Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1921, Page 26

been TRIO OF 'RULES BEING : ‘s - oo ;o 3 e VIOLATED CONSTANTLY T-liese Are Tackling Below Knees, Blocking Across Opponent With Legs and Interfering n - g With Secondary on Forward Pass. BY H. C. BYRD. HREE rules in the foot ball code should be changed or enforced. Thiese relate to tackling below the knees, blocking across an oppo- nent with the legs and interfering with the secondary defense to |’ aid forward passing. The code now specifically states that all these prac- Jices are barred, and yet they are allowed in practically every contest; ledly a coach who does not i;ros: an opponent lengthwise in Mug, the missed with the shoulder ar body. nln at least two of them are more noted in their breach than ob-’ teach his men to throw themselves icking off the defense and in block- plan’ being to get the defensive player with the legs if he is And in many cases the legs of the Mffensive player trip the defensive man or are thrown acrods him in such 3 way as to block him from the play. The rules provide that this shall &l d while the rulés state }h‘lt a shall not be tackled below the nees, dnd the tackler shall not make fiying tackle—shall have ome foot at t on the ground while making tacl OV{TY official Is & Weak Seection. Probably the weakest section of the oot ball rules book is that which leals with interference with the sec- on a forward pass. ery coach knows and every official nnwl there is a certain type of for- ‘which is designed with ln- lfinongg_vwlth the secondary fense as ery important part of nu juccessful execution. This is the short lorward pass over the center of the In with the forwards dribbli ugh and cupping the close s Gl.l" ‘backs or completely smother- hes will claim for this play, henever they use it, that the sec- fense is not interfered with ly knows that the secondary. 'ense continually is lm.er!erad ‘with 11 . How- r, the official is put ln & hard test h for the ugh to see whether or not & de- onsive back is being bothered, and he must get his eyes back on ball to see whether or not the 1 has been caught. As one official sald to the writer time ago while discussing _the . “How afe you going to call It defy any official to find suffici ime.to watch the ball as it leaves he passer’s hand, then look for and d interference before the ball ia The writer concurred ith the official e Example Given Here. “-A recent example éf such forward in the V. P. L- ican Leagu Ppa: made by V. P. L was fll.nl. but the illegality of the play took place during such a short Inter- val of time that it was almost im- rolllu. to detect it. George Wash- ington {s using such a-pass. Some years ago Wasl ‘with a comparatively ‘weak .eleven, -came near ‘beating ome of “Georgetown's great teams with just such a play. . Washington and Jefferson defeated Yale several years ago with the play, and it was first brought into prom! nence at tha :while Folwell ‘was coaehing. . M a matier of fast, the forward pass play is one with which officials are having and will continue to have most trouble until some different rcfllflon- to govern jt are adopted. ‘The pass must be made from a point at least five yards behind the line.of ‘sorimma, in this day of quick, sharp passing over the line and b the side determine whether or not a man is four, four and a half or five baol How many officials The man who caught it was on the end of the line of scrimmage or at least one yard back? v Easily Avoid Code. The ru]e- say that a forward pass shall not be intentionally . grounded, yot whlt official is sharp-eyed enough when & pass {s grounded.in Some pla: pass rul &ive it more definits limitations or practically remove from it most of the present restrictions, it is going to be a continuous source of trouble to those handling the contests. [ oo s | C. eleven, wiidh onoolfl-;" 'i':l‘:. team: e ‘-‘:: m"‘ w! s aver: Fendall Alexander, or!.h 9, }s manager. A. C. took the Harvard C. gridironers into cam; day to the tune of 6 to 0. sames with 115-pound combinations. Address Gordon .Vu 1401 Columbia road, or call bia 1931-J. Southern the' Mohaw! book & game (o Than] ving Call. Pranklin Il:‘. e dl’ A o.. which will phay unday, is anxious Ariington A. whi Knicks to a -coc:-lnn ‘would like t:. :l;.run "v street, is the booking unt sought by the lumbia Midgets. A. ‘Markle, manager, Columbia actice at the house t for the p to be played with the Seaman ner elsven u:n kh:l (:lyr:::: fleld I:Ynn- dayn e icker] er ors are nt to be on hand. ¥ a game with the Truxton, ngton or Seat Pleasant team for be ‘done, yet if