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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-03
Don't Change, but Clarity, Football Rules
Walter Camp Conf ents on Problems of 1914
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any reason why It should not be used.
The most serious contention re-
sarding the forward pass 10 one that
came before the rules committee last
year, namely, the intentional throw
ing Of the ball to the ground when
the wouldbe passer Is prevented from
getting off his pass, thus turning the
play into lnCompleted pass, and in
stead OF losing the distance that the
man has been forced back, the ball Is
returned to the place where II was
put in play at the expers sc of a down.
1t looks as II ii would be reason
able to rule against this play, but, on
the other hand, the effect Of ruling
against II should be pretty carefully
considered. The temptation to try
forward pass is undoubtedly Increased
by this method of protecting II from
becoming a serious loss. hence the
rule, as 1t Is now, encourages for
ward passing. Again, II Is going to
be somewhat difficult to word a rule
that will do exactly what is intended
in preventing this kind of a play and
yet not be misconstrued under other
conditions. 1t will also be probably 2
greater burden on the officials TO tell
whether 1t was a prevented forward
pass or a tumble
w e also shall hear again from
w those who wish to line the field
up into certain zones OF scoring or
zones Of playing, making 1t count
point to advance to the 30-yard line
and some other points to advance to
the 20yard line, and so on.
This is an annually recurring prop
osltion. The same is true OF divid-
ing the field into spaces for the pur-
poses of play. so that the men must
stand in a certain square. These are
interesting in the study Of games. but
are not likely to be seriously consd-
cred by the rules committee. and
hence can be passed over lightly.
FOR something like fifteen years a
L discussion has wAxed and waned
as to allowing a man to kick a goal
from a touchdown. Five or six years
ago II was proposed that instead OF
protection offered him for his free
kick, he should be obliged to kick It
by dropkick or kick from placement
behind the line Of scrimmage. Those
in favor OF this proposition say that
II is much more Of team play and
that every play in football ought to
be a team play Then the opponents
say that you forget that n good many
things are not team play in football,
and that a dropkicker has plenty of
advantage now as an individual play
err. and you should not multiply that
advantage by giving the team that
has a dropbcker a greater opportu-
nifty to turn goals into touchdowns
after tho touchdown has been made.
Furthermore. plenty of players are
familiar with the fact that II is
very delicate thing in goal from
scrimmage for officials 10 rule on
holding IN the line or blocking back OF
the lire and this difficulty would he
multiplied ondc more.
| HAVE received some very strong
letters from tht-South relative to
the necessity of aebon on the part Of
the rules committee IN the Gaze OF
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kicker's men on-side, whether they
were ahead of the ball or the man
when the ball was kicked.
This rule regarding the on side
kick lasted for a few years, but it
brought in the expression "on-side
kick" Hence, when comments were
made this year about the reintroduc-
ton of the on-side kick, many play
ers assumed that this rule had been
brought back into force. This is not
so, and the only on side kick pos
sible Is the one wherein the player Is
behind the man when he kiCNs the
ball 1t may be necessary to put q
definition Of this into the rules.
THERE are many suggestions for
4 making the game more compli-
| Gated. Every effort should be turned
in another Erection that is, simpli-
flying 1t all possible. Most of the
methods of play and rules (thanks to
their remaining nearly stationary for
understood by the players and the
spectator, and with the clearing up of
few points like the above we should
have game that has chance to de-
velop along sound lines.
We must, however, Rave the rules
enforced. That was the rock upon
which the game came near being
wrecked formerly and no matter what
may be the object OF those who are
Directing to the return OF the field
judge. they must realize. II they wish
to see fair play, that. like the second
umpire In baseball, 1t Is the only way
to produce il.
Understand, ! do not at all refer to
Of hAip Nv
inches Off side or any of the minor
points of the play. / do mean that II
two teams have the proper amount OF
diversified attack there will be cases
where, in order to rule fairly on the
play and to see the points that are OF
Importance, Il field judge is necessary.
No men were better equipped In
knowledge and experience, in integ-
rtty OF purpose. and in ability to d.
vide up work than those who officiat-
ed in several Of the big games last
season, and yet there we're plenty of
cases of the most unwarranted in
fringement Of rules, and infringement
that meant q material diff ence in
the play all Of which went unnoticed
simply because the officials could not
cover the necessary points.
THERE is going to be a great deal
of talk about changing the for
ward pass. about limiting 1t by one
school, and increasing it by another.
Several make the contention that II is
too severe penalty to lose the ball
when a forward pass goes to the
ground in the end zone Others claim
that some teams throw the forward
pass in preference TO kicking the ball:
that is. throwing II so that il crosses
the side line and goes out Of bounds.
thus gaining with more accuracy the
distance Of 4 kick and preventing the
opponents from running the bal.
back
tain amount OF accuracy TO pat the
hall out OF bounds AZ the proper place
ard distance, and there IA nothing
unfair about the play. nor u there
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-03
By Walter Camp.

