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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-06-16

Have you read that very interesting
magazine, The Smart Sets
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

tbe nrssent style of play. which has truly been
aSoE and 10 thought it seems me that It Is in
cunbent on those disagreeng with such ACTION to
former spirit OF Rugby. as American Rugby, foot
bali and the game played under existing rules be
called rush ball
H. De Forest Smith, member of the Amherst
College athletic board. said:
college football has degenerated it is longer
good snort either for the spectator or the player.
Mass plays are decidedly uninteresting to watch;
they are dangerous to play, although the players
SO far as I am aware. are not clamoring for any
change on this account. AT any rate. the game
as played to-day is responsible for many well
known abuses It surely needs a radical overhaul
ing and reformation IL II is to hold its place in our
system of sports. The first step is to devise some
open game that will give less chance for foul
give skill and agility some show AGAINST weight
and muscle The adoption OF rules looking TO sucn
who have the controlling voice in the matter. At
the same time it is futile to expect that any
will make football all that we want IT to. be;
No one who is interested IN the mora pnysi bas
failed certain bad features In football thht
pG caes WIN Whc6 many Coaches teach to their
what a recent English writer on sport called me
iron'~the constant deceit practised in the matter
of coaching the sidelines, the features of the
the Willingness of most officials overlook offences
against the code, not TO mention the question OF
amateur status and the search for football mate
rial Rules will not touch such matters as nheSe s
Open play will not prove a panacea Tor all the
Ills Of football. But II will be start in the right
direction. The complete reformation OF the game
will not come from a reformation OF the
rules The attitude of the college player toward
sport must undergo change His sole aim; TO
which all other considerations humane, moral or
sportsmanlike. subordinated. is the winning OF
the game This extreme partisan spirit is just as
demoralizing to true sport is professionalism Is
there any probability Of a change? In the mean
time, let US have the open game That is al lesA''
a practicable reform"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
FAULTS OF THE GAME.
Hoo Coach FuIts Would ReEevo
It's Monotony.

David Fultz captain OF the Brown Univer-
sty football team and this year coach OF the Now
York University team. said:
For a number of years protest has gone up
from the devotees Of football against close forna-
tons and mass plays which obscure the movements
OF the ball and render the game monotonous and
uninteresting and this to be tho chief Erey-
of the critics excepting however, those critics
who believe the game should be abolished alto
gether. and who require particular objection to
reach their conclusion. The criticism IS q valid
one, for, TO those well acquainted with the
game who view contest from the stands IL seems
much though the play were being executed
continuously. The rules committee has made many
changes in the regulations. but the desired effect
has hardly yet been reached. The coaches devise
some new form Of attack to meet every legislation
and continue to hammer the line. knowing well that
this is the only consistent ground gaining attack
Two radical changes have been made In the last
two years. One permits the man receiving the ball
from centre to run with It. and tho other requires
mage The first change has worked we'll in so far
as the new play has been used but i seems never
the| must either be deprived Of their h eaVys line.
backs out beyond the end. where he is practically
cases, and then Increased the Weight Of the backs
TO Such degree that they are too cumbersome to
However the sport is in n? material danger Of
s S be ae tn e they ai
more closely. they realize that the game is essen
much Of this element were eliminated would be-
come an entirely different kind OF sport
But 1t must be acknowledged that were the game
little more open It would be more interesting, and
this statement will hold good 10 the point where
team work IS destroyed and ability gain resolves
Itself into question Of Individual aerness. There
fore. some further modification OF the rules will
doubtless be made which should prove beneficial. It
seems. at hurried glance, that any one. all, Of
the following regulations might be worthy of con.
sideration:
"Lengthenng the distance TO be gained in thres
downs.
Requiring certain amount OF kicking;
Drawing the defensive ends into certain maxi
distance from the centre.
The first would require a gain OF some eonsid-
cradle distance in every three downs, and this would
compel a resort to end trick play.
THE second would necessarily produce more open
work and give frequent opportunities for OF the
most spectacular plays the gridiron The third
would make wide tackle plays Of less avail, and II
the defensive tackle moved in slightly, close
ones also. End running, however would be made
much easier and the speedy backs would replace the
heavy line pungers."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
CHANGES NEEDED.
Vie7es Of Representatives. of YES
Ieyan and Trinity.

