The Washington times., 1905-08-21

DR. Reilly. the Georgetown coach
spent one day last week IL Washington.
but he viii not return 10 take charge of
the candidates on the Heights until
September 5. The George Washington
candidates are expected TO be called
together about the middle of next
month.
All the indications are for football
year. East and West and South as well.
that will equal and possibly exceed III
interest any in many years.
There has been very decided disap-
pointment and surprise in many impor-
tant quarters of the football world over
the failure of the rules committee to
adopt any of the radical changes in the
game which were proposed and more or
less generally advocated last fall in the
belief that their adoption would make
the game more open and do away with
many Of the present serious objections
to football from spectators g viewpoint.
One Of the most favored of all the sug-
gestions made in the tine of proposed
reform was that for ren-yard instead
Of Vineyard gain in four downs. The
proposition for this change came from
no less authority than Walter Camp
and was seconded by SO many Of the
foremost coaches ana former players
that the sport-Ioving public had good
reason to expect that the rule would be
incorporated in this wears rule book
Another suggestion that found some
favor with those who advocated reform
III the game was that which proposed
the forward pass There were numerous
other ideas put forward as to what
radical steps should be taken to save
the game from falling into decreasing
popularity, and II IS certain that never
before was there such general public
discussion of the bad points of football
and of the possible ways to remedy
them as there was last fall and winter
Ii the game was ever to undergo rad
icaI changes with view TO reform. It
seemed that the time had certainly
come.
Great was the surprise. therefore.
when the official rules were given out
the other day to find that not d sipgle
one OF the forecast epoch-making
changes had been made IN the game.
Instead, the committee has contented
itself with making Il number of minor
amendments to the regulations which
are officially described as bearing for
the most part upon the more strict in
depreciation rather than anything that
will affect the detail Of the play itself
In otner words the radical element in
the rules committee yielded completely
to the conservatives. who declared re-
peatedly while the discussion was on
last winter that The rules were all
right as they were, and only needed
stricter enforcement"
The University of Pennsylvania. fol-
lowing its custom Tor many seasons past
probably will be the first of the impor-
tant Eastern colleges to get its football
men into action this season. Even be-
fore the hot days Of August are gone.
some OF the Quaker stars Will be en-
gagged in light preliminary work in the
mountains at Stroudsburg. Pa The idea
is more to get the men together early
and make start at getting them into
prime physical condition before the sea-
son properly opens. They will be under
the eagle eye Of Dr. Carl Williams. last
fairs coach. and will not get down to
anything like serious work until the
middle OF September. The Quakers first
game Will be with Lehigh on Septem-
Der 30.
The football powers of Yale and Penn
sylvania are beginning to worry not a
little at the terrible intensity with which
Bill Reid goes about his work Of pre-
pairing Harvard for the coming football
season. Although the football season at
Harvard has not begun. Reid has done
more for the Crimson's success than
did his predecessors IN an entire year.
Reid Is nothing If not thorough and en-
ergetic. Shortly after he was made