Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-10-17
REFEREE CLAIMS
SCORE Of CAME
SHOULD BE 1870
Glen 0. Ream Explains Rea-
son for Awarding Safety
Against High School in
\ Indian Battle Saturday.


Glen o. Ream, who served as
referee at the Indian school High
school game Saturday, has written
a letter setting forth his views
with reference to a play which
both apers scored as a touchback,
but which he ruled as a safety
against the High school, thereby
giving two points to the Indians.
Mr.. Ream's decision would make
the score of the game 16 to 0, in
stead of IA to 0, as previously an
nounced.
Mr.. Ream, in his letter, makes
the point that a High school play
err, picking up fumbled ball back
of his own goal line, attempted to
start forward and was tackled
with such force that another fun
BILE followed which the High
school also recovered.
Both papers took the view that
the original impetus came from
the Indian school and that the ball
had crossed the line through that
impetus. 1t was their view that
the ball should have been called
dead when the first High school
PLAYER recovered it and that a
touchback should have been ruled.
Mr.. Ream, however, is the judge
of the play accepted by the tive
elevens. II, in his opinion. the ball
should not have been declared
dead and a High school player at
tempted to advance 1t, he is quite
right in scoring it as a safety, max
ing the final result of the game
16 to 0 for the Indians.
Following is his letter ON the
SPORTING Editor. Albuquerque
Morning Journal, Albuquerque
N. M.
"Sir: Granting the fact that any
human being will err now ano
| then, | am anxious to secure 1ur'
Their light on the newspaper deci'
sion which disallows the safety
scored against the local Hlgf
school football team in the Indian
school High school game last sat
urday, october, 10.
According to my eyes, the par
ticular play under discussion oc'
Cured as follows: On the Higf
schools eight-yard line and on the
second down, the Indian school at
tempted a line smash. AT, OF very
near the goal line the ball was
fumbled. For an instant the pal
was free and then it was recovered
bv a High school player behind hi
goal line and a deliberate attemp'
was made by him to carry the bal
out. Two opponents tackled tint
runner with such force that a sec
ond tumble occurred also behint
the line. For another instant TIM
ball was again free, during Whlcf
time it touched players of botl
teams in attempts at recovery. E
High school player finally recoV
cred it and was promptly smoth
cred by an opponent.
II ruled that the question rela
tive to the initial impetus givei
the ball which carried 1t to tn
goal line, which point generally de
cides the proposition of a safety,
was to be disregarded, inasmuel
as a deliberate effort was made b,
the defenders of the goal to carr
the ball out, and that in so doin'
| a second tumble behind the goa
line and quick scramble resulted
Let us suppose that the runner o
the defending team had succeeded
in evading his opponents and hat
gone through for a touchdown, o
had carried the ball well out o
danger, which beyond doubt n
fully intended to do-what decl
sion, under those conditions shoul'
| hany, ran1nra9 fhpnv q
II gave a decision which seemed
to me to be lust under the circum
stances, The question of safety
is an old one and has many time
| been the subject of keen discus
sions. Hence, for mutual informa
tion, / shall gladly welcome tn
opinion of any accepted authorit.
on the point under question.
Every respectfully yours,
"GLEN o. REAM.'