New-York tribune., 1910-12-02
TIMELY BITS OF SPORT.
Sanford Opposed to Forward
Pass Over the Line.
BROWN NEEDS NEW PLAYERS
Providence Eleven Must Be Re-
built Next Season on AC-
count of Losses.

George Foster Sanford. who helped build
Yale's football eleven this year, will sail for
England tomorrow on business trip He
found time yesterday between answering
phone calls, purchasing his transportation
and doing out policies to talk little foot
ball He is convinced that the rules COM
rnittee has much work to do before another
season rolls around if the needs of the
game are 10 be considered, as in his opinion
some changes in the code are absolutely
essential.
Mr.. Sanford is out standingly opposed TO
the forward pass over the line of scrim-
mage and believes that the distance to be
gained by rushing should be reduced from
ten wards to seven He also thinks that the
runner should De allowed 70 tack on to
one player in hitting the line in order 10
equalize to some extent the attack with the
defence He contends that the objections
to pushing and pulling because of the
liability TO injury, would not hold in this
case and that it would make the play even
safer by providing some protection TO the
man carrying the ball from the shock of
a tackle in the secondary line of defence.
Mr. Sanford is in favor of limiting the
forward pass to behind the line Of scrin1-
mage. suggested a year ago in The
Tribune and urges the reduction of
ground to be gained by rushing, not to en-
courage mass plays, but to make possible
reasonable reward for rushing and thus re-
store one Of the basic principals of the
American college game.
Brown men are anxious to renew athletic
relations with Dartmouth This was strong
ly emphasized at dinner in Boston early
this week to toast the football eleven and
celebrate the victory over Yale In pass
up of: "consomme Ia Yale, smelts with
Tufts" sauce Vermont roast stuffed
turkey High grade coffee and nuts
a la SpTackling. and many other dainties
suggestiveIy designated.
Captain-eiect Sprackling. the brilliant
quarterback, had the following to say;
News the time to get men-to get Ere
paratory school men for next year, be-
cause everybody is talking about Brown.
We need men badly for next fall We lose
Smith, Corp and Sisson right out of our
line. Smith didn't meet his equal this
year in the tackle position. Next 70 him
was Corp, next to him Sisson. That leaves
an awful hole. Then in the back field
there's Mac We can't I'LL Macs shoes.
Then there's Jack High. Well have an
awful JOB filing Jack Highs shoes. TOO.
We lose Young and we lose Bingham.
We've got ends. two good ends; we have
kuIp, one guard. Then may have ker
risey. another guard But need men
The alumni associations all over the
country must help US to get these men.
We want d fullback He must be fast and
heavy"
Speaking for the faculty Of Brown, Pro-
fessor Courtney Langdon stated that sue
cessfu1 athletic teams were a legitimate
means of college advertisement, and that
Brown might we'll be proud TO be adver-
tised this year by team the members OF
which had maintained a higher scholastic
rank than any other Brown athletic team
of record. and one of which it was said by
Captain Daily. of Yale, that he had never
played against a cleaner, more gentleman
II bunch of fellows
Christy MathewSon's supremacy as
baseball pitcher has been generally con-
ceded, and his title in that respect is Sc
cure but Matty longs for other worlds to
conquer. and he has picked out checkers
He expects to establish his position as
checker player on the lawn checker board
in Lyric Hall. I'D street and Sixth avenue,
at II o'clock this morning. Matty will have
as his opponent the blind champion, Ben
make the moves himself, is one of the
most proficient players in the game BY
the use of the lawn checker board a big
crowd can see the game.
Some one has been kidding the country
! was the way Jack Johnson expressed him
self on his recent alleged nervous break
down, when he arrived in Chicago on Tues
day to spend the holidays. y Chicago ex-
change says:
If Johnson is really sick he himself is
not aware OF it. and 50 far as he can see
there are no apparent signs of an ailment
/ Jack himself is authority for the statement
that life continues to be one long. sweet
| song, in spite of the undlVerSihed hum
drum of the show business.
The giant pugilist also chucked into the
discard the erroneous yarns of his firing
| of the life on the road To back UP the
! statement the champion sailed forth with
an elaborate account of tour which he
has now laid out, to open about the nrst
/ week in January.
Johnson has a good press agent, or bet
/ ter he himself is a natural born press
agent.