Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-11-13

lime ana time again this little fellow
gamely threw himself at the heavy Dart
mouth tackles, who were intent on down
ing one of the Holy Cross backs who had
just received d kick and We're attempting
to bring it hack. Again Dan did not show
the white feather in playing the dcfen-
sive. After the Dartmouth backs had
penetrated the rest of the Holy Cross
team. Dan was there to tackle the runner
and save his team from being scored up
on He ran his team fast and showed
himself to be one of the best men that
the Purple has ever had in that position"
At the close of the football season of
1907 so much discussion centered on the
element of chance which the forward pass
had produced in the game that many
coaches and supporters of the game were
afraid the pass would be eliminated al
together. The Rules Committee, firm be-
levers in the value of the pass. merely
changed the condition under which the
play may be successfully completed and
| this change is the only one of any real
| Importance which the committee made in
| the rules Of 1908. In the seasons of 1906
and 1907 it was common to see the ball
| hurled into the air when the man carr
rying it was stopped himself or when
! it was certain that no gain would re-
suit from the play as signaled for by
! the quarterback. The pass into the air
/ was on the chance that some one on
/ the passel's side might catch the ball
or at least touch it, when by reason Of
the ball being SO touched every man
on the passing side was entitled to It's
possession. The team that had moth
| ing to lose always had the better W
such a situation This season, when the
ball is touched only the man of the pass
er's side touching it is entitled to its pos
session until it has been touched by one
Of the other side. This change will put a
stop to the unprecedented use OF the
pass. The wei-conceived play alone
stands any chance of being successful. To
allow the opponents to touch the ball be-
fore giving the passing side. save for one
exception, a chance to receive The ball
ENSURES the loss of the ball to any team
heaving it into the air in desperation
unless, indeed, phenomenal luck attends
the pass. To make the play a success at
all, the passing must be accurate, there
must be no tumble or the ball will surely
be lost. That this change is wise and cal
! culated to preserve the best in the game
there can be no doubt.
Portland Express; In the kcnnebeo
Journal This morning someone takes the
mart of i<ents Hill and without sign
ing a name proceeds t" claim the game
PLAYED here in Portland last Saturday
!, with Portland High school by n score OF
: to 0. The article tells the Kents Hill
side of the argument ard whoever told
| &l,@ fl,0 i1ln iii Mot 10
it straight The little spiel winds up Will
| q ,lueSton-"In this spirit of fair play
will Portland High reply" Why should
Portland High reply? 1t was not Port
land High who decided that the game
should be forfeited. Portland High did
not ofciate at the game in question. Who
was it that decided that the game should
he forfeited? 1t was Tom Shehan of Bow
|. don, the referee, sent down by kents
!, Hill and paid out of Kents Hills pocket
Shehan is q fair minded official and there
, is little need of Kents Hill beefing about
| the matter now. 1t looks as though
Kents Hill thought she had her bread al
buttered and that when she found the
bread itself about to be snatched away
from her took to the woods. Portland
High school tied the same school last
year and had kents Hill ahided by the
decision of the referee who is hired to run
1 the game and not abided by the decision
of her own captain and coach who cut no
ice whatever in the game itself there would
have been fair play indeed. AS we said
Monday night both Kents Hill and Port
land should take warning by this little
| mixup and have the field judge keep time
acc ording to the rules of the game as de-
| In1 b,,, :sar hall tie Ia Mt