THIRST, let me preface this article
by saying it is not written to
suggest changes in football
rules. but rather in a protective sense
to consider all the suggestions that
are likely to be made, and to ask that
the spectator and player be given
as little alteration to master as may
be compatible with the welfare of the
game.
It has been the dream Of the prac
teal football player every year to let
the rules crystalline so that We would
get a permanent form and 1t would
not be necessary for q man to learn
a new manual every year, nor would
it impose upon the men who have
graduated two or three years the
sense and feeling Of being more or
less out of it until somebody has ex-
planned to them what changes have
taken place in the rules since their
day.
Tor the last three years, we have
come more near this desirable
capitalization than ever before, and
If the efforts of all reformers be
limited to clearing up the difficult
points of the present rules, rather
than altering the style of play, ii
is safe to say that spectators and
players for 1914 will be greatly re-
lieved.
Moreover, there are enough minor
points-minor in the sense of affect
Ing the play-that need to be made
definite and also to be enforced to
give the rules committee and those
who wish to help plenty to do. If
anyone wishes to experiment, let
him take the rule regarding the plac-
ing of the linemen on defense and
attack; namely, that one which for
bids a guard or tackle, if dropped out
of the line, to run with the ball I'M
less he goes five yards back.
Probably any one who knows any
thing about football understands the
meaning of this rule, but how to word
it so that a coach shall be free to
use his men as he pleases on defense,
which is one of the traditions Of foot
ball, and yet prevent him from TAX
ing advantage of this license to use
a big fellow to run with the ball, is
a puzzle that has thus far been too
much for the rule makers.
A MOTHER point that was evident
"A ly somewhat misunderstood last
season was what is referred to gem
orally among players as the n-side
kick"
Hundreds of letters came to the
writer indicating that players were
confounding comments on the rules
with the rules themselves. When
last year 1t was made lawful for a
kicker to punt from a point nearer
the scrimmage line than five yards,
that legislation. Of itself opened up
the possibility Of the return OF the
old fashioned on-side kick. that Is,
a kick so performed thai men OF the
kickers side would b. ben nd him
when he kicked the ball.
II was not At all the on side kick Of
three or four years ago. That on
side Ack was introduced by the rule
whichVprovided that when a kicked
bali struck the ground u placed the
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line shifts where one side OF the line
other teams territory in order to
cross over to the other side. In sew
eral places this has given rise to the
bitterest feeling, even when actual
field at the moment.
One team writes that three players
OF the other side would cross over
into the defending teams scrimmage
territory, and that when the defend
ing team simply held their places the
officials penalized them for interfer-
ing With putting the ball in play. and
that when they moved back and gave
them their own territory In which to
operate, part OF the territory which
did not belong to the attacking side,
but to the defending side, 1t would be
too late for their men to get into po-
sition before the ball went into play.
The rules committee is asked BY
these various teams to pass a rule
that shifts should be made behind or
on the attacking teams scrimmage
line.
NJ OW, OF course, II Is difficult to
1 make people who see the enor-
nous crowds that not only go to the
big games, but are left out and are
demanding increased seating facili-
ties. believe that many former play
ers write that they feel very strongly
that the game of football as at present
played will become uninteresting to
the spectator and detrimental TO the
players.
One man writes: Constant criti-
cism and discussion of the game
which | heard this fall by a number
of players, and also by various grad
yates of colleges. has led me to the
belief that there is enough opinion at
the present time which is dissatisfied
with the game so that IL It were con-
centrated 1t would be a big infiu-
ence."
1t is doubtful il the lack of interest
In the game can be considered likely
to become marked with the present
craze, no matter what may be done
with the rules. In fact, the game has
such possibilities that all sorts Of al
terations might be made and produce
each a kind Of game that would be
playable and that crowds would wish
to see, for, after all, the great point
Is the interest and abandon with
which the game Is played.
ONE other important suggestion,
~ and one that has been repeated
ly made to the committee, Ia to lessen
somewhat the value Of possession OF
the ball.
The way that has been most gen
orally offered IL to render a tumble
less expensive-that fs. when the bail
is fumbled, the side in possession uf
II at the time does not. lose possession
except on the fourth down, the fum-
BILE merely amounting 10 n down.
This. Of course. would introduce
much drawer passing and more reck-
lessness in attempting novel plays,
and in this way would be Of consider
able benefit 10 the game, and yet !
doubt II players would ever feel that
such a rule ought to be placed or the
bookA
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Sporting Comment
BY ED w. SMITH
NNCE you give a dog a bad

NNCE you give a dog a bad
name he is apt TO carry 1t
always. This applies to
boxers as well as dogs. Tommy
Burns is finding it TO be the case
The Calgary finanCier and haber-
dasher boxer has been under sus-
picion more than once for trick
cry in matchmaking and "arrang-
ing, with what justice we are
not prepared just now to state,
but the fact remains that critics
and public are not inclined appar-
emily to take seriously anything
that Tommy does. They took his
connection with Arthur Pelkey
with some degree of seriousness,
but when Gunboat Smith licked
him and Kid Kenneth followed
up that defeat by tumbling Pei
key over in six rounds, the smile
went around and Tommy mere
ly was charged with being a bad
judge of fighter
THEN Tommy decided TO take
up the burden OF whipping
some of the white hopes himself,
and somebody out in Taft, Cal,
took him seriously. They matched
him with Battling Brant, and aft
er Tommy, had given Brant, who
was said to have been connected
with the Kenneth camp, a good
lacing in a short encounter, the
word went out that Brant was a
ffalo ~ Ft.ta -
had been placed" for the purpose
OF giving Tommy a little cheap
come back reputation.
A ND because Of the speckIed
- past Of the Calgary man ev-
erybody was prepared to believe
the yarn. Burns himself pro-
nounces il ridiculous and says
that he never before going to
Taft with Pelkey had laid an
eye on Brant. We believe Tom
my this time. but there is one
thing we can not understand. and
that Is why Burns is so persist
ent in wanting to take up the
grind Of training again. Tommy
is we'll fixed with the worlds
goods, has a beautiful home and a
fine family in Calgary, has two
excellent business establishments
there. Is heavily interested In real
estate and generally could settle
down and be one Of the best fixed
OF all the retired fighters.
WI he elects to go back into
the whirl OF the fight game.
taking a chance that the fine
record he held at one time will be
entirely smirched by licking at
the hands OF some newcomer.
Burns will be 33 years old in June
and isn't too old to battle. But
the mystery OF II all Is: why
should he?
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SIDELIGH rs
On Sports
BY A. II. c. Mitchell.

VIZ HETHER the Federal
w League makes good or
not, it has had the effect
OF boosting the salaries of many
players in organized baseball to
size In proportion to what they
can produce at the gate, and saw
ing many other players reductions
In pay, which the reserve clause
and lack Of competition made 1t
possible to infiict. 1t has insured
the public in perennial tail-end
cities Of a run for their money"
and disclosed to the same public
one of the reasons why their
respective teams are perennially
In the second division and play
Indifferent baseball.
WHILE we hear much talk
from the followers of the
organization magnates regarding
the high salaries paid TO play
ers because of organized base
ball" it is nevertheless fact
that big league players, as a rule,
are paid below what they have
a right to expect in return for
the money they bring in at the
gate or what they would bring
in at the gate II the owners and
managers were competent or
were not stupidity engaged in
milking the COW" or Killing the
goose that lays the golden egg"
Several magnates in the big
leagues have, as a rule, been en-
gagged recently in this easy, de-
lightful and reactionary occupa-
ton. Wherefore they have waXed
fat without expenditure of gray
matter and there has been a cor
responding failure to keep big
league baseball plants, as
whole, UP to the standard which
the public has right to eX-
pect.
WE see many magnates and
their press agents pointing
to what organized baseball has
done for so-and-so st took
him out of a mine where he was
making So day and pays him
$4,000 year for $50 games"
they say, for instance Yet
grand opera takes the Carusos,
the Constantinos and their like
out of the blacksmith shops, the
barber shops and the streets and
pays them $500, 1000 and even
$4,000 or more a night. The rail-
road takes the Hills the Mellens,
the Elliotts and their like out of
offices, the shops and other
humble stations and gives them
$4,000 and 100000 year jobs.
Steel takes the Carnegies out of
the telegraph stations and gives
them millions. Business every
where picks out the good men
from the bad and paws them for
the goods they deliver II pays
for what Il gets Bias -ball has
not been doing Il; For every
miner al 81 day who gels
$4,000 a year In baseball" re-
member the thousands Of ball
players who never get out OF
the minors.
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Doc Gessler Fails
TOSign Birdie Cree

Nbl RY. PA, Feb. Indications
+. .ery strong that Birdie Cree will
season. WIN Ire Yankees when the
laarsco.. mems IN April Doc Gessler,
r.f several hours in Conference eee Wiz
II t, nefe IN the hope of inducing him
Wis ' rl 10 the outlaws. but he met
sera5 success. Cree recently was Of
ana 2VV by the Yankee management
s.sr55 ''Fee-year contract. but he hasn't
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Sox and Giants in
Extra Inning Draw

Special Gable to The Atlanta GeorqIan.
CAIRO, EGYPT, Feb. 1.-The Khe-
dive witnessed a baseball game at the
Heliopois Sporting Club grounds yes
terday between the New York Giants
and the Chicago White Sox. The game
cial request. and ended TO 3, despite
extra innings
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Athletic Club Five
Meets Birmingham
Quintet Saturday

The Atlanta Athletic Club basket ball
players will have a chance to get re-
Senge on the birmingham quintet next
Saturday night when the two teams
clash. The local five travelled to Biz
iningham a few weeks ago and were
handed a lacing. Saturday they will
be out to even the score and good
game should be the result
Joe Bean will start his players at
work tomorrow night and make a
strong effort to get them in the best
possible shape for the visitors.
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~TRST, let me preface this article
= by saying it is not written to
suggest changes in football
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-03
NEW RECORD SET

Ell PASO. TEXAS. Feb. flames
Butler's supremacy. a two year old,
clipped one-fifth OF a second off Inc
worlds record time for three and one
half furlongs Yesterday at the Juarez
race track, running the distance in
:3g Id The former track record was
held by Calsse, a Texas bred mare
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Levinsky- Flynn Go
Postponed to Feb. 8

TROY, \. w. Feb. The scheduled
ten round contest between lin FLYNN
and Battling Levinsky, set for Tonight,
has been postponed until FebrJSry 2
flynn reported this morning that he is
TOO sick TO fight
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SEND YOUR LAUNDRY

To ths Peoples' Laundry where you will receive good work executed by none but white smpioyes. whs receive the standard wages
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CONFERENCE HFlD
 AT VERA CRUZ
Special Nugget Servies.