Professor F. ". Nicholson, chairman of tho fac
ulty committee athletics at Wesleyan University
Niddletown Conn. urged the need OF football re-
form In common with all college sports" he
said the game suffers from an excess of zeal on
the part OF the students. The passion for winning
is a most serious thing in all American sports
This feeling is gradually turning the American
students from sportsmen into sports whose only
desire win. The professional coach is RESPONSE
bic for a good deal Of this feeling He is paid to
win and inspires his with the same feeling
The professional coach should be done away with
This desire to win at any cost puts the small
colleges at a disadvantage, because they do not
have the means to attract the students.
1T also has bad effect the young fellows in
the preparatory schools. giving them exalted
Idea Of their own Importance and making them
think they can dictate TO the colleges to their
admission have here a letter from a young
man. atroci9us IN spelling and cheek He proposes
that me coese aiow him TO enter. and do nothing
but play IootDsL. think, however that the con.
ditions are improving and that the colleges them
them. " 'Hls
But tootbai is fast becoming uninteresting be-
CAUSE nAASS pis!s and brute force ars being en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
THE Association GAME.
Seems To Be SIozcly Gaining an
Popularity Here.

Association football in quiet and unobtrusive
wav is gradually forging ahead in New-York
There are number of clubs which play the game
in the immediate vicinity of the city. and their
matches are always followed by interested crowds
between 1900 and 10000 persons witnessed the game
played between the Brooklyn Football Club and the
Fraterna Athletic Club while every Saturday large
crowds watch the games of the former club.
1t would be a peculiar fact If the game did not
attract considerable attention In this country, for
in England, Scotland and Ireland 1t has supplanted
all other winter sports in popularity its inherent
merits being recognized by enormous crowds, which
witness the matches contested every Saturday
throughout the country. AS many as 100000 spec
tators have attended a championship match, while
10000 Is considered an ordinary crowd at an ordi-
nary game.
England that the large manufacturers are casting
land it is not nfrequent occurrence for several
factories to be closed the day of big game.
The men simply won't go work when i'm
portant match is and the factory has no remedy
for it. A leading magazine in England thus de-
scrlbes the conditions which exist in respect to
the game:
Large employers OF labor in Yorkshire in Lanca-
shire. in Durham. and in Northumberland, as well
the rush OF the tide, and are now powerless TO
c-mnand the interests of business against those of
football Events such as the launching of a ship
or the completion of important order within
contract time, have frequently been delayed by the
coincidence OF q cup tie" Large establishments
are frequently closed in mdweek because the whole
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

couraged at the expense OF individual plays The
remedy Is to be found in the committee on rules.
These experts must make some changes whereby
more Individual and fewer mass plays are USED. or
football may as well be given up as a game OF
brains and be made a game or weight. pure and
simple.
F. Kent Hubbard jr, who played right guard
on the Trinity varsity football team from 1883 to
1892 and who was mentioned two years ago for the
All-American football team. spoke on football re-
form Mr. Hubbard is president of the alumni
athletic advisory council Trinity College, Hart
ford Conn. He said:
Football is and always must be typical Ameri-
can game on account of the strenuousness neces-
sary for tho highest attainment of the sport. It
is, as It always must be, strong and rough game.
and played by young men and boys OF good physi-
cal condition II can be improved. in my opinion.
only by making the plays more open and re-
strctlng the number of men who advance the
BALL believe the best results in eliminating rough
can te attained only by the directors or COM
mittces under whose supervision the team plays:
One or two bad tempers and a general idea OF
smashing the other fellow tend more to make
the game rough than the actual chances involved
In playing the game l believe that a general
continent against roushness can alone reduce It.
Penalize men IN practice for roughness and in a
contest they will have this in mind as much as
they do off side Make the linemen play on the
line. and restore the plays with long passes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
MORE OPEN PLAY.
Fauored by Members of amherst
College Athletic Board.

