New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-01
ON THE GRlDIRON
MORE TALK ON RULES.
Yale EIeUen to Elect q CAPTAIN
TO-day.

Yale and Harvard have united so far as
their daily newspapers are concerned. In a
demand for the abolition Of some OF the
present restrict. cas- on tie forward pass in
football. although not presenting their de-
mands In the form OF definite suggestions
as yet. OF course. the editorial sayings Of
The Yale News and The Harvard Grim
SON. do not OF necessity voice the senti-
ments of Yale and Harvard as OficiaHy
represented in the football rules committee.
but as unofficial expressions of opinion they
still-serve as indication of college senti-
ment at New Haven and Cambridge on the
points at issue
In addition to the suggestions regarding
the forward pass. The Yale Daily News"
supports the suggestion made in The Trib-
une as to the withdrawal from the game of
injured or exhausted players. having this to
say:
An agreement requiring the withdrawal
OF a player who has suffered an injury or
shock likely 10 produce weakness il one
Of the best rules that could De adopted:
come from an official OF the game or from
the captain, coach or trainer OF each team
Is difficult to determine. All proposed sys-
tens present difficult complications; But
whatever is done by the intercollegiate
rules committee in regard 10 revision OF
the rules, the number OF officials should
be reduced rather than increased. for AZ
the present time the four officials seem TO
be verify treading on each others toes.
The last demand. as TO the officials. ~
obviously aimed at the field Judge. who Is a
sort OF extra umpire when he attends
strictly TO business. and provides two more
eyes. There have been games this season
in which such an oftcial was needed There
las, as a matter OF fact. been suggested the
advIsability OF an extra Iinesman. so that
both side lines might be efficiently patrolled-
The Yale Daily News has for the first
time, picked an All Eastern football eleven.
made up as follows: Ends, Fitzpatrick. Yale.
and Vaughan. Yale; tackles, Fish, Harvard,
and Pullen. West Point; guards. Andrus.
Yale. and Tobin. Dartmouth; centre, Coon
ey, Yale: quarterback. Spracklins. Brown
haIfhacks. Coy and PhiIbin. Yale; full
back, Minot. Harvard. A Yale opinion
as to the relative merits Of Andrus and
Goebel. thus expressed. will interest many.
as a number OF critics chose GoebeI In pref
erence 10 his running mate. although the
ma tority stands for Andrus.
Eligible men for the football captaincy
at Princeton are Sparks. the halfhack; Ed
die Hart. the fulIback. and McGregor the
substitute tackle. Sparks seems likely 10
be the man chosen He is junior. and. al
though ranked as a substitute, was used in
that way with the certainty OF playing
against Yale. Hart is a sophomore. and,
although sophomores have been elected at
Princeton in the past a junior Is usually
preferred. In any case. the question will
be settled this week.
Yale will choose its football leader for
1910 to-day at New Haven. a meeting OF
the ~ men having been called by Cap
tain Coy. Fred DAILY. OF Cambridge, re-
garded as the strongest defensive back on
the team this year. is thought 20 be the
candidate most likely 20 be elected Kill
patrick. the end. Is Days chief opponent.
but he has had only one year on the team.
practically speaking, and. moreover is al
most certain 10 be track captain In the
spring OF 1911.
There il not much prospect OF game be-
tween Princeton and Dartmouth next year
as 1t seems now, and both colleges are
looking for another game Of commensurate