Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-05
Forward Pass Should Be Amplified So More
Players May Acquire Skill in
Making 1t.
DIVERSITY BETTER BATTLES DEFENCE
Increase in Scheduled Games Indicates That Pop
uar Interest Is at Least Fifth Greater
Than Ever Before.

opinion that this will be a distinct benefitl
70 70 the n,, game IN the West, where so many
hoWling across the field with great force. |
found that Eastern men were partial to I
had been hampered in their game from the |
very same cause. 1t must not be forgot /,
ten that In the fall of the year game may
away with sunset, or, on the other hand.
the game may begin in a calm, and a gale
nay pc ploWing before the contest is over,
greatly by this condition and we have tried
to prevent such result in the future.o
II perhaps Is not known that Paul DASH
lei was an advocate of a change which
would have made a difference In the dis
! lance OF yards to be gained. Not a few Of
me oldtimeTs still yearn for return to
I Is very little probability now that ten
yards ever will be abandoned.
MI Dashlel suggested that when a team
yards be necessary to be gained. The mo-
ment the ball passed into the territory OF
the rival eleven Mr.; Dashiel would have
/ proposal Mr.. Dashiel found warm sup
porter in DIR. Lambeth, of the University
Of Virginia; Both gentlemen. said they
careful analysis by comparative games,
and We're satisfied that 1t would work for
s. the good of football In the end.
The change was not made. although 1t is
mot out of the question that It will be
brought up again. The position taken by
the Southern football experts in the. mat
ter at least shows the amount of interest
which II being aroused In that section of
the United States In the great fall sport.
Perhaps little further attention to the
scoring of field goals will not be uninter-
testing. The statement that the change was
made this year because 1t was field goal
last, fall which defeated Yale in the Har.
ward game may be taken with liberal
supply of salt.
The record of field goals by the import
ant teams In 1908 was as follows:-Har-
- = Vo1 o. al Onk q. Or .ryt rrN-
MIA. Q; Cornell. q: Indians, ii; West Point.
2; Annapolis, 5; Dartmouth. 1; Lafayette
a; Pennsylvania State. 2.
In view of the record which was made
by these. two expert yonng students o.
Carlisle School 1t seems hut fair to say
that any young man who Is engaged II
field, and who feels that 1t is within him tc
kick we'll and accurately, should deyot
his time to practice, SO that when the
games begin he shall be in his best con.
1ition.
Perhaps not all may be as adept In kick
ing as the Indians. A peculiar copforma
ton of the. knee Joint is said to be dis
Glen Warner, who has had lo ns ' expert
|ence in teaching the players &c Carlisle L
play the game. Is authority for this state
ment
Yet 1t is certain that good kickers wi
IS be greatly In demand and It must not b
accented that kicking is to be conftne
wholly to bunting. There must be skill
Here's Real Kicker.
Take such a player as Coy, the captai
of this years Yale team, and an ideal ma
is had for team, simply because of hi
liability to punt no matter about his othe
qualifications. 1t Is true that he is on
of the best ground gamers in the recer
g history of the game, and probably one c
y the best who ever lived, but he woul
shine as wonderful kicker IL there WEI
mot another quality in his favor
Turning to another development OF tn
{lgame, it seems more and more in evidenc
4 under the present rules that there Is I