The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-10-24

/ - interested it what roe HHN fuHai
are likrlY 60 produce. aHa mana
have been tho eafumUnts and ufe
dteunna. There ia ene phase af IN,
question. hpurtff. that tH perhaps
being tiiilu iHst sight Of aus
ahich IL 4 matter af considerable in.
trrrst. o. that r. just what n
| kaHar body ~ those Interested iu tH5
progress IT the sport land this ln.
! eiudvH nat uuiy ths rule makers. bal
the head matters 81 schools. uculfs
i e1mmittsea and others sha were ia
4 affumrnl iu the aatthfluH zoe alter.
Y alton iu che ruirsl hope and expreI
Hay be aoclmpi shed By tbs
| changes when the rules committee
met. thrY freeltrd communication
signed hf large number 90 head
mHnlrru 1T schools che critics Doe ths
puhlio press advanced the statement
thai the public was aHmand@ne
iuaf~ upHE PLAY. aHd. finally, uteiui
IT the universities wrote letters viii
niWiiar nutport The 49, commit.
Tee therefore sent " their taat
sFifh a desire white being aans-ffa.
tive 90 IN rvrrfihlns pasalbio thai
should lad a. real prosfesa in tbs
game
A. game - personal contact
danger cannot d. entirely eNminat
- from foot bail. and it - aoubtfuI
II amy nue reading She aNhaustis &
statistical report at praf Edwin -
u=qfsr ~ fhv FHffefnity ~ iiiuuta
can believe that the uumhee ~ aaHf#
fHuta auHuffnH HaR annually are
uut ~ proportion 81 Those So dthsi
Hafura Involving danger aHH
hethef thm Proportion might g.
any way hr siiil further reduced
| Any Hembiaure Of brutality hhw
ever everyone ia arr xiouH Is eilf uul
laf The same and she fret ana masi
distinct step toward this AS ths
| faia PASSED making iI impossible Eos
thr hars after ha had kicked IN
tsali behind hla awn iue ~ srtiua
mage % ran uR and pat men Or
| ellie
This IN practice already ahaws ut
a. dntidrA tmmroyrmrmt fat
! jumping az the faiiback a. q has
/ heen termed. has been practically
| eliminated. ard oonsliefabir al
vance made ln tha way
TIE nvet point "a be- ransidefsa
= that 81 the development Of what
| Il styled n4afr aGeu' play Ths
tao parties IN the sensfsl foot bal
e5aFia. II they may BE- - called. a.
] NaEHttN fAfNa Nf fttA#H play am
| Sprn" pay have En- the last .eN
| Esafu bfauFhf their contention =
| this issue that nus eide riainis that
/ TIE mass or formation Play offers
far greater technical possibilities -
the foot ball sfrateEisf. SMILE the
ether side Al efiee reply that the
fuasa ~ formation play is not az Ia
/ tsHaatluF 60 the spectators
/ Thia can ~ muHa readily under
/ stood when nns knows that with
seven men az the lire and three mrn
emily behind the quarter. The chances
are that the rfuxfaaH ~ the hal
| from the man swapping II until i
| reaches the hands - the man VIE
Is about n make the run VIII b
/ marr apparent a. tho spectators be.
cause NOS hidisn BY ne presence 81
"a extra man Or men behind the
une.
n H. atas probable that In making
plays wlth seven men an ths line
tire pass ffasn the quarter er ffuu'
The rrutNr - a hack j. lnusss
rss= ara gives TIE spectators Wuts
e6anre thafrfoTe. q snrinK the bal
tn IT, nlsht. and henc~ af iacsstins
Che IVAN whn 90 in possession This
the play las shown aifs adg this
/ year. and IN that sense the new ruIs
| apuiyDsE q th~ middle % the field
via that there shall DO seven tmwf
on the tire % s~fimmaEe. hal
opened up the play. and i 10 sx-
peeied vii open It up stll more y
Y~t another way
should the learns find u more az.
Hruit % gain ground wlth arYsn u1sr
81 the tine ~ would force them E
kick the ball pfteuef the bali would
q A. IL -
auentiy. ard would change hands
more often IN other words = team
finding u difficult t. make ground
IA the running game under theHs
! rules would be- forced 70 kick and
ou the other hand their 0rpnusnts
IL lsorlnK under the same diffcgitf
~ the rules would IN thair turn
find themselves unable 20 gain theft
five yards. ana a return kick would
BE- made.
Finally. the possibility % ths
quarterback running with the bal
IN the middle section ~ fhe ffie
gives one more chance for as epAn.
Ing % the play Hy the rule pro.
vidinE that he must 80 ftss yagd'
out from the center. anything Ok
close pluuRes are rendered impoa-
slbIe. aud the run naturally must b.
I
player will 90 around outside 81 THIS
tackle
on the other hand. those who con.
tended f8r the technical possibilities
or formation plays have the privi-
leEe OF making these formations
whenever the ball n within q yards
Of either goal. and az scoring 70 ihs
n,N1n object Of the play a high value
viii still be pls0pd on good sirateg'
teal formation PLAYS.
| one other important move on The
part ~ the rule making Was 20 make
the iinssman share some ~ the fu.
ties ~ the umpire. and thus rgndef
foul play and unfair tactics still
more likely 90 be penaiized, and
through the exercise Of greater
watchfuiness. more fairly eliminate
of side play and holding with good
officials, this should certainly be the
result with poor ones. there q
likely % be some evening mp" Of
decisions and a possibility perhaps
or Misunderstanding.
Tho other changes I'm the rules Will
not he particularly noticeable. al.
though based upon a more equahle
arrangement IN that some penalties
which seemed not quite lust In
their action have been altered. for
instance the one for holding In the
line which has formerly been the
| surrender 81 the ball has been made
less severe by its being loss 81 dis
lance. However. for nll this. the
side will find that when they are
| pen1iizcd Tor this holding the loss Of
distance T. 50 aerioua that they VIII
' be forced IN nine times out Of ten to