The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-02


game. and when the contest was played
al the Polo Ground in New York the
Princeton men, divining almost every ef-
fort which the Indians were attempting
TO use the forward pass. paid little at
Iention to the ball and devoted their time
10 taking care OF the man who was TO
catch the ball In this manner Prince
ton made the attack OF the Indians al
most useless. Under the present rules it
Viii be impossible to do anything of the
kind, although il is very evident that the
OFFICIALS viii have abundant reason to
keep a close eve on players until the
players finally have it thoroughly i'm
pressed upon them that in the game OF
l91p they have got In remember as
Walter Camp we'll puts it, TO keep hands
Play Is Intricate.
There are tntricacies about the for
ward pass which never existed before.
and it may readily be understood how
the older football players arc inclined
to fight these innovations. which seem
TO them TO be detracting from the funda-
mental intention of the sport.
Stil. so long as the forward pass was
insisted upon by those who can be in
duced to believe that IL is good foot
baH, IT is evident that certain restric-
10 prevent such rough and harmful play
as had become in evidence after Goa ches
and players learned how TO block the use
OF the formation.
The practice had become common TO
make the attack almost wholly on the
player who was eligible TO catch the ball
Little attention was paid TO the man
who was passing the ball, and risk was
Willingly assumed i'll the recovery OF the
ball. For the moment effort was con-
centrated on blocking the catch. and not
infrequently players who could not have
caught the ball were pushed to The
N on -l,f lN,r.
two men would run into one and back
him over third. and in other ways so
roughly handled that complaint was com
mon.
the forward pass is likely TO become
more popular play this year or one OF
infrequent usage
Some OF those who have steadfastly
stood up Tor the forward pass insis: that
Ii has been so we'll protected that for the
first time in its history il will begin 10
SHOW its advantage as a spectacular and
move.
Protection the Thing.
Protection 10 the man who is eligible
10 receive the ball, to the extent that he
cannot be roushed. will help the forward
pass greatly" says Mike" Murphy, the
Pennsylvania teacher of athletics ",rhe-e
never has been any Immediate protection
around the play. That is where the dan
are opposed to il, and they are opposed
10 III because they do not favor ANYTHING
which takes the game out OF the rut into
Which IL has fallen by persistent and in
sistent hammerng against the line That
meant combined attack against one play
er. and that is where football had half its
trouble. Why deny that such is The case?
] taught football under the cid method
and know little about IL. When teams
went into the game they went in with
determination TO find the weak spot OF
thelr adVersaries and keep after II until
II was thoroughly punished There was
nothing wrong in II, II was the theory |
oil the game and worked out in the prac-
tlce. Time has developed that "a game OF |
th9t KIND is not wholly football and that |
neither the public nor those who have
in charge the colleges OF the land are
In favor of IL. and the tendency which is |
being made prominent In football is not |
TO protect the weak--for the weak should |
never play the game-but TO protect The |
strong and rugged from Unnecessary vio-
lence and to make the game varied and |
picturesque enough to satisfy the play-
crs. IT they are satisfied IL is well GER
tain that the spectators will enjoy Them
selves. When men engage in sport IL |
they can arouse enthusiasm in what thew
arc doing they Win find responsive ad : |
nlirers among those who arc present to |
witness their efforts.
Murphy has become a very warm advo- |
cate of the newer idea i'm football and II |
ls not out OF the question that some Of |
nave found warm advocates on the part |
o. those who represented Pennsylvania on |
the rule scomnlittec.
Open the Game.
When the forward pass was first put |
nto football its advocates placed nothing |
before the rule makers in its favor ex-
,ept that " would open the game and
help Kill the mass play which had be-
,ome 80 common That IL was harshly crit
cised from one end Of the country TO the
II ii. has served TO open the game. il
is not to the extent which had been
hoped for Those who are It's sponsors
declare that II is less the fault OF the
play than Of the rules. and this year have
devised what they think will be better
protection for the play and result in
better use OF the play without injury
thin airy system Which has been advo-
Gated since the rule changes were made. 4
Very likely. the first effort which will
DC attempted will be something which
the success Of TIE maneuyer, but that
is only TO be expected for where one
class of coaches dcvotes the larger por-
ton Of its time 10 inventing attack an
other spends great share of the sea-
son in inventine strong defence
When the rule was changed il now
bic for the forward pass there would
always be on element OF risk. This the
rule makers say cannot be possible II
the officials OF the game Insist that the
crs is strictly enforced. IL Is evident
that officials will have moro on their
hands this season than they have en-
countered in all the trials and tribula-
tions which have been theirs in football
Something about the of hands and
arms will not como aniss while discuss
ing the subject OF the forward pass. The
player running with the ball may ward
off opponents with hands and arcs.
That has always been the Gaze.
Here comes something in the line OF
what has just been written which shouId
be grasped by every player who takes
part In a game,
mo player While IN the act of catching
forward pass shall lac tackled thrown
pushed. pulled shouldcred or straight
armed until hc shall have caught the
ball and taken more Than one step in
any direction-provided that any, such
interference. which Is incidental TO
bona fide attempt to catch or intercept