Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-20
Frank H. Cam Advocates Giving Points to Elevens for Advancement, Although They Los Games.

tics at New York University, has come
 wit, with new to haea consider fGs ti.eir next meeting. MT. Cam has decided that football as it is played is an unfaip competitive sport, mas much as it fails to determine in many cases the better of two teams engaged in the struggle on the Gridiron. There is too much of the element of luck connected with the p1gskin game to suit MT. Cam, and he therefore ad- VocateS a radical new system of SCOT ing that he asserts would go far in determining the stronger of two bat tling elevenS.
 What Mir. Cam proposes is zone system of scoring points, so that even if eleven fails to cross an oppon-
 ent goal line, either by rushing or by
 q drop kick, it might still score ability to advance the ball. The
 scheme suggested would allow points
 for bringing the ball within the 20
 yard line. the 15- yard line, and thus on to a touchdown.
 Another innovation that Mir. Cam
 suggests is the elimination of the
 method now used in the goal kicking
 the ball brought out to the 3o-yard line, rather than the short distance
 now in vogue, and Furthermore, he suggests the more important change
 of allowing drop kick instead of the now more or less uninteresting and Sloveniy kicking from placement. MT.
 Cam asserts that too many games are lost by the superior teams, be-
 cause of the tendency to make care
 less kick after the main score. has
 been achieved. Francis P. Wall, coach
 of football at New York University
 this year, has carefully gone over MT.
 Cams proposals and believes that the
 scheme suggested would place foot
 ball competition on fairer basis and
 would arouse the teams to more eff
 cient work at every stage of the en-
 lf a1I fr,-- Ray-i-H
 odical shows of strength when need
 ing touchdown or holding an op-
 ponent on the goal line. In comment
 ing upon the proposed new system
 MT. Wall said:-.I believe that some
 thing should be done so that a team
 which has clearly outplayed it's op-
 ponent in every department of the game, but which through breaks has
 recognition more substantial than a newspaper decision When a team
 outplays another that fact should go on the records in numerical form" Tn my opinion said MT. Cam. "a team getting within its opponents 20-yard line should be credited with one point; upon it's getting with the i5-yard line it should score two
 points; when within the 10-yard line, three points, and a touchdown, as now should count six points. In the kick
 for the goal the ball should be brought out to the 35-yard line, and there free attempt should be made at the goal by means of a drop kick. In this there is no element of chance but real football. Too many good football games have been lost through the carelessness of the kicks after a touchdown has been made This new way will tend, furthermore, to devel-
 op good drop kickers.
 'SThe other part Of the system,'' he
 continued, that of scoring within
 certain zone, could be worked out in this way. Whenever a team gets the ball into it's opponents 20-yard line that team scores, regardless of wheth-
 CT a kick brought the ball there or not
 For instance, when the ball is kicked
 and the receiver is downed in the
 scores. This puts a premium on good kickers, though there is compensation
 to the other team in that they have an opportunity to run the ball back in proportion to the length of the kick before the ends can come down the customary stonewan defence that is evident when a teams goal line is threatened before the ,aggreSsors reach the 20-yard line. Besides this it would put the offensive team nearer the goal line. Often one team is superior .to the other. but the final result is a tie I it's adversary, but an unfortunate furn- ble or offside play nullifies all preVi- ous- good work. This year in one of the games at New York University which ended in a Scorelasa tie. the N Y. U. team worked the ball over
 holding the ba11 fumbled it after the I line had been crossed, and so the score was lost. Many times in pasa years in big games results have been