Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-22

side lines by mutual agreement of the
two captains, no matter what the rules
say on this point.
AS a matter of fact the consent of the
Rules Committee is not necessary to do
this, because every rule in the book may
be disregarded by the mutual consent of
the two captains. The members of the
football Rules Committee represent no
one in particular, and IL the two cap
tains agreed a touchdown might count
ten points we'll as six. At the same
time the authority of the Rules Com
mittee has been accepted without ques-
ton. and II a precedent were started by
which two teams would disregard this
particular rule and flaunt intercolleGia
sentiment It wouldn't be long before they
might be waving some other rules and
we would have all kinds of trouble.
The only objection made to the rule is
that II prohibits honest coaches from
utilizing this position to watch the work
of their men. and they can get this in
formation only from the preliminary
| games. 1t Is rather late In the day to
raise this point. and since the rule is
| on the book 1t ought to be observed to
| the letter.
There is no more reason why a foot
| ball coach should be the field than
| that there is for track coach TO be on
| the track during a dual or intercollegiate
| meet. The /. C. A. A. A. A. forbids all
| trainers and coaches from being on the
| track within the enclosure during a
| championship meet. For the same reasons
| coaches are barred from track and field
| in all the important dual meets. Track
| authorities feel that coaches get all the
| information they need about the work
| of their men from their daily training.
| Football coaches have the same oppor-
| tunities and don't need to stand on the
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need to be on the marks when their
| charges enter a race. 1t Is to be hoped
| in the interests OF good sportsmanshp
| that none of the colleges shall ask that
| this rule be waived, even for the pre-
| liminary games. II Is Just as fair for one
| as for another, and II properly observed
| will place the burden OF doing a little
| thinking upon the captain or field gem
| eral, where IL properly belongs.
! PennsyIvania's football squad continues
| to make progress, and YESTERDAY had
about as stin a practice as It Will get
| this season. At any rate, the Quakers
| hone they won't have to endure many
more scrimmages with the thermometer
| lowering around the 30 mark. The men
! were introduced to the taCkling dummy
yesterday and given their first instruction
in this all-important essential preliminary
| TO a stiff scrimmage.
at this time would be unfair, but 1t is
| 10 be hoped that some of the defects
| that clung to last years backfeld
| throughout the season may be rooted out
| OF the candidates this year. Irwin ap-
parently has the inside track In the race
| for quarterback honOrs. He has already
| demonstrated that he Is fast, a good
kicker and a man who can instil ginger
into his team. His work yesterday in
| dicated that he does not straight-arm
| opponents instinctiyely, and that he does
not shift the ball from one arm to the
| other while on the run. good quarter
back or any man who hopes 10 be a
| good open field runner must do this.
| II iG something that can't be acquired
| in a day or a week, but any man who
| masters II has added about 100 per cent.
TO his worth. man who can dodge,
straight-arm and shift the ball from arm
TO arm while running in a broken field
as Hollenback and Mercer could do. il
| lust as valuable TO team as a Brickley.
The wonder is that some players don't
| spend their summers prscticing these arts
| as Brickley does drop and place kicking.
| PRINCETON, Sept. 22.-It was so hot
| that practice was not started until nearly
| O'Clock, and Il was a quarter of when
| the varsity and scrub commenced half
/ hour scrlmmase, which vas stopped by
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