of open play, and it
would be safe to say that not one of the spec
after the gamos were over. It IS, therefore,
the game THAI the Rules Committee will en-
rule compelling the seven rush line men to re.
snapped back is put into effect by the commit.
f met IL y wil III serve sfGy ;O to PR PEreySe e mass I Y 7 plays and win yin
ends Of T t f%S, opp aSi asf lIn ne'ke VIA Il sG sos ss1G men tf iS
the line to act as o sort Of protection for the
backs, it can DO appreciated that In times past,
line, end runs wero almost always cut short be-
cause opponents were practically, free to break
he could get under way. But with such a new
rule in effect 1t may be necessary, SO good Judges
they will be compelled to make their attacks
unaidcd. In order to bring this about. there
back DO permitted to run with the ball the mo
ment he has received 1t from the centre rush, or
Rfss q ~ sH = f SaeE RPo tsSiddfbi be es abe b the to e sSsIT% many neM;
now and interesting plays. all Of which would
i ss eRep to tax tsfe t the al bali IF d ahs saf from sG 3Rs e be al,
rush. either for n run or a punt: 1t would UNI
doubtedly produce faster work. To make plays
have to learn how to pass tho ball back IN a new
way; Instead of swapping II directly into the
behind him, tho centre would be compelled to
touch the ball to the ground and then hurl it
tsfS is and hS M 1sss 1 PoSk 70 pr eRs BBlISybs be- at Th least W"s it TO
yards away; There would be many chances
c crease @,'d the e"i inter esa in ha the Various Tnish p %9sla and md
the football cranEs want. Thee quarter back.
selected ii rom ma heavier class U OF eand PdsteS'i iha pe
usual, for he would be a greater factor in ground
and goal kicking and protecting plays that
can be seen BY the spectators are the things to
The withdrawal of Baird from the Princeton
fSSassa Of 'f III hesIth and and fr0 the the efes S.a1iT'f 81 KKe b;
as his successor have created considerable sur
prise, although It was whispered some time ago
football player, had an attack Of t9nsilitis 2
fall. and should have been in bed on that day
instead Of putting on q football uniform to play
Ou u wei Helu. IL II Dt rtCdlleu- tnht MS ap-
pearance created comment from the Princeton
contingent, because he seemed hardly able TO
was practically exhausted and later on was
carried off the field: Capt. Cochran. also used
the battle. They sat down together on the turf,
nndwhen Yale scored both burst into tears. Coch.
ran took the defeat SO much to hoart that not
long ago he left the university for a trip to Cali
to forget about the. downfall Of the Tigers.
due TO the disaster at New Haven. too, and it
will be a hard task to find a man to All his
the support of the undergraduates, who still
claim that princeton might have been saved
from defeat had the king" been permitted to
play in the game from the start.
Referees of boxing bouts in this country still
with pump.handlc motions of their arms when
q puGilist has been knocked down. On this
much fault finding especially by friends of Cor
bett, who argue that Referee Siler did not count
counted too rapidly while the ."Pompadour'
was grooming, on all fours in the fourteenth
Club, London: say that the referees do no count
Ing at all. The referee OF the National Club
In progress. He sits in a chair just outside of |
the ropes. and when a clinGh occurs he merely
obeys he Is promptly disqualified. When q
fighter is knocked down n timekeeper. whose
the floor. beGius to count as the second hand OF
a specially prepared clock moves around. When
the limit expires no notifies the referee, and
van believes that a referee should not let a
fighter know how long he has to stay on the
floor before the ten seconds limit expires.
IF a fellow is game" said the eX.champion
the other day. he'll get up as quickly as posi-
bic. This knecling on one knee waiting for a
referee to count ten and then getting up re.
frcshed perhaps. Is all worry well for grand:
stand plays, but it isn't real gameness, and
people don't like to see 1t. Corbett says no
heard siler count of, each second, but couldn't
get ND. He was on his hands and knees when
Siler said, Ten and out, and the next minute
no was running around the ring after Fitz. II
Fitz would have dropped him probably with a
punch on tho jaw. II the fighters were not
permitted to hear, the counting, of seconds,
by would show that they were on the level"
1t IL possible that II a big boxing club Is
get into the ring. An experiment will be tried,
It is said, just to see II American boxers can be
the other side,