The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
FOOTBALL RULES
COMING THIS WEEK
Committee Will Meet in Gotham,
and Many Changes Are
Slated.
NATIONAL LAWN TENNIS
ASSOCIATION IS AT WAR
Colleges May Adopt Baseball as
the Chief College Sport in
Near Future.
BY MANHATTAN.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

oy beHSeu wire 10 Inc tribune,
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-Next week we
shall know the fate of 1910 football so
far as changes in rules affect IT, On
Thursday the Intercollegiate Football
Rules committee Will meet In this city
to consider the proposed remodeling OF
the game. 1 understand that Professor
l.. M. Dennis of Ithaca. chairman Of the
committee, has already come to a sub
stantial understanding with members OF
the committee as to what shall be done
Professor Dennis Is neither radical nor
conservative so that the game Will not
materially suffer from his handling, He
is keen athlete himself and follower
decided interest in the far-fetched
schemes for completely changing the
game.
From Atlanta, Georgia, where the
been at work, come a number OF suggcs-
tons. / shall not take space save for
two or three OF the more Important:
Divide the game into four periods with
five-minute intervals and limit entire
game to sixty minutes.
No player on the team having the
ball shall use his hands TO assist the run
ner carrying the ball.
The offensive team shall have seven
men known as llnesmen at the moment
the bal is put into. play.
All incomplete forward passes shall
count downs,
Despite the fatal season for football at
GeoTgetowH university last year, the
varsity is going to have a baseball team
this year and good one, too. Harry
Murphy. Of Pittsburg, has been appointed
captain. "Bill'' Sitterding will act as
coach.
1t seems to me that the colleges are
giving more attention TO baseball this
year than ever before, and 1t makes me
wonder, whether there will ever come a
tF1a, xfTo. ho11 ,,yl1I l-A
national college sport. For instance.
the Naval academy has prepared an
elaborate schedule for the coming spring,
Unknown upon % the athletic oi field Seven Seven
teen games are In the schedule. The
first will be played March %, and the
last May rs, against West Point The
Carolina April n; Uy University Of Of PENN PENN
sylvania, April o; Pennsylvania state,
May 7; and other good ones.
Speaking OF baseball. the Syracuse uni |
verslty has a 1910 schedule OF twenty
five games reaching from April 10 to
June II The route extends as far west
Michigan IN Ann NAY 8rbor and shs saT on the psgs f
lowing day the Michigan Agricultural |
college In Lansing.
The threatened fight for control of the
sociation Is now going forward merrily |
and the popping is being heard all along |
the line. That the warfare may split |
WIG SlblOllstl OTSdulEdllOIl is MADE evident |
by the receipt Of an open letter for
warded TO tennis followers all over the |
United States by Dr.. p. B. Hawk OF the !
University OF Illinois at Urbana, III. Dr. |
Hawk was tho ambassador OF the south |
ern and western clubs to the National |
executive committee meeting held in this |
city IN peGember In no uncertain man
association for its lack OF interest In the
west and south. He declared that the
west wished to hold national clay
tive manner, either at Omaha, st. Louis
or Cincinnati, but members Of the execu-
two committee. A. l. Hoskins, Robert D
Wrenn. William A. L.arned. William ].
their opposition to the wishes Of the west.
Dr. Hawk at the time called attention
bopalS b ths of aPgTy 1Se stteTs Ho from M D. Nc
!etlc associatlon: John T. Bailey Of Al
bion, okla. and w. NJ. Wood Omaha
efsa club sons nlso stating that three
D. Scott, Atlanta, Ga. and L. a.
Chicago had favored the nro.
posed championship
,,,1 The h = threat h OF the west and south to
unless the championship was awarded TO |
mem as q national meeting and the sport
Slxen adequate supervision In the future
falled to move the committee
The .disbarring OF seven members of
the University of Michigan baseball team
VIII VIII lessen that clubs chances this spring.
ais In disguise. It seems to me that pro-
fesslonals have pcnchant Tor poor old
Michigan. A
The Cleveland Maps will sure have few
Idle moments after they get going this
spring. The club WIN be divided into two
squads and schedules have been pre-
pared xl start TO Keep 1avin both bugy Team No.
March IA, while No. 2 Will commence its
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