TTIE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, MAItCII 23, 1910. Credit Purchases the Rest of THis Month Go on Your April Account Aats, Arnold's Infants' Wear "Onyx" Hosiery "Merode" Unjderygar FOOTBALL CHANGES PORTLAND FOOTBALL AUTHORITIES SEE DEATH OF GAME IN PROPOSED NEW RULES. ARE NOT IN F The Greater " K-v -vV, Portland Players See Death of Game in Rules Commit tee's Amendment. Sunday's Ad in Condensed Form to Read Hurriedly Over Your Morning Coffee i ' AVOR Hliiig Store gj Buillef irk o di Tocl&y 's Sin J -v V. . i Demonstration of 'Howd' Front - Lace Corsets All This WeeK-All Are Invited OPEN PLAY MEANS DANGER ale S50 Hew Division Into Four Periods Criti cized as Unpopular With Spec tators Return to Rulea Before ltOS Favored. Football rule changes announced by the National Intercollegiate rules com mittee on Saturday do not meet with favor In Portland. Local football pu thorities and players who have been connected with the game for many years are almost unanimous in brand ins the changes as a compromise which is at once Ineffectual and destructive of the game. That the game will suffer both from the viewpoint of the spec tator and the player Is the general opinion. One football authority de nounces some of the proposed changes as ridiculous, and the beginning of the end of the game is foreseen la the sweeping changes which have been an nounced. The older players did not take kindly to the changes. The general opinion vouched is that the changes add to the danger of play, rather than take from It. The Innovations are called illogical, unnecessary and unsatisfactory. Old Game Preferred. "Give us back the old game; the game as she was played in lu4 and 1905 be fore they put in these many changes," was the sentiment expressed among t pigskin fans at the Multnomah Club yesterday. Even Rugby or soccer would be better than the shade of the Ameri can game whloh has been left, said some. 'I think they have mixed the game up so that It is ruined," said Frank Watkins, for many years the manager of the football teams at the Multnomah Club. "Many of these changes strike me as silly. The aim seems to be at more open play. Well, open play means danger, for there is where a man gets the most severe bumps. The mass play looks bad to the spectators, but it Is not there the man Is hurt. "I am sorry the rules committee did not eliminate the forward pass while they were about it. It was a serious mis take to put It in in the first place. That is where the danger is. The runner is unprotected all the time after getting the pass and then, too, the pass makes the game fluky, and that's bad for any game. I'm glad if they cut down the penalty for the pass, however, as that has been too severe. "The 20-yard rule for the onside play simply eliminates that part of the game. If the ball must be kicked 20 yards It will be punted outright and will not be recovered. The ends cannot go down on a kick of much over 20 yards, and have a fair chance of recovering the ball. Game Is for Strong Slen. "The old game suited me best. I liked the game of making five yards in three downs. Then it was a game with big strong men. Now It Is a game allowing the little fellow who has no business In football to play. Football is a game for strong, husky men. I belong to the old' school and so liked the old game the game of 1904 and 1906. "The rule about pushing and pulling the runner and otherwise cutting down the interference is bad, as it makes the runner go it alone. He must protect himself now where before he was guarded. The rule placing seven men on the line of scrimmage ought to prove good, as should the rule allowing a quar terback to run anywhere through the line of scrimmage. "The rule changing -the length of the playing periods to 16 minutes is not of any use, and the rule allowing an In jured man to return in a subsequent pe riod Is, it appears to me, dangerous. The American tendency Is to play until a man is practically gone. Under this rule he will retire when Injured, recover partially and then want to go back in the game, and in his weakened condition receive what may be permanent injury. "It's an e.itirely different game now. It Is more like basketball, and while the game may be more open under the new rules. It will not be popular with the pub lic, as there Is not enough fight, and in eliminating some of the dangers I fear tney have also eliminated the game." Danger Not Lessened. George McMillan, the dean of foot ball in Portland, who has played al most every season since 1892 in the fastest of company, deplores the changes. Mr. McMillan said: "I do not think the changes will work out logically. I fall to see where the danger would be lessened. The rule affecting the snapperback is not effec tive in lessening the danger. It simply means more open play and open play means danger. The rule concerning the seven men . on the line of scrimmage is of little effect, and the flying tackle rule is of no force, as not In one case In 60 does a tackier leave his feet In making a taokle. . The method of playing- the defense will have