Paul c. Phillips. gymnasium instructor and a
member OF the Amherst College athletic board.
said:
Il favor rules which require a open style
OF play and more kicking of the ball. The objec-
lions TO the present rules have become so numer-
Gus and insistent 10 demand a hearing
IF the present tendencies Of football play are
looked at from the standpoint OF the spectator,
there Is no argument for them In the develop
snent OF any game however. its value TO the PLAYER
should be made paramount The chief advantages
30 be gained by the player in antagonisms are
physical and moral courage. physical efficiency.
nnd. in team games. the unselhshness Of team
work, TO which individual work should be subordi-
mated.
Under existing rules physical efficiency is less
ened by the oveTemphss.s brute force as against
nctivity, and by the increased liability 70 accident
Team play rightly is made important but out NJ
proportion, that the individual IS lost I'm the
machine. The opportunities offered for un.norts.
snanlike conduct in the pile-ups Of close fory,a
lions put moral courage to extreme test In
spite OF evident attempts 10 omen up the game ne
have this season the two-hUndred- pound rush Tire
tackles almost as heavy used back OF the line and
The hammer and tongs hammer and tongs over
again. -sS "'ei
The finest plays OF the year-as Eckersa1J's tho
flEest Tor the player, spectator and for the ea
nave been those where the conditions OF an open
game existed. - 49, 'Pe'i
If the committee deems it advisable to continue
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
TO DECREASE INJURIES.
P,lnceton's Trainer for Keeping
FOr7cards In the Line.

THE only way" said Jim Robinson the veteran
Princeton trainer, Ito decrease the number of IN
1uries In football is to do away with the present
style OF mass playing and play an entirely open
game BY playing / do not mean the line
punging by the backs, out the calling back of the
line men TO carry the ball Al present they take =
90 pound tackle guard from his position and
place him in the backheld. completing the seven
requisite men in the line by putting in his positon
a much lighter man. generally a halfhack Thus
when the play is put In motion. the added weight
and tho consequently increased momentum give
It an element OF danger that eliminated only
nv tho total adjustment OF the play
I'm may opinion the only way that omen playing
can be enforced Is TO compel each line man to re-
main in his respective position and have the backs
do tho plunging as we'll as the end running In
order to take some or the work OF ground gaining
from the backs. a tackle guard might as for
mery, be run with the ball. starting. however.
from his original position
This would make the play much more open and
ment OF physical danger now encountered by foot
bali players. The talk OF increasing the distance
TO gain is all tommy rot for it is hard enough
al present cover the required five yards and an
Increase OF the distance would detract from the
interest of a football match as wei as making the
strain on the players much greater"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
NOT 4 SLUGGING MATCH.
If 1t Is, It Is Not Fit College
Game, Says Syracuse President.

Chancellor James R. Day. OF Syracuse Univer-
Etty said:
1T would be better for college football II the game
made moro open and depended more upon
science than Drawn It seems unworthy OF college
men 10 make consolidated battering OF them
selves and hurl each against the other This is not
game.
1T is tho skill and chance the quick wit and dash
Of the game and not the brutal push and smuggling,
that interest the spectator. This harrnonizes more
perfectly with the mental furnishings and purposes
Of the college
1T probably never will be possible to eliminate
all accidents when twenty-five contending
With each other for opposite goals. And it may not
be desirable make football so tame affair as It
be at least one game that tests the hardhood and
courage Of our young But this desirable end
can be secured WITHOUT pling men up IN Nlo!enI
and struggling heap es the prominent feature or
tho game. .. - <--.,.,, 49,. 1870 !. :.
weight and height. Football managers and coaches
are looking for big There is nothing TO be
pushing another man. That time has gone: How
can men outthink and oLtwit and outgeneral other
meE? That is the most important game
For eleven big brawny men to stop eleven other
by lunging at them TO break through their
ranks by great weight has not the excuse of being
This part OF football should be eliminated. We
shall have accidents enough III an open game to
satisfy those who enjoy that element in football
There ought to be caFacity enough among the
experts TO provide a STANDARD game that Will hold
its right OF wav The present form Is straining
the patience Of the people TO weNnigh the break
"I.y so much as football is a slugging match or
college game II has been tolerated so long because
OF the hope that the character Of the game would
be substantially changed
The game can he scheduled and the Practice SO
I arranged not to interfere with scholarship.
have been football men Bat the worst students
were not made so by football.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

