New-York tribune., 1911-11-16
TIMELY BITS Of SPORT
Joe PendIeton Against Rule Tha.
Puts Premium on Luck.
CAPTAINS SHOULD DECIDE
Well Known Football Official
Suggests Way to Avoid
Freak Field Goals.

Joe PendletOn, one OF tne pest known
and most capable football officials IA N.
country. freely acknowledged yes,erdav
that If he had been in Billy LangforS.,
shoes at Princeton on Saturday he woya
have ruled the same way on DE Wir..
freak drop kick. when the ball bobt.s
along the ground and finally bounded o,.,
the crossbar. 10 give the Tigers a victory
over Dartmouth. lie was as quick "a
acknowledge that the rule governing goal,
from the feld needed amending 10 nrs.
vent bounding ball counting as goal
aHh said that in his opinion q would b.
a good point TO have the .ptains Ana
coaches Of opposing teams decide on the
Interpretation in other ggmes this seaso,
before the struggles began lie added
that he would put the question before n.
Pennsylvania-M Michigan game al Ann Ar.
Dor on Saturday and before the Pennsyl.
vania Cornell game at philadelphia On
Thanksgiving Day. in both OF which h.
will act as referee
In discussing the point Mr.. Pendle,oa
said:
The question Of a bounding ball Is not
a new one TO officials. The possibility o.
Just such a happening as cropped up IN
the Princeton-Dartmouth and the Ando.
ver-Exeter games last Saturday came 10
my attention two years ago. when in ref.
ereeing a game the ball on a high but
short. drop kick struck in the field Of play
and bounded just to the right OF one Of
the goal posts. l wondered then what
the proper ruling would be If IL had gone
over the crossbar, and discussed the sub.
ject with several officials. We agreed that
under the wording Of the rule IL would
have to count as goal. although my idea
always has been that a goal should re-
suit only from a drop or place kick when
the ball travelled through the air
II am in favor OF the rule being
changed TO prevent bounding ball count.
ing goal as being unfair and putting a
premium on luck or chance. do not
think, however, that a ball that is par.
TALLY blocked or touched by an opponent
should be ruled out. as was suggested In
The Tribune this morning by Julian Cur
tiss.
IF the opponents have the option OF
blocking or spelling a we'll directed drop
kick, the attacking side should not be-
robbed of a goal from a good play if the
ball is not DETECTED enough to prevent IL
going over the crossbar; OF course, on the
fly"
George Foster Sanford. one Of the Yale
coaches and a keen student of football, is
another authority on the game who de-
plores the condition that made Lang
ford's ruling on Saturday possible. He
says It's not real football
Captain Dalton. OF the Navy eleven.
leads all other players this year in the
number of touchdowns scored with ten.
Wendell, Of Harvard. follows with nine.
and then follow three Princeton men
Sawyer and Baker, with six each, and
Pendleton, with five.
Captain Howe, of Yale, and Eddie But
Ter. of Cornell. are far in the lead Of all
others with field goals from a drop kick.
each having made seven. Keyes. OF the
Army, comes next. with three Counting
goals from drop and place kicking.
Thorpe, of the Carlisle Indians, stands on
top. with eight. four of which were made
in beating Harvard last Saturday
Joe Pendleton says that in all his ex.
perience as football official he has rare
ly, If ever. handled a game that was
cleaner or in which there was such good
feeling between the opposing players,
than the Yale Brown struggle
The National Baseball Commission de-
creed yesterday that Seaton. player OF
the Portland Ore. club, was subject 10
the draft of the Philadelphia Nationals
and that he could be obtained by the pay
ment of the draft price. John +. Giligan.
formerly Of the st. Louis Americans, was
declared free agent. In referring TO the
Gilligan case the commission says:
The loose methods of the ST. Louis
club in barterinr this players release can
not go unrebuked by the commission lts
title to him does not stand the test pre-
scribed by the commission TO safeguard
clubs and players from collusion."
1t is reported that Charles w. Somers,
owner Of the Cleveland club Of the Amer
lean League. mas acquired the interest Of
President W. Z. Armour in the Toledo
American Association club. Mr. Somers
refuses to confirm or deny the rumor. IL
is said further that George Stoval, man
ager of the Maps this year, will go 10
Toledo.
AL Burch, the outfielder, will no longer
be seen with the Superbas He has been
sold by Brooklyn at private terms TO the
Louisville club of the American Associs-
ton.
ZbysZko. the Polish champion wrestler,
and Josef Smejkal. the powerful Bohemian.
who recently arrived I'm this country. have
agreed to meet on the mat within two
weeks, either in this city or Chicago. The
contest will arouse much interest, as both
men have big following.
PATTEE NEW BROWN COACH.
Providence. Nov. f5.-Harry Pattee. who
was graduated from Brown i'm the class OF
O6, was appointed to-day coach OF the
Brown baseball team for the coming sea-
son He will succeed Fred w WoodcOck,