The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-16
WHAT FOOT BALL
HERO FOR 1912?
WILL THERE m ANOTHER WHITE.
OR cor on rOEs AYE.
SAYS BRHcE.
NEW RULES WILL HELP
FORWARD PASS TO REACH ITS
0xEArnsT DEVELOPMENT THIS
YEAR--soME UNKNOWN HERO
WILL EMERGE.
JEW RULES WILL HELP
By PHILIP BRUCE.

Who will be the Sam White OF the
1914 football season?
Sanford Il. White won ths football
championship for Princeton last Year.
and for himself he gained recognition
as the most brilliant athlete in the
annals Of American collegiate sports.
His individuaI work won both the
Yale and Harvard football games OF
1911 Many experts say that TINS
years new rules VIII ooiiviate TINS M
dividuai starring; that the team whose
players are of the greatest average
strength will do the winning.
r i,r most frnpur tafft charge that " HI
be brought about by the new rules
IL the allowance OF four downs an
stead OF three in which to advance
the BAH ten yards. This, IL Is widely
claimed, puts a premium on the old
time game--thS kitf-the- tackle 50
piays-giving decided advantage 10
the heavy teams that are best at
straight football. This argues tnat
the 1919 star will be another cata-
uniting line pIunger If the Ted Coy
type. A little thought. however. Will
make ii clear to the student OF the
game thai the husky faffbacK fs mt
the logical candidate. compare
lively light man is more likely to ne
the owner Of the face favored Tor
display on the November sport pages
He win probably he a 1.-the shifty
sprinter, with great ability In dodg-
ing and shaking on taekiars- and a
particular knack of catching the Tor
ward pass and getting away Win u
fast.
Forward Pass Develops.
The reason for his lies in the fact
that The forward pass VIII rE7ch tty
greatest development this ye0 THIS
Ia the play that Is going TO make the
high scrr%& snsA thss ix EairsS to wsh
-xern~s- And II in slas Stat performer
81, this play mha " Ill -he tia staT III
tho 1911 season, The fs'ar- down rule,
coupled with the new rule which al
lows the attacking side 10 make Tor
ward passes OF nniIn.ted length, even
across the goal line. opens up uniin~
tied possibilities for the forward pass
AS the rule protecting the receiver
Of the forward pass Is a. still In force,
the osfense liz given vast liberty In
tie use of this play. The right Of the
offense to make forward passes over
the goal ltne with mnhe IL necessary Tor
tfe defense Ia keep It's SECOND line
back instead of MASKING IFS whole
strength on the line IN the manner that
caused SO many failures 10 score last
year after ti.e offense had carried the
hall n0&H Id fsft tSh~S asu
Princeton wont have Sam White
this year. bat she may have his sue
cessor. Waiter Camp orsee said, For
brilitancy 1T achievement no teams
have produced 30 many stars as tiIose
nf Princeton Princeton has max
men like McMann, McNair, MoTat.
Lamar. AmHE, King and Dewitt. VINO
alone have won a great game, aud u
has had Poe. who alone dafeas@d
Yale two years III succession. but
never before Whites time has Prince
ton or any other college had a. mar
who by individual achievement ven
two baseball games from Yale and a
faotbau game from both Yale ana
Harvard.
Last autumn TN the Princeton Har-
ward game Dunlap. Princetons tei'
end. knocked tho ball from the nanas
OF HOLSTER, of Harvard, who was
about to try a drop kick. Almost be-
fore the bsl touched the ground the
ever alert White had seized IT aiid was
off for the goal. 100 Yards away IN
n race in which he dtstaneed ms Pu1-
suara ard scared u touchdown.
Scarcely had the second half opened
when Gardner, Of Harvard. rashiy de-
cit,ed TO scoop up pounding Dali on
his one yard line Instead OF faiiihs
on II. and instantly he was swept over
the goal lire In the strong arms OF
White for a safety and the deciding
score OF the game.
Whites Great Achievement,
Two weeks later Yale, In the nrst /
ten minutes of play. was driving
Princeton to the goal with 4 bewt-
derisre shift play. Suddenly. Ga = pass
from, center. the ball struck the ground
Mt the hide Of Dunn, fuiihack for Yale
sam white. dashing in from end.
picked up the hall from the ground
as he would u basebalL Instantly ne
was Ia full stride for Yaie's goal.
eighty yards away. which he crossed,
carrying with him Arthur Have. the
Yale captain, who had tackled him on
tho hve-yard line. And thus came q
fnnthalI championship to Princeton
last June at Princeton Yale led the
Tigers By one run on the diamond.
Princeton was at bat with one man
out and the bases full. Ii was Sam
White who came to the plate in the
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