New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
m COLLEGE GR|D|RONS
owls, Former Harvard Centre,
Saws Game No Longer a Test.
ONE POINT FOR A PUNT
suggestion Made to Increase
Scoring Power of Well
Matched Elevens.

-. ,u sides comes a demand for an
-e,.isioa II the playing rules Of foot-r
,,,,s the committee which has hac the |
U,. U' task in hand can look forwart 20
~'1.r brsy winter. vs.. n. Lewis. Sae
Greatest centres who ever played "a
Va ,J.~vsrd team. goes further than most
bv saying that the game is no
60. test of either individual or coll
-, .ki1 or even a test OK training or
-s,rorce. Iu commenting on the Yale
s-,r3 struggle of saturday iu The Bos-
,or Post" he saws
.s,,,s wears ago / recall reading IN ah
.-,rcs,t.na. Journal an item which ran
sor,ethirg Ike this After an American
-,,n bs, spent twelve years in public
.,hool four years IN college and three
- fl, a professional school ne ought TO
,-ov. somethiug-abcut football The
-~-,s~ of the article did not say how long
.nsr be would know that something about
football
"Iu fact after all this experience and
s..eral years coaching. / feel little shy
m the present game after an absence from
,be coaching staff at Harvard for six
years
,gt of all resemblance to the original game
ss rlayed decade ago. The game is no
longer test Of either individual or col
iecfive skill. nor is 10 a test of training or
endurance The rules against helping the
runner in any way by pulling or pushing
prevert any sembiance Of team gain.
There Is absolutely no team gain in
the offence unless IL may be said that the
tcssirg " the ball by one player TO an
ofher in the forward pass can be called
such The defence is the only branch OF
the game which gives the men chance
10 work with each other 90 any appreciable
extent
The breaking up OF the game into four
ner.ods takes away any test Of power or
endurance. The forward pass and the
ons'dc kick have not developed indi-
vidual skill of the high order that was
vcphesied
IL q letter 90 the sporting editor OF The
Tribune W. S sheldon says.
asa dev0ree Of football. wholly unknown
70 athletic fame, may submit TO you two
suggestions looking toward the amendment
cf The present football rules?
First-NUuld 10 not be fairly In line with
the spirit of the game anu nelp the pct
urc-.r- features of it 20 allow a scoring
value NJ ONE point 90 a goal from puntY
Tie drop kick l- the real thing. At the
same time 70 is no siEecUre 20 punt over
the bar and between the posts with an
tlsveu lfeI-irg down upon you. .,.
Sea1nl-N0ud &C. net help the situation
produced hv the present l0-yard rule 70
allow team four chances instead OF three
i- which 90 make the first dowu2 The sug-
gpstuu r. reduce the rule 20 seven yards
a. similar 'u point OF mathematics, but
the field Is laid ont in 5-yard parallels and
the decimal system Is much easier 10
handle than sevens would be.
Tom Shevin. the Yale coach, has pre-
v.ouslv suggested five downs instead OF
four or four chances instead OF three to
advance the bah. with the distance remain
ing The same.
"The Yale Daily News" pays a high
tribute 20 Captain Howe in commenting
on the season JUST closed. II SAYS.
With the Harvard game. Yale closed a
football season which, notWithstanuinS the
two defeats which are registered against
&c. has Cn the whole been satisfactory.
Winning SATURDAYS game would have more
than made up for losing 70 Princeton, and
that .s why we Warted il so oad!y' Dut
when we consider what Harvard haC 10
offer We think ourselves well or 20 nave
come through with tie II was beyond
doubt the best team that Y ale has played
against this yeas, with an ouence that
puzzled Yale's strong lire and 0efence
that successfully Coped with ale varied
attack Harvard showed more than was
expected of her. Yale not quite as much IL
was "a GOOD game 20 watCh-Cleanly played,
hard fought. and free from costly Hukes.
An in all h0uors were about evenly dl-
v.ded II anything, Harvard having httle
With Saturdays game. Captain Howe
closed his football career. Yale has had
numerous famous captains. bGt none on
them orcuuips more hOuOvcd place IN the
NE ".
bis lovahleuess and his willingness 70
shoulder work and responsibility played no
small part ln the development OF a strong
team. To him more than 20 any other one
man rs due the fact that while In the num-
her OF games won Yale has not had a sue
ceesfu season IN football, there Is a gen
cral feeling Of satisfaction with the team
that Las represented Yale this year
CAPTAIN Madden. right end Of the Am
herst eleven, scored "a Qf the "a points
credited 20 the team this season, on four
drop kicks. two touchdCwns and two goals
from touchdowns. The eleven won three
games, lost four and tied one.
A.. 4. stagg. head coach OF the Chicago
eleven and a member OF the rules COM
mittee. Is quoted as saying:
II DO not agree with the Eastern coaches
who say that the game. as played under
the new rules. is as rOugh as the Olu sly ie.
In my opinion. the criticism Of the present
rules comes only from few and it is not
the opinion OF those IN close touch with the
game
George Bottles" Thomson. OF Cadillac,
Mich. has been elected captain Of the Uni
versity OF Michigan football team. Thom-
son played fullback this fall
Donald f. Stone has been elected cap
tain OF the Hamilton College eleven for
next year He played a strong game this
year % right halfhack and was star IN
running with the bah 81 a broken field.
The Deerro0t Athletic Club Of Harlem
and the Howard Athletic Club OF fremont
will clash in their third game Of the foot
ball season on olympic Field. Fifth aveiue
and l8Gtn street. at 3 o'clock tomorrow
afteru0on. ln tne DccrfC0t lineup VIII De
Yule and G0rseh. ~ New York University
aad McCaflry of F0rdham. In the pre-
Hr'rary game the Taoomas and Howard
Seconds N.l try conclusions.
GOTCH OFFERS TO WRESTLE.