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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1912.
GUIDE FinilKS
BRING
CHANGES
COIITIO.S OF TLAYING FIELD
AltE (HiGEP.
Many Small Changes Being Recorded
'eed Close Study.
With the arrival of the new foot
tall guide books all the material
changes of the new rules are noted.
While the 'general laws are radically
changed, there are also some of minor
Importance that are not generally list
ed but which will have to be dug out
by actual experience. The new rule
prologue says:
Alterations In Rules for 1012.
The chief changes In the rules for
the season of 1912 may be outlined in
a few words, although their effect on
the play will be considerable. The
principal alteration was the addition of
an extra down. Instead of three trials
in which to advance the ball the spec
ified distance of ten yards, four are al
lotted. In other words, while the
necessary average to the down last
season was 3 1-3 yards, this distance
now becomes 2 1-2 yards.
The field has also quite materially
changed, as will be seen by the refer
ence to the diagram printed on the
page preceding the rules In the guide.
The .field was formerly 330 feet long.
The goal posts have now been brought
In so that the distance from one goal
line to the other goal line is now 300
feet or an even hundred yards, behind
each goal the extra space, 10 yards,
thus cut off is retained for the purpose
of the forward pass; that is, the player
may receive a forward pass in this end
cone and it will still be legal. Former
ly if a forward pass crossed the goal
line it was a touch-back for the de
fenders of the goal, no matter whether
the opponent caught it or not. Ow
ing to the changes in the field the kick
off Instead of being made as formerly
from the middle of the field, the 55
yard line, will now be made from the
40 yard line of the side that Is doing
the kicking, that is, 60 yards from the
goal towards which the ball la being
kicked.
One other shange of Importance is
that on the kick-out the opponents, in
stead of lining up on the 25-yard line
of the opponent's goal, line up on the
20-yard line, and the ball must be kick
ed from some point behind that 20
yard line.
Tne Intermission between the first
and second , and .third and fourth
periods has been shortened from two
minutes to one minute.
Only one man of each side,.instead of
three, will bo allowed to walk up and
down the side lines. The office of field
Judge has been dispensed with and the
three officials will now be the Referee,
Umpire and Linesman. The restric
tion that the forward pass should not
go over 20 yards has been removed
and a forward 'pass of any distance Is
legal. The on-side kick has been cut
out altogether; that Is, a kicked ball
striking the ground does not put the
kicker's side on-slde. .The balance ot
the changes are of lesser Importance.
An endeavor has been made to sim
plify the rules and make the arrange
ment more satisfactory.
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MOOSE GOING TO ELGIN S
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,i Because the local grounds could l
could not be gotten Into Bhape,
the Elgin Moose-La Grande
Moose ball game slated for here
tomorrow has been transferred. S
The local team will go to Elgin
Sunday. $
A DAY WITH HANS WAQ
NER AND HIS WONDER
FUL PLAYING. ,
Will Harm Wagner ever slow
up? Although the burly short
stop of the I'ittuburgh Pirates
has been playing a brilliant game
for fourteen years, the 1012 sea
son shows blin. performing In
greater style thun ever. Id a
double header lu Pittsburgh Aug.
23 Wagner's playing was noth
ing short of marvelous. It stood
out far more prominently than
the work of any of the mound
artists who figured In the double
bill. Ills achievements that aft
ernoon will compare favorably
with those of any one day during
bis long and notable career on
the diamond. The big Teuton
starred alike with the bat and In
the field. In the opening engage
ment in four times up be touched
up the New York pitchers for a
double and two singles, scoring
two of Pittsburgh's three runs.
In the second encounter be com
pletely distanced this perform
ance with a single, a double, a
triple and a home run. This
quartet of hits figured in every
Pittsburgh run, three being scor
ed by the Teuton and tbe other
three chased home by bis timely
smashes. In bis nine trips to tbe
plate he reached the Giants' two
leading boxmen for seven bits,
which totaled fourteen bases and
scored five of Pittsburgh's nine
runs. " On the paths he showed
that Father Time is still a stran
ger by stealing two bases, and lu
the field he galloped nimbly on
all sides of his position, accept
ing fourteen chances out of a
possible flfteea Without Wag
ner the Pirates would have been
defeated in the first game and
would never have been in tbe
chase during the second.
FEW IRON MEN
III
JOE SI'GINNITY WAS PIONEER OF
THIS CLASS.
Coombs One Striking Example of This
Class of Ball Players.
- That peculiar niche In baseball af
fairs wbicb is tilled by what "are known
' as Iron men Is one tbat has bad few
j occupants. Tbe iron men of note, real
I iron meu, huve been few and far be-
tween. . The term is applied only to
i pitchers and means those pitchers
j whose constitutions are sufficiently
strong to permit mem to ao more worn
In tbe box than most twirlers could
tend. Unusual capacity for work and
exceptional pitching ability' are attri
butes of the iron men of the mound.
Tbe first pitcher to whom the term
was applied was Joe McGlnnlty, and
be came Into It not bo much because
of the frequency with which be pitched
as bis capacity for double headers. To
this day be goes Into the box often,
and "few pitchers have worn so well.
. There are two other leading expo
nents of the iron man business. One
Is Ed Walsh of the Chicago. White Sox.
the most noted of the threes and the
other is Jack Coombs of the Phlladel-
SQUAD GROWING
WITH PROMISE
INTERNATIONAL CHESS.
