i
A RECORD SEASON
Over 1,209 G&mes
Scheduled by Colleges
and Schools The
Sensational Coy. 3
Br FREDERICK R. TOOMBS.
rAVING surviv
ed the fell de
signs of the
multitudinous re
formers, the bonny
game of football is
once more about to
disport itself on the
S, . . .
form of sport that
could put up with
TV. 8. DUDLEY. what f00tball has
undergone and yet survive. Talk about
animal vivisection. Nothing to it. Foot
ball has literally been blown from the
cannon's mouth of late years, and with
Infinite care the scattered pieces have
been gathered up and assembled Into
something like their original entity,
and, after all, only something like it.
. However sincere may be the pessi
mistic grunts of the admirers of the
old time game, with its bone crushing
joys, they cannot dissipate" the cer
tainty that the new season, soon to
open, will be one of tremendous inter
est and activity. While the first con
test of more than a meager local inter
est will be played Saturday, Sept. 18,
the season of 1909 can hardly be stated
to open before Saturday, Sept. 25. On
that date about twoscore , elevens
widely scattered over the country will
awaken Into action on the gridiron of
FAMOUS FOOTBALL STAKS WHO WILL BE FEATURES OF COMING
; SEASON. ' -
iiuy luuieau ol pracLiee auu mwi,, 111
officially scheduled contests.
Among the teams that will play oil
this inaugural day are those of the
' universities of Pennsylvania, Kansas,
Maine. Minnesota and Virelnia and
"Sewanee university; St. Louis univer
sity, Holy Cross, Kentucky State,
Ohio State, Carlisle and Brown.
Over 1,200 Games.
The fact that over 1.200 eamea are
.already scheduled to be played during
; -the season of three months between
teams of colleges, schools and other
educational institutions Is .indicative
of the Importance of football to the
asport lovers of the land. It is practl
cally impossible to ascertain how many
-ames will be played by athletic clubs,
T. M. C. A.'s, military organizations,
etc. ....
aiany changes are noted in the new
miles, Tecently issued in Spalding's of-
:ficial football guide. While a large
percentage of the alterations are of
minor importance, others will have an
Important bearing on the technical
.side of the game, though not neces
sarily -changing the appearance or
-.:f orm of the game as played last year.
"Therefore the changes In the rules
. ipR-ill be more noticeable to the -players
rthan to the spectators. '','
The new members of the rules com
mittee are Crawford Blagden of Har
' -vara, Parke H. Davis of Princeton, W.
A.. Lambeth of Virginia and W. S.
jXangford of Trinity, New York. 7 W. S.
.'"Dudley of Yanderbilt university, south
ern member of the rules committee,
"-rwrfnrmed valuable services In the re
drafting of the regulations for this
'.year.
Changes In the Rules.
-cussed at considerable length by" tha
juies commiuee, was anowea re
Tnflia' the tame as last- year,- the oaly
alteration of an Kind' beingr thkt thff
-amies now make It clear and definite
?tnt there la a zone lying behind the
FOR FOOTBALL
How the New Rules
Will Affect 4he Game.
A Change Jn Scoring,
Etc. . J
Rcrimmage line, in which space an end
might stand and by assuming this po
sition be not eligible in any event to
receive a forward pass. This position
is more than one foot back of the end
of the scrimmage line and not a full
yard back. No man occupying this
position is eligible to ' receive a for
ward pass, the object of this rule be
ing to make a man stand either up to
the scrimmage line or- a full yard
back,' where the official can readily see
that he is not on the line.
A most vital change in the rules is
that regarding scoring. For several
seasons the advisability of reducing
the value of a field goal has been dis
;ussed, and particularly the advisabili
ty of reducing the value of a kicked
goal from placement. This year the
matter took on form, and the value of
a field goal was reduced from four
points to three points, regardless of
how the goal from the field might be.
scored.
Option as to a Kickout.
A second arid possibly still more im
portant change was the provision that
a side having a kickout (kicking the
ball out into play by a member of a
team which has touched the ball down
oenina us own goal line) may nave tne-
option of taking the kick, as under the
present rules, or having the ball down
for a scrimmage on their twenty-five
yard line. This, it is easy to see, Is a
very important change, and it provides
a very great release to any team driv
en down into its own goal, particularly
when there is a strong wind blowing
against them. This change will permit
a team that has been forced to make a
touchback to have some chance to get
out of their difficulties even if the
wind is against them. Formerly they
were forced to kick the ball out while
the opponents stood waiting for it and
ready to make a fair catch, or, failing
In that, still to have" a good chance at
a drop kick.
The defensive side were forbidden to
kick the ball out of bounds, and hence
their helplessness, for even if the first
try by the opponents failed to make1 a '
goal it put the ball across the goal line
once more, and the defenders were in ,
the same difficult position again- Now,
under the new rule, in the first place; a
side has all the advantages of kicking
out as under the present rules and
none of the disadvantages, for' they
may scrimmage the ball on. the twenty
five yard line instead of taking the
kickout.
That gives them a chance at the run
ning game and an opportunity to work
the ball out a little at least, with the
possibility of considerable gain. Then,
again, if held they can pass the ball
back for a kick,, and the kiekercan
kick the ball out of bounds, a play
which is perfectly legitimate from a
scrimmage, and thus render any, at
tempt of the opponents to make a fair
catch nil. " : - - -
, Aids Original Defensive Side. .
