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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16
Government Schools All Right.

West Point and the Navy will be in con-
dition to play good football this year. and
as last season the accidents at these
schools went further toward bringing
about another revision Of the rules than
anything which happened. the students at
both Institutions are hoping that the new
football will prove all that is hoped for Il,
because they are fond OF the game and
they do not wish to lose 1t from their cur
riculun, 1t il a matter OF real work a,
both places and not played solely for the
fun Of it.
Harvard changed all the policy OF recen:
preliminary practice in tho month Of
September. and this was done with the
full sanction OF the Harvard authorities
who are quite willing that as much may
be taught as possible IN regard to the new
game.
The men VINO accompanied the coach &c
the training ground were Captain Withing-
ton. Corts,t, Perry Smith, L. D. smith.
|O'Flaherty, Wigglesworth, Fisher, Long.
oe!l, the latter tr.o Icing naeinters Of the
freshman team OF Nu9; Perkins keays
IL!nsard and some others.
With Haughton. BlaSden. Daily and
O'Leary to give these players instruction,
Harvard was ready at the beginning Of the
regular training season at Cambridge to
star, on the sridlron with some real knowl-
edge OF the game.
From, this nucleus Harvard has chance
to develop some fine players. Wiggles-
worth and O'Flaherty. both OF whom acted
as Quarter last year. are out again fol-
the position. Gardner, TOO, is a candi-
dae. for the place. and II the new ranas
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16
Some Colleges Are Bitter.

II is preposterous to attempt to deny
the fact that some colleges look upon
the revision as the worst that has been
adopted since the days OF revision have
dawned on football. The changes in the
rules have been ridiculed from the
moment that they were outlined in ad-
vance OF the publication Of the rule
book.
II these colleges evince no more amoi'
ton In mastering the possibilities OF the
rules than they have evinced admira-
ton for their possible usefulness. II
is an even wager that the playing OF
the elevens Will be as much q matter OF
ridicule as the rules are to the colleges
Of the Directing faction.
No good Is to be obtained for football
II the most Is not made OF that which has
been agreed upon, and for the general
oetterment Of the sport II Is to be hoped
that hearty corporation will be mani
fest in the active work OF the coaches who
are now In charge or elevens-
IL may be accepted as reasonably GER
tain that the West will take active inter
est In the new rules 1t Is also fairly wei!
assured that, from that section. sincere
support will be received in trying to prove
their usefulness or their disadvantage
The West has not so much football ira
dition az the East, nor has ii dxed policies
and Systems which have been handed
down for years from one class OF gradu'
atss to the undergraduates following
western football IL the outgrowth OF indi
vidual coaching by trained football ea
perts and has been dependent more upor
the policy Of q single man than upon the
combined counsel OF a group Of men.
No one will doubt. for instance. tha
Aionzo A. Stage. Of the University Of Chi
cago, will not be wrapped up In making
the best Of the rules from the start Some
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16
PART IL.
Nv JOHN B. FOSTER.

TWENTY men. some Of whom are
prominent IN football and others Of
whom have been leaders in tho sport
in their time. were discussing the game
after the new rules were made public.
They were seated at leisure In q club smok.
ing their after dinner cigars.
II wonder what effect" said one Of them.
'the new rules will have on the colleges
this year,
Just as much effect as Is indicated BY
the determination OF each college to try to
do Its best under the new regulations, /"
was the quick reply from one who has
gone through the football mill on the field
and in the consultations OF the meetings
for coaches. Amy college which sulks
and does not try to perfect a system OF
play under these rules will b unsuccess-
ful. The college which goes ahead and
tries resolutely to bring something out OF
the rules will establish some reputation
for itself and do . service to the sport.
Football needs concentrated effort to prove
whether the new code is likely to be salts
factory. It's faults cannot be discovered
until IL has been given a fair test, noreean
any merit in the rules be unearthed until
we know what they amount TO by a fair
trial In play"
That embodies the COLLEGE test IN q
nutshell. The more progressive schools
which viii undertake to make the mos
OF the chances which are offered, are
those which are likely to be accorde ed
the highest rank at the end Of the sea-
son.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16
Chicago Has a Good Chance.


