The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-09-15
|ridiron Will Still
Develop It's Stars
mae of Rules VIII Not Deprive Individuals of OPP
Dotuity to Distinguish Themselves Like White.
BY Philip Bruce.

high scores, and that is going TO win
games. And 1t IL the star perform
er In this play who will be the star
OF the 1911 season, The four-down
nile, coupled with the new rule which
allows the attacking side TO make
forward passes OF unlimited length,
even across tho goal line, opens UP
unlimited possibilities for the forward
pass. AS the rule protecting the re-
ceiver OF the forward pass Is still in
force the offense Is given vast lib
erty In the use OF this play, The
right Of the offense TO make forward
passes over the goal line will make 1t
necessary for the defense TO keep its
second line back instead OF massing
It's whole strength on the line in the
manner that caused so many failures
10 score last year after the offense
had carried the ball down 10 the ten
yard line.
Princeton won't have Sam White
this year, but she may have his sue
cessor. Walter Camp once said:
For brilliancy Of achievement no
teams have produced as many stars
\
has had men like McManp. McNair.
MofTat. Lamar, Ames. King and De
Witt, who alone have won a great
game, and It has had Poe. who
alone defeated Yale two years In sue
cession, but never before Whites
time has Princeton or any other col
lege had man who by individual
achievement won two baseball games
from Yale and football game from
both Yale and Harvard,
White s Wonderful Record.
whites fame has not been forgot
ten with his graduation. His achieve
ments seem all tho more marvellous
IN retrospect. In 1911 he won Prince
TOMS third and deciding baseball
game with Yale With the score
blank, White reached second base.
Sterrett. who is now with the New
York Yankees. drove short hit into
right field, which Corey gathered up
on the run and swiftly whipped TO
Merritt at third to catch White.
White. according to rule, should have
slid to the base Instead. he kept his
feet and taking daring chance
rounded the bag and leapcd for the
plate Tho ball seemed to strike Mer-
rItt's glove simultaneously with
Whites foot on the bag. SomethluE.
perhaps Whites s3hAc,ty, ca1lS sd
Merritt momentarily TO juggle tho
ball and In that moment White slid
across the plate with the winning
run,
Last autumn in the Princeton Ear
ward game Dunlap. Princeton's left
end, knocked the ball from the hands
OF Noilstog of Harvard, who WAS
about 10 tyy q drop-lsick. Almost be-
fore tho Sail touched the ground the
over. alert White had seized Il and
was of yor the goal. 100 yards away
r. race in which he dtstanced mis-
pursurers and scored q touchdown
Scarcely mad the second halt opened
when Gardner OF Harvard rashly de-
clded 10 scoop up bounding ban on
his one-yard line instead 0f falling
| on tt. ana Instantly he was swept over
| TIA goal linc In the strong arms OF
| WHITE for a safety and the deciding
score of the game.
Two weeks later Yale, ia the first
zen minutes OF play, was driving
| Princeton to the goal line with q
bewlldering shift play Suddenly, on
ground at the side of Dunn, fullbaci
! Tor Yale Sam White. dasiling In from
emo picked up the ball from th'
ground as he would baseball. In