Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-08
Good Football Was The Rule

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tinating team shall be penolI2cd a
cenain distance for every minute or
fraction OF iE.nrtc Hyerstaycd.
There is also some talk TO the effect
that the rulemakers may be urged
further 10 modify The rules In relation
to the forward pass. AS every fol.
lower of the sport VOL knows. tho
pass has called OF completion many
niorc times than ii has accomplished
its purpose OF making gains. This
has rcsslhted of course in the
games where It has been
tried 10 any extent being sis
nailed By heavy losses Of terri
tory through penalties and this pen
ali2ing has been feature which the
enthusiast docs not like. Often the
penalties have como right ut the most
thrilling point of u game and the Of.
feet has hccn much tho same on The
majority OF the spectators rs If they
had been dousod with cold water
Want Fewer Penalties.
Thorc Is no question that the aver.
age onlooker at n football game wants
to see the oval move towards che
goal or the other on real plays ana
not by virtue OF penalties. Holding
and allied offence alone result IN
much loss &C ground, but the football
public is inclined 10 look upon these
infractions OF the lnles as crimes
worthy of punishment 1t takes their
Donali2ntion with far moro compln-
ccncy than 1t does In tho case Of the
Losses of distance or bah or both on
improper forward passes. SO there Is
Il possibility at least that tho rule.
makers may wrcstle this winter with
the forward pass problem anew.
COrnclrs unexpected defeat by
Pennsylvania on Thanksgiving Day
completely changes the Lineup of the
leading clcyens for the season. Yale
Is left In undsputed possession of
first place honors. oven the 0to.0 tic
game with West Point Is no longer n
real clond TO it's iitlc. in Wow Of the
Army's later defeats by the lthacans
and the ATiddics. There have boon
greater Ynln oleveus than that of
1907, but the ILLS who played this
year will long be remembered among
the most famous football warriors
who have over fought for the Dlue
and they richly deserve tho clam
pionship honors which they arc uni.
vcrsally accorded.
After Yale, however, perplexlty.
Tho experts are likely to have a DIES
peratc time trying to establish u
proper ranking FOR the big clevcns.
IL VIII b. n case very likely of many
combinations ANA take your choice.
II Is probable that tho ranking that
viii receive most consideration viii
he that based largely on the form
shown by tho teams in their final
games, and he that method there are
many who will lie disposed 10 pivo
Pennsylvania the call over both
Princeton and Cornell. Other Bharps
arc likely 10 put the Tigers next to
tho ELS passing over Old Nassau's
downfall ut ithaca and rememhering
its big win over tho Indians ana great
Work ut New Haven IN the first half.
Close for the Place.
Had Cornell won from the Quakers
u would almost surely have hoen vot-
cd second place, but its real ranking,
though we'll up in the lists. is now
uncertain. Tho Carlisle Indians. hav.
ing lost only to the Tigers, aud that
on u day that was decidedly to their
disadvantage, also are entitled 10 a
place close to The top and there will
not be lacking those who will assert
the red men ccmc second. II seems
IN almost hopeless tangle among
these four
Dartmouth and Harvard seem To
come along somewhere around sixth
and seventh place. II Western clev-
ems be taken into account Michigan
would appear to deserve place
somewhere among the first half dozen
OF the big fellows, and 1T should not
hc lost sight of that Pennsy's signal
victory over Cornell makes the Ann
Arhcr team look Hetter than many
had thought. Annapolis, Brown, West
Point, Swarthmorc. renn State, La
fayctc. Amherst and Williams are
amsng the other 1907 cleyens wliic!,
will have 70 he accredited with ratings
we'll up in the list of leaders.
The inevitable crop OF so-called An.
America eleYons has already begun 10
spront and Promises to I've even morn
difficult Than in previous seasons 10
harvest, The open game has caused
players TO shine individually rs never