Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-24
Walter Camps Suggestions For
Foot Ball Rules Causes Wide
Discussion In the West
YosT OUTLINES HIS CHANGES
Annual Tourney Of Iowa Checker
Players Will be Held in Webster City
in January-NeIson Gets But Little
Money for His Beating = Boone
Sorappper Accepts Challenge

The suggestions of Walter Camp, the
greatest authorize on foot ball in this
country, in which he advocates the
change of rules to make ten instead
of five yards the necessary distance to
be gained for first down, has caused
much criticism among foot ball men
In the east and west. The opinions
differ. Some support it while others
condemn 1t. The large number, how
ever, have admitted the practicability
of the rule. Coach Yost, Of Michigan
Is the first western authority to en-
body the results of his thoughts on
the matter in carefully prepared form
His views are a modification of the
original plan and cover three principal
points. In the matter of distance he
agrees with Camp excepting when the
ball Is within the twenty-five yard line
When the ball is not in that territory
he favors seven men on the line OF
scrimmage The third suggestion Is
new and in it he suggests that the
man receiving the ball from the snap
per-back be permitted to run, provid-
ing only he goes outside the second
man lIOIIl lHS CSILlSl VI ClLC AiAAS. AeAat
perhaps Is the first original suggestion
as yet to enable the team IN carrying
the ball to gain the required distance
Thus far Mr.. Yost is accorded the gen
eral support of other foot ball men OF
the west.
Checker players of Iowa will meet for
their second annual tournament al
Webster City on January 8. 4, and
A meeting OF the Iowa State Checker
Association will be held on Tuesday
evening, January 8, at o'clock, to de-
eide the method of counting and the
prizes. Announcement cards for the
tourney and the meeting have been
sent out by r. r. Rutledge of Storm
Lake, secretary of the association, who
also extends an invitation to all check
er players in the state to attend.
Battling Nelson received $5.91S for
being battered up by Jimmie Britt
Tuesday evening. That is his share
of the gate money. The total gate re-
ceipts were $4,000. Britt received S.
SIT and the Yosemite Club, under
whose auspices the fight was pulled off
takes s12,105. 1t is said that Nelson
had up side bets amounting to about
$4,000, so that, after paying the ex-
penses of his training, the Dane will
scarcely be ahead more than $1,000 or
$1,000.
Kid Black Of Chicago has Issued a
challenge to any one in Iowa. In
answer to this Jack Hammond. the
manager and trainer of Kid Mack, the
Boone lad, announces that his pro-
teee will meet the Chicago man at 1873
pounds, before any club offering fair
purse or will meet him privately If the
fight is to be pulled off in Iowa, and
purse can be arranged for. Ham
mond Is now busy getting his man
ready for his New Years battle with
the Illinois lightweight.
Frank Gotch, the Humboldt wrestler,
who has come to the front as one OF
the best men on the mat in America
the result Of the tutelage Of Farmer"
Burns, has lost a handicap match to
Jim Parr of England at Buffalo Gotch
undertook to throw Parr three times