The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-02
WALTER CAMP TO
OUTLINE CHANGES
Wise Man Of Football to
Get Busy at the Next
- Meeting

New Haven. Dec. 2-Agitation which
mas arisen over the proposed changes
IN the football rules to encourage of.
tensive play and not to strengthen the
cally' prohibit scoring, seems to be
about to degenerate into q fight be-
tween the east and west,
Coaches In this section are a unit
to change the rules. In the west the
coaches are as positive in their stand
that no further 'tinkering with the
rules should be countenanced or per-
mitted.
Walter Camp. dean of Yale football
authorities and the wisest man on
the rules committee. has outlined that
he will suggest changes at the next
meeting OF The rules committee. His
suggestions r always worthy of con-
siderauon and he dwells on the mat.
ter in this manner:
1T is a very complicated affair.""
said Mr.. Camp, but there will be
doubtless changes in the rules. I shall
certainly recommend changes which
will make the scoring simpler and
think that next year it will be easier
to make touchdowns. The rules as
they are today certainly make it very
dtf1cult to score in this way.
No Definite Changes Yet
Regarding the suggestion that there
be a fifth period in which q score could
be made. should there be a tie at the
to go into full discussion, but / think
1t very unlikely that such q change
Will pass the rules committee, whether
or 1t would be a good thing.
THE total time Of play has been
shortened from the old rules. Under
those rules seventy minutes we're al
lowed for a game and now a full game
takes but sixty minutes. The fact that
the time of the game has already been
shortened. 1t seems to me, will milf
tate against having longer periods or
le~ngthening the game by the addition
of a fifth period.
Other eastern coaches recommend
various changes. Among those inter.
viewed was DR.. Carl S. Williams.
PENIS football authority. Says DR..
Williams:
II am going over the whole situa-
ton now. The situation Is complicated
and there r many things to be con-
sidered. SO I am not prepared to give
notice of definite changes l have in
mind at present"
Fisher Wants Extra Down
THE style 1 favor is the one used
in 1890 and 1891 when team play
counted and there We're not so many
scoreless and unsatisfactory games
Captain Robert T. Fisher Of Har-
ward said: II haven't thought much
in regard to changing the present
football rules. am an earnest advo-
cate Of a rule adding an extra down,
having the ten yard distance covered
In fou downs rather than the three
! which it is now. | think that much
more attention should be paid to
teams In the development of a good
drop kicker too. l believe that the
! game under these conditions would be
a logical one. l think the .regula-
tons now surrounding the forward
pass are Just and adequate"
Lieutenant Douglass Howard, head
coach OF the naval academy football
team said that. while he had not given
the subject of q change in the present
rules much thought as yet. he fav-
tend to encourage the rushing game
to some extent. -.
Five Yard Downs
He stated that he thought the most
practical plan was to keep the number
of downs the same as it is at present
but to require the side with the ball to
make only five yards to retain 1t when
within the 25-yard line. He does not
favor n change In the rule as to the
onside kick.
Coach Stage of the University of
Chicago is against In change in foot
ball rules as they stand today. Coach
Hammett of Northwestern university,
also is Of the opinion that the game az
played today is the proper thing. IT
do not agree with the eastern coaches
who say the game as played under the
new rules is as rough as the old game"
said Coach Stage. ut Is not true
that there are just as many accidents
as under the old rules. Coach Huff
of Illinois is also against the changes.