Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-27

I lftentimea were rn'geuna,ruci. unf that
| they wcrn hfokcn in the spirit ii not In
lnn letter OF the law. 70 was Thought
that by maaing marginal rofcroncoa.
| outlining fully the exact nature % the
rules miumdorrt0Od the officials could
better hold the players 20 The prescribe
a REGULATIONS.
Tile quouiion Of mhrr piayn was very
| thoroughly rour into hv the committee.
anil afiof careful consideration. during
/ which many arguments Tor and AGAINST
/ ihc present reading were brought. for
ward. Il was not chanecd. and what
in tho minds Of many people was the
main object ~ the meetings wnn not
accomplished. In speaking 81 this mat
tor later some ~ the members Of the
committee have ondenyorod 10 explain
their action thus; They decided 20 lot
iho rule relating to The number of men
permitted Ia q scrimmarc remain na DO.
fore. hccauso they considered that the
injuries rupnoeod TO result from mara
plays had not been very apparent DO inc
last two seasons, especially whom the
rlay was made by experienced and
trained mon such ga thc intercollegiate
rules are drairned Tor, ana that any
dlaagrcoahlo features they might pro-
/ ~ - WIZ tt - AtANAHNNf ANiNNAAANN ANNiua
selves.
They desired N ohhnro the wording
nt the laws governing the rnmo na little
NJ possible nnd thourht that scientific
amusement iiige football might safely be-
loft 20 develop Itself IN "a great measure.
a large number OF rules necessarily
hamper n captain nnd seriously lntor-
fefo with the aucccHHful development
N trnm, and the committee decided
that II would b. more discreet 60 leave
the option of using or dincurdlng mass
plays 20 tho captains Of competing
clcvona.
a fact which doubtless had rrcat
weight with the committee In their ac-
ilon u that tho most aucccsaful teams
last season wcrr those witch made
least use OF the Questionable play. Yale.
last years intercollegiate champion,
rarciy IL ever brought tho "mara" into
USE.
Tho mass play has gradually evolved
Itself from Interference and n would
he n difficult matter 90 draw up n PRO.
vision nhollahing the former that would
not seriously Interfere with the iattnr
When framing the rules. the committee
had IN mind such mon ~ are turned out
by Harvard. Princeton. Cornell. Yale
md Pennsylvania. Not one OF those IN.
riitutiona has suffered very much from
mass plays In the way az serious nccl-
dents during gcfiumnrOt. There were
hardly any mlshaps on the Yale field
last fan. The chief ARGUMENT nTninnt
the play r. That d rvh1uTta the men.
and this fact was Illustrated In the
games participated In hy Princeton md
Pennsylvania. which utilised Il exton.
aIIa b.
clu1ion that the mnH1 plays. being on.
satisfactory from strictly scientific
point OF yifw. would bring about thsIr
own abolition; that they would fan by
their own weight. az n were. In viow uf
this fact therefore. that mass plays are
more ana moro regulating themrflvca.
the committee thought Il unnecessary
20 incumher the football rules with any
legislation regarding thom.
Tho one radical change made hy the
committee was In the matter M scoring
Hereafter only one point WIN b. allotted
FOR a goal made from "A touchdown lp.
rtond ~ two, as before. The object n
this change Is 60 Increase the value of a
goal from tho fuld hy means of tho drop
Kick. This u feature ~ the ramo
that hitherto has hcen very much nar.
lccted, u, H. "A very pretty play and
especially useful 60 iIght team buck.
ing ngninst % heavier one This was
rXemphned last HeuHan hy Quarter UrrE
Hudson ~ The Carlisle Indian r.hooi
ana by the work OF Yuunr 81 Cornell
The drop hiUk from tho ncld onrrs IN
the play ana re n very welcome rh.nse
from the close formations ma line
hucking now r1 gancfol COMO iHuy from
tho point of Wow ~ the loafr on
Now that goal obtained in thIr mrn.
nor win have just na much ulUe nf ono
from a touchdown $50 may oEnect q
gee NOR omen play Tits mu
There iH sure o. De- some objection ~
his chnure. ihrurh tho rtncrli FEELING
was Ia favor of mo now method of
counting. II was nrguel that " mu
back went through two months uf hard
practice without being able 90 Rick "a !
goal from The drop. which many mp.
pore W. comparatively easy thirr o. /
60, hi1 opponents ought 90 profit W %
There ore many points Ia favor NJ both |
methods " scoring, and n trim NJ thr
new way cnn surely work mo- riort 1
harm, even if found unsatisfactory au.
60 one seasons tont
Last fan the Western Football nrso. |
eiailon, which Includes most of the
nnding COLLEGES ana Institutions In chi. |
cag0 nni west of that oity. made Some /
radical changes in the method 0f reor. |
ms. T., A. SiagE, ne we'll known uhvs /
lcnl Instructor N tho University 0f ChI- !
ro, un Old Yale player ls tho ioad|u- |
spirit ~ the organization The chnurH
were mado without consultation with ]