Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
Important Changes in Foot Ball
Rules Are Scheduled By
Committee
FORWARD PASS RULE FAULTY
Coach Stage, of Chicago, of the opin-
ion That Rules Will Be Altered =
Whitney's AIi-American Eleven =
Gotch Goes to Meet Hackenschmidt
in Europe-Western Sports.

Important changes in the 1907 foot
ball playing rules are expected by fol-
lowers of the gridiron game to result
from the meeting Of the American in
tercollegiate football rules committee
to be held this afternoon in New York.
New" foot ball is to be raked over
with q. view to satisfying the critics
who find the present rules faulty, with
the forward pass the chief object of
attention.
That the rules governing the for
ward pass will be changed materially
in order to do away with the pre-
ponderance of the element Of chance
is the belief of coaches and players.
Coach A. A. Stage of the University
| Of Chicago, is one of those who will
urge notifications aimed at this point.
The maroon coach is Of the opin-
ion that the forward pass legislation
would in all probability be the only
| far-reaching change adopted by the
committee. It is likely that the de-
fensive team will be allowed possess
sion Of the ball on the first and second
downs when the ball in a forward
pass strikes the ground before strik-
ing a player of either side, according to
| Coach Stagg, who will himself recon-
mend this move.
The following is the All-American
foot ball eleven, picked by Caspar
Whitney in the current number of the
Outing: End, Wister, Princeton;
| tackle, Draper, Pennsylvania; guard,
Erwin, West Point; center, Grant,
Harvard; guard, ziegler, Pennsyl-
vania; tackle, Biglow, Yale; end, Elk
endine, Carlisle; quarterback (Capt.)
Jones, Yale; half-back. Wendell, Har-
ward; h%alf-back, Coy, Yale; full-back,
Houser, Carlisle.
A base ball league is being formed
that will include the cities of Villisca,
Creston, Red Oak, Clarinda, Shenan-
doah and Maryville, Mo. The Com
mercial club of Villisca ha already
raised a fund of $1,000, to defray the
expense of maintaining a team, it is
understood, and Maryville, Shenandoah
Clarinda and Creston have already
raised the required guarantee. Base
ball enthusiasts in Red Oak are now
busily at work soliciting financial aid,
and 1t is quite certain the proposed
league will be a success.
Frank Crotch, the champion wrestler
| of America, if there be such a title,
who is at present in New York, is pre-
pairing to go to Europe to meet Hack
enschmidt, the worlds undisputed
champion at Greco-Roman style. Crotch
is training to take on weight to bring
him more nearly to Hackenschmidt's
class. He already weighs twenty-five
pounds more than he did when he
wrestled Tom Jenkins.
r. D. Cady, of the Rock Island arsenal
Golf club, has been selected by the
nominating committee of the Ameri-
can Golf association to be n of the
members of the executive committee.
Mr.. Cady,is very well known to the
golfers of Iowa. 1t is very likely that
the western amateur championship
will be held on the arsenal course the
coming summer.
O. N. Ford, of Central City, sec
ond in the amateur trap shooting
championship held this week at Ira
vers island near Boston. The race
was at 100 targets. Ford broke 81.
DR.. Z. F. Gleason, of Boston, won the
championship with a record of 95.
Nyle w. Dunn, full back of the
gopher foot ball team of 1907, was yes
terday elected captain of the Mime
sofa eleven. He is a member of the
academic department and will gradu-
ate in 1909. There was but one other
man mentioned for the %captaincy, Or
rim Stafford, all-western center for
1906.
So many applications have been re-
ceived for membership in the Eastern
illinois Base Ball league hat President
Shoaff has called a meeting for Jan,
IA at NATION, Ill. OF the cities in last
years circuit which want to remain
are Tay~lorville. Mattoon, Pana, raris
and Shelbyville. Vincennes and Mount
Vernon want to join and Mount Yer
non has raised $4,000 toward the sup
port of a team. East st. Louis wants
a franchise and there is encouraging
word from Danville. Danville has the
preference over Vincennes. Belleville
may be represented at the meeting.
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The management of the Dubuque
Three Eye league team yesterday
closed a contract by WHICH Van Dyne
third baseman with Rock Island last
year, becomes a member of the Du-
buque team.
EXPERT ON LockJAW SUccUMBs
Dr.. Joseph Piesen Makes Will ane