Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-11-14
FOOTBALL NOTES.

The Crosby High football team win go to Ansonia tomorrow to meet the High school team of that town.
 Coach Roper of Princeton refutes the statement that William H. Ed wards, who umpired the Indian-Penn- sylvania game, immediately went to Princeton and gave all the Indian formations to the Tigers. Coach Ro- per says that Edwards was in Prince ton before the Indian game, coaching the guards. He was not asked about the Indian formations or did he vol- unteer any such information. Princeton's knowledge of the Indians plays was obtained by several other coaches.
 Spectators were missing from line when tickets went on sale in Boston Monday for the Harvard-Dartmouth game. The ticket brokers were so hard hit in Saturdays Carlisle-Har- yard game that they were decidedly chary about investing in seats for next Saturdays contest. The liar yard management by placing on sale more seats than had been originally announced, worked clever ruse on the speculators, who found themselves heavily overstocked and with no op- portunity to get out whole. Ten minutes before the game with the Indians, speculators were offering ex- cellent locations for 25 cents, and would take 15 cents when they couldn't get a quarter.
 Instead of blowing up the football as tight and as hard as possible, as under the old style of game, both con- testants in a game prefer to have it slightly soft, so that it may be hand led with greater facility for forward passing" says the Colgate Madison ensis. The idea is that the thrower can get better grip on the ball when the leather gives little. For most forward passes the end of the ball rests in the hollow Of the hand and the forearm helps steady it as it is being sent away. If. however, the ball is gripped near the facing lit- tie give to the leather, powerful grip on the part of the passer or a hand like a ham is needed to take hold. The surface of a distended foot ball is so hard no ordinary hand could take hold at any place except the end and throw it with any effect. In the Princeton-Cornell game a ball bust ed." indicating that it was blown up pretty tight. There would be howl from the punters were footballs not blown up to their full capacity. As to soft leather in football this season, as has been charged. the makers of the official ball say the quality of the leather is the same as 1t always has been.
 The ruling in the case of the batted ball in the Harvari-Carlisle game was the result of an agreement made before the game. A place kick struck the cross bar. bounded back into the field. and then the ball was punched over the goal line by an Indian, who chased over and fell on it. No touch down was allowed, the ball being given to Harvard and put in play from a scrimmage. Rule n. section D. says Mr COrbin. who refereed the contest. provides a penalty of five yards for such a foul. but is very in- definite as tO who has the ball and where the penalty shall be enforced. It was. therefore. agreed that it should he ruled under rule 26. section :. as a foul committed when neither side is in possession of the ball anil the ball to % to the offending side The penalty for batting a ball toward opponents goal is loss of five yards whether the bafter's side ''is in pos session of the ball or not When a ball is lnDse and bounding around in a position to be hatted t is a nice question as to which side is in pos session of it. point which Mr CUrhfa brings cut The play at Cambridge was deciied by the aneither side . possession 0f tl5e l1aII- clause Of ruls 2sG seeti0l ;. the I'aH going to the offended side as a first down