New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-12
Atohng 4 Boxing = Track Athletics

a long punt and a short punt wheh the
latter is made with the direct purpose of
being purely an offensive play.
so-called has lost it's value as ground
gaining play, under the restriction that the
ball must go at least twenty yards beyond
the line of scrimmage This restriction was
imposed for the purpose of avoiding wild
scramble for the ball close to the line.
which invited injuries. This, no doubt. was
a wise provision. although it must be ad-
mitted that il killed the value Of the play
as an offensive asset 10 a large extent. As
originally devised in 1908 and 19G9 its uses
were many ana its value was firmly es-
tablished. but / fail 10 recall single in
stance III the more important games during
! the season just closed when the play
proved successful. poor punt by Minot
in the Iale-Harvard game, made from
about his own 25-yard line. was recovered
by a Harvard man when the ball took an
| unexpected bound near the centre of the
! field IT was clear gain of some thirty
yards, but so far as could De judge a punt
was attempted. SO that the gain could
/ hardly Zoe credited TO the on-side kick al
though II amounted 10 that under the rules
IL has been suggested that the on-Side
kick as az offensive play should be
stricken from the rules If for no other
reason than to simplify a code that is
already tar too complicated but this would
not he advisable, for the reason that it
would strengthen the defence still more
even though it would relieve the game of
some OF the haphazard chances that now
beset il.
1aIes need for stadium was empha-
I sized on November y. not so much bv
| the number of applications for seats which
were returned as by the little fire scare
OF when, fortunately, so few We're cogni-
zant Judging by an editorial in the CIR
4 rent issue of THE Yale Alumni Weekly,
! the need is appreciated. but the problem is
too hard To solve unless the solution lies
in the gift TO Yale by a public spirited
American citizen of the sum necessary
the sum being placed at $500,ooa The edi-
torial says in part:
Yale evidently needs. but has thus far
been unable TO see how she could obtain.
an enlarged itreproof and mCdernly con
sfucted coliseum for her intercoIlegiate
sports We presume that almost every one
iafnlilar with the situation at Yale would
Ike 10 see safer and larger structures
erected 1t is perfectly evident that we
1 cannon seat within ten to twenty thousand
the alumni and friends of Yale and Har-
ward a. Yale Field not to speak of the
thousands more from among the general
anu ''Ntf'l PUBIC II certain that
Danger OF great loss of life exists lust as
/ long as the infiamnable wooden stands are
used As mere business matter the an
nual cost OF maintenance tabout $40 0fsN and
the possibility that fire any year woniG
, wipe CUT the stands just before A game
and thus leave Yale stranded raise serious
questions.
IT strikes me that the problem is solved
and In an easy logical way. in the same
/ issue by Arthur +. Bowers, Sc. who sug
$50o,09o, he formed and that the shares q.
800 apiece be offered to Yale graduates
each share 70 carry the privilege of one or
TWO tickets for the big games. Surely
Yale men are loyal enough in the face or
a crying need TO oversuhscribe for the
stock in sixty days. The stands at Yale
7 and New Haven are dangerous fire trans
AZ present, which invite some frightfuI dis
aster.
Arthur Howe proved his right 10 he
elected cautain of Yale's football eleven as
much by his cool headed Judgment as his
unquestioned skill The Yale Daily News
speaks Well when It SAYS editortaIlv:
With such standard as has been set
this year by Captain Daily, the task which
confronts future Yale captains is not EASY
Next years eleven is more than fortunate
/ in having found man who inspires uni
versai confidence in his ability TO rise 10 the
full possibilities of the Office that has been
intrusted to him
/ II seems a pity that such well matched
and natural rivals as Brown and Dart
mouth should not forget past differences
and meet on football field and diamond
Browns well meant efforts TO resume ath-
letC relations appear 10 have been nipped
in the bud. The votes on the question are
not yet counted and it looks now as if they
never would be. Dartmouth men may be
standing in their own light
! The National Intercollegiate Athletic AS
sociation- name. is not more compre-
hensive and little shorter than the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association of the United
States. The change from the latter TO the
I former is proposed. The association is
made up of faculty members of the various
colleges and universities 70 direct rather
than govern. u is not athletic associ-
alton in any sense of the word, but
ISOLATION for the betterment of all college
/ sg,ortS 1t would be better then, in my
opinion. to substitute the word Sports
for Athletic and call il the National In
tercollegiate Sports Association.
| The six-day bicycle race. which has moth
| ing to recommend it Il sport, is over for
another year When oxygen and pills
must be administered 10 stimulate exhaust
ed nerves and broken down tissue only
those who crave an unseemly spectacle can
anrla,a. HERBERT.