The Washington times., 1901-07-07
AMERICANS ARE WINNERS.
Yankee Brawn Again Shows Its
Superiority Over the British.
Duffy Wins Cup at stnmford-New
Football RuIes-ENpOsition Basket
ball ChampiOnShipS-At Y. VI. c. n.
With the Racing Cyclists.

Our English cousins must realize by this
time that in track and field sports the
American performer is almost invincible.
1t is still fresh in the minds of those who
follow such affairs that last year when
the bis cracks from the various college
teams went over to compete for the
worlds championships at the Paris Ex-
position that incidentally the visitors took
in the English and Scotch meets-annual
fxtures-arl won nearly all the events.
Among other meets was that held at
Stamford Bridge and which. under the
auspices of the London Athletic Club,
drew together the best of the New and
Old Worlds athletes. Here the boys
distinguished themselves. and Duffy won
the dash events and nearly all came away
with honors. Americans won eight of the
thirteen events.
Last weeh the meet at Stamford oe-
Cured again. and the American visitors
came near duplicating their former score.
This time they won five out of six events,
and by way of good measure smashed
several foreign records. Arthur Duffy,
wearing the Georgetown varsity colors,
for the second time won the big silver
trophy cup in the l01-yard handicap in ten
seconds fiat, moving down his field IN
great shape.
Kraenzlein. formerly of the University
of Pennsylvania, and now wearing the
colors of the Chicago Athletic Club, won
the broad jump with % feet inches to
his credit and then came out and broke
the British .120-yard hurdling record of
OILS Is by one-fifth of a second. He won
handiIy by half dozen yards.
Coe and Baxter, ofI"Pennsy." won the
16-pound weight ana high jump respec-
lively. The former broke another Brit
ish record.
The little company of performers viii
now try for honors in the Irish cham
pionships and will then go the French
meet, wherr last year Duffy was pre-
vented by a sprained ankle from com
reting. Unfortunately, the "Pennsy''
crew could not do as well as their
brethren did in the land events.
CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES
With college baseball and track and
field sports out of the way and the foot
bali schedules nearly all made up. the
time for talking of the next seasons
game is ripe.
The game is undoubtedly growing in
popularity each year. Followers of sport,
who formerly scarcely tolerated the
game, now through reading about and
seeing the big college and other games,
nave been won over and now anXiOusly
look forward to each seasons contests.
The committee having charge of the
revision of football rules held meeting
last week in New York and made several
changes in the regulations that will gov-
ern the game next fall
One of the most important changes is
n rule which requires the referee to give
signal when the bali is placed on the.
ground during try for a free kick or a
posing side may know when to charge.
Heretofore the opposing rushers have had
to depend on eyesight alone and have
frequently charged before the player
holding the ball actually touched il to
the ground. Another new rule provides
penalty of ten yards to be given by the
umpire in case of unsportsmanIixe con-
duct or unnecessary roughness. Under
the old rule the penalty for unnecessary
roughness was expulsion from the game
but in the opinion of the committee this
was too severe a. punishment.
Another change is when the ball has
been taken behind the opponents goai
and having been fumbled or dropped is
kicked ovef the side lines it shall count
as s,.3 a saffet. even If recovered by the side
taking II over. Heretofore the play has
been technically a touchdown a proVi-
sion inserted looking toward the Uniform
ity of the rules is one that in the case of
the ball going over the side lines into
touch and put in play by a kick it must
be kicked at least ten yards. as in the
regular kickoff at the start Of play. The
committee decided by common consent
to make no changes in the scoring rules.
in the number of men permitted back Of
the line, or the styles and methods of for
nations.