Daily camera., 1899-11-22
POINT FOOT BALL.
Deplorable Ignorance of Bou lder Claimed
by sporting Edit

Deplorable Ignorance of Boulder Claimed
by sporting Edit
The Denver Times sporting editor is
credited with being quite an authority
on foot ball and he takes Boulder to
task for what he considers objectionable
ignorance. For instance, he writes in
the Times of the 2Ist instant that had
Boulder known the rules as well
as it knows how to put up offensive and
defensive foot ball work, Golden would
not have scored here last week. He
marvels at the ignorance displayed by
Coach Fo lsom and The tea m as is main
tested by letter of inquiry the Varsity
| team have addressed to Walter Camp. a
great foot ball authority. The
| Times laughs at a team that would ask
SO foolish a question and pretends to
blush for what Mr.. Camp will think of a
Varsity team that knows so little of the
rules, albeit they play ball even if it is
eccentric and misguided by ignorance.
The Times says;
The dispute in question arose during
the d. w. estate university clash on
election day. During the game Boulder
kicked off and the kick flew behind the
ID. w {, goal line. Walker made an at
tempt to stop the ball and touched it with
his fingers as it flew over his head. Ref.
cree John Babcock very properly ruled
that it was touchback, but Coach Fol.
som insisted that it was safety. This,
then. was the ridiculous peint that was
referred to Walter Camp.
| Walter Camp, as did the Times, sup
ported Referee Babcock. The impetus
that sent the kick over the line coming
from the opposing team made it a touch
back; the touching OF the ball by Wal
ker simply tended to put the opp osing
team on side and had one of its members
fallen on ,he ball outside the goal line, it
would have resulted in a touchdown for
his team. Also had Walker completely
stopped the ball and sent it over the
line by some impetus from himself then
it would have been safety.
The principal point in the whole mat
ter. however, is the disastrous effect that
such ignorance OF the rules has upon the
game of the ignorant team No better
example could be found than last Sa,ur.
days game between Golden and Boulder
Immediately fnila~~ins the u. w. c
struggle. Without apparently further
investigating the point the football cow
ers OF the Boulder team instru tied its
members that its contention was right
and the result was an exhibition of foot
ball playing that schoolboy team or a
team on the conmous would hardly have
been guilty of. On two occasions the
ball was kicked IN goal and although in
both cases the Boulder team figured on
safety and started to run or kick the bali
back into the grdiron, instead OF letting
1t be carried to the twenty FIVE yard line.
as the rules provide. This fatal enor.
| ance resulted in touchdown once and
would have resulted SO again if the Col.
den team had not fumbled but yard
from the goal line. There is no question
that the touchdown in the first instance
SO strengthened the spirit of The Golden.
ties that they held the assaults of their
enemy as they would not have done
otherwise, the half ending in a score of 6
to If the second touchdown had been
secured there is reason to believe that
Golden would have held as it did in the
first hall, in which case Boulder would
have won by narrow margin-perhaps
something else might have happened
For it was after the tumble at the goal
line and after Rogers had scored from
run across the field that Golden went to
pieces and permitted its opponents to
score as they willed. Boulder far ou,
classed Golden and never should have
been in danger. In fact, it should no.
have been scored upon and would not
have been bad II known the rules More. |
over, 1t would no; only not have been
scored against, but 1t would have rolled |
up a bigger score. Finally. if Golden
had been nearer the strength of Boulder
and yet somewhat inferior, Boulder would |
Certainly have been defeated