Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-22
Walter Camp Was Leader of Movement That Led
To Uniform Regulations for Foot Boil Games
by ALAN GOULD,
Associated rress epcrts EdltoR.

A r the turn Of the century. foot
~ bali was emerging from 10
~ hirsute magnincanoe, its padded
monstrosities.
Some order In the regulation Of the
game was coming out Of Its former
chaos and It was no longer necessary
for Caspar Whitney TO write;
"a beginner In foot bali should do
two things. He should read the rules
and If possible watch practice. II the
latter Is impossible he and his mates
must, after reading the rules, start In
and with II on side play according
to their Interpretation of the rules.
when differences of opinion arise
as to tue meaning Of any rule, letter
addressed to some one Of the players
upon prominent teams viii almost al.
ways elicit a ready and satisfactory
answer"
Leading the move toward more open
play and development OF the kicking
game, Walter Camp wrote:
Foot ball takes on at once so per
cent more interest, especially to Specta-
tors, now that they know the POSSIBLE
tiles and probabilities Of seeing the ball
are increased. To watch the struggling
mass Of players move painfully two or
three yards ct time =. Is not exciting
or comparable to the thrills Of an inter-
change Of kicks, the ends swooping
down the, geld. the dodge and rum
Camp, fast becoming the national
arbiter, signalized his All-America
selections for 1900 by naming Yale men
for seven Of the eleven positions, new
record for any Of the old Big Three.
THERE was considerable dissent from
j the experts, although the ELS.
eaptained by the redoubtable
SOroon STp es n0Iiss' s%ept through nSS
the season undefeated and was scored
ON only by Columbia and Princeton. It
crushed Carlisle, Princeton and Har-
ward by respective scores Of $50, 20-5
and $50 and walloped West Point, 1870.
Numerous other aIl-America selec-
lions were offered to the public, but
Camp and Yale carried the day. Camp,
In q generous mood, made mention Of
q Pacific Coast aspirant for a1l-star
honors for the first time when he
named Shaker Of Stanford, formerly Of
ming backs" Honorable mention was
accorded to young quarterback in the
Middle West, 0ilmour Dohie Of Min
nesota, later famous coach ct Wash
ington, Navy and Cornell.
Harvard's fine pair OF ends, Camp
bell and Hallowell, and Truxton Hare,
Pennsylvania famous guard, we're the
only linemen picked outside Of Yale for
the first team.
Iowa and Minnesota gained places
on the third team, an artifice origi-
mated by Camp as means OF making
his selections appear representative Of
some area besides the rock-ribbed East.
COME changes had been undergone
- In the old Eastern alignment. Yale
and Princeton no longer mingled
with Pennsylvania, but Penn and Har-
ward continued their annual battle.
Yale made an International gesture By
playing Wisconsin in 1899.
Cornell had yet to beat Pennsylvania
by 1900, though their game was be-
come an annual fixture. Dartmouth
had yet to 80 much as score on Harvard.
The Carlisle Indians were fast solving
the white mans game. The redskins
beat Pennsylvania In 1899 and though
routed by Yale in 1900, were ready to
60 on the war-path against any andn
all college palefaces.
Next-Eckersall Appear.