The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-03

OF salt by the grldlron mentors.
The fact the gridiron lawmakers
changed the time-out rule so that
team wishing to delay the game
could have four legitimate time
outs instead Of three as allowed
under last years code, tends to
contradict their excuse for having
eliminated a play that the fans had
grown to look for in every closely
contested game. Many battles have
been decided in the past few years
by the place-kick play.
The fact that mentors have de.
vised q sturdy defense against
tho forward pass and running
plays Of the present day put q
stronger emphasis on the place.
ment kick than during the time
the push.and- style game en-.
abled q rival to run rOughshOd
over a smaller and weaker Op-
pOnent.
A glance through the record
books Of the past few years viii
disclose the startling discovery that
many Of the big teams had their
scorelesS states marred by a place
kick scored by q rival. II the little
fellow il to be eliminated from the
game, then the rules should be 80
arranged he will be deprived of
his rights as painlessly as possible.
The placement kick was his big
weapon OF the past few years. At
present he has to confine himself
entirely to trying to push his way
through a bigger and stronger rival
by means Of q running play Of a
forward pass.
The fact the rules committee
moved the scrimmage after touch
down from the 8 to the yard lint
discloses to the deep thinking just
what was in the minds of the law
makers when they eliminated the
tees from the game. The new rules
specify the change was made sc
that teams would tie encouraged u
rush the ball or else try a forward
pass after scoring on a rival.
The breathing space that was al
ways given a weaker team by allow
ing q rival to score by the employ
ment Of the place.Kick is taken GU,
Of the game. BY making 1t almost
| impossible to score by such Q
method rushing will be rssorted to
Thus the big team will have an
other crack at q weaker and not 81
aforementioned opponent.
The only thought the lawmakers
gave to the small team was to
allow an extra time-Out without
penalty. This was only brought
about when Che Southern repre-.
sentatives demanded this change.
Football has beon handicapped II
the South because OF the extremely
warm weather that sometimes In
vades the gridiron season.
With three time-outs it was al
most impossible for team to pla!
through a game without drawing
a penalty for violating this rule
For that reason 1t was thought bes
to encourage the Southern lads b.
changing this rule.
| We wonder what Hagen, Ouimet
Barnes and the rest of our golfers
would say If their lawmakers de
cided to do away with the golf tee
We wonder what length of shot o.
direction these stars would Obtain
IL they had to make q hole in tn,
ground with their heels and drive /
golf ball from such q position OF
the grounds.
What can be said in favor Of tn,
golf tee can be repeated so far ai
the football tee IL concerned. TIL,
fact that some mentors have beer
smart enough to develop q sure wa.
of kicking from a tee while man!
of their rivals have never given tn,
play a thought, should be no rea
sCn why their work should b.
thrown into the discard.