The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

kOlICy uAeS the upper arm ana snaps
the forearm and wrist around in half
pronatiOn identically with the hook,
and the drive has the body and arm
action of the ''full-arm swing" at head
or stomach.
StOIAvolleying hard drives at the
net requires the same set position
and precision as blocking" VOlley-
ing has all the elements and excite
ment of "in-fighting," with the odds
equally in favor of the hardest hitter.
Hitting for safety from the back court
embOdies the principles and headwOrk
OF sparring for an opening. Side
stepping to right and left for a fast
service is Identical with side-stepping
blow
The physical strain in tennis aver
ages greater than in boxing, as the
tennis player covers a space 27x39
feet in uninterrupted play for one to
two hours daily for a week, in tour
nament play, ana often completes in
ten tournaments in a season; while
the boxer is engaged but three min
utes and rests one, in matches usually
lasting from twenty minutes TO an
hour. in a space from sixteen 10 TWEEN
ty-fOur feet square. and he often does
not engage in more than SIX matches
in a year.
Eye strain is greater in tennis, as
the object is so much smaller 10 see,
and besides travelling at a high rate
OF speed. the field. for visual accom-
modation," is much greater.
The leads, draws, stops. counters
and tactical play for a decisive act
are alike, and the damage TO the spirit
and endurance of a player is Ultimate
~ the same, whether the blow falls
on the body from gloved hand or on
. Z kraa a
and self-control is as necessary and
! difficult in one as the other, and the
judgment OF distance, time and varia-
ton OF speed are exercised equally.
Football an Experiment.
Football OF 1910 will be an expert
ment, compared TO the game of other
years, according to the most eminent
authorities. No more will the rushing
backfield grind and tear it's way
through the opposing line, battering
and Jamming all opposition out OF its
way. to end IN a cosmopolitan mass
of arms and legs, which, at the call Of
an official resolves itself into twenty
two human beings. their one apparent
aim in life being to advance the ball
or stay its progress. as the case may
be.
Nor shall we see the close massed
formations, in which players, more in
the line OF prize fighters viii heave
and sway, and fight their way through
seventy minutes Of play on the chalk
marked gridiron, many Of them
eventually 10 wind up in the hospital
or in the grave. as has been the way
in the past.
The casual reader OF the football
news has been struck by one thing,
the number of eripples made in the
game. but according TO the rules COM
mittee, which has spent much time
during the last two years in imprOv-
/ ing and revising it, the play will be
more open and cleaner this year than
at any time in its history.
In almost every paragraph OF the
code may be seen the wounds left by
] the pruning knife OF the rules COM
mittee. Revision and reform have
made an entirely new game of it, and
I the football warrior OF 1910. as well
as his coaches and officials, will have
to give il some mighty thought be-
fore the amazing possibilities in the
new rules will make themselves fully
apparent
In the first place, where would the
famous dlling tackler Of other sea-
sons fit in the game as played this
year. with the rules stating explicitly
that man must nave one foOL on the
ground when taekling his opponent
carrying the ball2 And what use
shall We make of our great twentieth
century Goliath. with his six feet and
240 pounds az avoirdupois. when
pushing pulling and piling on are
considered as foul playing? No more
need for the spectacular fifteen-foot
dive through the air on the part of
the fast end or halfback. in which he
successfully brings his quarry to the
ground. causing his fellow undergrads
to get up on their hind legs and yell
themselves hOarse, and no more will
the plunging halfback tear his way
through the line. and. pushed and
hauled by his fellow backs. success
fully plant the ball behind the enc
my's goal line.
A Job for the Veterans.
The veteran or Otner years viii also
find some difficulty in accustoming
himself 10 playing a game which is
divided into four periods instead OF
the customary halves" These are
inst few OF the changes made by
the rules committee. TO pull the teeth