Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-02
FOOTBALL CHANGES.
Some Good Suggestions to be Consid-
cred by Rules Committee.

Here are George AIDES suggestions for
rule changes:
Selection of Players.-The II players
constituting the team shall be selected by
| the faculty and the student who has re-
ceived the highest grade in Greek anthol-
| ogy snail be captain of the team No
| student shall be eligible for the team I'M
| less he is up in his class work and has an
| established reputation for piety.
Substitution for The Toss"-lnstead of
| tossing coin to determine which side
| gets the Dall, the two captains snail be
called upon tC extract Il cube root of Il
given number provided by the professor
of mathematics. The captain who is first
! to hand in the correct solution gets the
| ball.
Rotation of Umpires-After each touch
down there shall be a change of umpres,
| so that the questions asked of team
may, during the progress of long AMI
zoology, applied metaphysics. veterinary
science, Sanskrit, and other useful
studies.
| Offside Plays-Any player who makes Il
grammatical error, miSpronOunce word
or seeks assistance from a fellow student
| shall be deemed guilty of an offside play,
and his side shall be penalized at least
five Yards.
Substitution for Kicking Goal-After Il
| touchdown has been made the team max
| ing it shall be credited with five points
| and the captain of the team shall trans
| late 500 words of Caesars Communicates.
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| given additional point. the same as if 4
goal Were kicked. If he fails the ball goes
| to the opposing team on the twenty-five
! yard line.
Resum1ng Play-On resuming play after
| a touchdown one of the players to be
| known as Tt is blndfOlded and the
other players Join hands and circle around
| him, singing:
London Bridge is falling down,
| Falling down, falling down,
| London Bridge is falling down,
] So farewell, my ladies'.
While the players are crcling about,
| the player known as 1T" touches one OF
| the others in a gentlemanlr manner and
| asks him three questions which must be
| answered Thus he tries to guess the
| name of the player. If he succeeds he
picks UP the ball and advances it Ii
yards.
| These rules will probably require fur
| theT elaboration. but as they are given
herewith they are sufficient to start the
game on a new and humane system.
Then from far-Off San Francisco
wherein is engaged young but ambitions
| humorist by name II. l.. Goldberg, comes
more suggestions, and who can say but
the ruling of Columbias faculty inspired
them:
/. The number of men on the team
should be changed from II to one.
=. Should the opposing colleges be To-
Gated in different towns Cas- they general
|
travelling expenses.
d. Each team takes HIS position at the
| phone and waits for one bell from the
| central Office. where the umpire is sta
| toned. The team who counts % first gets
first kick off.
4. The kickoff consists of asking his
opposing team question in Photography
| or mOnOtOny. Should the opposing team
| fail to answer the question the team who
kicked eff makes a touchdown.
). The execution of a goal kick consists
| of playing Chopin's funeral march on the
pianola. 1t counts one point, the same as
| in the old rules.-.~-
&. When the game is over the teams
| each describe their wearing apparel and
| the team with the latest complete evening
dress is awarded six extra points on
| class
Other sets Of revised rules have been
| gotten up. but the above will probably
appeal in Il favorable light to the advO-
| Gates of more ladyFike football.
If the revised rules take too much life
out of the sport a game of old maid
should be played between halvcs.-New
| York Globe and Commercial Advertiser.