The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-27
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ST. Louis Derby Will Draw Good
Field Saturday

Derby, to be run at the fair grounds Sat
urday promises to be the greatest Derby
ever run at ST. Louis.
Among the horses that have earned
penalties and will therefore carry more
Schorr. of Memphis, Tenn. which won the
Kansas City Derby, and finished third in
the Worlds Fair handicap; Ortwells, Win
ner of the Tidal stakes, who is the East
ern candidate; Elwood, representing Cal
ifornia, winner of the Kentucky and La
-tonia Derbies. In addition such good
colts as English Lad. Beareatcher. Mill
tary Man., Flower King, Prince Silver
wings. Dutiful, King Croker, Rainland,
Bugler, Montebank and Foresight will
make up one Of the best fields sent to the
post since Prince Lief and Ben Brush
fought it out in 1895, the former winning
by q short margin and setting mark of
2:34 for the mile and a half, which has
not been equaled since.
other unavoidable circumstances kicked
cut of bounds twice I'm succession. 1t
amounted to at least a twenty-ive-yard
penalty for this occurrence, although not
due to poor playing. From the twenty
Vineyard line q good kicker oftentimes
could easily negotiate goal from place
ment or by drop kick. Such is not
the case from the thirty -five-yard line.
only those exceptionally good can make
goal from this distance.
The value of the goal from drop kick
to place kick was changed to -four points,
and believe it was q change for the bet
change. The feeling. was rightfully strong
that the game ought not to be tied when
one side gets touchdown and the other
now stands the side which gets a touch
down ticks the side that gets a goal from
field. rs
'One change grew out of our game with
West Point. One paTtSef the old rule No.
2S said that If player who has an op-
portunity to make 3 fair catch is illegally
obStrueted he shall receive fifteen yards
IN hp rOIFf-s Into olnxy
kick The new rule provides that the
offended side shall receive fifteen wards
but must put the ball play by a scrim
five yards and put the ball in play by a
free kick. The same change in the rules
applies when a piAxeE Fwho has made
fair catch Is thrown by player on the
opposing side.
Many Minor Changes
minor changes were made in several
cases. In measuring the forward point Of
the ball the words In its position We're
added to the rule to make it explicit, that
the ball should be measured in the posi-
ton found when called down. This mai
| ter is, however, entirely in the hands of
the referee.
Under rule 10 changes were made al
ioWlng the man going down the field to
use his hands in getting away from his
opponents who are trying to block him
Under the old rule this was an effense, but
IT was seldom penalized.
| Lone change grew out of a dispute that
! arose IN Princeton game last year The
! change results in the elimination of a
relic of old Ruby football. The rule re-
| euired that if the ball goes out of bounds.
| whether it bounds back or not, a playe,,
| or the Side which secured it must bring
1T to the spot where the line was cross
/ ed ana then touch it in with both hands
| at right angles to the side lines and then
KICK IT at least ten yards towards his
| opponents goal, and neither side need be
| on side when the ball was thus put in
4 a r,l1lo q aol
/ ly eliminated and the second paragraph
| or 1t allowed to stand, which requires that
Inc PAL snail be carried into the gridiron
| 1T was Lehigh, T think, that worked
TINS OLD relic on Princeton last fall and
! secured a. touchdown. They praeticed the
same trick ON Princeton that We used
1 to play on Michigan. On one occasion,
as the men were not required to be on
slde, Hamlll loafed at one side of the field
| while tieTschberger leisurely, brought in
4 the ball that was out of bounds. AS he
reached the side lines he booted it over
e HamiH who fumbled, but recovered in
/ f Time TO gain twenty yards. Had he not
fumbted touchdown would have been
easy. The Lehigh man did not tumble,
! ed.
Goal Post Question
The mater Of making the goal posts
nlgher was not brought up, although this
/ point has caused many disputes Per
senally, would like to see a rule adopted
| extending the goal posts ten feet HIGHER
and requiring the ball to go between then,
| to constitute a goal.
| In the matter of the length of the
game the Interpretation of the rule Should
| pc that the referee should call the game
4 IN favor OF the team insisting on thirty
| tve-mlnute halves if the other team re-
fuses to play, unless there has been a nu-
tu :tni agreement for shorter halves.
! qualifications of the toNchback were
added requiring the player to touch the
| BAH down or TO call down or the referee
! to call it down before the BAH is reaIiJ
down: Otherwise the player will be al
| lowed to run out with the ball if he de
I'm general, the changes in the rules
| will tend to make disputes fewer The
| codification Of the rules and the changes
! In the penalties will make confusion less
| likely. l do not believe that the changes
! favor any particular style of play Moth
| Ing of the sort was attempted. and i
any particular style Of play was favored
| this will show itself next year in thu
| game itself. In nearly every case the
changes Were adopted with unanimity
| and it is the general opinion of the mem
bers of the committee that progress has
1 hpen -