Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-10-13

therefore, equivalent to concedlnG the
side which received the kickout what
ia equivalent to catching the ball and
running it out, with safe conduct, until
thew reach their twenty-five yard line.
If they merely touch the ball back this
touchback gives them this privilege. !
AS there have been some discussions
from time to time as to players taking
ND the game for the first time ana not
knowing what the names OF the posi-
tions mean, the rule book this year Will
have q definition Of the positions ana
I designation Of the players as ordi-
narily grouped. ! -
In several games last year the ref
cree blew his whistle to- Indicate
foul, sometimes inadvertently, ana as
the referees whistle made the ball
dead it was impossible for the offended
side to take advantage Of whatever
run they made by refusing the penal
ty. For this reason the rules this year
call particular attention to the fact
that the referee should never under
any circumstances blow his whistle to.
thus indicate foul. However, II ne
should inadvertently do so the ban -
still dead and play must stop. As
One or two changes were mace TOE
the sake of making the penalties uni
form. and it was suggested by the rule
makers that the position Of the referee
should be behind the line Of ohense. =.
Coy the Greatest Of Players. =
There seems to be no one In sight
at this time to challenge the suprema-
CIV of e. II. Coy of Yale during the
gridiron campaign as the greatest
player of the country. Coy Is one OF
those rare instances Of the ideal play
er. Physically and tsmperamentally
he is the embodiment Of the qualities
needed in the all around player. Not
only is he fast and sturdy runner
and on the defensive sure tackler,
but he is a quick thinking, a sure
thinking and far thinking general.
Not onlyuisshe swift dodger and
crushing, crashing line plunger, but ne
fails to lose his temper when his op-
ponents calculate that most likely he
will, for making a man lose his tenn
per is part OF the game Of football. 1t
was q true description that New
York football reporter wrote at the
close Of the Yale-Princeton game In
the. New Jersey town last November.
He wrote, "Yale power defeated
70
This former Connecticut schoolboy,
towheaded and demure, who used to
kneel and humbly say his prayers at
his mothers knee, has become the
only old and original human bomb,
and when he explodes, somebody's rush
line is usually sprinkled over the dis
tant geography.
Page, All Western End.
Another warrior Of the pigskin
trails who will loom big In the fore
this year is H. Orville Page, the new
captain Of the University Of Chicago
eleven. He succeeds man who made
a wonderful record, Stentens, as also
did the captain that went before the
latter, Eckersall. Although Page parts
his name In the middle, he ia an e.
ceptional end player. He was the
choice Of nil the experts for an end
position on the all western team Of
last season. -:
The Decline In Kicking.
M ~,oSo nhcorpnrs ~ %hn r,o mn a. g..
apparent that the kicking department
has not been developed to its fullest
possibilities Of recent years. Today
the names Of the reliable drop kickers,
place kickers or punters can be named
on the fingers Of one hand. Coy Of
Yale and Victor Kennard Of Harvard
have shown considerable ability in
this line. It is true, but they do not
touch the high water mark Of the pig
skin booting art. What the kickers
viii achieve this year Is impossible to
predict and SO far as the east is con-
cerned probably Coy and Kennard will
prove the leaders. Kennard, with the
experience Of last year to depend on,
should, like Coy, show advanced abili-
~ in this direction.
The tendency is to develop line buck.
ers In these later football days and to
let the kicking end look pretty much
after itself. But kicking ability can
be made to show valuable results in
the score columns If wisely directed. !
and coaches and captains will make
a decided mistake II they continue III
the shortsighted policy that in thia
respect has marked the immediate !
past. { IT.
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The Latham Monoplans. ~
The Latham monoplane, Of the type
called Antoinette, is the invention Of
M. Levavasseur. Above Its skiflike
aluminium body are spread two OBJ :
long rings. The single propeller is
in front Of the main body.
while directly below it Is the motor.
with self condensory boiler. i At the
rear Of the body is the pilots seat.
and behind him extend two vertical
rudders for lateral movements and 4
horizontal tail for governing the altt.
tude. The underframe of the skifiike