The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-14
IN The FOOTBALL WORLD.
GAMES IN WHICH GROUND RULES
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s~yivanla state Practice OF the Teams.
In the paper read BY Walter Camp at the
meeting In New York of officials and coaches
was the following advice to referees: -He
should look to see how far the fenoes are
back Of the goal lines and whether q ground
rule IL advisable or necessary. III there Is
a fence In such proximity to the goal that an
ordinary kick across the goal line Is likely to
bound over the fence or players are liable
to run into the fence. he should call the two
captains together and get them to agree
upon some local ground rule for the case
rather than subject the players to the risk
of injury. II the side fen cs or stands are so
near the side lines that a ball hitting a player
In the field Of play might bound over the
fence into the crowd a local ground rule
should be made for this emergency"
In two games about New York 1t has been
found advisable to act on these suggestions
One was the Princeton-Cornel game at the
Polo Grounds, when 1t was agreed 10 call a
blocked kick going behind the goal line a
safety by the defending side. This was on
account Of the close proximity OF the fences
"a the goal lines. but there was a lively
scram BILE just the same when a partly blocked
kick went over the Cornell goal line. In the
Yale-West Point game there were no fences
to bother the players. but the swarmlng OF
spectators along the side lines caused a ground
rule TO be adopted. 1t was that a kicked ball
striking n player and then going across the
side lines should 90 to the side receiving
the kick. 1t was a wise precaution and pre-
vented the possibility Of players in pursuit
Of the ball crashing into the crowd on the
side lines.
There is another sug sestion OF MIR. Ca mp's
that il needed mostly in the breach. 1T
WIN NC siea' "oh'e'en0c 'ho "esnhan
he says, TO have two pointed steel rods con-
nected by a ten yard chain in addition to the
raOular takaS and fhR rPfaree another RinRla
.tsoi "a so 10, 49, ,he han 70 down I'D
there is any doubt about the measurement
the referee can, before the ball Is turned or
,wis,ad IN arv nav s,;cL HE rod INTO tho
twlste9 any way SGs nS = mug 4
ktouhu at is io'"aTu poiht' men no nidtVeI
II the ball ~ knocked 70 one SIDE or turned
the measurement is there"
CsnsraIIv the ,,mpire keans his foo, or tbs
til ".ban ~. roTsraa soss 70 he IA Iine 70
GET ms measurement. but a steel rod in the
GREATER acc,,racv
wbatsvsr stool rods have b..r In uso
na"aon 80 49, hiddar - a. ,rn,sar.
legs of the officials. The point Is one that the
central board of officials could make man
N'n ~ ~ ~ ""'
dntory,
,osad ~ uoryord y,,o princston ponn-
49, 10 90 80
one thar has not had a PLAYER ordered out Of
n game nv an official this year. In one OF
q '"o " -" '""e ~" y" O
disqualified for offensive language, but no
o,,aLar re- baar disnuaioad To- sb,griny
Su"hs. ~ "een ~ $50
On dinerent occasions Two lsle players
nonorts, ono Harvard nan nos neon bounced
Tor Singing, and two Princetonians have
haap aS7isd for mi, in1 il ~ xitb nnnonents
F,va men were ruled ont in the Colgate
Williams game, one for rouahing and four
To-, ap,,aiye Ian1raga In thc Gngato- uanil-
to,, game a CniCate nlav er was dlsouaIned
for smuggling. One West Pointer has suffered
s svTvspiaH STATE nIaver and one villa Nova
nia veT In several of the ,ases ready ex-
cases we're made for the Offenders, 70 hear
against than sinning il was no other fellow
fault Oficiais should be very careful and
aT,avs r,,ia ont the niaver wbo il heing made
a target for another mans swings: For ac-
SordihS 10 The line of ressoning of the lStter's
fr;ends The Other man stated IL " WV
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Favorable comments on the new rules
puiti niv 81 The season prooresses saws the
IpiyeIsitv of Illinois Byess BTVci;p
and Ih IapT e ieass Of ' i,fc Ssa P pssui tG ~ he rr HPSn . Is n Tns
bsiicf AZ the Tniyersiv ~ Illinois The new T,iles
aphictes and student supporters. After constant
II is thought that tho new rules have accomplished
their PURPOSE. The ten yard rule renders end
runs and spectacular plays Inevitable, as q team
seldom i, ~ strong a, 90 se able to make such a
utsIancS ConsINVSnuS ~ toTNaIu pasS a SrhS1
IONA na, p, niSy 6oy o 4 nssp IN M W u Si'Se TRts MN onTd
Il ~ aur.S IN ~. Nv y ~, n ~ ~
inr cIevcns dcSneSoIc and Wiling 10 AVE arcai
chances.
The new ,,yIc Of game hss not been fully tested
and viii undoubtediy be greatly perfected by the
close OF the season. but II Is sppa renily here to
stay.
when the time for RECEIVING applications
for the Yale game Expire AT Cambria ge last
week the athletic association had had fewer
applications for seats than ever before for a
Harvhrd-fale game. Harvard's allotment
of the number had been applied for, The
under graduate demand for sents was. az
great as usual, but the graduate demand had
fallen on. There WAS a big demand for
Harvard-lndian seats, and It IL thought that
in the desire to get these the Harvard ale
game had been overlooked. With The Hur-
several years il would seem that the demand
for seats would have been coTrespondingly
large. The demand IN New Haven for seats
for the Harvard game has been a record
breaker, and Yale folks can use what seats
Harvard does not want. Yale students are
rallying around the team in fine style not
withstanding the hard row the eleven bas
to hoe. They are no fair weather friends.
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Maybe Blondy Wallace, the former Quaker
tackle. now coaching Pennsylvania state,
was making a distinction etwee college
and unive rsity teams when he spoke "a fol-
lows 10 the Pennsylvania State players: