The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-03-22
THE REAL FIGHT
is YET TO COME
Football Meetings 70 Date Have Been
Preliminary Skimishes-- Experts
to Clash Again.

The real changes in the football
rules are yet 10 come There wasn't
even sklrmish az the preliminary
meeting held IN New York recently.
Not until the committee reassembles
ii Gotham. March 25 and %. win the
gridiron experts lock horns over what
shall Be done to change the rules Of
the game. Then there IS likely 70 be
8 series Of interesting sessions, and i
need occasion no little surprise If the
committee Is divided into several
camps which exist concerning the mer-
its or dement's Of some Of the sugges-
lions submitted.
There seems to be a mistaken idea
rs some sections az the country as 70
Just what the committee did at Ito
last meeting. Contrary 20 this view,
tile rules committee did not 50 on rec
ord as fayoring anything What Il
did and all II dId was % receive tie
hundreds Of suggestions submitted by
football experts and many not ex-
parts from al SECTIONS Of the country.
eliminate those which were wholly
visionary aud classify into groups
those which the committee Thought
might be workable But the delegates
did not commit themselves 70 any
group ID whole 81 81 part
The committee was disappointed
thar At this session It did not either
actually amend some Of the rules or
make definite recommendations 70 this
end. Before the delegates were called
to order and during the frst day Of
the session they still hoped to take
some specific action. Il was not until
late the lirst night when they had
discussed tue rules until. as one 81
them said they were 'groggy," that
fhey realized snch action was hopeless
At this session. Consequently they
concluded that the best they could do
was to classify the various sugges-
tons into groups and then throw the
whole subject open 10 debate once
more.
Although the committee arranged
the various suggestions into three
groups II did not give It's approval to
any of them ITS purpose iii arrang-
ing them into groups was ia aid the
general public and the football men
who will be asked 70 consider them
IN Formulating ideas that win result
IN satisfactory code Thus those
amendments which supplemented each
other ana which seemed 70 60 natural.
" together were grouped ia one com
bination. Ii Is quite likely. though,
that when the committee meets again
several different combinations. not
only of the suggestions already made,
but Of new ideas, win have been work
ed ont. It is not improbable that the
new rules when amended viii contain
one or two features not even discussed
at this meeting, though it might be
said that nearly every idea ever con.
ceiyea Of was submitted to the dele
gates
The general public Is most interest
ed 70 know which Of the IDEAS group
Cd ~ the committee Ii likely to fnd
most favor III their eyes. Although
the delegates talked freely enough be.
hind closed doors they would NOT com
nit themselves, for publication at
least. TO any definite plan.
The committee expects and hopes to
receive good many more suggestions
from football men and educators ail
over the country. The delegates ex.
pressed themselves as extremely anx-
ions 70 ind out the Win Of every one
interested before taking anal action.
and It was partly for this reason that
it took no definite action at its FIRST
session. The football situation now
bears some analogy to the recent stu
alton in English politics. As the Brit.
ish ministry let the English public ex-
press its approval or disapproval 81
the budget SO the national intercolle.
giate football rules committee has
thrown The whole question once mora
back g the public FOR further debate
The committee wants to receive Env-
gestions and criticisms and thinks am
PIE time has been given for every one
70 be heard. II hopes, and So does
every one else interested that hsfara