The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-09-19
THE FOOTBALL SEASON OPENS
WILL BE BUSY TIME BETWEEN
NOW AND CHRISTMAS WITH
COLLEGE TEAMS.


football hero BE mlscg bis first aa.
peauu,o iu a real game today with
The eleven of the Western MARYLAND
University conto> Ing agalrs, Rock
Hi' Between now and Christmas
Day when The final contest viii ho
Naa.d at Havana Cuba. between
R1. .n- CoIog. and tha University
OF ila,ana. some 800 games VIII
bD played between teams of the
universities and colleges OF the
Jutod States The Carlisle Indians.
as usual get into the game carly.
playing the East End Athletic Cmp
Of Stcelton at Carlisle today. and
engaging 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 vii.
lanova at Carlisle, Gettysburg at
Pennsylvania, New Hampshire State
~ Brown, Lawrence at Minnesota.
Shurtlcn at St Louis. Southwestern
Presbyterian at Vanderbilt and WI.
Ham and Mary AT Virginia.
Intcrsectional games between the
/ big eastern and western colleges are
growing I'm popularity In addition to
the annual contest between Penn and
Michigan, which VIII be- played In
Philadelphia on November -. and
'h' return match between Chicago
/ and Cornell at Ithaca on the same
day. the south will be represented
10y the Sewance team OF Tennessee
which plays Princeton en- the Tigers
home gridron on October lG while
the Illinois eleven Is scheduled to
play Syracuse at Syracuse, Novem.
Der 20. The New York team will en-.
deavor 10 wipe out the stain OF the
Ann ArbOr defeat last year when
they play Yost's big team at Ann
Arbor on Saturday, October 90.
/ Yale plays Princeton at New Ha.
ven on November 10 and the decid.
ing game Of the so.callcd eastern
championship series will be between
/ Harvard and Yale at Cambridge ON
November 90 The western season
will conclude the same day. Chicago
PLAYING Wisconsin at Marshall Field
The final game 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 70
sec this game for the next five years
/ 10y the terms Of the recent agree.
mont The Thanksgiving Day games
VIII bring together many strong ri.
walls throughout the country the prla.
cipal game being between Pennsyiya
MIA and Cornell at Philadelphia.
The changes in the rules for this
season form one Of the features OF
The game, chief OF which is the
change of scoring n goal from field
which now counts 3, instead OF {.
as last year.
The forward pass remains the
same as last year, the only alteration
OF any Kind being that the rules
now make Il clear and definite that
there is a zone lying behind the
Sorimmage line in which space an
end might stand, and by assuming
This position be not eligible In any
event 10 receive a forward pass This
position is more than one foot back
or the end OF the scrimmage line
ana not full yard back. No man
occupying this position is eligible TO
receive a forward pass, the object Of
ihis rule being 10 make man stand
either mp TO the scrmmago line or
a full yard back. where the official
can readily see that he is not on the
line.
Another, and possibly still more
Important, change is the provision
that a side having a kickout nay
have the option OF taking the klck.
as under the present rules. or hay.
Ing the ball down for scrimmaga
ON their twenty line. tn,
.han-e will permi, a team tha. has
Je"n forced 10 make a touChback 20
aaN" some chance TO get ont lf their
hniout.cs even II the wind Is a.aiust
.hom. Formerly they were trc,d |
u k.ck The ball ont while ~, -.
''n'n's stood waiting for . aud |
.-'dy 20 make a fair catch. -- ar
Hr In that sti" 70 have a god !
aauoe at q drop kick The defensive |
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