The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-18
IN TIE FOOTBALL WORLD.
PROLIFIC SEASON IN THE M
FLTCTING OF PENALTIES.
Haryard's Aluminium Platea-Tbe Disputed
Touchdown Mt Annapolis-The Hard
Luck OF Rockwell OF Yale and Burke
OF PrincetOn-Practice OF the Teams

The football season to date has been pro-
life In the iniicting Of penalties and causes
for penalties TO be inflicted. OGside play,
interference with the centre holding, trip
ping. smuggling interference with man max
ing n fair catch. roughing. coaching from
the side lines, all the offences the football
player Is heir to have been punished this
season. Offsde play and interference with
n fair catch are offences easily Dardonable,
being due to zeal chiefly. but the other offences
smack more OF u lack of sportsmanshlp.
The officials are having their hands full &.
not only watching for penalties. but In try
ing to adjust contentious. Last Saturday
there were two disputed points-whether
Princeton scored another touchdown against
Annapolis and whether II touchdown was
made in the Leland Stanford California
freshman game. The ethics of the game
might be improved The power given to
the lfncsman of watching out for penalties
has resulted In infractions of the rules being
detected more than formerly. but officials
with four eyes will be needed at the rate
things are going. Harvard's offence Of
coaching from the side lines last Saturday
was much more reprehensible than the ar
NOR plate" incident. The matter OF the
aluminium plates in the Harvard khaki was
In so far as it violated the rules, due TO acci-
dent rather than observation-disclosures in
arranging the plates. The idea seems 70
have been permissible enough if properly
carried out. The rule covering the point
No one having projecting nails or Iron plates
substance on his person Shall be allowed to play
In match. II head protectors are worn, no sole
be used in their and
all other devices for protectors must be so ar
pire to be without danger other players. Leather
eeats upon the shoes shall be allowed as here
tofore.
In the freshman game In California. Fen
ton ton the ,, Stanford quarter back kicked the
and nailed il. Then stanford went over
whether stanford was entitled to the ball
when 1t fell-a. question of being on side.
SECTION TI c Of rule says: . 81. v -,
Side and then kicks i beyond ego Vi the lin line Of scTm
until after it has touched player OF the opposing
The, The case at ANNAPOLIS vas vas rather com,
but recovered and handed the ball to short,
and when the heap Vas nntangled back OF
Short. had his N hands 'e on the the ball Under
these circumstances it was not unrea soma Bile
for the OFFICIAL to infer that Ritter ran with
running with the ball, unless Ave yards to
the side, is a loss Of fifteen yards. This was
was soT Sn the An oca me re%dS
Ieve that Ritter took the bah himself when
he recovered the leather, since Ritter had
was over On the. other hand, short could
have taken, the ball over and Ritter, in help
Ing him through asain, PLACED ms hands
to see just how the ball was carried over
the line, Meagre accounts of the play make
eyes or circumstantial evidence prompted
the ruling made in the case. The moral ia;
Don't tumble
Even the puissant Michiganders have been
scored on, the Ohio state University team
doing the trick last saturday; Marker. the
a and seoeted sixty-dve yards. Tor touch!
The game s. wss very eIes and had
doctor on the field after every play, 1t
was sensational game Irresistible rushing n, nS
the other hand there were heroic, braces by
Ohio. which held Michigan for downs and
often the Michigan backs were thT1T S ~ dof "a
| being too bell gerent.
Rockwell, the Yale quarter back. and Burke.
| who holds down the same position for Prince
ton, are leadin iin the race for the hard luck
& bas had df har Of ns rst thu
ter OF I'M uries for the last two years. He was
unable to play in the Columbia game last year
o ostIG IN the S' 4 gam game Again this
his condition is uncertain. 4 Harvard coach
last saturday. remarked Of ci Rockwell: tod
gritty a player to have to stay out OF 1t. .
Burke is even more unfortunate. He suffered
a broken collarbone year before last, injuries
hnndioappsd him last year and now he comes
out OF the Annapolis game on the cripple list
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. lo,-ln order that the
University OF Pennsylvania team may be in
first class condition for their game, with Co
iumbia next saturday. the coaches have
practically decided that sotoITTn In sw"rth
the eleven of that place would be beneficial
to the men, The Gripples n Of PENNSYLVANIA 5
tenn are win s be able to p ponE
nnte in the work this week. Reynolds is in
fne condition, his arm being quite we'll.
suffering from water on the knee week ago.
have been pronounced well, and they nre as
good as eyer, Junk, slnkl l and k M who
Torrey's shoulder is much better he pros
peots arc very much brighter than they were
and DE Foiwcll viii be in GOOD standing before
the week is over. ms both have but one en-
trance examination to take,
has solved the quarter back problem. as
Stevenson is the find OF the season.
ITHACA. Oct. 1.-THE usual Monday let
down in work Of the Cornell varsity football
PLAYERS did not occur to-day, Although
1--WE OF the varsity men were uDStNl from
the pra ctce Goa oh Warner gave the rest of the
sound a hnrd drill. starting first with the
dummy and end ing up with scrimnage;
IL ia the defence of the lthacans which will
receive most of the coach's attention from
now until the contest with the Tigers and
aimee this can be developed best by every
day scrmma ges those batties VIII be the order
Capt. Lyman, Cook. Birmingham. Furman
and Oderkirk were not out to-day. but all
will report Tomorrow. II is expected also
that Costello will reenter the game tomorrow
or next day after having been absent on
account OF Injuries for almost three weeks
Whether he will be played in the line at guard
or in the back field at full back has not been
decided With Costello returned, the Cor
nell eleven will be physically ready for the
Princeton battle for all the rest of the men
are in good condition. Some of them may
be laid out In the scrmmaees which Coach
Warner intends to give the team. but IL is n
case of taking this risk or letting the Cornell
line remain in its present weak condition.
and Coach Warner has chosen the former
course.
NEW HAVEN oct i7.--There was a bit OF
| a shake-up In the Yale football squad this
afternoon, one of the results OF the game
with Syracuse on Saturday. Shevlin went
| back to his old place at left end. For nearly
| n month he has been tried this season al
| full hack. hut his work there was not what
the coaches hoped for. lie is star end
| and tower Of strength Mccoy took Shev-
lin = posi,on being taken from the college
| eleven Owsley was moved from subsu-
tute quarter to right half back. where he