The sun., 1916-12-04
FOOTBALL CODE IN
NEED OF CHANGES
Interest in Game Can Be In
creased by DoctOring For
ward Pass Rules.
DARTMOUTH 1920 BEST
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o"S '"o games e"'A" 49,
before the football year goes oown 'h'o
history. Next Saturday at New Orleans
Georgetown will meet Tulane. while on
New Years Day at Pasadena. Cal.
Pennsylvania will seek new honors
against Oregon. Taken all In all. the
campaign has proved one OF the most
interesting and most successful In the
history OF the sport.
Records for attendance have gone
soaring to heights never before ap-
preached. Popular interest has de-
veloped with a wider knowledge Of the
@ner points OF the game. but there Is
stili great progress to be made before 1t
acquires anything like an intimate ac-
Quaintance with the wherefore for every
thing that happens on the gridiron. II ID
the duty Of the rules committee to sim
Ylify and make more explicit certain fea-
lures OF the code.
The season has developed new n
greater possibilities Of football. but II
has also brought out the need for
changes In The rules. especially those
concerning the forward pass. As We
pointed out some time ago. the rule
which provides for q penalty Of only
fifteen yards for roughing the receiver
~ood NJ tbs aerial attach
Most passes are for at least fifteen
yards. and 1t pays the defending III to
sough the receiver and take a chance on
setting away with the infraction. MOST
often the roughing Is passed on without
Q penalty. 1t the rules COM
mittee to change the rule 20 mat q pass
IN which the receiver 10 rouened shouia
% regarded as completed and an addi-
uonal penalty OF nfteen YARDS innicteh.
This would prove a boon Tor the game
In general and the lighter teams IN par
ocular.
Another change called Tor Is the pro-
hioition OF the practice or cutting down
man from oehind. Al the rules
cl~arincation meeting iast september
Foster SANFORD made a plea Tor ina
chanse We nave seen numerous acct
oents due 10 cutting down from oehiho.
The play a no place In civiiised war
rare ana should De eliminated. IL IL not
Iair ana IL Is not footpaii. .
Tnere Is nkely 10 De announcer ASSAULT
On the goa from wnicn was
the direct cause TOT the oeieat OF several
better teams this season. The eoai from
TOUCHDOWN seems 10 nave ouuived ivs
usefulness q mlkh. oe e'ih'"A'eo WIN
nttie CAUSE for regret
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Perhaps In response to our recent plea
Dartmouth and Brown have got together
baII relation. ma, been arran9ed tents.
lively. Natural rivals and occupying a
somewhat similar plane In the college
world. Brown ana Dartmouth severed all
relations In sport after an argument In
Q baseball game. Their annual football
struggles. once features OF the season.
nave been missed and nobody missed
them more than the two COLLEGES them
selves. has been forced to
close Its season rather early. while
Brown has gone out or Its way to get
opponents Tor the closing battles!
Until this year Brown met the Carlisle
Indians at Providence on Thanksgiving
morning out WIN the decline OF n Red
skins In football Brown had to look fur
chagrin, selected Colgate. 1t s now as
eured That Colgate Will come no more to
PROVIDENCE. Brown got enough OF Col
gate last THURSDAY to last II for several
years.
manager Fender OF Dart
mouth was at Providence the other day
n practicaiiy completed ARRANGEMENTS
Tor a game with Brown In 1917. either on
Thanksgiving Day at Boston or on the
previous saturday at springfield The
BOSTON arransement Ia likely to be the
maj one.
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Now that We have allotted interco.-
leglate football honors for the varsity
teams We will take up the lesser ques-
tiOn OF rating the freshman elevens