The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-12-02
Football Season Over;
Rules Committee VIII
Begin Work OF RepiSiOn

and next fail let us hope that this will
never arise. II j. hard % place this blame
on the committee or any members OF IL
Tor the reason that the code was not
finally adopted until just before the book
was edited and a careful preparation Of
the material was impossible. A few IN
stances % this point are the ones rsla-
tive 10 the running OF line men with the
ball. either from the line or from "a point
I'VE yards back. Members OF this com
mittee passed rules that distinctivsly for
bid the running Of line men from the line
as they are IN side. and just az distinc+tv
permit the line men from tackle o. tackle
60 run from point five yards back az
the line. yet thelr intention was 20 do
Just the opposite The line men were 20
run IRON the line Of scrimmage. but not
from A point five yards back When "a
line man was droufed back q was for tb,
purpose u kicking the ball. Members OF
the conUitte even until this time inter
pref these rules in two ways
Found Wanting.
In the appointment Of officials the com
mltteo failed 20 come up 10 its cxpec,a-
lions. Many 81 the larger colleges and
numerous smaller ones refused 10 act in
accord WIN the oommittce on this point
and where the committee did no. have
control the officials were hardly an
pointed Names were submitted until
three men desirable ~ the two contesting
teams were approval. these were ap-
pointed. II seems unnecessary then for.
the committee n appoint officials II this
plan is 70 De followed out WHY not
leave IL 70 the managers or tho eleyens.
as Ia the past as that plan proved loss
expensive? I know OF one case where
IN Official wss appointed for game and
the night before was turned down HIS
bill for services rendered waE approved
In justice 20 him. vet ~ Is hardly Just
70 the finances " the colleges Concerned
Of'rials have hard times. though
through no fault Of their own. Every
one OF them has his own troubles in every
game and every one Of them has a plan
Of action. Some are more liberal in their
Views than others and some are the per-
sonihcauon % Justice IN that they adj
minister penalties upon every and all oc-
cesions. Several officials told me than
they would not have penAized Princeton
IL the Yale game. when Wistar carried
the ball % Yale's one-.aru ..n-. because
the Tiger who WAS boo -~ was some
fifteen yards behind the runner. and his
foul had no bearing on the play This
seems a very poor point. for there IS alb
solutely no distinction a. be made n an
official does his duty One case this fall
is most peculiar one. and - clearly o.
lustrates how players come 90 believe Of
ncials are partial. IN a game the right
end 81 The losing team mad been siugged
by the opposing fuhback twice "a sue
cessiou. and after each ofterse DE had
told the umpire. the latter was unable
10 detect a. On the third play. which
was directed az the right end. the full
back sluEged the end. and the end be-
feving that the umpire would not rule
him OF. siugged back Both men We're
Immediately sent OF the neld. and %
this day nothing Will convince the end
that the umpire gave him fair treatment