It Is also true that Chicago should stand
we'll in football this year. Stage has can
didates for his eleven who are likely to
be placed among the stars Of the football
season in the West, ana there should be
no reason why. with the radical changes
which have been made in the game. these
Western players should not work out on
lines which will bring the Western foot
ball nearer a standard type than it has
ever been IN the past
The West. from the day that football
was first introduced into that section. has
been strong In learning the attack OF the
game, and perhaps that which had much
to do with this condition was the strength
and weight which the Eastern elevens
found possible 60 put into their lines.
with the added knowledge which came to
the Eastern players through q Ions course
at preparatory schools and the instruction
which was received at universities.
II the game OF 1510 is TO be modelled on
lines which to a large extent eunlluat e
surplus weight and strength as three
fourths Of the factors OF success, and
esta olish them ~ only one-haH OF the
percentage in favor Of success. with speed
and endurance the other factors counting
for the added ffty per cent. then Western
football has its greatest opportunity to
shine Any eleven OF the Western Confer
ence this year, and in fact any eleven in
the West which has made football a fall
sport and which has some football tra6i-
ton to fail back upon. 10 likely IN the
coming season to do as well as any OF its
fellow colleges and pretty sure to maze a
reputation which shall commend Nseli
abroad as we'll as at homa
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

is before the coach and the captain Of this
years team to try to put a good eleven on
the field.
and in spite of the fact that not all Of
the changes in the rules have been agree
able to Yale men, there is no doubt that
the college will be foremost in making the
best OF the seasons sport
Howe and Corey. both Of whom played
quarter back last year, will probably be
out for the position this season. Corey
may be a greater success at quarter than
he was in 1903. That supposition is based
on the theory that the quarter Of this
year can stand 1t to have little weight
and strength, combined with speed, al
though Corey may not be quite such a hit
on the speed line as he will be in other
qualifications.
There Is little doubt that Fitzpatrick will
be back on one end, and if the end is to
play SO important part this son as is
quite generally believed, fitzpatrick is like
~ to shine brighLar than ne did last year,
and he was the best on the grtdiron in 1903
Other End Candidates.
Others who will make an effort to win a
position a end will be Savage, Camp and
Naedele- The latter, at times, n as shone
above all the new candidates who tried
tor the place at Yale and on his first ap-
pearance at West Point II was predicted
that he would be one Of the best ends the
o4ue ever had, but injury stopped him from
playing and he was una Die TO get I'D 10
the varsity eleven.
Paul Is the only tackle a. Yale who
ever played on a varsity nine There Is
q situation TO worry any coach II there
is one player who is able TO surpass
him in skill. there will have to be two
players. II would seem that Yale will
have to develop tackles from green can
didates and 1t is certain that guards VIII
have TO be developed from green men,
for there was not guard candidate
left when the squad disbanded at the
end Of last season.
Hyde and Francis will both be avail
able for centre ana both are good play
srs. III the back field Messenger. Field.
Robinson and Taylor will be out and as
many more as can be induced to try
Walter Camp Jr. will be after a place
on the eleven and will almost likely try
for an end position
If the Ellis put together a winning team
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

