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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05
BY JOHN B. FOSTER.
ED" COY. of Yale, no matter what
4 happens, is bound to be one OF

3
the most important figures on the
green sriulron this Year.
re Is captain OF has team and IN his last
year year as an Eli. he VIII nave served the
aiotted time in football when he finishes
~ the nnal game WITH Harvard, which will
os prayed at Cambridge in NovemSer.
rom the moment that he became a
varsity player Coy STOOD Conspicuous N,
tootball in the East -
he - one OF those sturdy young Aneri-
cans 70 whom football Is as natural a nd
a a., Easy as baseball is TO Others Equipped
II 1ely with the proper physique 10
pay i,a the game, and endowed with q Keen
pteleepLiol as to its requisites, he Ats INFO
t,ts pail as perfectly as the secret drawer
his an mo the conventional old desk OF the
10Y IS a splendid young man as ath.
iSls, STUDENT and cOmpa. don Bor, In
connecticut, not far from Yale JJniversttv
ne y mas absorbed all the atmosphere whicb
a ava to football traditions If the 4 ! II
Iais Iataer professor III a preparaIorv
scnool. Coy was brought up among vounpy,
sters whose ambition was some cjav 2 -
~ ure on the football field, or the diamond
OF IN the shell for one OF the iSro,,
u UNI Of the East. His brother wss
one OF the finest end rushes that Yale e was
nag; mere was no player his super,or
the blue eleven oi
TED Coy is even more powerful IN !,
SenefaI way than his brother. He +, d
very strong physically and is buii, rs rs
MASSIVE outlines. His shonIders ~ 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

TO half dozen captains who are lead
ers of the eevens that are foremost
In football in the East, including
Coy, of Yale; Tobin, Of Dartmouth; Miller,
of Pennsylvania; Fish. Of Harvard; Tyde-
man, of Cornell. and Siegling. OF Prince
ton, this question was addressed
will there be more use of the forward
pass in 1909 than there was in 190S2"
1t was not that the question was consid-
cred to be very specific query. for 1t
would be asking too much to expect that a
captain could tell what his eleven would be
likely to do well until after he had tried
his men, but the idea was to try to ascer-
tain il the captains this year are more
partial to the open game than those who
played on the eleyens of 1905.
Without much hesitation the captains
addressed replied about as had been ex-
iipected-that it would depend great deal
| and on the emergencies OF a game.
| There Is no doubt that the forward pass
will be taught, and that 1t will be used
more or less il there are fast and capable
players who are a success IN trying 1T. but
there is still some hesitation in com
Uniting a team to open football to The
abandonment Of the rushing game.
Miller, the captain of the Pennsylvania
team, Is perhaps more or an open game
advocate than any other leader in the
East, but it Is not strange, for the players
brought up on the principles of the new
igame from the time that the rules We're
changed.
| A forward pass play was used In the
Navy games last Fail which was winner
i and which was almost Identical with 8
play which was used by Pennsylvania t
advance the ball.
/ In the above diagram the play is illus
trated. The ball Is snapped back to thu
quarterback. From him 1t Is passed Il
1.-THE right halfback. who runs across thu
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

|nresent rules, or may take the ball OUT 10
lis twenty fve-yard line for a scrimmage.
Princeton last year, on the field Of the
Army at West Point, the wind was blow
ing a gale into the west goal,
to be west Point or
for the application is the same in either
case, was behind this goal and under the
rule was compelled 70 ~ kick tie ball out
back made an effort to get the ball toward
the centre of the field, and both times
the wind blew It directly back upon the
goal. so that 1t did not carry away from
the line to exceed ten yards.
1t was manifest that this was positive
handicap to the team In defence, Suppose
minutes of play and that. blowing with
this force, 1t had crowded the ball back
upon the goal line. SO that the defending
game all the afternoon, should loser No
lone will deny that this would be severe
hardship In the face of what might have
lment. when the wind blows as 1t did at
West Point, the defending team. II 1t elects
to do SO, may take the ball out to the
Tbere ne ana ne p fof
the field and then. II the defenders decide
to punt. they can s kick With reasonable al
almost into their own goal by the force OF
1.-THE wind.
On the Kick on, Too.
Walter Camp explains the change fur
Their by showing how 1t operates to the adj
vantage OF defending team which re-
ceives the ball on the kick Off. He, says
team having a strong kicker to kick the
ball across the goal line on the kick off.
because then the opponents lost their OPP
portunity for a running game, being
obliged to kick out. and hence the side hay.
ling kicked or had also the first chance te
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

