The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1909-09-18
THE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
Only Few Changes Have Been Made
in Rules Since Last Year

New York, Sept. 1S.-Enter, the
football hero. He makes his first
his first appearance in a game today
with the il of the Western Maryland
University contesting against Rock
Hill. Between now and Christmas
day, when the final contest will be
waged at Havana, Cuba, between
Rollins College and the University
OF Havana, some 500 games will
be played between teams of the
universities and colleges of the Unit
ed States. The Carlisle Indians, as
usual, get into the game early, play
ing the East End Athletic club of
Steelton at Carlisle today, and en-
gaging in their first college game
with Lebanon Valley College next
Wednesday. Next Saturday will wit
ness the real opening of the season
all over the country, the teams hav-
ing games scheduled including Viii
racuse, Gettysburg at Pennsylvania,
New Hampshire state at Brown,
Lawrence at Minnesota, Shurtleff at
st. Louis, Southwestern Presbyter-
ian at Vanderbilt and William and
Mary at Virginia.
International games between the
ut
growing in popularity. In addition to
the annual contest between Penn
and Michigan, which will be played
in Philadelphia On November IS, and
the return match between Chicago
and Cornell at Ithaca on the same
day the south will be represented by
the Sewanee team of Tennessee
which plays Princeton on the Tigers
home gridiron on October 16, while
the Illinois eleven is scheduled to
play Syracuse at Syracuse, November
20. The New York team will endeavor
to wipe out the stain of the Ann Ar
Dor defeat last year when they play
Yosts big team at Ann Arbor on
October 90
Yale plays Princeton at New Ha-
ing game of the so-called eastern
championship series will be between
Harvard and Yale at Cambridge on
November 20. The western season
will conclude the same day, Chicago
playing Wisconsin at Marshall
Field.
The final games of this year will
be the annual clash between the
Army and Navy on the University of
Pennsylvania grounds on Saturday,
November 81 Philadelphia is sure
to see this game for the next five
years by the terms of the recent
agreement. The Thanksgiving day
games will bring together many
strong rivals throughout the coun-
try. the principal game being between
and Cornell at Phil
adelphia.
The changes in the rules for this
season form one of the features of
the game, chief of which is the
change Of scoring a goal from field,
which now counts 3, instead of 1,
as last year.
The forward pass remains the
same as last year, the only alteration
Of any kind being that the rules now
make it clear and definite that there
is a zone lying behind the scrim-
mage line in which space an end
might stand, and by assuming this
position be not eligible in any event
TO receive a forward pass. This po-
sition is more tan one foot back of
The end of the scrinmage line, and
not a full yard back. No man occu-
pying this position is eligible to re-
ceive a forward pass, the object of
this rule being to make a man
stand either up to the scrimmage
line or a fun yard back, where the
official can readily see that he is
lot on the line.
Another, and possibly still more
important change, Is the provision
hat side having a kick-out may
nave the option of taking the kick,
IS under the present rules, or having
he ball down for a scrimmage ON
heir twenty-five yard line. This
,hange will permit team that has
,een forced to make touchback to
lave some chance to get out of their
even II the wind is
against them. Formerly they were |
orced to kick the ball out while the |
opponents stood waiting for 1t and |
eady to make fair catch, or fail !
ng In that, still to have good !
nance at drop kick. The defensive