F, Of the changes have been advocated BY
him. 1t was he who tried new methods
| to prove that certain plays Of the game
could be retained IL they were modified to
meet tn. requirements Of players. and
now that he has his candidates on the field
Tor the work OF the year he will plan
his whole policy to evolve formations and
systems Of attack which shall be . sur
prise to his universtty's opponents whom
he meets in the Western conference.
Men Who Will Succeed.
Agile men who are Of the average in
| speed. or q little above the average. and
! who are well built and capable Of con-
tinusd exertion. whose lung capacity is
ample and heart action steady and syste-
matte are OF the type who will succeed
In the football that is probable under the
1910 code.
The West has plenty Of football play.
ers OF that character. II this new game
10 not to be ono in which brute strength
! and excess weight can master general ac-
| tivity there Is no. reason why teams like
Minnesota. the University Of Illinois,
Notre Dame. Wisconsin. Indiana and Pur-
due should not demonstrate effectively this
year that they can obtain enjoyment out
OF the sport and afford enjoyment for
others.
In like manner Michigan should be a
power on the football neld. Although
Michigan IN not OF the Western Confer
encs. the type OF football which is being
plsyed at Michigan IL drifting away from
the system which was originally in vogue
and IL becoming more and more a game
OF running formations ana unexpected
manoeuvres in which the forward pass and
the onsids kick have been employed. II
Is true the efficacy Of the onsids kick has
been curtailed by the rules committee and
that OF the forward pass has been theo-
lrettcally improved. That 10 one feature
| OF the changes which does not commend
I itself heartily to those who believe that
football should be football-a running and
| kicking game-and not a game In which
the hands or arms are employed to intro
ducc special efforts to advance the ball.
With the material which will be avail.
able At Minnesota this year there seems tc
De no reason why the eleven should no,
be one Of the best in the West. The type
Of football which was played In 1909 should
At we'll with that which will be ready FOL
the coach under the rules Of 1910, and II
Minnesota does not rank with the leaders
OF the new game IN the eleven which will
ter of general establishment to the football
men who have watched the development
Of the eleven.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-10-16

generally recognized to have been the most
formidable candidate for the leadership At
quarter back this year In the West had
he been able to play. All the half backs
Of 1909 will be back. with the addition OF
Springer, and with Smith, Rademacher
and Gerend in the centre. it looks as II
there will be a resourceful and courageous
eleven on the field for Chicago.
Some seem to think that Indiana will be
hardest hit of the Western Conference this
year. but bow can any reliable estimate
Iof possible team strength be brought 20
bear until the season is well on toward the
first Of November?
Wisconsin should have a good eleven on
the field. The material is there and Wis
consin is just as likely to develop sue
cess as other elevens. when the coaches
begin work with the players.
A most pessimistic wall arose from Notre
Dame protesting against the new rules.
Yet Notre Dame. 1t IS said. will have six
should feel that 1t - out OF the question
Tor his team to do good work with six
good men at the start is something that
Is little difficult to understand.
Football in the East.
In the East the situation never has been
quite so unsettled SO far as any one can
read the preliminary indications as ev1nced
! oy the unsettled condition Of teams.
In the first place Yale and Princeton ~.
practically to be rebuilt this season. Both
eievens have lost heavily by graduation.
more than that, Yale has lost the plaver
VINO was tower OF strength to the team.
oven when 1t suffered in some other posi-
IONS Tor lack Of the timber which was con-
spoereo to be essential to Yale success,
mat player, OF course. is Coy.
Men who have been successful in otb>r
positions on the Yale eleven will no. b.
with the team in 1910. Princeton, less suc-
cesstul than Yale because a run Of m,s,or-
tune has kept pace with the Tiger for a
succession OF seasons. il practically At N.
stage OF complete reorganization.
Having these two rivals in tho exper,-
mental stage. which they are to a great AZ
tent, the team which would naturally ...u
TO possess some quality Of leadershtp. On
sucn form "a 1t manifests before any Of
the elevens take the field. Is Harvard. ana
the Crimson may enjoy a successful year.
with fewer players lost by graduation
and with a nucleus which will work val,
under Percy Haughton. because It worked
well under him last year. the Harvard
team will begin practice with a c.r4asn
amount Of confidence that The nIava.a
should develop into a successful connhina
ton. oN'' o''ie
Harvard men are quite sansuine tn,,
tney have better chance this year to 70
| through with season in which successes
snail be uniform than they have had since
Inc OLD days. when Cults and men OF his
eanore made Harvard football something
to be feared.
For the other eleven. pennsylyania
which Is referred to as one Of the ..Rir
-Four, there Is also an experimental test
ahead. for the red and blue has lost many
player who helped to make its successes
In 1909.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07