propab Bile that this change will have !.
great bearing in equalizing team stren.th
through diversity of attack on the Held
their y GOOD 10 say dnS, the lighter teams with
Klckers will not be able to run away with
games In which they can score a ereaiar
number of points through ability To- rim
goal VI tne
Teams with strong lines and good run
ming ends will feel that with fewer points
10 TO pc seor ,.I for drop and placement kick
qualify against rivals which may be
rather weak In the line or possibly not
ever s5roag at the running game bpt wno
| to within thirty yards of the goal and
then trust 10 the prowess of clever kicker
cred for a moment that this change was
made with any idea to penalize the kick
ing game OF to discourage it.. Quite the
ssa Ihsre Is not one Of the Rules
| ing, but for long time it has been alleged
that the lighter teams. with their strong
drop kickers, We're at manifest advan-
tage when they could gain. enough points
| by two goals from the field to offset, and
more than offset. hard earned touchdown
and goal
| of the football field. and who knows how
i gratifying 1t is to place the ball behind the
goal of the opponents after a series Of
mortifying it has been in the past TO have
THAT good work go for naught when an
opposing team, with the wind. perhaps, In
tits favor, backed down to the thirty-yard
mark while an expert kicker with care
! full application of his toe lifted the bail
over the bar for second field goal.
Change of Genuine Worth.
Speaking of, the wind brings up another
important change in the rules and which
should have been made long ago. This
year a side having the kick out may have
1.-THE option of taking the kick, as under the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

Is in front OF him. The left haIfback runs
into the position OF the left end, whs,
sprints past the defence, and occupies
position on the right wing OF the defend
Ing. team, The right halfback, running
with the ball. crosses to position back
LOT the left end of his team, and makes
through with speed 1t can b., made sue
|cessful. Any hesitation Is likely to prove
a. fault. for the defending players will be
able TO surround the end who is to catch
the ball. The purport OF the play, of
course, is TO deceive the defending side
into the belief that an end run is to be
made by the attacking side. and II they
1 can oe caught e!. mapping pass can be
This play. can be varied, IL the right
halfback of the opposing side is a fast
ana clever man and q good passer, by
OF the defending side. and then, When the
Idefending players have been drawn over
to the right side OF their defence, let the
halfback throw the ball diagonally across
both lines to his own right end
more speed than the frat. and d' the man man
s viii be oa msdt to sa thrSyw e
a long distance at the best that he can do.
and the end who Is to receive 1t viii have
to be sure catch.
good play, because It brings more variety
into their work, and for another and more
potent reason that Il Is probable the for
WARD wa pass WI remain rem IN football for years
players become In using It, the better their
! game will be ten years from now.
/. When the football leaders have become
less timorogs about employing the forward
lpass. and the present generation has OUT
grown to some extent It's adherence to the
straight laced old game Of rushing. the
chances are the forward pass will be used
with more frequency and moro certainty
than 1t is row.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

the pass shall not be considered as COM
pleted.''
The above diagram shows where the
ends must play in order that forward
pass which is made to one Of them shall
be legal. They must not be in the terri
lline one yard back of the scrimnage line.
l3As the distance of separation between the
teams is called the neutral zone, SO the
territory In which an end must not play
for forward pass is called the dead zone.
officials will watch this play carefully the
coming season and ends must be very GER
tain that they are IN the right spot to
make the forward pass legal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

New Scoring of Points.
Football enthusiasts this year must not
overlook the change which has been made
in the scoring OF points. and it Is not i'm
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

UT the last meeting of the Rules Com
~ mittee the rule in regard to the for
ward pass was changed to read as
follows:-"After the ball has been legally
passed forward it may first be touched
only by the player who received the ball
from the snapper-back. or such other
players Of the basser's side as were at
the time that the ball was put In play at
least one yard behind the line OF scrin-
mage. or were playing at either end or the
said line. II a forward pass is first touched
BY aRy other player Of the passer's side
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

be demand on all teams for end rushers.
More than one eleven. last season would
player as Scarlet. OF Pennsylvania, or
Sohildmiller. OF Dartmouth, to its ranks.
The modern game demands that there
good punter, without good ends to cover
his attack is wofuliy handicapped It Is
most exasperating to see splendid kick
y tsssstaSsas ss Ts s and sss s ss
and MoEs sa tx Il then ss ps shs s sa
were better than they had been at the
beginning. but they We're not such
IN e not foo% the
blocked Off Princeton without ends Of
es Vss x Wss Il ssa fs'afs s ends rns
were too light. even though they pos
sessed some speed, and the. most promls-
E Of With s West sn and no able 81 TIC
play for the. remainder of the year.
Scarlet, the Pennsylvania star. on the
feewa hs w slp shsms 81 sfsys nj
Combined Two Qualities.
Yale used Coy at end part of the year.
because the coaches found that they
must have speed and strength also at
that important position of their line.
These qualities have come to be obso-
lptely essential, It may no longer be ac-
| cepted that anybody may play end for
an eleven. On the contrary, the best OF
a teams material must be put on the
forward pass, block of opponents and
cut the way through the opposing flank.
Hollenbach who played fnIl back for
i Pennsylvania In 1905 is another player
whose example might we'll be followed by
laspirants for similar position. Hollen-
bach had a natural intuition as to the cor
rect manner in which to play the posi-
( mel developed player who was quite gen.
ierally conceded to be the best full back O.
I the year.
In connection with Hollenbach's worp
IS his fine record for touchdowns last sea
son. The touchdowns made In the college
| ga mac wera "a q f011ows.-- t32-g
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