it ever has been ryled against or penalized by an offi- it has been done in some game the writer has not seen. ness his first foot America he attends the Ohio State-Chicago contest that afternoon a the guest of Presi- dent Harry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago. Several boxes have beem re- served for the Foch: party, which will be escorted to the same by the ex-service men of the university. ‘WOULD BE OFFICIAL. H. Hunter, teaching at the Friends School, who is an experienced foot ball and basket ball official, would be glad to-have a chance to work in Some of the local games. He has coached and officiated in bolh sports for the five years. He can be t | reached at F‘k“nklln 4560, branch 37. CAPT. CHASING THE PIGSKIN PRINCETON, X. J, November 2.— Rain changed the plans for the Prince- ton foot ball practice yesterday, but it did not keep Coach Roper from sending the team through a stiff work-out: A thorough drill in funda- mentals, with the ends pushing the bucking machine around the fleld, the guards and tackles charging and the backs being coached to defend against ‘Harvard plays, started off the prac- tice. One of the good signs of the practice yesterday was the reappear- ance of Baker at his old berth at guard. Following the practice on funda- mentals, the team was sent through a lengthy signal drill to perfect the offensive strategy of the Orange and Black. A feature of the afternoon, however, was the phenomenal kicking ! of Ken Smith, who booted twenty- eight successive dropkicks over the bar from the 35-yard line. Smith bids fair to be a t help to the Prince- ton team if he lives up to !I\e record he established- inst week, Kicked two. xcellent Aela m-u against. Virginia. Every man except Snively on the team which will Crimeon is a wearer of the varsity “P," which means that he has played against elther Harvard or Yale. CAMBRIDGE, MASS., November 2.— Harvard’s foot ball eleven I8~ now about as ready for its invasion of the Palmer Stadium and Saturday’s game with the Princeton Tigers as it ever will ba Yesterday's work-out was held on a slippery fleld and in the rain, the coaches taking the greatest care that there should be no accidents, for the eleven is just beginning to get together physically, and there is not a player who can be spared. Macomber and Crocker continued at ends, Kane was_ at one tackle, while Tierney and Ladd worked on the other side, and Hubbard and Brown remained at guards. Fitts was full of speed and his leg is mending well. At the same time Chapin was worked with the other backs, Gratwick and Owen. It will be Chapin’s job to do the punting in case it is necessary for Fitts to retire. 7 away at the scfubs for five touch- downs. Cross and Sturm, who have been out of the varsity line-up with minor injuries, were trled out at right guard and right end, respectively, in place of Guernsey and Deaver. Other: in line-up were: Blair, left end; Into, left tackle; Cruikshank, left guard Landis, center; Diller, right guard; Beocket, quarterback; Aldrich, left halfback; ordan, right halfback; Mdlory. ‘fullback. WEST POINT, N. ¥, November 2.— Army worked on a wet gridiron yes- terday in preparation for the Notre Dame contest Saturday. The varsity took a beating from the serubs, who were armed with Notre Dame forma- tions. The big team ylelded 40 yards on half a dozen line-smashing drives and was foroed to defend its goal line with the scrubs only 10 yards away. This was done successfully. The regulars lined up with all the he | varsity. men :in - their: places eiee Breidster and Davidson,” who, feared, will not be_able to get h game Saturday. Their positions at: guard and tackle, respectively, went to Goodman and Lou Storck. Gilmore, whose fine work uflnn Susquehanna last week pleased the “BEAU” LAMAR. SEVEN OF BIG ELEVENS OF EAST ARE UNBEATEN =2 Yale, Lafayette and W. & J. lead the major colleges of the east in the number of foot ball victories as a result of their triumphs in last Sat- urday’s ‘lmu, EeEach of the leading jthree has won six contests without suffering & -Inx!a defeat. Penn State, Cornell and Georgetown are next in line, with five victories each and no defeats. The Navy has won four suc- cessive games. ‘The records of three elevens were tarnished for the first time this sea- son when Harvard, Dartmouth and Pennsylvania went down to defeat. Harvard lost to" Centre, Dartmouth was beaten by Cornell and Pitis- burgh trounced the Quakers The Navy has won only four games, bu it ll the only eleven wlllch ‘has not been scored upon this ye: Cornell leads in the Mll poin the result of its overwhelming Toctor 7 victory over Du'tmnlllh- ‘The Itha. have tallied . 