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ton More than that. Yale has lost the
player who was a tower of strength to the
team, even when it suffered in some other
positions for lack of the timber which was
considered to be essential to Yale sue
cess. That player is, Of course, Coy.
Men who have been successful in other
positions on the Yale eleven will not be
with the team in 1910. Princeton, less
successful than Yale because of a run of
misfortune, has kept pace with the Tiger
for succession of seasons, is practically
at the stage of complete reorganization
Having these two rivals in the expert
mental stage, which they are to a great
extent. the team which would naturally
seem to possess some quality of leader
ship, on such form it manifestS be-
fore any Of the elevenS take the field, is
Harvard. and the Crimson may enjoy a
successful year.
With fewer players lost by graduation
and with a nucleus which will work we'll
under Percy Haughton, because 1t worked
well under him last year, the Harvard
team will begin practice with a certain
amount of confidence that the players
should develop into successful combina-
ton.
Harvard men are quite sanguine that
they have a better chance this year to go
through with season in which successes
shall be uniform than they have had since
caliber made Harvard foot ball something
to be feared.
For the other eleven, Pennsylvania,
which is referred to as one of the Big
Four, there is also an experimental test
ahead. for the Red and Blue has lost
many a player who helped to make its
successes in 1903
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PART III.
Bv John B. Foster.

Twentv men. some of whom are proml-
nent in foot ball and others OF Whorn
have been leaders in the sport III their
time. were discussing the game after the
new rules were made public Ihey were
seated at leisure in club, smoking thei'
after-dnner cigars.
Il wonder what effect said one OF
them. the new rules will have Oh, 'iie
colleges this year,
Just as much effect as is Indicated Ds
the determination of each college to Try
TO do its best under the new regula-
TONS" was the quick reply from one
who has gone through the foot ball mill
on the field and in the consultations OF
the meetings for coaches. ANY college
which sulks and does not try to perfect d
system of play under these rules will be
unsuccessful The college which goes
ahead and tries resolutely to bring some
thing out of the rules will establish some
reputation for itself and do service TO
the sport. Foot ball needs concentrated
effort to prove whether the new code is
likely to be satisfactory. Its faults can
not be discovered until it has been given
a fair test, nor can any merit III the
rules be unearthed until we know what
they amount to by fair trial In play
That embodies the college test in q
nutshell The more progressive schools.
of the chances which are offered. are
those which are likely to be accorded
the highest rank at the end of the sea-
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Some Colleges Are Bitter.

1t 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 foot ball The changes in the
rules have been ridiculed from the mo-
ment that they were outlined in adj
vance of the publication of the rule
book.
If these colleges evince no more ambi-
ton in mastering the possibilities of the
rules than they have evinced admira-
ton for their possible usefulness, it is an
elevens will be as much matter of ridi-
cule as the rules are TO the colleges of
the Directing faction.
No good is to be obtained for foot ball
If the most is not made of that which has
been agreed upon, and for the general
betterment of the sport it is to be hoped
that hearty cooperation will be mani
fest in the active work of the coaches who
are now in charge of elevenS.
1t may be accepted as reasonably GER
tain that the west will take active inter-
est in the new rules 1t Is also fairly
well assured that, from that section,
sincere support will be received in trying
to prove their usefulness or their dis
advantages
The west has not so much foot ball ira
dition as the east, nor has it fixed policies
and systems which have been handed
down for years from one class Of gradu-
ates to the undergraduates following.
Western foot ball is the outgrowth of in
dividual coaching by trained foot ball ex-
perts and has been dependent more upon
the policy of a single man than upon the
combined counsel Of a group Of men.
No one will doubt, for instance. that
Alonzo y. Stage of the University of
Chicago will not be wrapped up in max
Ing the best of the rules from the start.
Some 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 If they were modified to
meet the requirements of players, and
now that he has his candidates on the
field for the work of the year he will
plan his whole policy to evolve formations
and systems of attack which shall be a
surprise to his universitys opponents
whom he meets in the western confer
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Material Looks Promising.

