The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-10-11
MORLEY ON THE FOOTBALL
TACTICSOF THE NEW SEASON
Wpll-knOwn Eastern Coach Dis
cuSSeS Latest Rules and Pros
poets for Strong Play.

View York oct. 1o-with the adoption
or ;ho seasons new rules. q revolution viii
be arromFlishoG in tho game ~ football
The familiar Sriairnn is TO he trans
70 med into checkerhosrd. with. IL POS
ssIe. more complicated plays
The. semen Of danger. 81 is promised.
is 90 he Iazeaued. while the excitement
and ricturc~queuess OF the game will be
enhanced.
Meanwhile speculation is rife as to the
effect Of the rules. and expert opinions
widely difo-.
in commenting upon the situation. Will
ian RAYMOND Morley. the famous ColGm-
F5a coach. said:
The changes are. OF course. practically
u0irsed yet. and consequently are in the
nature Of an experiment.
''One opinion. whether Il he that NJ play
G.. coach or spectator. is Just as valuable
- another. until the theoretical side OF
the ne7 rules is found out in practice.
Merely as my own personal opinion.
] uay say THAI the changes in the rules
viii not ro-o,utiouizc the game as much
as some have thought
Take the rule. Tor Instance which per
nit the quarter back 90 run With the
bali.
-Eor iho quarter mack TO carry the oiG-
skin successfully he must cross the line
Of sc-imrege az a point five yards from
where it was snapped back. To do this
seems on paper az least. a difficult feat.
a7d in theory f. appears questionable
whether the possible advantage OF the
Quarter carrying the ban IS not Offset hy
the provision that he must carry it five
wards fro- the center rush before hitting
tho scrimmaCe lire
"WHc-Eer this contention is correct will
coon he discovered when the important
games come to be played.
Personally. I think. thouE Of course
I NAV he wrong. that the game between
the twenty-five yard lines will be pretty
much the same as ever. except there will
10 nc tackles or guards back formations:
in these twenty-five wards OF the goal play
viii not vary Ar all from 1892
Except for the rule 1 have mentioned
7 90 ro- thiuk the HANGS viii affect the
OIL g.vle Of pla..
EFFECT UPON FORMATIONS.
Shall VIC have any new formstions2
wei Of course. we shall Try to take all
tho advantage We can Of the new regula-
tons. hut in what way it would obviously
he unfair to or eleven to Indicate.
Meanwhile The value OF football re
mains n least unchanged. perhaps even
Increased. The relation between Columbia
foc:aH ard the university is 50 strong.
10 amp that no one associated with
either entirely escapes the influence Of
Tt cannot be denied that the university
exercises a strong influence on the eleven,
for the modern eligibility rules at Co.um-
hia require Of the players a much higher
EFhnraN-fe standing than Is demanded of
the average student
Foo hall. demanding as 1t docs the
players physical and mental energy.
n,irCs OCT ali of a mans resources and
ability. The player Is denuded Of all
FCnecr ard show. and his natural, unpol-
ished self stands forth to be judged.
The intense effort demanded Of the
rTidiron player precludes any approach to
acting or hypocrisy; the eleven which rep
iesGnts its university in the championship
contest has been put to the test many
times. ana the positions have been earned
by the exposition Of the true intrinsic
value o. the men
Thus the team spirit is actually the
eEppuen. OF the university sentiment. and
icing before the world as IL is in games.
al rrds the public an opportunity Of judg-
1t is fundamentally true that the teams
rTide and care Of its alma matters reputa-
ton Is the result Of, and dependent on. the
she teams do.rEs. Advertising as IL does
80 freely the university. IL seems neces-
san Al1A inc university. Hnl It's part.
should takeNan active interest and pride in
the teams achievements.
Certainly. mental. moral and physical
courage are Of Importance second only to
the intellectual benefits of a well-rounded
education Nowhere can one get more
practice and development for these essen
tails of strong manhood than upon the
football field.
Mature has endowed man with mind.
body and soul. and there is no occupation
that demands TO a greater extent the
exercise Of all three possessions
than football.