The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-28
FOOTBALL CAPTAINS
HAVE NO COMPLAINT
Nearly All of Them Seem We'll
Satisfied with Changes
in the Rules.
ONE OR TWO DISSENTERS

of the canvass were to-day made public.
capt. A. u. Wilson of the Yale team
sa Il: "It seems to me the rules are
exceedingly satisfactory. 1t has al
ways been the policy Of the rules COM
mittee to clean up the game. The rules
this last season were good and needed
scarcely any changes. For this reason.
the committee attempted nothing radi-
cal. The new rule preventing d for
ward pass out OF bounds on the fourth
down * really "a good one, as there IL
no use having a punter on our team
when he does nothing but forward pass
all the time"
capt. Mahan of Harvard expressed the
opinion mat the rules were all right
and tuat the slight changes did not mar
any feature OF the game.
\. e. Miles. captain OF the Annapolis
team. said ~ am glad that the rules
committee has left the game essentially
the same. II IL a .pod game and has
boen for the past I'VE years. There H.
much TO he said on either side about
curtailinp the pr vileges OF the coach
on TIE side lines. II IL not much of "A
team that has To- have all its hetdwork
come from the side lines. yet il is un-
tdir to a team to cave II at the mercy
of a bouchead quarterback.
PERSONALLY | think the forward pass
should he tied up some WAY. II IL keeps
gaining the Roadway { has been mah-
ing in the past three years. before long
the Old timers will not recognize tn"
good old American football game. How
ever, | don't think ! would like TO 20
back to the old line pounding contest -
Browne captain. II. a. Andrews. said
II am in favor of most of the football
rule changes. Ne radical changes were
made-the most important probably be-
-ng the one regulating the onward pass.
THIS rule ~ just what Is needed TO pro-
tect the pass from misuse. IN ON
Instances last fall the ball was simply
thrown out Of pounds on the fourth down
instead Of being punted. merely be-
cause II was more accurate. TIE new
rule vii eliminate this pracuce. The
increasing Of the number Of officials
: a step i'm the right direction. ana X
going TO make possible the detection OF
many arrangements which hitherto have
passed uuuoticed II should mean more
careful play and enable the officials
to cover more successtullv the require
meuts OF the ramc. Nl in all. | think
the rules Of 1915 are clearer. more COM
plcie and more dciinit than ever be
fore
Il. g. Suners. captain Of the New York
University team. takes a crack AZ the
new ruiz on the forward pass. as fol-
lows: Previously If a forward pass was
GF'llll,u tlfIi~tiN tl NIu'I 10 saw "
loss. there was a penalty of ten yard
imposed. By the new ruling this los
can b, void" y? throwiuc the bali ou'
OF bounds. whereupnn il j. returned t'
tn, offensive on tie next down. At the
position il was brought into play For
merry the ball was awarded to the de
fcusiNe "A, the place where IL went gu
of bounds
Another phase or the rules which doe'
not strike me fdvorahly T. that OF nav
rg cuut officials Two good Contra
B1trd mon. or probably three. couic
easily oitciate "a e same 10 tn" salts
faction of az Interested
4. Il. McAulinr. captain Of ,hc Dart
mouth team. thinks the neN rule N-tlns'
IN, coaches RI.l Work hardship iu m!noi
games H.. said Tho rule prunib'tnl
any agreement among teams letting
coaches walk up and dow the sid line
T. fair enough Tor hlg games. but thini
~ serious setback for coaches IN
d~,,-lopIug 'n"ir tea ms during enly and
middle season games, Al a time when a
coach would like TO try some experiments
The ru,e whion changes the mcthoC
of subs tuition Of players alone Seems
/. satisfactory No player should h'
substituted more than twice In a game
and furthermore. | believe that substl
g. tu,es should be allowed to go into Tn
game At any stag" of IN" crucial tuurt'
!. period.
Tn changes. which make a FORWARD
pass thrown out Of hounds AN Iu'
complete PLAY ard which "uforrcs ~
r|eralty for ruuEh,ug ur running int" IN
kicker. are good moves, but this Latte
rule should also be- applied To- th'
throwcr Of a forward pass in such
way that forward passing viii hc en-
couraged. but, III tn" other hand. "