EauaIizes the Hazards.
THE rule allowing a team to place the
ball In scrimmage. or kick as 1t chooses
after touchback, was passed merely to
equalize chances when strong wind hap
lpened to be raging down the field. It is my
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05

Isbow their running game. This new pro-
vision is, therefore, really equivalent 70
conceding TO the side which received the
kick off what is equivalent TO catching the
hall and running it out, with safe conduct,
until they reach their twenty-five yard
| line. If they merely touch the ball back
this touchback gives them this privilege.
| 1t will be Well TO note both of these
changes carefully. particularly by elevens
which are not sure of the power OF their
lkickerS.
Aionzo A. Stagg. of the University of Chi
! cago, who was a warm advocate of the
changes, and who proposed some of them,
| said in reference to their bearing on the
Igane:-"After discussion all Of the mem
bers of the committee came to the conclu-
sion that in view of the tendency to make
| the contest more open and to eliminate the
heavy charging work which was SO tire
| some and to which so much objection was
| offered, it would be better to cut down the
number of points for field goal from four
| to three. There was some argument as to
! whether the change would tend to elm
Innate kicking altogether, but cannot see
how 1t will act that way at all On the con-
/ trary should not be surprised to see that
lit Increased ii. 1t will lessen the possibili Z
Iof team with good kicker beating an
other which is superior In all other depart
ments of the game That was too much a
one man victory. 1t is true that 1t took
kicker in position where he could score
points for his team. but 1t must be remem-
bered that just one half of the strength
! was necessary for that point which was
4 er from half way down the field was as
4 likely to score for his team as all the OPP
posing team were likely to score a touch
! down by rushing the ball the full length
of the field.
EanaIizes the Hazards.
1.-THE rule allowing team to place the
ball In scrimmage. or kick as 1t chooses
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~ I7Tf
Hollenbach, Penn..,.I.
Coy, Yale .,......,..1l
Richardson, Ann'p's. 1,
Manner, Penn. 1890.
Valdez Cornell $685..
White. Harvard .....
Marks, Dartmouth ..
Jones. Annapolis 80.
DAILY, Yale .....,....
Philbin. Yale ........
lSmith, Harvard ......
Corbett. Harvard -.
| Clay, Annapolis $50.
| Move, Cornell .,....
Hawley, Dartmouth :.
Read. Princeton $500.
| Coke. Princeton .....
dalton, Annapolis. 80.
Thorpe. Indians So.
Elmer, Annapolis -.
tDean. West Point. :.
Means, Penn .......
4 Surles. West Point. :.
| Winnie. Indians .....
libby. Indians $500.
Thomas, Indians go.
| Cries-for- Ribs. Ind.
Little Old Man, Ind.
whoa tnn Yale
Brown. West Point
Greble. West Point.
Sherwin, Dartmouth.
Ingersoll. Dartmouth.
Holt, Yale ..........
Leslie. Haryard:,...
DAILY. Dartmouth -.
Schndmiller. Dart'h,.
Cunningham. Princ'n
Haines. Yale .......
Crooks. Penn $1,000.
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Barry, Annapolis, *. ]
Slingluff, Annapolis. ]
Fitzpatrick. Yale..... ]
Dunlap, Harvard ~. ]
Hutchinson, Cornell. ]
Pfeiffer, Princeton. >.
WEIGH. Prlnceton....
Bergen, Princeton. -.
Scarlett, Penn. $500. J
Young, Penn. ........
SomMer. Penn. ......
Wright, Annapolis. :,
King. Annapolis. $50.
LANCE, Annapolis.
ReifsniiIer. Annapolis
Chamberlain, w. p.
Johnson, West Point
Brides, Yale.
Cutting, Harvard. -.
McCrohnn, Princeton.
Dyer, Princeton. $50.
Cariburg. Princeton.
Townsend. Penn.
Draper, Penn. .......
Ferriet, Penn. 1890.
Mcintyre, Penn. .....
Tibbott, Princeton.
Cobb, Anna polis. .....
Remfcke, Annapolis.
Taylor, West Point.
Balenti. Indians. .....
lie Clair. Indians, -.
Gardner, Indiana, So.
kenerly Indinns....
Payne, Indians. ..e...
Friday, Indians. $50.
Hurlburt, Cornell
Tydernan. Cornell.
Hauser, Indians. .....
Deyurc, West Point.
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WooQ5 OpeTERclALr 1cK0oL