The rule goes, still further, too. if fol
lowed out to its legitimate conclusion.
It has always been a good point for a
team having a strong kicker to "kick'
the ball across the goal line on, the
kick-off, ' because then the opponents
lost their opportunity for a running
game, being obliged tQ kick out, and
neftee the side' having Ikicfced off had
also the first chance to show their run
mug gnuie. j.u ib provision la rauiy,
therefore, equivalent to conceding the '
side which received the kickout what-,
is equivalent to catching the ball and
running it out, with safe conduct, until
they reach their twenty-five yard line.
If they merely touch the ball back this
touchback gives them this- privilege.
As there have been some discussions
from time to time as to players taking
ap the game for the first time and not .
knowing what the names of the posi
tions mean, the rule book this year will
have a definition of the positions and
a designation of the players as ordl-c
aarily grouped. ' .;..',-. .... ?t
In several games last year the ref-j;
eree blew . his whistle to indicate a -:
foul, sometimes inadvertently, and as
the referee's whistle made the ball
lead it was impossible for the offended
side to take advantage df whatever
run they made by refusing the' penal
ty. For this reason the rules this year
call particular attention to the fact:
that the referee should never under
any circumstances blow his whistle to r
thus indicate a foul. . However, If he .
should inadvertently do so the ball Is
still dead and play must stop.
One or two changes -were made for
the sake of making the penalties uni
Eorm, and it was suggested by the rule -.
makers that the position of the referee
should be behind the line of offense.
Coy the Greatest of Players. , i
There seems to be no. one in sight
at this time to challenge the suprema
cy of E. H. Coy of Yale during the
gridiron campaign as the greatest
player of the country. Coy is one of
those rare instances of the ideaV play
er. Physically ' and temperamentally
he is the embodiment of . the qualities
needed in the all around player. '. Not
only is he a fast and sturdy runner
and on the defensive a sure tackier, :
but he Is a quick thinking, a sure
'thinking and a far thinking general.;
Not only is he a swift dodger and a'
! crushing, crashing line plunger, but he
Ifails to lose his temper when his op-
'ponents .calculate that most likely he
I will, for making a man lose his tem
!per is part of the game of football. It
iwas a true description that a New
j York football, reporter wrote at the
close of the Yale-Princeton game In
the New Jersey town last .November.
I He wrote, "Yale power , defeated.,
; Princeton, and its name was Coy."
jThis former Connecticut' schoolboy, !:
: to wheaded and demure, who ; used to
t kneel and humbly say his prayers at
j his mother's knee, has become ; the
i only old and original human bomb,
land when he explodes, somebody's rush
lime is usually sprinkled over the dis
tant geography.
Page, All Western End.
Another warrior of the. pigskin
Jtrails who will loom big in the' fore
this year is H.; Orvllle Page, the new
captain. 'of the University , of Chicago
eleven. He succeeds a man who made
a wonderful record, Steffens, as also
did the captain that went before the
latter, Eckersall. Although Pageparts
his name in the middle, he is an ex-,
ceptional end player.; He , was the
choice of. all the experts for an end
position on the all western team of
last season. - 4 : f ;
The Decline In Sicking.
To close observers of the game it is
apparent that the kicking department
has not been developed to its fullest
possibilities of recent years, . Today
the names, of the reliable drop kickers,
place kickers or punters can be named
on the. lingers of one, hand. Coy of
Yale and Victor Kennard of Harvard
have - shown considerable ability in
this line, it is true, but th'ey' do not
touch the high water mark of the pig
skin booting art. What the kickers
will achieve this year Is impossible to
predict, and so far as the east Js .con
cerned probably Coy and Kennard will
prove the leaders. Kennard, with the
experience of last year to depend on,
should, like Coy, show advanced abili
ty in this direction.
The tendency is" to develop line buck
ers in these later football days and to
let the kicking end look pretty much
after itself. - But kicking ability can
be made' to show valuable results In
the score columns if wisely directed,'
and coaches and ' captains" will make
a decided mistake If they, continue in
the shortsighted policy that In this
respect has marked the' Immediate
past
. The Latham Monoplane.
The Latham' monoplane, of the type
:aned Antoinette, is the invention of
m.. JLevavasseur. Above its ekifflike
iluminlum body are spread two - ob
ong rings. The single propeller is
tituated in front of the main body,
(rhile directly below it is the motor,
with a self condensory boiler. At the
rear of the body Is the pilot's seat.
ind behind him extend two vertical
rudders for. lateral movements and a
iorizontal tail for governing the alti
tude. The underframe of the skifflike
ody rests on two wheels; and' In front
f them is. a runner Intended to accel
erate the leaving of the ground and
:o receive the first shock of landing.
- Ragtime Annoys Mosquitoes. .
Joss sticks and patent talcum pow
ders, have been discarded by -the fair
canoeists of the Charles river at Bos
ton In favor of graphophones as i
means of keeping mosquitoes and oth
er insects at a-distance. .The, liveliest'
music is aeiecieu, as experience, iiaa
shown this to be the most efficacious in
driving away the winged pests.
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few Weeks ' '
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