296. Penn State is | R DETROIT WANTS CENTRE - FOR A TURKEY DAY FO nmarr Mich., Nmnbfi' 2.—~Uni- versity of 'Detroit has renewed negotia- m with Centre College for & foot ball xnnmn-nunnooumwcnflu L. . Bruce, ite nnqor of ath- l‘flfl. Colons ll ably. vould"w "&f;‘;’-‘. lhml'nt the WESTERN IS IN DEFEAT W stead of the pair applied for. IMPRESSIVE OF EASTERN ESTERN HIGH SCHOOL'S foot ball team, which is hoping to put,a crimp in Central's_championship aspirations when the old rivals meet Friday a week, caused the Blue and White adher- ents to sit.up and take notice yesterday. The “boys from across the ‘creek” not only defeated, by 3 to 0, Eastern, which earlier in the year held Central to a 6-to-0 'score, but outphyed Coach Guyon’s charges by a much wider margin than the figures A drop kiok cu uun.r from the 19-yard near % o the game polnts. | z series this season. In all Western a dozen first drives to Eastern's flvn. IM in every way outplayed the Capl- nm Ildl. except for the excellent f Allen, whose ‘toe pn.y.a a 'fi..""“’ keeping down the coun! tern. did not get inside of Wnlt- ern's 15-yard mark, but twice was that close. Starting the second half by marching to the 15-yard line after taking the kick-off, Eastern was held and Western punted well up the fleld. WA forward hnv-. Moran to Allen, put ern but it could get no furl.her. and when He: %0g was rushed into the fray to drop- kick his effort was blocked' and ‘Western recovered the ball ‘Western's score followed & punt which it recovered when Allen let the ball sift through his arms on the 30-yard line. Western got one fir: down, but then was checked, and a forward pass was intercepted. East- ern soon was forced to punt and Western taking the kick, quickly rushed ‘the ball to ths point from where Lamar brought his boot into actton. —_— Independent A. C., averaging about 145 pounds, has some open dates, in- cluding next Sunday. Address E. M. Ro|dy.‘2| New York avenue, or call t | Franklin 5019. — on the heels of the Dartmouth llhl and is threaten| to dl.-odn obertson. Aldrich . scored three touchdowns, three goals and a fleld nl.l in Yllll flelflr‘y over Bro'n. . Gorneil's eft. tackle, N coaches, was used for a time in the | varsity backfleld. i “ANNAPOLIS, MD., November 2—Ex- cepting King, the veteran tackle, and Rawlings, a hi X ngth at yesterday’s practice. Hamilton and McKee, backs, and Tay- Jor and Titus, ends, all returned. Titus started the season as reculnr right end, but was put out by early. injury. Taylor is doing so 'efl that he will hardly be replaced now. King will rest a few days and prob- ably will be kept out of the Bucknell Saturday, but he will be ready for Pennsylvania suze on November 12. Wiedorn, a powerful player of about King’s weight, i playing in the veteran's place. Most of “Wiedorn's experience has been at tackle, but he has been a substitute guard this sea~ Bom. 8o ins against the varsit Errdle i rigr Ao A find the advince. Conroy, Koehler, Barchet and Hamlilton, mlklnl' up the varsity backfield, worked smoothly and effectively. 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Undoubtedly there is zamblmx over foot ball games in Atlanta— which is one of the keenest foot ball centers in the country—but the southern city does not differ in this respect from other places where im- portant gridiron contests are decided. One does not have to look far to discover open betting on the eve of | foot ball contests In the Boston hotels, in New Haven, in Princeton—in fact, any town or.city where outstanding intercollegiate battles are .to be de- dided. This does not mean that the betting is of that harmless sort.that exists among rival undergraduate and alumni factions, who put up their money to express their loyalty to alma mater. By no means. Important foot ball teams are watched and their games played by small goup- of profl sional gamblers who are shrewd judges of gridiron form. Many of them are known to those who follow the sport closely, but they do not seek the limelight, and so far as the writer is aware they never num underhand work with respect to coaches or play- ‘Dea | ers. Probably uny Vl-ln. their “Il- Field goal—] em—Eischger for i a; Bisinger. - Eastern—Capper for Hessog: Hor. tos_for Harrison, Me, T el " BaaieTers, fot Prender, Ady GRID TEAMS 10 MEET IN ARMY AREA FINAL Foot ball teams representing Tank Center of Camp Meade, Md., and Langley Field, Va, will meet on the former’s gridiron Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock.for the championship of the 3d