The San Francisco call., 1910-09-26
new RULES TO BE
TRIED THIS WEEK
Yale. Harvard and Princeton
Scheduled 10 Play Their
Opening Games
Premium Placed on Agility Is
Likely TO Develop Many
Surprises

NEW YORK. Sept. 25.-This week
viii see the new football rules brought
out for public inspection at most Of the
big eastern colleges. Yale. Harvard,
Princeton. Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown.
West Point and Annapolis wiH all play
their opening games this week
Yale, completing q two weeks sea-
son Of elementary practice at Lake
Vile, Conn, on Tuesday, will be back
on Yale field Wednesday for the open
ing game with the Wesleyan eleven.
Yale viii use the new football cautious
ly, in accordance with the crafty Yale
system Of perfecting new plays in prac-
tice before exhibiting them to the pub
lie eye Wesleyan, however. promises
10 open up the game with new forma-
uOns, and may force Yale to exhibit
the possibilities of revised football, at
least on the defensive side.
The program for Wednesday also in
cludes a game at Philadelphia between
Pennsylvania. and Dickinson.
Probably the best game of the week
viii be at New Haven on Saturday
when Yale plays Syracuse.
In all the camps there is still a feel
ing Of uncertainty as TO the working of
the new rules. The most radical
changes are the rules preventing pull
reference with the man eligible to re-
ceiVe the forward pass. The concensus
Of opinion among experts is that the
day Of tandems and other mass plays
is past and coaches will be compelled
TO abandon many formations heretofore
relied upon as the ground gamers.
The new rules place a premium on
speed and agility and call for more
trick plays. more strategy and more
quick thinking. End runs will be more
profitable and the forward pass will be
d more resOurceful play, although not
much less treacherous than it was last
year.
An increase in variety and versatility
is promised. The preliminary work of
most Of the big elevens has been de-
voted 10 development Of offense, and lit
tie scientific work with the defense has
been attempted. It remains to be seen
whether a consistent. connected, two
sided game viii result
That the spectators will be the gain
ers from the revision is conceded.
Whether the play is through the line,
around the end. or far in the front on
2 forward pass. or onside kick, the
watcher can follow the ball in a way
that was impossible under the old rules.
The defeat Of Pennsylvania by Ur-
sinus is not the only indication that the
new rules will develop many surprises.
Some coaches believe that the offensive
side will have large advantage over
the defensive. while It is conceded that
heavy men will be less valuable than
before, and that a premium viii be
placed on speedy men.
One prominent expert is quoted as
declaring that under the new rules he
can develop an offensive play that no
team can stop and that out Of ordinary
football material he can develop a team
which is practically certain to score
on opponents who have the pick of
trained athletes from all parts of the
country. II he shall make good this
assertion the season of 1910 is bound to
see some sensational football, and the
likelihood Of any team finishing the
season with a clean slate is small.