Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-15
BY j. w. Heisman.

~ VERY fall the football fan
vaguely wonders what innova-
tons the seasons new rules
will bring out in the playing of the
game Every fall for the past twenty
years the rule book has shown more
or less change, so that we have be
come accustomed TO thinking there
must necessarily be some changes in
the playing Of the game from year
to year
This season. however, the rule al
terationS have been so very slight
that little change in the way the game
is played may be expected. Some
thing has been said here and there
about the possibility of the onside
kick coming back into the game and
cutting as big figure as il did once
upon time, but thus far | have
seen no ouside kicks tried in any Of
the games | have witnessed, nor have
heard OF any having occurred in
other games.
While il is perfectly legal to at
tempt onside kicks OF the same ma
ture as those of "A dozen years ago,
there Is little likelihood. In my Opin-
Ion. that these viii crop out to any
great extent this fall
1t is true that the removal of the
requirement that a kicker shall stand
at least five yards back OF his own
rush line in making a punt now oper-
Rtes to let the quarterback. standing
close behind his own line, put his
foot in it for a quick. short kick,
which any or all of the baCltfield men
who were standing behind him al the
! Instant Of the kick are eligible %
capture. either on the fly or on the
ground, If they are able to get Il
ahead OF the opponents. But the
trouble about this old-tirle onside
kick, as It used TO be played is that
since that day the forward pass has
come into the game. and along with
the forward pass feature Of the Of
Tense has come the strategic defense
move to meet il OF putting a man out
to each side and I'm the secondary
! line Of defense And these side
backs" now are not only stationed
passes but they happen TO stand just
where the old-tim onside kicks
used to go, and they are much more
! liable to secure one Of these onside
! kicks than they are even a forward
pass from their opponents. For this
| reason. | say we snail see little
| enough of the onside kick this sea-
son. even though the rules do again
permit of the quarter getting il OF
the end Of his toe in a hurry
The Games Last Saturday.
The games Of last Saturday gave
| very little more information. on the
! whole, about the strength Of the
Southern college teams than we had
a week ago Again the first string
teams all won, and again they won
by goOdly scores.
There was one upset to the dope
worth commenting on. That was
Alabamas decisive defeat of Clemson
BY this I do not mean 10 imply that
I thought Clemson would win. | eX-
pected it would be a very close and
hard fought game, with either team
liable to win, but three touChdowns
for the Red and White sent my eye
brows up perCeptlbly. And this is
no disparagement to Clemson for
still believe the PalmettOs viii be
heard from But Alabama's showing
IS so much better than most folks
had looked for that they will now
be persuaded was probably correct
when | wrote last week that Ala bama
was going to make Georgia hustle
harder for the decision the coming
Saturday than thost folks had an
tiCipated.
Tennessee Also Comes Through
For the third time l am saying,
Pay a little attention to the NOlun-
: teers." Their defeat Of Maryyille by
a larger score than Vanderbilt rolled
up against the same team proves
conclusively that the Knoxvillians
have found themselves. Sewanee may
well roll up its sleeves and go at
the Job in a businesslike way il it
expects TO put one over" on the East
Tennesseean rs in Chattanooga ncXr
Saturday. And il viii be battle Of
giants for both teams are unusually
heavy while both soy.y admit To
having fast backs
Al any rate these two games viii
serve II eliminate a. least tHo COZ