Corps area. | ‘These teams reached the final round of the Army tournament by winning semi-final matches played last Satur- day., The Tank Center team ran roughshod over the Camp Humphreys, Va., outfit, 26 to 6, while the Langley Field eleven had & hard time in disposing of Camp Holabird, Md., com- bination, 14 to 6. Later in the season the winner of Saturday’s game will hook up with the Quantico Marines in a game to be played in Baltimore. The Marines are going great guns, having defeated the Baltimore eleven last Sunday by 2 big margin. betnt too hlfllly to assume such risk. blatant element are groups of n jport townles from college. centers. They have no college affilia- tion, but know players and coaches and they love to st-ut and look sport: and display rolls of long green witl perhaps a block of wood mneuled in tlla middle. They are harml ough iand one may suspect that it 'u lh(l breed which_got on the nerves of est- Garrison of Rutgers. As for profes- lleh sional gambling, it is a ment to any amateur sport, and ich- | college man is doing all he lhauld for the great autumn game who either encourages or condones it; but so far as getting excited about it, just now it might be said that foot ball has at the moment ites more danger- ous than gambling to combat. att An snnouncement from New Haven says that Yale will place the Army team upon her schedule for s game next season, provided the Cades agree to come to the bowl. Just how the West Point authorities will re- gard this is debatable. Ae a point of pride some such home-and-home ar- rangement as that just terminated between Princeton and ‘the Navy might suggest itself; but on the other hand, the Army military chest must have bulged after wut Pelnu share of the Yale game were handed over, and this may well prove a strong inducement with reference to another trip to New Haven. Atlantans who followed the Golden ‘Tornado to New York to see the Penn State game had many tales to tell of the Rutgers contest at Atlanta. It provided them with all sorts of im- pressions. The chief impression was the temperamental and irrepressible Foster Sanford. In the first two min- utes of play, when Rutgers had been penalized 5 yards for off-side, San- ford, according to the Atlantans, walked upon the field and indulged in a colloquy with Bireh, the referee. Birch thereupon did Iomathln‘ 80 olutionary that for the moment Foster was tongue-tied; he penalized Rutgers 16 yards because of inter- (mm of the coach in the progress of game. He then ordered Sanford off. fll‘.’ fl‘eld. ad 't P Sandy invoked lDdl for & mo- ment and then ol taking his team with him. The n!mo came to the sidelines, pulled his watch and said that If the team did not return in two minutes he would forfeit the game to Tech. Sanford at.once pull- ed out hfs watch. Silence reigued. It reigned for one minute and fifty sec- onds, when the coach waved his eleven back upon the field. There- after when adverse decisions came the Georgians aver that Sanford would face the stands, hold his nose with one hand, lift hll hat with the other, bow low and cry, “You win."” Sanford should pull ‘this stuff in places where he Is known and ap- preciated. When he assumes such & role he has his tongue in his cheek and is laughing inside, enjoying, boy- like, the excitement he is creating. and his friends laugh with him, understanding. But strangers do not know this. Among the Georgimms who went to Boston with the Georgia University eleven was Morgan Blake, the gifted foot ball scribe. Blake was surprised at breakfast that the waiter did not force upon him a slab of rhubarb pie and a dish of beans. They weren't even on the menu. But what did in- terest him even more than Boston's normal dietary scheme were the manifestations of athletic activity at Harvard. “There are 4,000 l!\ld!n!s at the umiversity,” he says, it ‘would seem they were all out in (he afternoon, indulging in some form of athletics. While the foot ball eleven was limbering up the lacrosse team was active, the soccer teams and tennis teams, track and crew and base ball men were all in action. Everything was going on except put and take games.” In other words, Blake saw what it was very dnllnhh for a man of his influence to se He saw sports not confined to a few gladiators, but sports for the many interesting com- petitive games and wholesome ex- ercise for every single student. “ He would have seen the same at Princeton, Yale, Cornell, Dartmouth and other university seats that day. It is the ideal for which all universities should aim. 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