The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-15
FOOTBALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS
PLAYERS IGNORE
MANY Old RULES
Well Known Football Official
Tells How New Rules
Puzzle Men.

Journal Special Service.
. Chicago, Nov. 15.-Forward batting OF the
ball after long high kicks is more prevalent this
season than usual In years past according to Of.
acials who have handled the teams in their
games. The greatest cause for this violation Oi
the rules IL when the ball bounds Ligh and 1
player of the side that kicked is under the ball.
with opposing tacklers close On top Of him.
In the Minnesota Nebraska game the gopherl
We're penalixed for this foul and in the Illinois.
Wisconsin game the badgers drew a Vineyard
penalty for the same onense.
In each case the ball was punted from about
the center of the field far toward the opponents
goal. 1t struck the ground and bounded high.
The. ends were down under it, and when the
ball bounded one Of them batted it toward the
goal line. In Ainnesota's case the player bat.
ted the ball over the goal line, fell on 1t and
asked for touchdown from the referee.
pass or bat the ball in any direction excepv
toward his opponents. goal,'' said Ralph Hoag.
land. who was, one of the umnires in that game,
hut 1t adds the exception made this year, allow
No provision is made for batting the ball for.
ward, however. and still officials occasionally run
into players who commit this foul and then try
to get scores on It, Instead Of being able to
score on sab play penalty OF five yards mus
Just why this play should come up more fire.
quently this year than formerly is hard to figure
out, unless 1t is the change in the rules relating
10 Ine Dali aILer IOucn1ng rne ground FOLLOWING
punt. This year when the ball bounds 1t is any
body's ball, everyone being on side as soon as
the ball strikes the ground. Exception 2 of rule
10 says: When the ball has been kicked by
player other than the snapper back any player
on the kicking side shall be on side as the ball
touches the ground
This change leads players to take greater
liberties with the ball now than heretofore. Until
this year the ground principles of football taught
player to fall on 1t as fast as possible when
got aUQv nm mt nr 9TH oryv3Q fh0f
is all changed now, and If the opponents let a
by scooping or on bound he will try to run with
it for a touchdown rather than follow the old
style Of falling on 1t.
{ II offciated in the Indiana -Notre Dame game
Last Saturday and Sheldon has halfback iii
Clark who is enc Of the best I have seen this
year. The best end in the middle west outside
Of Marshall Of Minnesota. is. Frurip, who plays
left end for Wabash. On defense he Is the
equal of the gopher star, to Michigan judgment,
but Marshall Is probably more valuable on Of
Tense. Next to these two men guess Fred
Walker OF, Chicago is about as good an end aa
there is this year.
Former students Of Princeton, living in Chi
cago, have bunch that the tigers are going to
give the Yale team. surprise next Saturday.
when they get together at Princeton. The lad
Hoagland, who. Is playing right END for the
orange and black, is a cousin of mine and re
ports from down there say he is a star The
tiger team is superior; I believe, this season to
Yale's, and I think Roper and his assistants
have done more with the new rules than Yale
was able to accomplish in spite of the advan.
tage of Walter Camps COUNSEL" 49, "