plishments in recent years have
been those Of men OF education
not that education is everything,
but that it is an indispensable
prerequisite to lift the man with
the hoe to the level of the ruler Of
great things, be that level COM
mercial, industrial, economic or
social.
Washington. as the capital Of
one OF the greatest nations on
earth. claims especial pre-emi-
hence as an educational center.
Despite the energies and ambi-
tons of many of her citizens to
make her shine in the field OF
commerce, to open in her midst
busting avenues and marts Of
trade in competition with the
great cities of the country, the
fact that she is the educational
center OF the nation comes in
variablv with irresistible force
and sweeps aside all plans which
might in any possible manner
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AcApErn Of THE Holy Cross

modify or alter the great fact.
Washington IS the home Of
American education. With the
great departments of the govern
ment in her midst, with the peo-
pies executive directing the pow
ers OF government throughout
the worldwide ramifcations of
the nation, and with the people S
Congress as her almost constant
companion, Washington offers
advantages in every line of edu
cation surpassed by no city in
the world. Her public schools
rank with the best on earth; her
private academies and colleges
are the equal of any in existence.
and her great universities out
number those of any other city
on the continent, and take rank
with the best. wherever they may
be. Every facility is found here
for intellectual development, from
tho rudincnts to the highest form
OF education. The city for beauty
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upon religious lines that rank with
the best on earth in their particu-
lar spheres. No creed predomi-
mates i'll the general field, but
every creed is represented in its
special institutions, and such is the
comfy between them all that diff
ferences in faith are never observ-
able in their social and educational
relations.
Here, too. may be found the
finest advantages for the educa-
ton OF girls and young women,
and such are the conditions that
surround the institutions making
a speciality OF this line that the
young girl and the budding wom-
an is as safe within their halls as
in the sanctity of their own homes.
1t is the proud boast of these
noble institutions that never in the
history of the capital has there
even been an unpleasant incident
to create uneaslncSS on the part of
parents I'D their children's welfare.
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live his life as he chooses, and to
serve God in his own way un-
hanpered and uninfluenced save
in the channels he selects for his
own course. There is no narrow
provincial spirit that regulates at
fairs in Washington; no suprem-
acy of sect or politics to curb the
independent mind, and no vista OF
unrestrained revelry and amuse-
ment to distract It's only dis
fractions, if such they can be
called, are those of historical or
national interest that tend to
study and investigation. Its
morals are neither those of the
Puritan nor of the Cavalier, but
they are based upon principles of
pure, clean, active. healthful life
of body and of soul.
While the general tone of the
educational atmosphere of Wash
ington is unsectarian and neutral,
there are. nevertheless. schools.
colleges and universities founded
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and health IS unsurpassed. The
cost Of living will compare favor
ably with any other place Of its
size in America.
Washlngtons educational in
stitutions embrace the needs Of
humanity. Men and women, boys
and girls. white and black, all
find here the requirements that
go to make them leaders in the
race of competitive life. Each
succeeding day finds Washington
as an educational center farther
and farther i'll advance OF the
past. No man can foretell its
gIories in that respect for the flu
ture. 1t has seemed as ii the
forces of the nation
were bent upon making the ma
tons capital the Athens OF the
world. and no city of the world
is 50 we'll fitted for the honor.
Here one is free to pursue his
studies as he likes, orderly TO
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Coupled with the advantages OF
these institutions is the fact that
Washington holds in her midst
some OF the finest teachers in
vocal and instrumental music as
well as in other branches OF the
fine arts that are TO be found any,
where in the country.
With its beauties OF art and
nature, its healthful climate, its
monuments and institu-
tons, its schools, academies, col
leges and universities, offering
every possible advantage in the
field of education; its moral tone.
its freedom from idle revelry and
distraction and its possibilities as
a home for those of moderate
means as we'll as of those whose
possessions admit of the
widest latitude, where can there
be city to compare with it in
facilities for education of young
Or old, male or female.
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THE chief concern of the
parent OF today, next 20

"HE chief concern of the
parent OF today, next 70
the conservation of its
lie and health, is the
education OF his child. This
thought runs through all the
ra'nlilcations OF human existence,
ironl the palace 10 the hovei.
Selt-madc men here have been
who have made wide swath ir
The field OF accomplishment. bit
the day ol the self-nade man Is
a thing 81 the past. The tendency
grows stronger and stronger with
each succeeding generation to-
ward an era of specialization in
every field OF endeavor. It is
seldom, il ever, that the strong,
brawny boy with undaunted am
bition and unconquerable will can
succeed in the face of competi-
tion if he be lacking in education.
knowledge IS power. and the
ability 10 riehtiully use il is al
most divine. The great accom-
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