The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-20
tween the second and third.
Eliminate the onside kick.
Prohibit pushing or pulling the ma

. u HcSe ten Suggestions contain aDOul
- everything that the committee has
= of these suggestions are sure to be
!. bitterly opposed. For instance, there
: are many who think the onside kick
. should be left alone. while others con
/. tend that while there is nothing
;, specifically dangerous about the plai
!. itself, 1t scattcrs the defense to suct
an extent that 1t results in other forms
of injury. The same argument, though
to lesser degree, applies to the for
ward pass. Consequently, the change:
that are made with these plays vii
+ depend upon other amendments.
9. In It's discussion OF football problems
the committee concluded that the iniu-
ries of the season of 1909 were the re-
1 suits of weakening of the defense
which permitted tandem plays on tao
j kle to succeed by reason Of the fact
that the defense was so spread out that
4 that only one or two men could be
spared to meet the attack. 1t was on
such plays rs these that Byrne, the
/ West Point tackle. and Christian. the
4 Virginia halfback, were killed. There
were of course, a good many other
deaths due to football. but the commit
tee concluded, after careful investi-
CATION of all the fatalities, sthat. with
the exceptions noted, they We're due
: y
), matched teams and the playing of the
game by boys and young men without
(. sufficient training. There Is no doubt
: as to the truth Of this statement, but
lit will not influence the committee In
its determination to make some radi-
cal changes in tho rules.
Another Amendment Needed.
There was considerable surprise
among those who have been following
-
mittee should have failed to consider
the elimination OF the straight arm.
This is a method of defense allowed a
man running with the ball in the open
field. In making use OF the straight
arm. the runner extends the arm rigid.
and with the heel of the open palm
meets the advancing tackler in the
face. Inasmuch as the tackler is In
tent on bringing down the runner. he
is not in a position to defend himself
| from tho straight arm. SO that the adj
! vantage Is all with the man carrying
the ball. provided he is exrert in the
/ use OF the straight arm. There Is no
question at all that good many play
ers are either knocked out or dazed
by this style of defense. at the Same
time 1t should he remembered that the
man carving the ball has only one
arm to defend himself from the tack
Ter. and If unable to straight-arm an
opponent. he would have to depend
upon sprinting and lodging entirely to
advance the ball
The committee expects and hopes TO
receive a good many more suggestions
) from football men and educators all
over the country. The delegates ex-
pressed themselves as extremely
anxious to find out the will Of every
one interested before taking final ac-
! ton. and 1t was partly for this reason
. that it took no definite action at its
first session. The football situation
now hears some analogy to the re-
cent situation In English politics. AS
the British ministry let the English
public express It's approval or dis
approval of the budget. so the Ma
tional Intercollegiate Football Rules
Committee has thrown the whole ques-
tion once more back to the public
for further debate. The committee
4 wants to receive suggestions and crit
icisms and thinks six weeks is ample
time for every one to be heard. IT
hopes. and SO does every one else IN
terested. that before Its next adjourn-
ment the tinkering with tho rules VIII
end. for this season at least.
More Spring Practice.
1t is evident that one Of the prin-
cipal results OF the changes IN the
; spring practice than has been neld IN
recent years Already Yale. princeton
and Harvard have announced lheir
| plans for spring work. Aside from
[ the necessity Of familiarizing them
selves with the new rules, whlch
be more important than ever THIS THIS 3ye ,
the Yale various colleges are awaking
to the Immense advantage to be Sc
cured by spring practice. yale ap.
parently has better appreciation OF
This than any OF her rivals, and this
eSnlains much Of the EMS success on
the gridiron.
longer preliminary practice than eNel
known at Yale It's value was demon.
strated when his team won the eham,
ptonship, and was generally admitted
! 10 be superior, to any eleven Yale ever
produced. Az head coach Coy intends
70 see that this practice is followed
= out during 1910.
Princeton apparently intends to emu
late Yale's example. The Tigers will
need to do something not only to re-
Facilitate the football machine gem
orally, but also to make up for the
a many valuable men lost from 500, 9
q list which includes nearly every vet
4 Gran on the squad.
Indians Want Big Games.
Coach Glenn S. Warner Is trying to
I schedule some hlg games for his red
men. To date the only big game on
4 his list is that with the University OF
I Pennsylvania, to be played the last
Saturday in October. Warner would
like to get a game with Harvard or
i Princeton. He was sishtseer at the
meeting OF the rules committee and
! expressed the belief that the red men
4 would he on FHnrvard's schedule,
4 II not this year, then next year. II
& was also reported that an understands
4 Ing had been reached with Princeton
q for a game, but Princeton men knew
: nothing about tho arrangement. In
. fact. the Tigers haven't expressed any
= wish TO meet the Indians since their
memorable game IN New York in 1906
\ Atz Goes to Providence.
u Chicago. February s-i9,--'rhe release
Il Of Jacob Atz, the second base,nan OF
n the Chicago Americans, to the Provi,
N denre Eastern League club, was an.
n nounced to-day by President G, a