Special Nugget Service.
 VERA CRUZ. Jan. 10.--Speciai Re- pr-sentative John Lind and Charge ; Affairs Nelson OShaughnessy of the United States embassy to Mexic" met aboard the flagship of Adrnira; Fletcher here today and held long confercncc. O'Shaughnessy came down from Mexico City for the pu, l"'se and the two officials were clo .c' ed for several hours.
 Neither man would say anythm' .f,-r the talk was over except 'h..' ind had transmitted to O'Shaush r.cssy the desires nf President Wi.sor i.. regard to the present state "f af talrs In Mexicn ard instructions as r, his course of action in certain e,entu- q ties which might develop
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utilities companies uf Dawson tn Yukon Exploration company and f. W. isoylc. manager for 1t settlement in respect to the operation of the wuter. lIsht and telephone companies In thws"n. He also asks for Il receiver a'.d for an injunction to prevent l;oyie from closing off any of the ihr-" services this winter.
 Boyle had planned to sut down th.. services. but now announces that he has secured contracts sufficient to warrant continuing.
 The Canadian Klondike company has brought action against ". A. Fuller. Oscar Nswhouse. John Tread well and the White Channel Mining company for heavy sum. Bot" suits involve more than a million dol lLrs each. The hearing in each case probably will be deferred for some time.
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 SEATTLE, jan. 10.-Keports have ir.n received here stating that the lumicr schooner w. F. Garnes Is uurift and helpless In the north Pa t;iL'.
 The Garnes carries Il crew of cle- i,n men and was loaded with lumber. It is thought that she must have been dsmnsted during the recent gale and tug has hcen sent In search of her.
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RECORDS
Dec. 29. 1913.

Dec. E?. 1915.
 Afsdavits of intention
 All Gold Fraction and ether claims James F. DaIy.
 No. 3 Bench on Holyukc gul.h. | V. Sheldon. agent.
 No. Below on Bourbon creek. |. Y. Sheldon.
 Fraction claim on Mystery creek. A. J. Mueller.
 Eig { Bench. R. L. Dry creek. l. V Sheldon. agent
 Independence association. between Ottar creek and Nome. river. !. N Sheldon.
 X-l0.U-S between lre:.' and Gun. ningham creeks. Wm. Pauls"n.
 Nos. 23. 2s. g.. s+ Harp assn. Knlmore assn on Solomon river Con Kelly
 Sea View claim. Rishy. Golden Tin. Keiby, Elko. Happy Thought. "n :ni Beach line below Fort Davis. Con Kelly.
 Ablong bench. near Bluff. NJ. II SEruce creek. No. ? bench. R. l.. Siin- set creek, Banshee bench. NJ. l3 Spruce creek. Daisy. Battle. Katherine bench, R. L.. Sunset creek. t.iitle Jchny on Spruce creek. N". 'il Rocker creek. all owned l,y Con Kelly and others.
 King Solomon lode. Queen of Sh"l"i lode. Happy August lode. Litti" Ma'"i it-de. Little Homestake lode near Newton guich and Homcstake l"d" 'n' Charlie creek. August fIamhergrr No. above and N". above "n Newton gulch. St. Anthony assE. Good Hope bench. Eurpka bench near Newton Gulch N". I. Grace group between Center and '.''ti" creeks, August Hamberger.
 No. 8 above on Glacier creek. Carl Reinisch.
 Hartford, Nettie, Anacondn. Daisy. l.. L. Snake river New York assn. Grouse creek, John Monohan.
 Lester bench. l.. l.. Flat creek. w. F.. Pigeon.
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THE ,cEMAN.

When days are hot the icemai,
 LrlnEs hts little chunk ot hail
 ,. hHs healing in his wings. and i,
 hi.. pockets kal' Thronph r,w'l'. | siI.rts. in busy marts hr bcurs tln' l".rE f ice and. in iI.
 eur :rhrts. we kick about the prlt.. I, sickrmims. when we're nearly dt;,d l,.. '.rings his precious frri"ht: thr' I:.tirnts then sit up in bed. md rm,r about the weight. In tenements V here poor folk dwell. his dripping l. ad he bears: his patrans then rear Lp and yell. and throw him down stairs. He makes 1t possible 10 live when summer heat Ia here. and what reward do people give? The protest . nd the roar! "You surely ought [" get the bounce" they cry. when he ie round; you bring us only half an ounce. and charge ua for a pound." Ru, patiently the icernsn goes. seren remote and wise and dai.y brings ns rerss and fioes of microscopic size. Ire multitude around him ronrs. ani hoots him as he drills: he brings his hailst0nes tn our d""rs. md th"n s. nds in his bills. Why roast the ice man bitterly. and crowd him to the wall: We folks should proud an "..icf,,l hr. to yei his ic" at ail.- Watt Mason