The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-21
|WA|T DECISIONS
/ WITH |MPA1|ENCE
ootball Enthusiasts Anxious as
TO Action of Two Rules
Committees.
,0ACH KING GIVES HIS
VIEWS AND SUGGESTIONS
dyOcates Changing the Dis
tance to Be Gained With
Ball to Ten Yards.
bun. speclaI sportlne Service.

"1tbupe Special Sporting Service
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2O.-There
lUree been many suggestions made IN
IN, ! last six weeks as TO the best meth
of reforming the game OF football,
those interested in the sport are
I sisaw awaiting with some impatience
" lr5nIte action on tho part OF the 'wo
ives committees. The views of Phil
nv1rlg, as published In the current issue
4 re The Illustrated and Outdoor News.
h " unusually interesting. however, the
:. re go as there are few men better
dss nlified to speak on the subject. Phil
.n1ng was not only one of the greatest
AZ ayers ever developed at Princeton,
Ihla since he was graduated he has
'p = strongest football universities in the
u; N fst His ideas and suggestions fol-
dAyF:
lssM M Favors Longer Distance of Gains,
Il am heartily I'm favor OF changing
ivy !, ~ distance TO be gained in ten yards in
~ fsec downs, providing some other rule
uu sspassed TO prevent the widening of the
10 NE OF defense. which would be tho
w t9e should the above rule be adopIed.
70 der the present rule an end run is
y ~ ~ shinicult play to put through. Make
distance greater, and we would have
Ips sradual lengthening OF the defensive
oMst te, which would result in seesaw
40 king game. / am primarily against
~ vrzSslng any rule that would require
Ihls lted positions for the defensive team.
,g B1tis would add 10 the already onerous
ABA lies OF the officials. Permitting the
~ > ~ man who receives the ball from the
,,M.rslter to advance at any point In the
e would have a tendency to keep the
posing team from spreading its line
~ ~ dcfcnse. thereby making open play,
~ ich as end runs, long passes and
s,rl-f uble passes. easier of execution. Ten
|, tur1rds to be gained Will certainly be n
rnd Frd proposition for any team unless
] Of rme other rule, such as above is
B. gsed, which Will give n team an op-
p u1rtunty of regainlng the ball long
uvough 10 make q score.
csIy, Suggests Other Changes.
ieA '7'Another means OF opening the game
Ill be 10 require the side having pos
GEHIssion Of the batT to keep seven men
III the line OF scrimmage at all times
y. IL I1is would prevent a masSing of toe
r,Harcany men at given point. Another in.
norrtresting change would be to allow for
Il OK tArd passes behind the line OF scrim-
age only. This would aid end run.
gtng materially. Abolish the try at goa
ens nyter n touchdown This play is Unin
. ~Nfesung. is an individual effort and too
ten decides tho result OF the game
/. a DIT example. the Pennsylvania Cornell
ltme OF last Thanksgiving day, and nu
<Verous others. Teams have been classeC
perlor and championships won II
IFS manner.
Rules Can Be Enforced.
would define more closely unne
ssary roughness, and. In addition [,
qualification, give penalty distanc
yainst the offending side, although
ter NIL. the rules can be enforced
opcrly by competent officials. Do no
Id 10 the number OF officers, for thcr
already scarcity OF good ones. En-
:. rye the duties OF tho lIncman by mn
ng him also judge OF all outside play
scrimmage, This will permit IN
npire to watch more closely for hold
& and unnecessary roughncss
'Whatever changes the rules commi,
9 makes, let II by all means slmplif
rules and uniform the penalties Fo
present. II requires "A constant stud
memoriZe them. and l venture I
>ate that not moro than % per cent r
players are pcrfecly familiar wit
EvHe requirements or the penalties"