Omaha daily bee., 1911-09-03
RULES SHOW LITTLE CHANGE
Foot Ball Code Shows Change in Rest
Period and Forward Pass.
MORE DARING ATTACK EXPECTED
First Games on september 2S-BiR
Teams In Action n week Later
Complete Schedules Are
Announced.


NEW HAVEN. Conn, sept Foot ball
rutos for 1911. codified by walter camp Of
vale. carl Williams Of the University OF
pennsvlvania and f. X. Hall OF Dart
rnoutb. are out. There Is a touch Of that
Zoo, hail feeling in the weather. and the
rules and other matter contained in the
1d,t guide make good reading. The changes
in the rules are slight and may be de-
seribed as follows:
The new rules show many changes which
must be carefully studied by officials
ooaches captains and players. as they az
feet both officials and players. One Is the
lesseninE Of the intermission between the
,,rs, ana second and the third and fourth
perlods Under the new ruling the time
is shortened so that practically there IL
inst about time TO transfer the ball, II 1t
4, in one end OF the field. from its last po-
sitIon TO the place where II is to be put IN
play at the beginning Of the next penoo'
This shortening of the time Of rest, II car
ried out strictly by the officials VIII mean
that the PLAYERS do not get chilled and
have a chance to continue in their stride.
4 change OF greater moment In the play
itself ia one ruling on the forward pass.
Formerly in the case of an uncompleted
FORWARD pass lne DendtNg was 49,
from the spot from which the pass was
made. That usually meant a spot at least
six or seven yards back OF the line Of
serimmage The new rule says that the
distance shall be measured from the spot
of the preceding down instead Of the spot
from which the ball was passed II is easy
70 see, then, that the penalty is lessened
by about seven or eight yards. which is by
ne re ~
mind when considering the advisability OF
attempting such a pass.
There is nothing in this that could in
any way revolutionize the game this fall
but that there will be marked changes in
the style of play is reasonably certain.
The possibilities Of the rules are so far
from exhausted that It is possible TO build
up a style OF play different in its funda-
mental idea from anything that has been
seen on the gridiron so far. Most Of the
ADLER coaches hope to take up the game
where they left off last year and venture
into new fields in the matter OF attack
one expects to see now and then radical
changes in the generalship-a style Of at
tack that will take more chances than in
the past. and that will depend for success
on perfect individual interference and
said that under the new rules II is next to
impossible to gain much ground with the
ball in hand. but what more natural than
that coaches who have made this state
ment in public and to one another should
Immediately turn their attention to this
very matter? Some Of the best coaches,
east and west. are convinced that the ball
can be carried TO advantage II only to
aNd
probably will be running plays this year In
sections of the field hitherto barred under
the OLD system OF generalship.
II will be a year OF numerous shift plays,
unless all signs fail, and the possible COM
binations to be worked in connection with
shifts are far from exhausted. Several
eastern teams had shifts last year that
were never used because there was not
time in which to perfect them. but they
will be forthcoming this season beyond a
doubt. With the great progress made in
individual play under the new rules there
will be plenty of opportunity for strategy
OF an advanced order, and It was because
the rules committee was convinced of this
that It did not make any attempt TO change
the rules radically.
The foot ball season begins on September
play on that day are the Carlisle Indians.
Virginia and Lafayette. The Indians al
ways play more games than anybody else.
on the Wednesday following Cornell and
Dartmouth will start in and on Saturday,
September 90 the campaign of battles will
get under way for Harvard Yale. Princeton
and Pennsylvania This will mean that
the season is on In earnest.
This years schedule contains more games
than ever before, that is. on the whole. but
not as applied TO several of the bigger
teams Yales first opponent will be Holy
Cross, and a week later the latter tackles
Harvard, thus affording an early oppor-
tunity 10 compare Yale and Harvard scores
against a common opponent.
Brown, as usual. plays Harvard, Yale and
Pennsylvania, and a common opponent for
Yale and Princeton in October will be Col
gate, The Yale-Arny game comes early.
as last year, but Harvard and the Army do
not meet this fall. Among the new plums
on the schedule the biggest is the Harvard
Princeton battle. to be fought at Princeton
an November 4.
Among the games scheduled are the fol-
lowing:
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER %.
Bates VS.. New Hampshire at Durham.
Carlisle vs.. Lebanon Valley al Carlisle.
Colby VS.. Hebron at Waterviiie.
Storrs.
Gettysburg VS.. Middletown at Gettys-
burg,
Holy Cross VS. Boston at Worcester.
lafayette VS.. Bloomsbury at Easton.
Troy.
Maine vs. Port Mckinley at orono.
lottesviile
Ursinus VS. Steelton at Ursinus
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER. q.
Carlisle vs. Muhlenburg at Carlisle
Cornell We. Allegheny at Ithaca
Dartmouth VS.. Norwich at Hanover
Lehigh VS. Lebanon Valley at South
bethlehem
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 30
Amherst VS.. Springfield T. S. at Amherst.
Brown VS.. New Hampshire at Providence
Sucknell VS. Lock II. n. at LevisburR
Carlisle VS.. Dickinson at Carlisle
Colby VS.. Kent's HIN at Waterville
Cornell VS.. Colgate at Ithaca.
Dartmouth VS.. Massachusetts Aggies AZ
Hanover.
Geergetown VS.. Randolph Macon at
Hamilton vs.. Clarkson Tech at Clinton.
iempden-sydney vs. Virginia p. I. a,
Blaeksburg.
Harvard rs Bates at Cambridge.
Haverford VS.. Philadelphia c. of p Al
Haverford
Lafayette VS.. Arsinus at Easton.
Lehigh W. Western Maryland at South
Bethlehem.
Penn state vs.. Geneva at State Collage
Princeton vs. stevens at Princeton
Rensselaer, p. l. vs. Williams at williams.
town.