The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-31
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
OFFICIALS AND THEIR WORK
UNDER THE NEW RULES.


Pennsylvania FauIts Practice OF Teams
The new rules have brought about a better
game and have given more authority to ON
Gals, but have not accomplished all that was
desired toward improving the work OF the
officials themselves. Dissatisfaction over the
work OF officials has been heard. Just az In pre-
vious seasons. and sometimes there has been
reason for the dissatisfaction When one OF
the most prominent changes regarding pen
alties Ia overlooked. that which makes q team
lose half the distance to its own goal line for
certain offences, IA was the case in the Prince
ton-Cornell game when Z. Dillon was disduali-
fed for stu gins there 10 Carelessness or for
getfulness not calculated to increase respect
for the ability Of the official. There Is so
much for a football Official TO remember and
so much for him TO watch on the field that he
may be pardoned for consulting the rule book
once in a while and for not seeing everything.
but enough stress was laid on the penalty
that goes with disqualification to keep II
always In an ofioial's mind. This question of
regulating and supplying officials il one in
which the subcommittee of the rules COM
mittee has 70 make haste slowly and one that
cannot be brought up to a perfect stage In u
sin gle season.
When a radically different code OF rules
has been ad opted referees and umpires need
time to become letter perfect and to handle
Gil the ulu eTenJ points tnht come up. COIUe
allowance should be made for officials this
season. so long as they are trying to do their
best, Practice makes perfect. and il players
themselves, who are practising every day.
are not all thoroughly acquainted with the
new rules. 80 much the more difficult it is
for officials. who get practical experience only
once a week. There was talk last winter
when the new rules were being framed Of a
field laboratory to try them out. No field
tah0rafnrv ayar malaria 1iyod huf nfipiala
might experiment on one to their further
enlightenment. There we're a number OF
officials present at the Interpretation con-
ference here a short while ago, but questions
few around 40 thick and fast at that meeting
that It was impossible to get calculation on all
points. Again. men who umpire in some
games referee in others, and while this widens
their experience IL may be doubted whether
it Is conducive TO consistently good work in
either one or the other of the positions.
At Fran kiln Field. Philadelp hia. the same
two men. Sharpe and Corbin. have presided at
several Of the games. one as mpiTe the other
as referee. which seems TO be All excellent
idea in cultivating understanding between
the two officials on the field As Mr.. Vail of
Pennsylvania recently put It. there Is need OF
team work between officials. What with \
referee. q linesmaE and two umplres. If so de-
sired, there are enough officials to keep track
Of ever hing Their provinces are written
down In the rule book, 10 he sure. hut only
practical experience can beget smoothuess IN
handling this department Of the game. Ohi-
cials arc bound to make mistakes, but, all in
oil, they may he counted on 10 make progress.
once those who are qualified for The JOB are
weeded out from those who are not. Partly
ments of the new rules and partly because NJ
more prompt action by Officials. there has
this year thar formerly. AZ that there Is a
tendency toward leniency. some OF this LEM
lency has had TO do not with players. but
with oricious coaches.
The Cornell men feel reasonably confident
OF winning the remaining games on their
schedule, though they have 81 auhmOTe and
Pennsylvania 10 play. There may be a brace
left in the Quakers yet. and the Swarthmore
to approach with over confidence. There
will be a hot duel at the middle OF. tho line
more face each other on November IL Each
is a high class pivot man, and each has sup
porters who thinks his f%avorite will be the
All America choice for centre Coble ls atom
OF 80 heavier than Newman. hut IS active as
any centre and as good A. there IL on the
field at making holes for his backs He does
not stop there. but busies himself at helpirs
the man with the ball. In the Gettysburg
game iast Saturday Coble sprained his ankle
and made himself very useful in the bargain
The officials for the Cornell-Swsrthmore
game have been selected. DR. Newton, the
former Pennsylvania end and LATER coach 81
Lafayette and Wesleyan, Ia 10 be referee ana
Al Sharpe. the old Yale halfback, umpire.
For the SwarthmoTe-Amherst game on Novem-
Der "a. ". II. Edwards OF Princeton is 10 be-
umpire and j. II. Minds, Pennsylyanis.
Apropo. of the swarthinore team. the
players came out Of the game with Gettys-
burg in pretty good CONDITION. From half
a dozen or more other colleges come reports
the hard games Of Saturday. The Princeton
men were; the Yale men were, so were the
their game with Franklin and Marshall every
mar. Of the Lehigh varsity eleven took part
IN a hard drill on Monday. and the Lafayette
players, who met Colgate. came out whole
s that the iSs4 new football Is not %'' as .rhsTstins
and gruellng as the old.
Poor handling, Of punts and poor general
ship are the two besetting faults Of the Penn
had more to do with the poor showing Of the
ouakers than the system. Last year and the
and swift attack that kept oppon emit ever
lastlngly guessing, but 1t also, had a man
TO make the most Of the varied tactics: the
at directing PLAYS. These has been no Steven
son on hand this year. and the selection Of
done. Capt. Greene is a hard and tireless
worker, but. it is charSedI has not shown
hinself 70 be a go3d fed sid genera, IhsTs
the ball; generally he has had TO go it alone.
the Interference being weak. The coaches.
reSsrding helping the runner or laid enough
stress on hard and low tackling. Good gem
eralship and COON handling Of punts, IL IL
deolar ed would have won both OF the games
that have been lost.
ITHACA. Oct. so.-Much 20 the surprise Of =
number OF under graduates who assembled
at Percy Field this afternoon to- see the football
eleven practice. only two OF the regulars APP
peared in toys. Britton. and Damn lined up
with the second team and ran through signals
for over an hour. The wing shift was tried
repeatedly and worked quite smoothly. The
freshmen spent a strenuous afternoon under
Coach Kent's direction, trying out bewilder-
ing formations for the Pennsylvapian's
Youngsters, whom they will meet in Phtla:
Princeton has depressed the spirit of the
Cornell squad temporarily and Coach Warner
Has concluded that a good rest Will do the
men more good than a hard scrimm0Re.
Hard work will be resumed Tomorrow, how
ever, in preparation for the game with the
Western University Of Pennsylvania on
Saturday.
CARLISLE, Pa, Oct. 3O.-The Indians had
slight practice on the athletic field. preparA-
tory TO going to Buffalo. where they expect TO
defeat Syracuse on Saturday. The Indians
themselves are not weighted dow with con-
ndence over the result OF the approaching
contest. The work here this morn ing con-
sisted mostly Of light signal practice. and that
of this afternoon Of giving all the members
Of the redskinned squad a chance 10 run down
= good forecast Of the Carlisle Indians chances
against Harvard AZ Boston on November 10.
The Indian backheld is working harder than
anv one else at Carlisle and II can be counted
upOn TO do its full share against syracuse.
Harvard and Minnesota.