New York-Havana Matches Will Bsgln
In Gotham Nov. 30.
Play In the New York-Havana inter
national chess championship tourney
will begin In New York Nov. 80. In
vltatlons bave been sent to seventeen
of the world's masters to take part.
The matches will be played four days
eacb week, and after every contestant
bas encountered each of the others once
an adjournment will be taken nntll
Saturday. Jan. 4. when the second half
will open In Havana.
UMPIRE HILDEBRAND HAS
NEW WAY TO DUCK
i BLEACHER FANS.
A new scheme for dodging tbe
wrath of the bleachers bas been
put into effect by Umpire George
midebruud of tbe Coast league.
All tbe uniform that be now
! wears Is a cap. Exchanging the
cap for a hat, he appears as a
I civilian. "It's this way," said
Hildebrnnd. . "If trouble should
J start all I would need to do
would be to grab some one's bat
make a quick change and then
Join tbe crowd In yelling .'Kill
the umplrel' "
Brothsrs of Famous Boxers In Ring.
Mike (ilbbons' younger brother Tom
my, who Is only nineteen years old. I
a clever middleweight boxer. "Phllu
delphia Jock" O'Brieu Is developing nl
eighteen-year-old brother. Jack Jun'nr
who Is making good as a llgbtwelgbi.
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1001BALL SQUAD B0 IK LAliGE
AND YEBSAIli.K.
Not 31 en Hare Beef am) Jlu-clc, as
Needed to Bound up the Team, .
Around a group of . men close to a
dozen In number, who havo had more
or less practical experience with foot
ball, the La Grande football squad is
now augmenting many good new men
so that, barring the unforeseen, there
should be but little difficulty In turn
.ng out a representative leant and a
possibility of making it a champion
ship team. True the new rules change
the game considerably but men with
experience are still an asset and while
many of the veterans and stars went
the diploma route last spring some are
back who have a good knowledge of
the game. While Manager (Ralston is
busy scheduling games, which calls for
one with Pendleton and one with Bak
er, Coach Cayior and Captain Bohn
enkamp are turning out and tutoring
their recruits with a vim. There is
a good variety of old men to help
up the team and fortunately many of
the new timbers bave beef and muscle.
Hunter, a half back, Winters; former
ly of Union, Morris, an athlete from
Imbler, Gilman, H. Garrlty, a brother
of the famous end. Kiddle, and some
others are added to the squad of old
men, many of whom played last year,
and who include: Snider, Ilohnen
kamp, Conkey, Crawley, Geddes, Huff,
Carroll. Casey, Ralston, Leffel and var
ious others. -
The new rule books are here and
have been gone over with considera
ble diligence.
MssBsVm
0SE HALF THE WORLD '
wonders how the other half ex
ists, but all wonder at . tbe
wearing quality of "
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JTFTY.FOUB FORDS SOLD.
Fifty-four Fords have been sold
through the L. C. Smith agency
this year and many orders are s
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JACK COOMBS OF PHILADELPHIA ATH
LETICS. pnla Americans. Coombs isn't pitch
ing as -frequently as be did last year,
but his capacity for work, coupled wltb
his skill as a boxman, tided Conule
slack and tbe Athletics over many a
rough spot and pulled out many a game
In which some other pitcher bad wul
bled.
Coombs, like Walsh, could stnnd be
ing burled Into tbe breach many n
time beyond tbe ordinary, and then
bis expertness on the peak did tbe rent
Walsh bas probably pitched In more
games a year for the length of time
be bas been In tbe game tlinu any
other pitcher baseball lias known It
was predicted half a dozen .vein nji"
that the Inordinate wenr ami tenr
would get blm, but he Is still at It ami
as effective, if not as suunx, as ever
He Is a spltbnll pitcher, ton. mini her
thing supposed to be very trying. Iut
be contends that with him that form
Of delivery Is no more exacting on the
arm than any other way of pitching
In his line, there Is and has been
only one Walsh.
ONLY ONE TY COBB.
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Experts Still Trying to Figure Whin
He Will Rsaeh His Limit
Baseball has produied some wonder
ful players, but It has produced only
on Ty Cobb. There can no longer be
any doubt that Cobb Is tbe rentnti
player of all time. Veur after year Ty
becomes mors woouerful.
'Last year, wheu be bit .420. most1
Critics believe he had bit at bis top'
gait and never sgnln would approach t
uibi Dgure. : nm i.v in ambitious ana:
each year alius to go higher. On tbe
Tigers' hixt esxtern trip Tyrus bit .6fi0.
He In Milt mnlmnliilug a .430 clip and
believe f tie can boont his last year"!
avernce by shout twenty points.
No (mil player In the history of the
(am ever bit like this. There bare
been .400 mm before, but tbey wr
aot bandtrspiied by tbe foul strike rule
Will Cobb erer reach "tbat point of
OViencr wber be- ean sting the ball
for a seasons s vers re ot .600 " rer
ban not. but If Cobb keeps going ai
buV present pact be will com nearer
this Dgw tban any mortal ever bn
wuit.
It means the most possible
to buy in Automobile
value for the money
THIS IS A PROVEN FACT
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