to be im proved upon In order to offset the rule allowing the first man taking the ball to run In any direction with It, but the game is not hurt there. "The old onside kick rule was good for the game and the elimination does not help any. But that rule shortening the playing period to 15 minutes is ridiculous. No one wants short halves. The spectators certainly will not wel come such a change, and the players want to keep on playing. No man was ever hurt by playing 35 minutes. The idea or letting an injured man come back, however, strikes me as s-nnii. That has been found feasible In Rugby and soccer for ages. "They can modify the game all they wish, but they cannot eliminate the element of physical danger. That is why me game is so interesting, but the dan ger to a trained eleven is not more than In soccer or Rugby, and locally there have been more Injuries in soccer than there have in the intercollegiate game. "I am glad the forward pass was left in the game. That was an Interesting addi tion, although I am glad if they reduce the penalties, as those have been ex treme." Change Called Death Warrent. Plowden Stott, ex-captaln of the Milt nomah team, a star at both the intercol legiate and Rugby games at Stanford, and one of the best field generals the North west ever produced, brands the changes as the death warrant of American foot ball. "They have mixed up everything." said Mr. Stott. "The game was already too complicated, and now It is more so. These changes, which are in effect a compro mise, ar an acknowledgment of the weaknesses which have been brought Professor Virgil D. Earl. :7 Frank Wat kino. 8 "Jf wjqpgppa?swywyyi to- ' V , riVtft niwi MMfUfii ATi I'M 'mufti toifti w & -rr r.vifwnWi tonlfWrr IrrftTniTtir Plowden Stott. Ueorge McMUlnn. about by the changes of the last few years. I liked the old game as played in 1904 and 1906. I never liked the forward pass, for that is where a man is injured most. I've been hurt more there than anywhere else. "What to do I do not know. I think they would better cut out football and build an entirely new game, rather than murder the old game. Those compromise rules were arranged by a. lot of Eastern ers, and we of the Coast did not have a word to say. I think that If the West had had an opportunity to vote. It would have stuck to the old five-yard game. Down In California we took Rugby rather than the ghost of football left by the ten yard system and forward pass. "Two-thirds of the men do not know the rules now, and it is getting so that a person is afraid to do anything for fear of a penalty. That spoils the fun of playing. Another old-time player who denounced the changes is Floyd J. Cook, who played fullback for the club in 1902 and 1903, and has been, spectator at the Rugby games In California. . Essentials Now Left Out. 'Football is a dead issue from a spec tator's standpoint now." said he. "The new rules seem to drive at the essentials of the American game. The idea of at tempting to prevent the flying tackle IS preposterous. A man can't stop his op ponent and say, 'Pardon me, I'm going to tackle yoii' He Bimply must tackle the man and keep him from scoring at times. I fail to see the necessity of di viding the game into four periods. It takes away from the spectacular effect, as in fact do the greater part of the pro posed changes. The spectators must be considered. I think spectators and play ers would agree alike that the most sat isfactory game was the old five-yard game, before the rules began to be changed." Virorll D. Earl, professor and football coach at the Washington High School, believes that a reform has been attained by the rules but expresses a fear that they may go too far. , "I liked the old game better, dui x am of the opinion the committee must know its business and Is really eliminating the danger," said Professor Earl. "1 ran to note any special advantage in cnang lng the length of the halves. I do not like the proposal to bring the ends in on defense. That would result in too much scoring and would make it possible for a team with a fast back to score at will. The game should be better for high school students under the new rules." Rugby More Satisfactory. A comDromise. pure and simple," said Professor James Ewing, of the Portland Academy. "I doubt the possibility of reforming the American game without doing away with it entirely. Rugby I have never seen, but from all accounts it appears to be satisfactory in California and at least is not resulting in sweeping changes every year. I cannot say that the rules will help the game for younger players, as they haven t .been hurt a great deal at any rate. I do not favor the idea of allowing an injured man w re-enter the game. It is a compromise rule which will prove hard to enforce. It will be abused right along, wnne tnere are many points which I favor In the changes, as a rule the movement Is a step toward the elimination or lootDau. Marlon Dolph. a former Eastern col legiate star and later fullback for the Multnomah Club, ravored tne cnanges. and said that while the old players one and