The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-06
YALE'S OFF YEAR
ON THE GRIDIRON
Critics Say Blue Is Slow at
New Rules and Material
Below Par.
BY W. S. FARNsWORTH.

New York, Nov. Sit is Yale's of
year in football. Both Princeton and
Harvard appear 10 have their annual
struggles with the big blue team
slashed TO the mast already. They
don't know what il is 10 quit at New
Haven, however. and the bulldog may
show up stronger III her hnal games
Of the season that is expected.
The writer spent a day at Yale field
with the Eli gridirOn warriors, and
could not help but notice that, de-
spite her many noted coaches and ad-
Visers, how little the candidates have
grasped the situation which the new
rules afford.
There are two distinct reasons why
Yale hasn't been successful this sea-
son. one. because she has been Woe
fully slow in getting on TO the new
rules, and, secondly, because the ma
terial is far below par.
Already the hammers" are work
ing at New Hevan. yale should have
regular coach like Harvard has in
Percy HOughtOn, and not appoint the
previous seasons captain" is one cry
heard along Chapel street. Now, this
is a joke. Ted Coy. greatest of all
football players, is doing just as much
as any other man could do He knows
would prove Just as successful coach
as he was player if he had the ma
terial 10 work on. He is not at fault
for the New HaVenites showing. In
fact, he deserves great credit for the
little real football that has been dis
played by the wearers of the blue.
Since Walter Camp hurried back
from the Pacific coast the Yale candi-
dates have improved in their work.
but there is nothing startling 10 re-
port
The writer asked Mr.. Camp what
he thought of the new rules now that
they have been given a pretty thor
ough test To my surprise he made
a weak complaint. He said:
suppose a punter, standing behind
his own goal, kicks. and one Of the
backs of his own side is interfereG
with by an opposing PLAYER inside the
tWenty-yard zone. The rule gives the
bah 10 the offended side where the
penalty occurred: that is. behind the
goal pOsts-in other words, counts as
q touchdown. This is clearly too great
penalty for what might have been
accidental Interference.
Injuries Lesscned
The new rules in prohibiting mass
and interlOcking plays have clearly
lessened the number of injuries. There
are, however, many infringements Of
the new rules. Some of them are de-
tected. others are not II is difficult
Tor the officials to see all the VIOLA
tiOns OF the rules There is much hold
ing in the rush line. and the receiver
OF the forward passes is not protect
ed as fully as the new rules meant him
10 be. The twenty-yard zones are not
watched closely enough in all cases. /
Everywhere 1 went / urged players
and officials 10 live up 10 the spirit of
the new rules as the best the rules
committee could frame at the present
time"
Reading between the lines OF Mr..
Camps statements one is led Ia he
iieye that he IS anxious 10 have a mid.
season revision OF the rules. He init
mates that some changes seem neces-
sary before the important games He
hopes this kind of move is not going
10 be carried SO Far that Yale viii
come down 10 the final struggle with
a lot of Interpretations OF their own
and attempt 10 force them on officials
IN an effort 10 set cut of bad posi-
ton.
Dartmouth Is Strong.
They are worrying more at Har-
ward over the game with Dartmouth
than the one with Tale. The former