The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-11-10
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Observation-Disclosures
By VEDDER GARD


about Princeton being al
lowed five downs against
Harvard at one time last Saturday
which gave Jake Slagle an oppor-
tunity TO drop-kick three points
from the field on the extra down.
This seemed very unlikely to us
and an explanation was awaited.
The other day there was a state
ment concerning the happening
from Referee CroweH.
Here Is what he said: prince
toms first play resulted in loss
OF six yards. Then a forward
pass was attempted that gained
a little. Thai accounts for two
downs. On the third down the
Princeton quarterback took an
extended time in giving his sig
nails and this caused Harvard
guard to be drawn Offside.
81 called it no play and eau
toned the Princeton quarter
back not to take so much time
again. The spectators did not
know this and naturally believed
that an extrad down had been
given"
In this situation the referee was
within his rights. Rule 10, Sec
ton 6, says: If a player Of the side
in possession of the ball makes a
deliberate attempt, by a false start
or otherwise, to draw the oppon-
\ ents offside, the ball, If snapped,
eshall not be regarded as in play or
the scrimmage as begun.
Penalty-Loss of five yards.
But, you say, Referee Crowell
did not penaliZe Princeton. He did
not have to. Listen to this note
which goes with the above rule:
variations of starting signals
or shift plays when used for the
purpose of drawing opponents
offside should be penalized under
this section. If he should be In
doubt as to the intent the referee
may waive the penalty and di-
rect that the ball be put in play
at the same spot, the number of
the down and point to be gained
for first down remaining the
same"
1t wouldn't do the football fans
and some of the sport writer's any
harm to read up little on the
rules. 1T would add to the for
mer's enjoyment of the game and
the latters' ability to write intelli-
gently,
Many spectators seemingly do
not know that the down remains
the same on most penalties, and
at every game one can hear fans
yelling that a team Is getting too
MARI downs.
To make this more plain--if
team is Offside on the second
down 1t Is penallZed five yards
from where the ball was put in
play, but after the penalty the
next down remains the same. 1t
is still the SECOND down, not
the third.
This may seem like primary
stuff to those who know, but
you'd be surprised how many
lprimary grade football fans there
'are.
-7r Is a peculiar way to cele-
brate Armistice Day by
- staging premeditated bat
ties, but a number of football
teams have that strange idea
Thursday. There are not many i'm
portant contests, most of the big
fellows being content with pound
ing each other around once a
week on Saturday.
Indianapolis has game to-
morrow when Danville Normal
comes to Indiana Central Uni
versity Heights institution, for
the annual game. Last year the
Danville outfit swamped the locals,
Al to 0,
Lombard, the team that beat
Butler a couple of weeks ago,
plays Chicago ''Y' College at
Galesburg, III. Oklahoma should
trim Kansas at Lawrence, Kans.
On the Pacific coast, University of
Southern California goes way up
to Portland, Ore, to clash with
the Oregon Aggies. Much search
ing through the schedule fails to
reveal anything else o. much gen.
eral interest,
L0, the poor INDIAN. After
those two Tarahumare tribes
men ran from Pachuca to City of
Mexico, 621s miles, In nine hours
and thirty-seven minutes, the
governor of Mexico presented
them with plows. That must
have been a understanding
like giving Man o. War a set of
harness, or Q. G. Pyle a mem
A bership in the A. A. u.
I'LL good things must come
Al to an end. The last Ken
G9 lucky race meeting Of the
year started at Lexinton today.
The fall program will include ten
days of sport, which ends Nov. 20.
The feature of opening day was
the Lexington Herald handicap at
one and one-sixteenth miles.
In this race was Pop" Collins
Old Slip, winner of ten out Of his
last eleven races. NThe 3-year-old
was forced to carry 125 pounds to-
day, but in spite of the weight he
was a likely favorite.