uries; they have become unitarian in
their use and they are welding a great
influence toward bringing the city and
country into closer and more desirable
relations. The fsirest purview Of the
situation fails to disclose a single
sound reason why they should not be
in use by jewellers on the farm as well
as in the city. but hundred reasons
can be found why they should, and, so
far as objections go, the only reason
that need be considered would be that
the farmers choose to nave them.
Farmers are habitually and notably
a thrifty and frugal class of people and
the western farmer has cashed in his
frugality until he feels quite able to
afford an automobile. His credit is
good and his property is sound, so that
the bank is not likely now in this day
of his prosperity to question the use
to which he may want to put his
money.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
The PILGRIM Fathers

President Taft's visit to old Prov
incetown on the 29Oth anniversary of
the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers is
full of sentimental interest to every
true American, and the dedication of
the monument commemorative of this
great event should concern us all 1t
does no harm to pause in the busy
rush of these modern days and go back
to the fountain period of the republic
to study the motives and aspirations
impelling 100 ill-fed and ill-clad men
from distant land to seek refuge on
this continent. The president put 1t
eloquently when he said:
Other efforts had been made on the New
England coast to found colonies for profit
but this was the first attempt made by
men seeking political and religious indie
pendence to secure an asylum in America
They were of the yeomanry, Of the farmer
class. Their ministers were university
men, but the rest were humble, God-fearing
persons. The spirit which prompted them
to brave the sea, to land on this forbidding
coast in winter and to live here has made
fought the revolutionary war. 1t welcomed
and fought the civil war and has furnished
the United States the highest ideals Of
moral life and political citizenship.
Thus it is to the credit Of the Amer
lean nation that, great as 1t has be-
come in material wealth and prowess,
it has not forsaken the fundamental
nrincin1ao ~ r,0raIi4,, an ,,,haoh a. 49,, .
founded, but rather has nurtured
those tenets into stronger, more vital
lied precepts. We are a great nation
because we have kept the faith of the
fathers and not because we have vic.
lated it; a great nation because we
have been true to their principles and
not because we have been untrue tc
them. Religious and political liberty
as the heritages of our ancestry are
in more tangible evidence today thar
they have ever been at any period Of
the country's history and patriotism IL
just as pure and untarnished as it was
the day those rugged refugees from
foreign intolerance found their footinl
on the bleak New England shore DC
casions like the one at Provincetowr
should help us to take inventory ant
realize these facts. That will be get
ting a sentiment out of them wei
worth cherishing, a sentiment tina
does not -bemean and belittle the time
in the false belief that because thet
!, are modern they are wicked and bad.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