The line is depleted and the backfield
will need no end Of patching. The mate
rial is fair. Some of 1t is better than fair,
and when Smith and Mike" Murphy are
finished with it perhaps Pennsylvania will
stand with high grade of foot ball this
season, for there has been a uniform &C
quiescence in the new rules at the Phila-
delphia institution, and possibly as much
development along their line as has been
manifest in any of the larger colleges of
the east The attack of the Quakers has
been more varied than that of most of
their rivals, and when they have lost it
has largely been matter of weak de-
Tense.
Dartmouth should be strong in foot ball.
and Lafayette, in spite OF the fact that
some of the good players have passed out
of the college by, taking their diplomas,
should not be a weakling among the
elevens of the second grade.
The Indians will come out as resource
full as ever. and perhaps even more tricky.
with a chance to play a game which will
afford them all manner of opportunities
for strategy and at the same time give
better protection to their players. II has
been one of the hardshjps of the Indians
that they have not been able to put
through some of their best plays with
success, because when meeting heavy OPP
ponents they were simply without the
necessary strength to do so. An eleven
with a defense which meant stopping a
player almost before he could get into
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At the meeting Of the central
board of officials and the interperta-
ton committee, subcommittee Of
the intercollegiate foot ball rules
committee. the following interpreter
lions and changes in the foot ball
rules were handed down: 80.
Rule VI, section 15-A player at
tempting to block or tackle a runner
by resting upon one knee may be
hurdled by the runner without. pen
atty.
Rule VI. section II G)-The ball is
dead: Add - "a
twenty yards in advance of thetspOt
where the ball was put In play be
fore touching the ground or a player
Rule VIII, section 2-The position of
player upon the line of scrim-
mage must be In accord with the, re-
quirements specified in the notes"
and illustrations"
Rule XIV. section 4The penalty is
five yards for the carrying of the ball
forward by a guard.
Rule XVII, section 6-The runner
with the ball may put his hand upon
an associate. but he may not be
pulled forward by his associate.
Rule XvIII-Change the word
Caught to ''touch." thereby pro-
hibiting the roughing of a player
endeavoring to catch a forward pass
In this connection the note to this
rule is stricken out.
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Men Who Will Succeed.

Agile men who are of the average in
speed. or a little above the average. and
who are we'll built and capable of con-
tinued exertion. whose lung capacity is
ample and heart action steady and syste-
matte are of the type who will succeed
In the foot ball that is probable under the
1910 code.
The west has plenty of foot ball play
ers of that character. If this new game
is not to be one in which brute strength
and excess weight can master general &C
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 foot ball field. Although
Michigan is not of the western confer
ence. the type Of foot ball which is being
played at Michigan is drifting away from
the system which was originally in vogue
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Michigan Should Start Well.

Michigan takes an early season of
practice in order that Yost mag have as
much opportunity as possible to instruct
his players Ten of the veterans of the
team to be candidates for a place on
the eleven this year, and ii is within
reason to believe that they will be sue
cessful. With the knowledge which these
ten players possess of foot ball, and the
advantage which they will have of early
practice In the methods which will be
required this year. Michigan should come
forward with a fine eleven from the
start.
Any eleven which could bring forward
such good players as Magi0sohn, Aller-
olce and Wasmund proved themselves to
this season. "
chicago promises to have foot ball
taieht Whlch VIII bring the standard of
the university toward championsbin form
me greatest loss to the team is Page
VINO is generally recognized to have been
The most formidable candidate for the
, ,s at quarterback this year in
the west, had h been able to piav All
the halfoacks Of 1860 will be back with
the acdition OF Springer, and with smith
1aoemacher and Gerend in the center. il
looks as If there will be a resourceful
and courageous eleven on the field for
Chicago o
Some seem to think that Indiana will
be hardest hit of the western Conference
this year, but how can any reliable esti-
mate OF possible team strength be
brought to 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 No
tire Dame protesting against the new
rules. Yet Notre Dame, IL Is said, will
have six veterans on the eleven. and why
a coach should feel that it is out Of the
question for KS team to do good work
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Government Schools All Right.

West Point and the Navy will be in
condition to play good foot ball this year.
and, as last season the accidents at these
schools went further toward bringing
about another revision CT the rules than
anything which happened, the students at
both Institutions are hoping that the new
foot ball will prove all that is hoped for
it, because they are fond of the game
and they do not wish to lose 1t from their
curriculum. 1t is a matter of real work
at both places and not played solely for
the fun of It.
Harvard changed all the Iolicy of re-
cent years and placed squad in the
field for preliminary practice in the
month Of September, and this was done
with the full sanction Of the Harvard au-
thorities, who are quite willing that as
much may be taught as possible in re-
gard to the new game.
The men who accompanied the coach to
the training ground were Capt Whiting
O'Flaherty, Wigglesworth, Fisher, Long.
Minot, Mckay, Gardner, Lewis and Wen
dell, the latter trio being members Of the
freshman team Of 1909; Perkins. Keays.
Lingard and some others.
With Haughton, Blagden. DAILY and
O'Leary to give these players instruction.
Harvard was ready at the beginning Of
the regular training season at Cambridge
to start on the gridiron with some real
knowledge OF the game.
From this nucleus Harvard has chance
to develop some fine players. Wfggles-
worth and O'Flaherty, both Of whom
acted as quarter last year, are out again
for the position. Gardner, too. is a can
didate for the place, and if the new game
should prove that it is not necessary to
have a small but active player for quar-
ter who is also a good passer of the ball.
It is likely that Harvard will be quick
to take advantage of the opportunity to
put four heavy and powerful backs into
the backfield.
Perry Smith seems like probable GEN.
fer and Cutler, who was in the fresh
man squed in 1902 is good second can
didate ard may force Smith out for the
Mace on the varsity team.
Mnot, Leslie. Corbett, rockingham, P.
Smith, Wendell and Lewis are all eligible
for backfield positions. and they are a
strong coterie Of players.
Where Harvard seems likely to have its
most serious problem is in the selection
of men to play the end positions There
is not quite SO much material for ends as
there is for other places on the team.
In any event 1t may well be GRANTED
that the Crimson begins the year with
a combination which is dangercus-a
good SQUAD and a good coach. land if
this is not to be Harvard year It will
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Amendments and interpretations to
Rules Agreed Upon by Committee

