El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-25
Football Rules Need Little Change
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Y. NJ. c.. A. and A. A. u. Again Rivals
BY JOHN f. wRAY.

1T LOUIS. No. Nov. 25.-With the
close of the college football sea
- son at hand, players and sport fol-
lowers are eongratulating themselves
that the doctors Of gridiron law win
no longer have to saw. amputate or
mutilate. i'm an endeavor TO fashion an
interesting yet humane national game.
Tried out fairly for two wears 71uder
practically similar conditions, football
authorities are agreed that the only
alterations in the rules viii be OF an
explanatory nature.
The great sport has at last settled
TO a happy combination in which at
tack and defence are admirably bal
anced and in which the spectator is
assured variety Of play uneQuaIed in
the previous history Of the game
Cohdiuons under which contests are
now played give lesser eleveus a
chance to compete with hope of sue
cess against the larger Institutions OF
the country A monopoly Of ability
and power is no longer vested in two
or three big schools
Only One Notable Fatality.
With 1t all, the chance Of injury has
been reduced 10 minimum While
lew fatalities have occurred, only one
OF university caliber is recoTded-that
of Scott. the Knox star. who sue
cumbed TO injuries received in a game
against ST Louis university.
Football In short. is now sane, clean
ana FAR more Interesting 10 spectators
and players alike. The rules commit
tee members are to be congratulated
for the persistent and hard work they
devoted TO remodeling the game in the
face Of Threatened prohibition OF the
sport throughout the country.
That Y. VI. c. 4. Peril.
While little Is said about the matter
I'm print there Is being waged a silent
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ion OF America by rival for nation
wide supremacy iu control Of sports
the YOUNG Mems Christian association.
Unless another agreement is reached
both sides VIII suffer. as wei as that
portion Of the general public inter
ested.
Up 10 two or three years ago an
agreement eZisted-a modus vivendi
that enabled the two big organizations
90 affiliate and their athletic repre-
sentatives to compete In the same
events.
But the agreement has been termi-
mated G-M-C-A- meets everywhere are
held without sanction of the AA.U..
and in other ways the YMCAIs vio-
late A.A.T. rules. condition Of
countrywide hostility exists. the Y
MC-A- goiuE ahead with its affairs
Just as though the AA-U. did not ez-
list.
Y.M.C.A. Men -HurdIe.-
The immediate effect of this. OF
course. was the disbarment OF Y.ALC-A.
athletes from the Amateur Athletic en-
Tolment Under the laws of that or
ganizatiOn the Y.M.C-A branches and
their members We're outlaws.
The effect of such a breach will be
appreciated when IL is known that
there are more T.MC-A- athletes. of
junior and senior classes, than there
are registered A-A.U. men.
But there is now setting in reac-
tion which promises to affect the
YALC.A. seriously. Tt is the with
drawal OF athletic stars from the ''Y''
If they remained. they could not COM
pete in Amateur Athletic Union cham
picnships either national or district
When Y-MC.A men reach tODnotch
form. the door of opportunity is closed
TO them because all Of the big events
Of the country are conducted under
A-A-U- auspices Naturally they might
De expected TO Jump"
II Takes Nerve to Do II.
Discipline is one of the great fea-
lures OF college football and one that
makes many persons overlook some al /
legged drawbacks TO the game That ,
football squads are ruled by an iron