The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-27
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD.
RULE CURT AILING MASS PLAY
/, HAS WORKED OUT WELL.
Mixture OF Rugby and Native Game In
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Contestant ALL
western Observation-Disclosures work OF
Two Quart erbacks Practice Of Teams.

TWO IuATleTDAChH ri NCNtCC VI is
: When the football rules committee adopted
a measure last winter TO curtail mass plays IL
was criticized for not legislating directly
against a biz linemln dropping back TO run
with the ball. What the committee did was
10 pass a measure that any player from tackle
TO tackle who dropped back mast drop at
least five yards back. The committee might
have made an out and out prohibition OF any
of the FIVE centre men dropping back except
for purposes Of kicking. It did not dosthis,
and a tackle or guard might have gone back
five yards to carry the ball or be used as an
interferer. The Ave yards that he had TO
retreat was in itself a big restriction on mass
plays. but the point was raised that IL would
have been better TO say outright that he could
not drop back to do anything but kick.
Maybe it would ha We been better. but never
theless the measure az adopted has worked
admirably. There has been next To nothing
in the way of one Of the Ave centre men drop
ping back and then carrying the ball. II
there has been a single instance Of a play OF
that sort since this season a great many con-
start patrons Of football games have not
seen il. The only linemen who hav dropped
back and carried the ball have been ends.
The spirit of the rule has been observed al
most universally. The rushing has been con-
fined to backs more than has been the case for
years. IL has been one Of numerous changes
that has worked out well. To the ten yard
rule and neutral zone are due the chief credit
for the tremendous Improvement made in
the gridiron sport this season. but severer
penalties, the legislation against delays, the
forward pass and the onside Kick have played
NJ small part. The forward pass and the
onside kick are dependent largely on the ten
yard rule. for the simple reason that they
would not be used nearly so much were there
only five yards 60 gain.
Ii is likely that the work of the rules COM
mittee this winter will have more to do with
clearer wording than with pronounced
changes. A matter TO he settled Ia whether a
line man may run with the ball from in the
line, the point raised by Iost. There seems
to be a din erence Of opinion among the CON-
mitteemen themselves on this point. In a
recent game a penalty was inflicted on a
team for running a line man from his position.
IL was in the Wand crbilt-I Indian game. La
ROGUE, the Indian tackle, stayed In his posi-
ton until the ball had been snapped. then
came around behind the qua TT erback, took
the ball and gained five yards. The umpire
would not allow the play and penalized the
Indians by taking the ball away from them.
How use doth breed a habit in a man. In
the Berkeley Leland Stanford Rugby game
the players found it dihlcult to lay aside the
old game entirely. and an amusing feature OF
that game was the fact that all Of the six
points made by stanford were the result OF
DeldVlbS que 10 lnNuTNlbIS lnlO NnN tllClE
can college game. The game ended 8 to 3 in
favor of stanford. ReTkeley's three points
were made in an unpsusl manner: Keeping
Berkeley men simply pushed their way for
ward against the. opposing play ers in the
line. This gave a try to Berkeley, good for
three points. Later in the game the ball was
sse efksIe S"f ba i5Rm 'f pow sGr9 1he 70 feld 9n raced cd the the
latter and over the goal line, but for the
moment one Berkeley player had forgotten
and his beautiful interference which made
thetry possible went for naught. The penalty
field goal, and this. being. duly kicked. gave
three points to Stanford. Still later. the
Berkeley, centre picked the ball up in a serum
was penaIized and stanford had another
chance TO kick a goal. This was done, and
Stanford had three more points.
The Chicago Tribune has picked an all West
ern eleven. Seven colleges are represented
shall, MiPnesota. and Frurip. Wabash. ends;
tackles; Via, Minnesota. and Van Hook, II.
lnois. guards stiehm; Wisconsin centre;
ttSSEfesaIssool.' and Sd9l0 cfsf;k. ag indiana. A6ial 2f6bsqfss:
Garrels. Michigan. fullback. Eckerssll, is
the best quarterback that football has
game he should accomplish the wonderful
feat Of dropklcking Eve goals from the held.
nearest approach to him being Hudson. the
Indian quarterback Of several years ago.
Also he vas a fin fine ot 9SuTtsST; fast a. as a dee. amd
back; There was another guarterbacS who
O'Brien. and he is on the Swarthmore team.
lie scored sixteen. points against Amherst.
one field goal and two touchdowns. Scoring
took a peculiar twist in the Minnesota-Indi-
ana game. Indiana. made six points on a
touchdown. and goal therefrom. only to be
beaten by their opponents, who did not make
. feid goal furnished the eight points made
by Minnesota. Il was an unusual combina-
There is talk at Harvard Of Reggie Brown
being head coach il Reid cannot be persuaded
to return and II Harvard plays football next
year. Brown has been coach Of the second
team for three years, has been close to Reid
As TO Harvard continuing to play football,
the undergraduates are hopeful president.
tbs u IaII 2ni aER wToSSyiid sSrsr If athletic reiaass
lions with Yale were broken on: Il GER
tainly do not, think IL would do any harm:
not even if relations were severed with every
other university" Whether or not that
observation has, any especial aignifcanee.
sportsmanship certainly have not decreased
the chances of a Harvard-Ha!e game next
year. At any rate, the belief az Harvard
just at preseny Is that there viii be such a
game.
OF the University of Chicago team for 1907.
Delrdy Is a naltDacK ana played. on the
'O4 and 'O5 teams. In the Northw estern
game OF last year his eye was injured sert-
ously. He had to give up playing this season
or run the risk OF losing his sight. He Is a
fast and shifty man in the backfeld.
The indications are for just as close strife
In the two big games to ome-Pen lvania
VS.. Cornell and Army VS.. Navy AS in the
tussles at Princeton and New Haven. IL
will be interesting to note whether fales
long forward pass Is used by any OF the four.
The Navy was a bit disappointed by not
making a bigger score against V, p. l., but
the Army il not chuckling over its showing
against Syracuse. The two teams round into
the final week on nearly even terms. though
there is doubt about the condition OF Pullen,
the big Army tackle. The giant Alaskan
has been regarded as one OF the best tackles
of the year. For a green mar he has devel-
Oped surprisingly well. which. on the other
hand. II not 80 surprising considering that
he has had Lieut.. Graves for a teacher. Graves
was an All America tackle In his day.
BiRlow, in all probability the next captain
etNale. blocked a kick on Newhalla and turned
the tide of battle in last Saturdays game,
bur could not see where he came In for credit
on the play. He would not hear TO any
praise on that score. but berated himself for
not gathering in the ball and running TO a
touchdown. Why couldn't / pick up that
hall2' was mis- only response when slapped
cp the baaS for his fine work Of sitting through