all seemed to favor the old rules, the game was being Improved. "I think the game is being Improved right along for the spectators. If not for the players," said Mr. Dolph. "Where the new rules eliminate danger, I cannot see but the forward pass and other rules all tend toward making the game open and that the spectators will like. As a rule I favor the changes which have been made, but until I have studied the new rules more thoroughly I cannot say whether they tend to cut down the danger of. Injury"-" RACING m BOOM Great Season for 1910 Pre dicted by East. B00KMAKING 'GAME' PAST Xo Open Betting to Be Allowed This Year Steeplechaslng Events Promise Great Sport. Stake Entries Heavy. NEW YORK, March 27. Nineteen daj-s more and Mars Casidy will spring the barrier for the Carter handicap at Aque duct and thereby inaugurate the Metro politan horse-racing season of 1910. Thence onward, throughout the Spring, Summer and Pall, and until nearly time for the snow to fall, turf enthusiasts will have six dayB of racing weekly at the local tracks except for a portion of Aug ust, when the scene of operations will be transferred to Saratoga. The season will open at Aqueduct April 15, and close at the same track November 15. Jockey Club officials are predicting a splendid season, a sort of rejuvenation from the plight that fell on it over the passage of the anti-bcttlng laws two sea sons ago. Court decisions have been ren dered that prescribe the manner in which a wager may be laid, and it is said this year the various racing associations will eo police their tracks as to render im possible the business of book making. Paraphrasing the words of a well known follower of the turf, the making of books will not toe permitted this year; an individual may bet as an individual or ally, but no record of the wager will be made, any person caught registering a bet will be "given the gate," and the gate from now on means practically ban. ishment for life from all courses under the Jurisdiction of the Jockey Club. Especially Interesting this season will be the steeplechasing events. The asso ciation that has Invaded this branch of the sport has decided public Interest in the events over the sticks can be con served only by giving the people high class racing, and to this end numerous good horses are being schooled over the Jumps. Twenty-nine horses are eligible to start In the Oarter handicap, at seven furlongs, for a purse of $2500. The Futurity, the Brooklyn handicap. LADS LEAVE FOR BEACH Track Team Cioes to Seaside to Train During Holidays. The Portland Academy track team has gone to Seaside to train during the Easter holidays. The boys are working hard and expect to have the best team In the Interscholastic League this sea son. One of the best tracks In the city has Just been constructed back of the school for the use of the Portland Academy athletes. It is under a shed and has been covered with cinders which will be packed in a few days, making the track exceptionally firm. The track has 12 laps to the mile and an 80-foot straight-away. It Is wide enough at all points for two to run abreast. Inside there is a 60-yard straight-away and a space for pole vaulting, broad Jumping, etc. Never hesitate about giving Cham berlain's Cough Remedy to children. I contains nd opium or other narcotics and can be given with implicit confi dence. As a quick cure for coughs and colds to which children are susceptible. It Is unsurpassed. Sold by all deal ers. - i30 Xailorect 350 Tailored Suits for Monday's selling, such faacdnat ing styles that those who see them will become owners at sight. The materials are plain and striped serges, Panamas and mixtures. The jackets are those new short, plain tailored styles, or shawl collars trimmed in Persian, moire silk or self materials. The skirts are plaited, plain or in clusters; sizes 34 to 44. The very complete range of colors embraces navy bine, Alice blue, tan, gray, mode, reseda, black and white checks, helio trope, black, etc "We have gone to the original source for these suits, and in purchasing thousands of others it's quite reasonable to suppose we were entitled to 350 for a special sale. And the maker was wise enough to know he must let us have them or he would lose our trade. So here they are 350 to(jl O choose from; values to $30, special j? 1 JOJ Great Sale Millinery $17.5QHats$9.95 BaJby Weeli Infants' Apparel Greatly Reduced $l.QO Dresses at 79c Each $1.5Q Presses at 98c Each Bunny Blankets for 6Qc $15Q Sacques at 69c Each 3Qc Bootees for 17c a Pair Baby Shoes 49c the Pair $6.50 Waists at $2.98 250 All This Season's Styles in Lingerie and Tailored Waists 35c Veiling at, the Yard, 12 1-2 cts. $2.QO Elastic Belts at 98c Each Regular 5Qc Venise Bands at 19c Regular $1.25 Waist Fronts at 69c S2.5Q Union Suits at Only $1.29 Regular $1.75 Dress Goods at 95c Regular $1.75 SilKs at $1.29 Yard" 35c Ribbons, Special the Yard 25c Men's $1.25 Underwear for 89c Women's 25c Hose 17c Regular 75c Hair Brushes at 46c Regular $1.00 Hair Brushes 83c Regular 85c Hair Brushes at 63c Regular 35c Hair Brushes at 22c $l.QO Shaving Brush at Only 63c Regular 5Qc 'Hand Brush for 19c Regular 35c Tooth Brush for 14c $25.00 Bai for $17.50 Regular $16.5Q Rug, 9x12, $12.75 $18.5Q Seamless Rug for $14.75 Reg. $5.50 Garden Hose $45Q $l.QO Hose Reels Only 75c Each $2.QO Curtain Stretchers at $1.45 $3.25 Lace Curtains $2.45 a Pair 17c Drapery Scrim at 13c the Yard Regular $9.5Q Dinner Sets $5.95 $4450 Dinner Sets $31.5Q Each $65.00 Dinner Sets $45.5QEach $89.5Q Dinner Sets $62.50 Each $10 Trimmed Hats $4. 