New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-03
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT
New Football Well Liked by the
Players on Yale Eleven.
ASTONISHING HOLD OF GAME
Matty Takes to Checkers and
Wins 2. Match from the
Blind Champion.

New football. as worked ont during the
season just closed. is more interesting to
players and spectators. according 20 the
opinion expressed by members of the Yale
eleven at New Haven. yesterday. While
the ma jorty of the men believe that the
new rules have made the game less dan
gerors, and all agree that it furnishes
greater opportunity for headwork on the
field A J.. Corey holds that the game is
in reality rougher than last year, and thar
open PLAYS are more dangerous than the
old mass PLAYS. Captain Fred DAILY was
quoted as saying:
Il think the new rules put greater
premium en- speed end brains than the
old rules, and give a better opportunity
for the individual to show himself. On
the whole. they beneficial. having ac-
Ccmplished the purpose of the rules coih-
nittee to a great extent
Arthur Howe. who it is thought viii be
chosen captain of the 1911 team. believes
the new rules have increased the impor-
lance of the kicking game. and that some
thing must be done to give more latitude
10 the attacking SIDE
The Yale Alumni Weekly. in its cur
rent issue. has the following to say eol-
torially on the wonderful popularity of
stadium:
When We first went out to see inter
colIesiate football games at Hamilton
Park, and, bit later. at Yale Field.
rope, of the common or garden variety.
was all that was necessary to keep tne
convenient to have bleachers, of the base
hall pattern, and then Seat-enclosed
gridiron Presently the, number OF spec,
tators became SO considerable that small
stands were insufficient and. still Of WOOD.
these We're enlarged Before We knew 1t
football had arrived in populas fay bi
elevens." had taken such an astonishing
hold on the popular Imagination that al
nest all at once it became physlcaily I'M
possible to accommodate all Of the thou
sands that clamored at the ticket dis
pensers gates to get in.
| At the present moment Yale is. facing
a very serious dilemma in this respect;
Not located near a large city that would
support very costly venture il the main
holding. biennialiy-, the most popular foot
seat 5000 people in $4,000 seats, and as
crowd In case Of fire In antiquated wooden
stands. In general. Yale is trying again
to feed multitude with five loaves and
likelihood that the twelve baskets In this
case will be filled only with the remains
of the managers of the ticket department.
Yale and Harvard on November 10 is still
an outcast from the trophy rooms of both
universities. Since Captain DAILY Of Yale
refused to accept the ball as gift from
Captain Wilmington of Harvard until the
question of ownership had been settled by
the toss of a coin nothing has been heard
from either side. W. s. Langford, the ref
cree, is still in undisputed possession of the
trophy.
Christy Mathewson, the star pitcher of
the Giants play checkers. He defeated
Ben Scully, the blind champion Of America,
before an inquistive gallery the lawn
checker board in Lyric Hall yesterday
morning. Three games were played. of
which Matty won the second, while the first
and third were drawn.
Clarence n. Thurber, of RrattleborO, Vt,
has been reelected captain of the colgate
football team for next season. He has
played left tackle on the team for three
years
Word comes from Anna polls that three
men are now talked of as possible success
sors to Lieutenant Berrien for head coach
of the football eleven next season In adj
dition to Lieutenant Long. Ensigns Douglas
L. Howard and Archibald H. Douglas are
suggested Long and Douglas played on
teams which defeated West Point, while
Howard was captain of the team of 1905
which broke the long series of Navy de-
feats by playing tie game at Princeton.