least take the trouble learn every point in the
book Of rules. They do not now. apparently
They should have the rules on the tip OF the
tongue.
Again, there should be more strict enforcement
Of the rule preventing piling up or roughing
player after he is downed. At present that rule
10 not rigidy enforced. 1t should be- After
a runner has been downed. opponents drop on him
with their ki.c-, and otherwise pile up on the map
with the ball. Tho rule exists, but is not enforced
properly by officials This act of dropping on the
runner and pilng up is responsible for many OF the
present day accidents.
Tn the third place, would suggest some
changes in the matter of goals. The goal that is
now kicked after touchdown counting one point.
is altogether the individual effort of one man. and
thus is not interesting as II could be made
Why couldn't the two teams line up on the same
yard line. and let the who have just scored
try the goal from behind the scrimmage line, just
as they try at goal during tho game? Such a
change would enlven the contest and give the side
that has been scored chance to prevent the
goal II possible; for now they powerless until
the ball touches the ground. And I believe a
goal from placement, not made in scrimmage,
should count less than one made in scrimmage. say
three points. Goals that are made from placement
after one of the players has heeled the ball are
not go hard 10 get. as interesting to watch,
made from a drop kick from placement be-
hind line Of scrimmage: in this latter case. the
opponents striving to break through and block
the kick. the men with the ball striving pro-
tect the man who Is about to kick: but when the
kick is made from placement after fair catch,
of these things take place. yet equal
Der of points is awarded. The simple goal from
placement should not be a par with the other
two.
Finally. change should undoubtedly be
made 10 make the game more open. Various
schemes have been suggested; the quarterback run
one Of them. The game of football now is like
a game of pushball Seldom the ends run
and It is these omen plays that make the game
interesting to spectators To-day, when team
or Invariably 10
line. and there is confused mass of players-the
spectator doesn't anything of what Is going
Most OF the big games this year were continual
pushing. pushing; pushing down the field until the
line crossed"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

-,,..os 90 r,ax whose nhysical condition has not
Seen passed on by a competent physician, sip
eTeat precautions always observed IN
ING the PLAYERS physical welfare. 90 MOI .I
over hearing Of any well known coiess $3.50, riuilss
Iarge or small having any of Its footoali p.aysis
-iiied OF course Injuries are somewhat FREQUENT,
but do believe that the foot9an psSs in
more ltkelv to be hurt than men VINO ehease III
any other form OF outdoor sport requiring prayers
Of equal strength or physique =, ,oo.h,u
AS for reforms In the technical rues oi .ha
that IS matter for the rules committee rather IMAM
for me to determine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
THE NEEDED REFORMS.
Professor Cushman, of Cornell. Tells
What Then Are.

Professor B. g. Cushman faculty football ad-
wiser the Cornell Athletic Council. speaking of
needed reform in football. said:
I'm the first place. think the officials should
be compelled to know the rules OF the game per-
fectly In the last season I saw several games
in which the officials had ask others about diff
ferent rulings. When man is paid 800 or moro
and expenses to officiats at game he should at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
THE CHINESE BABY.