95 $17.5Q Trimmed Hats $9.95 The rash for onr millinery has compelled tib to enlarge the department to twice theformer size. Come now and see tne Deantimi nats ma- Hundreds that ulaved as they deserve to be. were obliged to stay in their boxes before are now on display. No more congestion of stock. no more crowding of customers. A big, roomy, airy department for yonr especial convenience. 300 Hats selected from the regular stock will be displayed on tables in two groups. There's no two alike, and each one boasts to the other of its superior beauty. Hand-made, imported braids, self -trimmed or trimmed with wings, quills, lace, flowers, fruits, ribbons, 51 QtZ etc.; values to $10.00, special, ea. P" - Another assortment of pressed Milans, pressed chips, hand-made imported braids, Tuscan braids, etc., all beautifully trimmed in ostrich feathers, flowers, velvets, ribbons, silks, laces, grass, etc.; regular values up 10 U $17.50, on sale at, special, each $12 Leghorn Shape $7.95 Imported Leghorn shapes, in a varjety of 20 styles, selling now in New York at $15 retail. Our regular values lo '7 QEi $12.00; on special sale at, ea, V $3.5Q BlacR Chips $1.98 Imported Chip Braid Shapes and black open hair braids, 20 styles to choose from. Rpftl values un tn iS3..50 each. ! 1 f0 on special sale at this price vl'O the Suburban, the Brighton handicap, the Belmont stakes and the Empire City handicap all have record-breaking Indications. Englishmen Win Polo Trophy. SAN DIEGO, Cal., March 27. In spite of heavy showers and a sogrgy field, the polo game scheduled for today was played at Coronado this afternoon. The Englishmen, already winners of the Spreckels cup, defeated Burllngame by a score of 9 to; 1, and thereby captured the all-Amerieftn trophy.' Canadian housekeepers complain because feneral houseworkers want $U a month in tead of f8. Irk 1 Sherman Jfflay & Co. Sixth end Morrison Opposite Postoffice Victor Records for A' oril On Sale Today Come in and have a listen. We will gladly play any Records you wish to hear. And be sure to hear the Victrola. 1910 Edition 13ortlan6 Simplex Hap and (5iu6e A thorough and convenient business directory and guide of the. main business districts, showing at a glance all commercial locations, office and public buildings, etc Published in office and pocket form. The J. K. GUI Co. Ta l l and Dsnrls, KUburn Fk J 'AMU Simplex FubUsrdng Bloch, 309-11 VaF jjr P Co.. 413 Ablnctoa Evrrrtt St.. iBlls Sr Bids-. Publishers. Distributors. Third and Alder Sts. 72 eal Estate Auction Sale FRED PHILLIPS, Auctioneer WATBR-FROHTAGB AND TOWXSITK LOTS IX GRAHAM CITY (SKIDE GATE HARBOR) WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTI05 IN Till! DOMINION HALL, VANCOUVER, B. C, ON Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15 AT 2 P. M. AND 7l30 P. L SHARP. ONE WORD ABOUT GRAHAM CITY GRAHAM CITY Is a well-establlBhed town, and will In the near fu ture be a great center of population. GRAHAM CITY 18 situated on the only deep-water harbor (Sklde gate). There Is no other deep-water harbor within ninety miles. GRAHAM CITY will be a great residential spot and Summer resort, also an important commercial center. THE COAL FIELDS, the largest agricultural district, together with great and enormous mineral deposits, and the rich timber resources, etc., are all on Graham Island, on which Graham City is located. Two or more railroads will make their terminus at Graham City. Maps, full information and illustrated booklets can be obtained from The Standard Industrial Co., Limited, 338 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. The Fred Phillips Realty Company, 324 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. "Success ful bak the resn good flour, " - W K )ak:ng is VV 1 It of using Vt ' r, such as 1 v Olympic y J" !& -Mother. Always insist upon Ol vmpic f pare, wholesome, clean and nntri- Itious made oi i selected North- western wheat "better than ever. SEE patiht: AT YOUB GROCER'S A New Departure The cost of interments have been greatly reduced by the Holman Undertaking Company. Heretofore It has been the custom of funeral directors to make charges for all incidentals connected with a fu neral. The Edward Holman Undertak ing Company, the leading funeral di rectors of Portland, have departed from that custom. When casket is furnished by us we make no extra charges for embalming, hearse to cemetery, outside box or any services that may be re quired of us, except clothing, cemetery and carriages, thus effecting a saving of S26 to 75 on each funeral. THE EDWARD HOLMAN UNDERTAKING CO. 20 THIRD ST- COR. SALMOX.