These subcommittee voted to ask
authoritatively the following inter-
pretations. which Internationally
will be done by the rules committee:
Rule III, section 2Player dis
qualified for cause may not be re-
turned to the game.
Rule Nv. section 2-The penalty for
a player leaving the field during one
be the same as coaching from the
side line.
Rule Wifi the snapperback does
not hold long axis of ball as specified
ball must be put in play over again
Rule VI. section 17-O If the ball
strikes an official, whether in hands
of a player or not, it must be played
over again.
Rule VI, section 16-If player ex-
tends arms while advancing the ball
after it has been declared dead, it is
Crawling"
Rule VIII-Snapperback may as
sumo any position in putting the ball
in play so long as he is not off-side.
Rule VIII. section If end rush is
the man in motion another must take
his place on line of scrimmage. as
seven men must be on this line when
the bail is put in play.
Rule XVII, section 6-An asso-
ciate of the runner with the ball may
not lift the fallen runner to his feet
to enable him to continue his run
with the ball.
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THIS YEARS OUTLOOK FOR
THE BIG COLLEGE ELEVENS
In the East Harvard and Pennsylvania Have
Retained Most Strength and Prince
ton Are in Process Of Reorganization.


and is becoming. more and more a game
of running -forma lions and unexpected
maneuvers in which the forward pass and
the onside kick have been employed. 1t
is true the efficacy of the onside kick has
been curtailed by the rules committee. and
that of the forward pass has been theo-
retically improved. That is one feature
of the changes which does commend it
self heartily to those who believe that
foot ball should be foot .ball-a running
and kicking game-and not a game in
which the hands or arms are employed to
ml oduce special Efforts To advance the
ball.
With the material which will be avail
able at Minnesota this year there seems
to be no reason why the eleven should
not be one of the best in the west The
type OF foot ball which was played in 1909
should fit well with that which will be
ready for the coach under the rules of
1910, and. if Minnesota does not rank with
the leaders of the new. game in the eleven
which viii be engaged in the west /, will
'" p patber. of general establishment to
the foot ball men who have watched the
ne .pE If4kn
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INQUISITIVE FANS.

Sporting Editor The Star:
1. In overrunning first base runner
turns to left. Can he be put out before
retouching first base? 2. Batter has one
strike. Strikes at next ball pitched. Ball
hits batter, but does not touch bat. Is
he out? 3. A on second. B on third. A
steals third, leading off. Coacher sends
A back to second. scoring. Neither
runner is touched with the ball How
should this freak be decided?
A READER.
1. Not unless the umpire thinks it was
his intention to start toward second base
g. No. 3. Neither man is out and there
is nothing to decide.
Sporting Editor The Star: ~
What was the largest score by which
Philadelphia beat Pittsburg this season
w. S..
Philadelphia beat Pittsburg 10 to July
IL.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Did Pitcher Ed Walsh win a game in
the 1909 series between the Cubs and
White Sox? L. K. l..
Yes, he, won the third game of the
series, 2 to 1.
Sporting Editor The Star:
A and B are opposing pitchers. The
score is to in favor of a at the end OF
the third inning. In the fourth c takes
BIS place with the score to against
him. In the fifth C's team ties the count
at ALL and it remains tied to the ninth,
when AS team wins out, to 4. Who
is charged with losing the game, B or
c.? l.. S. s.
Ordinarily would be charged with the
defeat However. there are no fixed
rules by which victories are credited and
defeats charged.
c,ort;nr Editor The Star.
How many games has WiltSe beaten the
Cubs and how many have the Cubs
beaten Wiltse this season? j. W. B.
Wiltse has won three games from the
Cubs and the Cubs have won three from
him.
Sporting Editor The Star:
When a pitcher goes on the slab for the
first two or three innings and then
changes to Shortstop. can he go back on
the slab in the latter part of the same
game? B. B. AN
Yes.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Has Louisville, KY had a team in the
National League in the last six years!
c. A. P.
No. Louisville has not been in the Ma
tional League since 1889.
Sporting Editor The Star:
Can you give iris Speakers batting
average in the post-season series last
Guiding times at bat and hits? NJ. H. W.
At bat, p times; hits, l.; average, Oh.
Sporting Editor of the Star;
please answer the following in your
valuable paper: Is it possible Tor run
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Cornell Hopeful.

