Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-26
DOWN THE LINE
WITH w. o. McGEEHAN.

If every assignment Is carried out
perfectly. But II each defensive man
carries cut his assignments las the
coaches call them perfectly, then
the runner is Smeared in his tracks.
In fact, then, either team Is able
to advance only through errors Of omiS-
sion OH the part of the defense. A
long run resulting from q tumble Is
certainly severe punishment, but next
in line is q blocked kick developing
into a touchdown. Ask at New Haven
about this. II the tumble rule Is al
lowed to stand, within two years teams
will be having one additional try after a
blocked kick.
THE rules attempt to make the game
easier for the boys, but in one historic
instance they made 1t harder. Too
many field goals were being made, sc
the goal posts were moved back lO
yards. Now there are no field goals and
the goal posts might as we'll be put
on top of the stadium as q symbol OF
what the game was. What say?
wv. K. NJ"
Applied 70 Base hall.
IN order to give this theory q fair
test. they should apply 1t to other
intercollegiate sports. There Is base
ball, for instance, Q game that still
Is considered almost. q major sport IN
some Of the old-faShioned colleges. The
base ball rules for the colleges are the
same as those used by the professional
base ball teams. This should not be
Allowance should be made for the feel
ings OF a college base ball player who
errs at q critical point.
There have been instances in In
tercollegiate base ball games where
an inf1elder has let an easy grounder
roll through his legs for a three-bag-
ger. Naturally, with the rest Of the
team playing errorleSS base ball, 1t
would seem unfair that the eight
others should be penalized for the
error of this one man, especially as
this error might have lost the game.
Obviously, the thing to do would bC
to have the ball declared dead at thu
point where 1t rolled between the in.
t1elders legs, and the batter woulC
be given another chance to hit a ball
that could be more easily fielded. Mis-
takes In pitching naturally would bt
claSSed as one-man errors. II pitcher
hurIs the wrong kind of ball and 1t /!
knocked out of the lot. 1t should b'
called dead at the place where 1t crossed
the fence.
Otherwise. the whole. team woulC
suffer for the pitchers error in judg-
IiCuI. IISLls IOO, Tic pIICAlNl WIN OOooCN
the ball away would suffer great menta
| anguish through the remainder OF hi
college career.
The tumble In Boxing.
THEN there Is the matter of the box
ing teams in competition. We viii
take one Of those hypothetical case
upon which most of the tdiotic theorie
in sport are worked out.
The score Is and 6 by knockoutS
or decisions. Then comes the last
bout, between a couple of heavy
weights. In the heat of this en-
counter the boxer representing a
college forgets to duck. OF course,
he should not forget to duck. That
is strictly one-man error. His box
ing coach has warned him not to
forget to duck, but in spite Of 1t all
he does forget to duck.
Naturally, he Is knocked out by
right cross or something Of that sor
making the score 2 to against hi
team. OF course, this is unfair.
Is penAlizing a whole boxing team 70
the error of one man.
This should be changed. The boXe
should be declared dead at the poill
where he hits the canvas, and tn
error should not be charged agaillS
his team.
(Copyrisht 1929