The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-12
CANADIAN RUGBY
ON exhibition
American Football Experts
Gather to Get Pointers on
Rule Changes.
GOOD IMPRESSION MADE
CAMP AND stage SAY LESS
CHANCE FOR INJURIES.

New York Dec. 1.-THE Hamilton and
ottawa (Ontario) football teams, two Of
the leading clubs Of Canada, gave am exc
hibitiOn game of rugby as played in
Canada, this afternoon before the best
American football authorities. The game
has been heraidsd by some as the sue
cessOr Of American cOliege football as now
played. Hamilton Won III TO b.
The rules committee OF the American
Collegiate Football association meets ln
this city during Christmas week, and u
is expected that its members, nearly an
of whom witnessed the game today, VIII
consider a revision of the rules. bearing
in mind the rugby game. There seemed
TO be consensus Of opinion llat lne
OBen play and entire absence of mass play
in the rugby game is responsible tor me
few accidents which have resulted.
The game is divided into four quarters
of 10 minutes each. The teams exchange
goals between quarters There was q
ten-minutes intermission between the sec
and ana third quarters.
Injuries Are Slight.
One Ottawa man was slightly hurt in
the first five minutes, but after that not
a player was injured until near the END
of the contest when In fast and strenuous
playing three men We're retired Ihe
rules provide that no matter how slightly
a player is hurt he must retire 20 avoid
possible further injury.
The game was marked by spectacular
kicking by the backs of both sides. rms
and the rule against mass plays LED 10
much open playing which appealed par
| tcularly 10 the spectators Tine principal
element o. rOughness comes I'D the Jack
/ ling. which may be done by one player
| only and which contributes a small de-
l gree of danger.
] Among the football authorities who witt
I messed the game are r. w. F. Brown as
/ sistant coach at Harvard Alonzo q.
[ Stage athletic director at the University
Of
[ director at Annapolis; Lieutenant Kelly.
athletic Director at West Point, and Wal
ter Camp, dean of football authorities.
Camps Opinion.
Mr.. Camps opinion was eagerly sought
/ but he said he had not formed any der
/ mite opinion except that he believed ac'
/ cidents would be reduced in the American
/ game if mass sCrimmaEe were eliminated
and the Canadian style of open playing
| and free kicking were adopted He also
approved the rule making it cOmpul5or!
to retire player even though very
Mr. Stagg said that he believed fin tim,
! the rugby game could be made as pop
Ular as the American game but lnar u
adopt all the rugby rules would meal
| the education over again of the c0lleg
. | athlete, which would be a long process.
Walter Camps views are given as FOL
lows: &c.
than any played I'm the United States. O
course, you cannot tell how danger0u
: the game would be if played by Amerl
3 | cans. The Openness Of the Canadian pla
/ makes the probability Of serious hurt
less.
Some Good Points.
There are many things about the Tugb
& Z game which 1 admire. one of these
/ the freedom Of punUing. The rule Whic
q allows a man a tree Kick ls a so9d one.
I see much difference. Americans thro'
? their men harder, but the rules govern
] ing the tackle are the same
: / "The increased puntlng which the rugD
= | game permits, however, would MAX
!: hard tackles less frequent and thus Jesse
o the liability of hard injuries
4 ITO my mind the game was less spe,
70 tacular than the American game an
r therefore less interesting. I do not bt
d lieve that as a whole 1t will ever
S adopted I'm this country, though we ma
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