Last years eleven was the greenest and
most inexperienced Cornell has had in
some time, and though the men left over
from that team will start the season in a
more prepared condition, the squad on
the whole will be green and without any
stars. Last years freshman team will
offer good many fair men.
Tackles Weekes and Munk will be eligi-
BILE again, and Stude and Leventry. both
substitutes last year, will also he out OF
the guards. DOnnan will again be a can
didate. OConnor, the other guard. Will
not be eligible, as he bu'sted out in mid
winter last year. Seagrave at center will
again be a candidate, and sPfeiffer, the
substitute, will be out again. Delano.
South and a few substitutes will be
eligible.
Owen, one of the varsity quarterbacks.
graduated this June. but Burr Wood may
play. Butler, the freshman quarterback,
is regarded as the most promising man
for the place, though Baker. who started
out well last year. will be given a chance.
For halfbacks Cornell will have Robb,
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Rule Xxx, section Gas this rule
kick. This rule is regarded so as
to allow a kick to be returned
Rule Xxx, section 4-The penalty
for illegally recovering kicked ball
by a player off-side is the awarding
of the ball to the offended side upon
the spot of the offense.
Rule XVII, section 6-Referee must
blow whistle when forward progress
of ball is checked. The side in posses
sion Of the ball may push opponents
with both hands.
Rule XVIII, section 2-Strike out
from the penalty the following
words: eff neither side is in possess
sion of the ball. See Rule XVI,
section 8.
Rule XVIII, section 3-If player
after catching the ball stops with
only one step or less the ball shall
be declared dead.
Rule XIX section 3-Strike out the
note on page 2O5. at is not illegal
for player to keep the ball under
these conditions, provided he is legal
ly entitled to touch or recover It,"
Rule XVIII, section "A man who
is ineligible to catch the ball may
not run into his opponents. Every
forward pass. whether crossing the
scrimmage line or not. must be play
ed from q line at least five yards be-
hind the line of Scrimmage.
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ner to score from third base on fly
ball after two are out? FAN.
No; not if the fly is caught.
Sporting Editor of the Star:
Kindly answer the following question
In the Sunday pink sheet of your paper,
and oblige.
W. +. a.
A pitched ball is batted to the pitcher.
who fumbles, letting the runner arrive
safely at first base. A bets that the fun
BILE is scored an error against the
pitcher because the pitcher was not
standing in the box when he made the
tumble. B bets that tumble was not
scored as an error against the pitcher.
but as a hit for batter. regardless or
where the pitcher was standing when ne
made the tumble. Who wins?
Regardless of whether the pitcher was
i'm his position or not if in the judgment
of the scorer the ball was not hit too hard
to be handled il would be scored an
error.
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Amateur Foot Ball League.

DETROIT, Mich, October S.-The for
nation of an amateur foot ball league
is planned among teams of Michigan.
Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana.
The Wabash Athletic Association is be-
hind the scheme. The team representing
that organization has played sixty-seven
games in the last five seasons. winning
fifty-five and tieing seven. They have
scored 1.207 points to their opponents 9S-
Among the teams proposed for repre-
sentation in the league are the P. A. c.
Detroit Cincinnati Y. NJ. c. A, Marion
Club of Indianapolis, Wabash Athletic
Association, Wabash, Ind, and the
strongest teams of Chicago, LOUISVILLE,
Toledo Cleveland and any other frst-
class independent amateur teams in this
territory which may desire representa-
ton.
A seasons tournament schedule Is
planned which would give the winning
team the amateur championship OF the
middle west
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and weight which the eastern eleyens
found possible to put into their lines,
with the added knowledge which came to
the eastern players through long course
at preparatory schools and the instruction
which was received at universities.
If the game of 1910 Is to be modelled
on lines which to a large extent elimin-
ate surplus weight and strength as three
fourths of the factors of success. and
establish them only one-half of the
percentage in favor of success, with
counting for the added fifty per cent.
then western loot ball has its greatest
oppor,u. shine. Any eleven. of the
western this year, and in fact
any eleVe. 70 vest which has made
foot ball. a "a. I Ard which has some
foot ball trad.t On u fail back upon, is
likely in the coming season TO DO well
as any of its fellow colleges and pretty
sure to make a reputation which shall
commend itself abroad as well as at
home.
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Chicago Has Good Chance.

1t is also true that Chicago should stand
we'll in foot ball this year. Stage has can
didates for his eleven who are likely to
be placed among the stars of the foot ball
season in the west. and 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 standard type than it has
ever been in the past.
The west, from the day that foot ball
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