The sun., 1906-02-02
NEW WZEALAyDERS'F FAST RUGBY
All BIiCKS FURNISH SAMPLE
or THEIR SkJLA.

Experts in American College Football on
Hand aud see Things That Please
Them Open Play and DexterOus Pass.
ing-Ncw YOrks Beaten. 40 to ID
The All Blacks OF New Zealand. VINO
cleaned up long string Of victories al Rngpy
football In Great Britain. gave sample oi
their skin to Americans al ashingtoh farh,
Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. ABOUT oo'
persons saw them play o picked New YORK
team, The New Zealanders won by ~ points
to 49, or 5 goals and tries to goals ana
try. A try counts points in Rugby. ana
try converted Into a goal counts points.
As q contest the one -sdedness OF the score
did not conducc toward excitement. but tnat
was 10 be expected. and the exhibition was
quite successful IN bringing out the attrac-
tive features of Rugby. There were six New
Zeal andcrs on the Kew York team. and but
for this the local players would not have
scored at all. The points made by the New
Yorks were due principally to the efforts OF
players borrowed from the tourists IRON
the other side OF the world. Abbott. Myn0tt.
McGregor. Duncan. Casey and newton OF
the New York fifteen are members OF the
New Zealand party. and Abbott and McGre-
Ror did all the scoring for their temporary
associates.
There was action all the time in the game.
and this in itself prevented any lapse OF In
terest. The action was not only sustained
but fast. number of spectators were there'
not only TO see the game itself. but TO com
pare 1t with the American college game
One members of the American lntercoleHiate
Football Rules committee was close oo-
server of the play. j. B. Fine Of Princeton.
With him was Bill Edwards. a former Prince
ton captain and guard. and now one OF the
best football officials. Wyllys Terry, VINO
played halfback at Yale when the game
was much more oper than II is now was an
other spectator: ,iso Gilman Coilanlore'
who learned football at Harvard. An Eng
lish accent as thick as an English fog hung
over the field but natives as well as those OF
transa lanic origin enjoyed the sport.
No forward passing is permitted 10 Rugby
foot ball but what impressed those unfamiliar
with the game forcibly was the skiiful side
WAYS and slightly backward passing OF the
New Zealan iers. That was probloy the
most striking thing about the game e-the
def ness with which 1t was done while moving
down the field at s2eei II was almost as
fast as hockey. As to comparing II win
the American gl'ne in point OF interest
falrer test would have been between two
teams more evenly matched. While Rugby
Is a game calling for constant alertness 1t
is q question whether II calls for the general
ship that the American game does. oome
who saw it yes; erday thought 1t would be q
good thing to have II replace the American
game IN It's ehrey rs ,hueh hne 1'eI hsS Ii fsa,mres
conservative lhey 'aousn' ~, !. ",r h'e ,an,o
tha. that so could be injected into the nome game
Action Is more continuous In Rugby than
in the American game There Il much more
open play, moro quick shifting here and
there about the field Occasionally several
men we're strewn over the field on their backs
at once, out the piiins up OF eno'e oa't
game was absent The players wore the
nsa hra,ohas vi 90 w., no time vas taken our for
anu W ee..e9. ,j,,.in1 0na =, ,he homs
decays owing TO INJURIES one % ~, ~. .1'aI hsS
bleeding noses One head guard was all the
49,, ~ ssen
The game looks moro like . scramble than
the home article but team work was IN EVIL
dsnce, no,icesbly in the New zealanders' play
= vas p'a, O.. s-,' .nH 49,. aro ;n,raouant
OF pauses soI.nn.nases Mete ,uIeuu.hs srep, ,ha
ANN american nt., gar game Generally the bali was
iooss and sorlmm when they did come
loose' alu ,,. eo 40 rsida n,av ~ ,he haII
being down The "scruns" with their pyra-
midlike formations looked queer at first
"Wha, is this. a outtins matoh," asked one
onlooker as me Two "1nges' heaas i rinn do~n, H.
eaIn hn onl S,het eo he beks with the feet
II scriinaGer sHppea uowH .nsie vas Nv
sprawiing over MN lie arose ana 'he scTim
ON the part OF tho New Lealanders the
ball was quickly Klcked OUT from scrunis,
and then i was ZIP ana away swiat Iuha,hs a a,s
and dodging, WIN me New Ieaiano oacks
seldom lahlng to be In the right Place 10 lake
a pass and continue the tignt Tor touon-
down, or try as they, t eau 1t; aG Lhere ,,ma was
none of the pounding OF the AIneriGhn Sa,he,
n'ne OF the 10 orInatioh plays. ahetu re-, Mas W.,
personal Gonla act IN lhe scrlihlhages, ouh ~.
with two lines facing each olher. n2 cai, LOT
that persona Measure ol vn apo nr
tackle Tor an end run as 10 tne h.sisdinn rnniSi.,n
Of movement o. ot the R AN american game 10 ho' as
The ball Is Kicked more ~ f9goy, aiong ,Ii
he ground ana tnrougl tne ar, nc pun.ins
Is more hurried thhn IN tne American Rdi,ue
and not as good ior me dis ance. Dasnes
down under the oali Oy tne ehus were inisseu.
and other strenouus features ana WIN the
great amount OF passing anu Iunhing anu
Kicking the leather hies from one man 70
another every moment or SO, lhis makes
possession of the ball mater OF lar less
imporanc With the New Aealanaers than
with rs. ana thcreln lles one ql !he salienI
differences in the Two games IN the hhe[i-
can game possession OF the pau is Nnai the
nature OF Rugby - such thaI u Is - thf ar
( or on the grounu 50 IIeiuentiS tndt u -