The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-06
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By VEDDER GARD


t-1HAT peculiar ruling in the
East on a touchdown in the
- Chicago-Pennsylvania game
that was explained in this column
some time ago has raised quite
little tempest among local grid Of
ficials The almost unanimous YER
dict is that the referee was wrong
in allowing a touchdown.
indianapolis officials assert
that it should have been a touch
back. This means that the ball
should have been put in play by
Chicago on its twenty-yard line
and no points scored by Pennsyl-
vania.
If you forget the playa Penn
sylvania player fumbled the ball IN
a corner Of the field. 1t rolled over
the goal line and then out of
bounds.
A new rule says that the ball
belongs to the side last touching 1t
at the point it left the field. The
eastern officials ruled that, as the
ball was across the goal line be-
fore rolling out of bounds, and had
last been touched by a Penna
player, it was a touchdown.
The rule clearly states, however,
that this regulation applies be-
tween the goal lines. The play in
question was behind the Chicago
goal line.
In The local Interpretation of the
play is sensible. The impetus
that put the ball over the line
was furnished by the team not
defending the goal. II seems as
though it should be a tOuchbaCk
just the same as a ball kicked
over the goal line, or passed
over. The eastern ruling looks
like a "boner" to us, The Off
Gals went long way around
to call il a touchdown.
INSTITUTES should have
Nj learned a lesson on Friday
in a pair of high school
contests, but they probably didn t.
Subs are just that way. They sit
on the bench. with energy re-
pressed. When they are put into
the fray their exuberance just gets
the best of them and they are
likely to do anything.
At the Shortridge-P Prep football
game the latter club gave Coach
Goldsberry's boys a real tussle. At
one time in the second half a
Boys Prep half back got away for
long run. The Shortridge coach
sent in the regular center who had
been squirming around endeavor-
ing not to fall off the bench.
The newcomer Immediately
talked and Referee Seidensticker
Immediately added on fifteen
yards more to the Boys Prep
yardage. The player knew bet
ter but he had too great head
of steam up. The same sort of
pressure blows the cover off the
tea kettle.
At West Newton Friday night
Valley Mills won a basketball
<eame. 16 to Ia. But just listen to
$he tale of another substitute. He
did not lose the game, but he
made it very sure for the OPP
ponents, With only seconds to
play and the score IA to IA foul
was called on a West Newton play
err. It was the fourth personal and
he left the game
A substitute rushed in without
reporting to the referee and Of
fered words of encOura cement to
his mates. Of course, such pro-
cedure is against the rules. A
technical foul was called.
Valley Mills tossed one foul,
making the score Is to IA. The
gun fired and the game was over.
Then Valley Mills tossed the other
free throw just for good measure.
One never knows what a sub
stitute wifi do Smart coaches
work long and hard with the re-
serves. But even then, the
youths forget i'm the excitement
Just what they are to do and
what not to do. The bench is the
hardest position to play on the
team so one must not be too
severe on those who spring
eagerly into action after much
watchfuI waiting.
(T1OW strange are the quirks
Ill of Fate and in what pc
1 culiar ways are names per