The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-28
Cornell Athletes Still EnthuSi-
aStic Over the Great
tiridirOn Game.
CAPT. COSTELLO SAYS
INTEREST Is GREAT
Thinks Some Reforms in the
Game Should Be Made,
but With Care.
special Tribune Sporting Service.

Special Tribune Sporting Service.
ITHACA. y. Y. Jan. 2G-Despte the
fact that Harvard. Columbia and pos
sibly Yale VIII take no part I'm football
next year, Cornell is as enthusiastic as
ever. Capt. Costello believes Cornell
VIII be able 10 produce Il championship
team. with the three above mentioned
colleges out OF the race In an inter-
view this week Capt. Costello said II
believe the interest In football Is as
great as ever | think some reforms
in play should be- made, but l DO not
think the game should be thrown out
altogether by any college. In the first
place n good deal lies with the officials.
They do not always enforce a strictly
clean game. They are prone To shut one
eye as II were IT often happens,
though. that the umpires cannot see all
the underhand work.
Slugging Conceded.
In fact. sIugging and that sort OF
thing is most carefully concealed by the
offenders For this reason the lines
man should have almost equal power
with the umpire. or better yet. there
should be more than one umpire.
Team Should Be PenaliZed.
Speaking OF slugglng. the whole
team ought to he penaliZed when one
OF It's members offends In this respect.
p slugger is taken out OF the game.
under present conditions instead OF be
ing disgTaced he often walks off the
field a hero Thus taken from the game,
as sort OF a martyr 10 the cause he
gains the sympathy of the crowd and
~ Teams
gone so far as TO instruct a certain man
TO slug But let the whole eleven he
heavily penalized and you can bet
that the sentiments OF the team and OF
the partisans In the grand stand would
turn pretty strongly against the or
fender
What do you think OF the ten-yard
gain instead of the fiVe?" Costello WAS
asked.
Ten-Yard Gain a Hard Task,
THAT might work all right" came
| the answer. but II such rule were
| adopted the defense would have TO be
! modified to meet II. A ten-yard gam
under present conditions of tacklins
! and defense would be d hard PROPOSE
| tion. Games between fairly matched
| teams would proba bly, be indeclsiVe and
uninteresting. the ball being forfeited
on downs too often Nor would the
ten-yard rule i'm Itself make the game
! an entirely open one. Flying mass
| PLAYS well executed Will always De et-
fective From the viewpoint OF safety
however. the entirely open game would
not be so desirable. in spite Of the pop
ular belief TO the contrary,
Discusses Mass Plays
Mass plays look more terrible and
dangerous. but I'm reality they are not
10 nlr H.NA
the field at tremendous speed possioly
onIv In open play), and when that mar
| is stopped suddenly sometimes uneN-
| nectedly. by another player coming the
! other way full speed the impact oi
| those bodies is liable TO make trouble
| should the runner be half stopped OF
tackled wide he may strike the GROUND
hard enough TO break bones, Look al
| penn" she played an open game last
| wear. yet her injuries were numerous
and serious
Would it be possible to make tho
tacklIng higher as some one sug'
| geSted2'
Fears Too Many Rules.
THAT would be unwise," said Cos
telIo. for man Is bound 20 slip dowr
when he tackles high, and the enforce
nent OF this rule would bring about
many endless discussions. In adopting
any new rules, we fall into one grea
danger-that OF making the game too
intricate. The rules are complex enougt
now; but If they make any more re-
srictlons and bylaws 1t VIII take .
college education 10 understand th'
game. We would then be forced tc
have our teams composed of posi-
graduates-A Bs, Ph, D,'s, and philo'
| sophcrs."
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