The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-04-13
COACH YOST Is SATISFIED
With CHANGES IN RULES
Wolverine Football Mentor Says
They Will Lessen Danger
of Accident.
COACH DISAGREES WITH CAMP

smile and that same old stogie mark
ed the presence in Detroit this week
OF Fielding IL. Yost, Michigan's COACH
and the man who leads the game of
football around by the hand. Being
still I'm full possession of his CONVEX
sing powers, the coach naturally talk
ed football subject that he avoids
about like a new widow shuns mem
ton of the virtues of the dear depart
ed.
The Wolverines mentor is a
hearty supporter of the six definite
changes already made in the playing
code, and believes that the future de-
lberations of the rules committee will
result equally satisfactorily. AS about
four of the six alterations adopted are
his original suggestions though he will
| not admit 1.-THE fact that Mr.. Yost
is booster for the revised dope Is
not more than passing Strange.
1T seems to me that the changes
adopted are good ones for the pur-
poses that the rules committee Is
! following" said the coach. "All six
Of them will tend to lessen the danger
of serious injuries on the football
| field and to reduce mass play to a
minimum. With only four men per-
mitted behind the line of scrimmage,
mass play will have to be let very
much alone. for there will not be the
weight that there was when they let
In
rule against rushing and pulling the
man with the ball would render line
smashing plays helpless. much of the
value of this sort of maneuver depend
ing on the help given the runner.
Equalizes Other Rule.
ITO equalize the effect of pulling
seven men up to the line of scrim-
mage, is the new rule that the first
man receiving the ball from the
snapper back may run with 1t at
any point. This gives four men who
are available to carry the leather di-
rect from the center and IL will cause
the defending side TO 90 some tall
guessing about who is to be called
upon for gain.
"Now that the ball must travel 20
yards to be an on-sde kick, the de-
Tending backs can play close to the
line than under the present rule,
| though. of course, their positions will
depend somewhat on the disposal of
the forward pass when the committee
has its next session. / am in favor
of retaining the forward pass in Its
present form, or very nearly this
form. should advocate strongly.
however, a rule prohibiting body
checking OF a man about to receive a
forward pass.
walter Camp, of Yale. is working
on a plan to force the defending side
to remain within the limits of the
attack; that Is to say no one of the
defenders must line up outside of the
flank men of the attack. He pro-
poses further to limit the width of
the attack to 10 yards and to make
the distance to be gained 10 yards
i'm four downs.
Does Not Approve.
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one. for several reasons. In the hrst
place. with the defensive full-back
required to stay within the 1O-yard
limit, no one ever would catch a
punt, provided the kicking side drove
the ball at an angle. Before man
could rush over to the side OF the
field to get the ball, it would strike
the ground and start to roll.
"Another thing is that attack ana
defense on an end run, which would
be about the only play possible I'M
der this rule, would meet at an acute
langle. The defenders would have TO
cut across to head off the attack, and
would be struck by the interference
on the side. Now a man Is much bet
ter prepared to resist a shock from
the front than from the side. and by
forcing him to meet 1t the latter way,
Won would increase his chances oi
getting hurt.
"To sum IL all up, believe that the
game will not be much changed from
the spectators point OF view, though
trere will be more end running anu
less mass play than in recent years
but II will prove less hard on the
players. The idea of cutting the play
inc time into four periods VIII DE
boon to the athletes, as Will the pro-
vision that a man who is taken out
in one period may return in the next
This latter change gives the coach a
chance to let up on good man ana
rive him a rest. without taking MN
out of the game entirely.
'w-hat Is the outlook at Michigan
We'll. II all the material now In sigh'
is available this fall, 1t looks oris'''e,
than for several years. That is al