Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-16
WALTER CAMP TO
CONE WESTWARD
WILL ACT AS INSTRUCTOR FOR
FO0TBALLISTS
Famous Yale Gridiron Expert Believes
That New Rules viii Do Much
Toward Putting Sport on
High Plane


chief exponent of the reformed game
will visit the middle west about Octo-
her 1 to talk over the new rules of the
sport with the coaches, officials select
ed to govern the games, and whatever
of the fan element is willing and not
too numerous.
Notification of the veterans plans for
a short western trip with the opening
of the season was received in Chlcaeo
Yesterday. His visit will be in the ma
ture of clarifying the doubt that may
lurk in the minds of many about the
new rules, and marks step toward
bridging over the breach between the
west and the east in athletic relations
Camps primary purpose 1t is pc
lieved. is to rub the fur the right way
and to aid in creating a better -sentl-
ment toward the new code and the new
game. While the east is more or less
satisfied with the new rules, the west,
from an eastern view point, seems to
have baked more. Coach Yost OF
Michigan is pointed out as the chief
kicker
Camp Enthusiastic Over Rules
Western friends of the Yale adviser
declare he is enthusiastic about the
new game, Like Stagg, he feels salts
fed it has all the best of the old sport
and many more excellent qualities.
Camp is the champion of the ten
yards rule which has caused so much
criticism. For two years he fought TO
have it taken up by the rules commit
tee without success, and only last fall
was he able to induce the members OF
the committee to consider it seriously
Camp also Is the instigator of the for
ward pass. The ten yards rule and
the forward pass are the most revolu-
tionary measures the game has ever
received.
All officials for the games of the con-
ference colleges will be chosen by Oc-
tober /, 1t is believed. according to the
rulings of the "big nine" group of last
winter. The list probably will be
large one, numbering from fifteen to
twenty-five, and accordingly one OF
great Importance for the success oi
the game in the middle west this year.
stagg Now in East
Chicago's fall campaign will be ush-
cred in about the time Camp arrives
in the city. Stagg already has tried
many experiments with his summer
squad at Marshall field, and the re-
suits of his views may be placed be-
fore the noted easterner. Stagg now
is in the east and will not return until
lEle week pTeCculllS lnC OpCIlIS VI tiS
season at the Midway.
Handicapped by loss of from one
to three weeks in training practice over
his rivals, Stage will start his cam
paign by correspondence this fall. Such
a course in football at Midway is a
novelty although everything else from
Greek to public speaking" may be
taken in this manner for the regular
university credit.
hoc inc Sant biG first ha tph
of correspondence to his prospectives,
which number close to fifty. In his let
ter Stagg has advised his candidates to
spend a large part of the morning or
afternoon in taking cross country runs.
Part of the day must be spent in kick
ing the ball about the pasture, and
certain amount of time must be given
over to the rule book. The season is
too short, he declares, for wasting any
time on rule changes
Nearly all the men who look anyways
good to the "old man" have been sent
prepaid, a brand new football So
there is little, he feels, that cannot be
secured by course in football by cor
respondence which may be gained at
Marshall field during the September
practice. The experiment will be looked
at with interest by the men who have
been opposing Stagg and football in
the Midway faculty.
Taylor to Join Maroons
Freshmen finds will count for lit
tie this season under the new fresh
man one year ruling, but the usual
preseason gossip about who is going
here or there to school seems to have
it's old time grip on the followers of
the sport. One big fish has been dipped
from the local pool already, and the
fisherman with luck is Stage.
Walter Taylor Hyde Parks all
around star and probably the best
athlete in the Chicago high schools last
year, has declared his intentions. With
him may go also, it is stated, quite
few of his Hyde Park friends, which
likewise may start the 1906 crop of
doubtful high schoolers Stages way.
Hugo Bezdek, all western full back
last year left yesterday for his charge
at the University of Oregon. Jesse
Harper, half back, will leave early this
week for Alma, Mich, while the other
maroon stars of the past soon will