New-York tribune., 1908-01-13

greater part of the game The Wanderers are
fast and aggressive. and if the men mend thelr
WAYS and play fair hockey they may De oe-
nended on TO give a good account OF themselves
otherwise they will be out of the race as no
referee who does his duty will allow ahother
such exhibition as marked the game or last
,raek While hockey is no game for molly
coddles" it is not game IN which DOWNRIGHT
viciousness can be tolerated, as the chances
q, infic+ serious injury are too great to allow
any plaver who seems bent upon doing injury
to remain in the game
In the intercollegiate league Dartmouth fur
nished the surprise of the week by defeating
the champion Princeton seven after the latter
had won from Columbia. The Hanover for
wards appear TO be the fastest in the league,
but the defence of the team is weak, and this
may cost il the championship The Princeton
men are still weak in shooting Harvard has
strong we'll balanced team, and fairly outclassed
Columbia which gave Princeton good fight.
Judging from first impressions, Harvards $
chances for the title are second to none.
The report of Charles Thaddeus Terry, chair
man of the legislative board of the American
Automobile Association. indicates progress in
the effort to obtain the passage of a federal law
To secure a system of registration and ident-
ffcation of automobiles, 10 the end that the an
noyance of the carrying state requirements
may be eliminated. According to many well
known motorists there is not only strong
demand but a crying need for a law OF
this kind, if for other reason than to put an
end to the petty prosecution of autoists who
find their chief pleasure in touring Mr. Terry's
arraignment of the New Jersey statute is case
in point. and il does not seem to be altogether
fair and reasonable 10 expect motorists TO live
UP to it. but as one enthusiast said yesterday,
6ay 70 for
ical legislation in some states, and the bitter
feeling against them in country districts, In for
getting the rights Of others in their own selfish
use of the highways. Speed mania is a danger
Gus and infectious disease and always will be
so long as there is little extra power stored
away in a car. The American Automobile As
sociation is working against the road hog"
however. with the same earnestness that 1t is
working for uniform state motor vehicle law.
Caspar Whitney is an advocate Of a no change
policy so far as the football rules are concerned
He says in part in the current issue of THE
outing Magazine:
We know perfectly well now that the game un-
DER these new rules is success IT is more pleas
ing TO the public it is more tolerable to the play
roothall because Is putting a premium on brain
work and not on bone and muscle, foTmely 1t
did. To have accomplished these things within
two seasons trial is TO have accomplished a very
praiseworthy list, and earnestly entreat the rule
ing. Even though the forward pass is little
crude at the moment football is not going
suffer. and think nobody imagines ii will ap-
proach to basketball, of the oldline critics
seem 10 think. II seems TO me the forward pass
has unlimited possibilities IN the way of clever and
skilled development It seems 10 that IL is
destined 10 be Of the most important and spec
tacular features of the game. There should, of
course. be penalties TO prevent the bah from be-
ing simply thrown around" but, properly framed
il is bound be the strongest card IN e teams
hand. and IL is n fact borne out by the records
that the strongest teams of 1907 those which
used the forward pass most skilfully and that the
most brilliant play of the season centred around
the forward pass and the onside kicks | am sure
that intelligent and so sportsmanly a student of
football Mr.. Camp Will weigh all these sides to
the question when il comes up for discussion he
fore the rules committee.
Mr. Whitney, like many others. seems to have
gained a wrong impression of Walter Camps
views the forward pass Yae's representa-
tive the rules committee is opposed TO the
present rule governing the forward pass, but
not to the play itself There is absolutely no
danger of the forward pass being lost, although
II may be restricted Personally. I stiIl in
favor Of leaving the present rule alone for
other year at i-asL HERBERT.