Georgia and Texas are crowding IndI-
anas supremacy as the buttermilk COM
monwealth. 4
Pug Johnson has been lmmortalized in
a $4,000 bust in New York, but the sculp-
tor had to sue for the price.
The st. Louis minister who preached
four sermons on hades without mentions
ing the location, is esteemed deft ex-
ponent of local pride.
Colonel George Brinton Mcclellan Har-
vey is assured of all that is coming to
him when he presents himself for init
alton in the Ananias club.
The wonders OF modern progress is no.
where more strangely shown than in Bos-
ton, where an editor cheerily turns from
Goldfish and beans to discourse on bread
and bologna.
Colonel Roosevelt intends paying his
respects to the people Of Huntington
KAN next month. Huntington is the
town that prayed for the success OF Jack
Johnson and expurgated the colonel's re-
marks an boxing. The conjunction ought
to be real moving picture.
us 'hobble" or "hopple" the correct
name for the new skirt creation9 The
Century, Webster and other word polish.
ers lean In opposite directions, so YOU
may take your choice. But II you seq
the hobble-hopple skirt in action, the
name viii be forgotten in the scream 4
provokes.
II a liberal consignment of Aunt Delia's
famous apple pies had been distributed
at strategical points in Iowa and Kansas
last week. the fierce hunger OF tbs
braves would have been appeased ant
lurld history toned down 70 a peaceful
snore. Old opportunity passes up man!
a fine job
The United States government. through
the comptroller OF the currency, has &C
knowledged that for more than forty-fiv'
years 1t has owed Brigadier General Harr!
r. Anderson, U. s. A., retired, the sum O
s24O10 for his services as a cadet Of tn
West Point Military academy during tn,
final year of the civil war.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Washington Herald: A New Jersey pastor
has made himself immensely popular and
paid his church out OF debt. all In one year.
and he says II is due to the short sermons
he breaches. SO rare a diplomat deserves
to succeed
Baltimore American; Every church should
put its pastors vacation on its annual
schedule as regularly az Il puts its Christ
mas and Easter services Whether the
holiday be a couple Of weeks or n couple
of months, 1t should be given freely and
the pastor should be made to take IL. He
needs It and the members OF his family
need 1t, Such a vacation means better
work all around when IL is ended. means
more vigor, more energy. more strength
for that planting and sowing and roaming
which bring great harvests in the Masters
field.
Philadelphia Ledger: The Lancaster
preacher who opposes the use of the tele-
phone on Sunday raises other questions
without settling that which perturbs him.
In speaking to a friend at a distance the
voice is raised. Surely this would not be
deemed wicked on any day of the week. II
the friend is so far away that the mere
raising Of the voice is not sufficient, the
iHlquily VI employing the ala OF WIRE
already strung, is far from clear. Sup
posing an aged auditor. of the excellent
preacher to be deaf, yet anxious not TO
miss word of wisdom. Would It be wrong
to resort to the use of an ear trumpet?
New York Sun: Amateur theologians
who have been filling the columns of the
London Times with their views on the
alterations of the kings declaration Of
faith have found a new subject for their
animadversions The three great English
presses that have the practical monopoly
Of printing Bibles have agreed to shift
comma in the Lords prayer. Instead of
reading Thy will be done in earth, as
1t is in heaven it is now Thy Will be
done in earth as it is in heaven" The
change seems infinlteslmal, even IL q slight
difference In meaning may be detected in
1t, and there can be no question of commas
with regard to the Greek original. In
matters Of religion, however. nothing is
trivial and while we need not fear the
shedding of blood that a single iots pro-
voked in the centuries of the Arian con-
troversy, this transposition of comma
has already caused the waste of much
valuable Ink and has troubled many earn
est souls.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.


Trials weaken only those who flee from
them
Hoping for the best from man helps
him toward t.
Love lays down its own life; zeal uuenches
that Of others.
II Is better to seem green than to have
got beyond growing.
The easiest way TO lose your soul is TO
sit and sing" 1t away.
It never brings heaven nearer TO stand
on your neighbours corns.
Some men would disown their faith rather
than send It out to work.
Some people think that heavens judE-
ments never 90 beyond the cravat.
1t takes more religion TO make an honest
merchant than holy monk.
1t takes more than an imported eloauence
to give the heavenly message.
Many preachers think they have burn
ing message because it has bitter taste.
Chicago Tribune
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-07
Farmers and Autos.

The least convincing part OF this re-
port of the bankers obJecting to their
customers investing heavily in auto
mobiles is the suggestion that it con
Germs only the farmer. Why not also
the city man? The farmer, 1t would
seem, is. above all others, able to buy
and own automobiles, and certainly he
could put them to as good use as any
one. 1t is not surprising to fnd the
bottom falling out OF the story when
the further the probe of investigation
is inserted, though there are cases
where individual bankers have ex-
pressed doubt Of the wisdom of loan,
ing money to buy these machines.
Automobiles are no longer mere lux