From I%sie's Weekly.
on the evening OF the hrs; dIv after the baby
las arrived the paterfamllias, according 20 the
CuiueSc custom. prusrates himself before Joss.
and touching his head 10 the floor, voices thanks
To the gods and To the honorable ancestors for the
small son who sent perfect of body and full
Of health.
on the evening or the second day the ceremony
L. repeated, and the third day tbs voice OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

wife Joins that Of the husband IN than AsSS,tiys,
Also on the third day a limited number Of re.is~ss1
and friends are called In to witness the n,.d .cs
shave. The rooms OF the home are osSossSSss hr.
this occasion with green branches OF eltatS iucN
cedar or spruce. TO insure fueng-Sney TOT s'0N
the house -, Aa,v srs
Other concentrations IN honor q the na- ssi
long silk threads bearing little circles s9S az ~
hearts Of gold and scarlet paper mess IN tss
tooned from the walls and are hung W.
ceiling. nj, "A -
gay scraps OF paper appear TO be noauns ssate6
air. For the head shaving the guess 1nr.otn1 >
in a seni-circle before the JOSS. tne INA ~
carried seat OF honor 20 the rls. oss.rics -
and the baby, swsthsd In yaros OF - cx0iG1
purple aux. " hgouxhS N On a. aiAoosess
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Following the review of the 18th Regiment By
Controller Grout on Thursday evening. December
% there VIII he O review by Mayor Mcclellan on
Thursday evening January ). An extension OF
100 the present drill hall of the armory will
be made, the Sinking Fund Commission having
approved the resolution of the armory board favor
Ing the enlargement The improvements II is
roughly estimated will cost about SapO0.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Christmas entertainments will be held 10y several
companies Of the Esd Regiment Company Will
entertain the night Of December . and Com
panies and X the night Of December ~ COM
pauy will also hold minstrel eutertalAhleit ana
dance the armCry January lS next IN Noii-
many n Second Lieutenant A. \. Forman has been
nominated for first lieutenant
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Major Richard H I.aimbeer, r.. who has been
appointed Judge advocate OF the Second Brigade
entered the military service as private IN the 'tn
Regiment on July Z, 1879. enlisting in Company B.
,r5 was bororsbrv discharged on December g.
1854 He was appointed captain and reSimental
1IIartarn7astar of the Hath Regiment on July 10,
TSoS an5 vr9s rendered supe-nunlerary in December
~ The same year He was appointed quarternlas
ter on the staff of General NEGLECT. Win rank OF
major, on January l9. 1913
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Major William II. Linson. OF the list Regiment.
has been elected captain of the regimental rifle
team for the ensuing year. and Captain c. F. True
has been elected business manager. No time Will
he lost I'm organizing a team for the coming year
I'm order that # may, If possible repeat its brilliant
shooting record Of last season. \ basketball
tournament Is now gong on between the several
corpariss for Il silver cup and medals presented
by the athletic association. Pending the receipt OF
his commission. Lieutenant Sheppard, recently
elected from the 9th Regiment. has been detailed
the list
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Perfectly neu, opposite Ernctieh
cardsrs and Opera House.
each room has balcony and ars-
olxce. Grand serandahs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Second Lieutenant Walter Clayton Woods OF
Cor,nanv F. 69th Regiment, has been unanimously
elected first lieutenant OF Company II. Colonel
Duffv outlined the work Of the drill season last
Monday night, which he expects the members OF
his staff 70 perform, in order to promote the in
terests Of the regiment. The colonel also made 1t
Main that no member OF any cOlonels staff should
consider himself A mere ornament, but a hard
worker and he hoped. he said. that all the mem
bcrs OF his staff would set an example In this re-
spect especially with the advent Of the new
arrnorv Ali tae officers assured the colonel OF
hearty support. \ meeting OF the nCn-commis-
stoned officers of the regiment Will be held AZ the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

Major Bridgman OF Squadron A, has decided to
s,snfnd drills from December o % January 3. but
the shooting range in the armory may be used by
:.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11
Foreign Resorts.
yhe anu{cferre,

WeH-knoua hiEa-oiass Fanf,
Hotel quies pcsiiion, near
churches Spc=iai terms tos
families. Moderate prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-11

In the Sth Regiment canvass has been taken to
determine how many members Will take part in the
trip To Washington incident to the Inauguration OF
President Roosevelt next March The individual
men OF the command VIII be required to pay So
each TO cover part OF the expenses the balance
being paid from other funds. The result is that
the mon enthusiastic, aad 30 per cent have eX-
pressed their intention of taking part.