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THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1907.
A WARM PROPOSITION IS THIS SOUTHERN PENNANT RACE
SPORTING PAGE EDITED BY
PERCY H. WHITING
NOT NEWS, BUT VIEWS j
MONTGOMERY, A GOOD RACE HORSE
Back in the da.va when the first Monday in September was
set aside as a holiday it may have been appropriate to call it
Labor Day because everybody quit work and loafed.
But within the last few years the day has been given over so
largely to amusements and sports that it -ought to- bo called Play
Day.
Here Is Emile Hen's Rood colt,,
Montgomery. One of Montgomery’s
best races was the Commonwealth
handicap. In which he defeated
Frank Gill. Doubtless the latter
could have won It If Knapp had
given him a better ride.
The coming Labor Day is to be Play Day for Atlanta, all
right.
The feature event will be the ball games at Ponce DeLeon.
8hreveport is ticheduled to be here for two performances and
as the Pirates can not possibly be here ip time for a morning
game there will be a double-header in the afternoon.
You know what that means. Ten thousand people anyway,
if it is a nice day, will turn out to welcome the Crackers home and
to see the first games of the last dash for the rag.
Of course if yon take enough interest in sports to read this
column you are going to that game, provided you have a quar
ter and your health on September 2. So here’s a tip. Get your
lunch early or carry it with you. For there is going to be the
“fence-bcndingest” crowd that Atlanta ever saw.
There will be other events of interest, though.
Praoticnlly every amateur bnseball team in the city will have
from one to three games thnt day. Last year one team in the
city played three games and maybe this year some enterprising
crew will go after a world’s record and make it four games.
The City League teams have games scheduled nt all of their
parks, the Commercial League teams which are still intact will
doubtless have games at home or abroad and the kid teams will
be out for baseball from sunrise to the finish.
Other sports besides bnseball will attract their - share of
sportsmen.
The Atlanta Gun Club will hold its annual Lnbor Day shoot
at Lakewood and the event will of course be well attended.
The Atlanta Athletic Club will have a gplf tournament and
in addition the tennis courts, boats and canoes will doubtless bo
in use all day.
The A. A. C. ’s great amusement plant at East Lnke was never
more popular than at present and the crowds there on Labor Day
will probably break all records.
WILL DAVIS SUCCEED
MANAGER GRIFFITH?
Chicago. Aug. 27.—George Davie will
become manager of the New York
Highlander* next season, succeeding
* Clark Griffith and Norman Elberfeld
. will In all probability appear a* short-
• stop for the White Sox.
That la the latest rumor In base-
fball.
Davla, It la aald, wlahea to cloae hla
active ball career aa manager of a
New York club, nnd unless nil present
signs fall, he will turn up In the spring
aa manager of the Hlshlandera.
Comlskey beltevea Elberfeld can be
easily handled If better understood, and
Norman said he would work himself to
death for Comlskey.
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF BASEBALL;
SOME VIEWS ON PENNANT PROSPECTS
CASTRO STEALS HOME
AND WINS LONG GAME
Shreveport, La., Aug. 27.—With the sun far down behind the shacxv
grandstand and darkness coming In large, thick globules. Dyer and Castro
of the Cracker clan pulled off a double steal In the eleventh Inning yester
day and beat Shreveport In one of the hardest games of the year.
With the score two and two In the eleventh, Sweeney lifted a hlsh
one that refused to fall safe. Jim Fox made a bid for Hall of Fame honors
by lamming out a single. Then came the Comedian Count, with a nlftv
young dolible. Jim Fox let out about sixteen feet of himself and tore un
air and sod In an effort to get home, but the coacher held him on third. v
Things looked good enough until Bill Dyer grounded to Benson, who
threw Fox out at the plate. Bill was the Illustrated edition of the real
thing, though; awaiting his opportunity, he made a big stall of going to
second. The Pirates fell for the gag and while Dyer was amusing them
by running up and down between first and second, Castro stole home.
Never has the double steal been worked to better advantage this
year. For it cost the Pirates a game.
Rube Zeller was In May form again and quite unhlttable—except In
one Inning. That was the bloody eighth. In this section of the game
Hickman, the pee-wee pitcher, singled and Benson soaked the ball over
the fence In left Held, scoring himself and driving- In Hickman.
That tied the score.
Atlanta opened up with a tally in the first Inning. Becker walked
but was out at second when Winters' bunt refused to be a sacrifice and’
turned Into a fielder's choice Instead. And Lewee chose to retire Becker
at the keystone sack.
Paskert did better, going out pitcher to first, but advancing Winters
to second. Sid Smith then hit one of those ripe young singles of his and
Winters scored.
Atlanta's second run came In the seventh Inning. Dyer walked, Zeller
sacrificed and Becker singled. Perfectly simple, and It netted a run.
Hickman, the midget, pitched steady ball, but was found Just often
enough to make It hard for him. However, If his team mates had not
fallen for that famems Atlanta double steal, he would have had at least
a tie to his credit.
Standing of the Clubs, j
Southern,
CLUBS— Floy***]. Won. Lout I*, f\
Memphis 115
ATLANTA 115
Little ItiH’k 110
New Orleans 115
«
.557
527
115
54 61
.604
Hhreveifoi
Nashville
55
.470
50 60
Local Joy over the new* of the
Atlanta victory in Shreveport was
somewhat dampened by the news
of Montgomery's defeat In Mem
phis. However, we can hardly ex
pect Memphis to lose very often at
home and it Is not probable that
Atlanta can win a majority of the
games remaining on the rood.
The Crackers have two more
games In Shreveport and then
move on toward Little Rock and
trouble.
Doubtless the Travelers will do
their best to make the Crackers
eat dirt. And they have a sneak
ing notion that they may get Into
second place before the series ends.
But It Is not likely. Right now
Little Rock Is three nnd one-half
games behind Atlanta nnd that
lead Is not one that Is easily over
come.
Larned, Hobart, Mollenhauer
And LeRov in Tennis Event
Newport. Aug. 27.—The field of the
all-comers' national lawn tennta cham-
plonahlp alnglea narrowed down to four
player* ns a rcault of yeaterday’a play,
the number being equally divided be
tween the veterana and the younger
aspirant* for the honora. In the top
half William A. Darned and Clarence
Hobart were the aurvlvora, while below
them Robert LeRoy and Henry H. Mol
lenhauer came through.
Aa the Met eland* the Itnal must
bring a young expert against oqe of the
more experienced wleldere of the
racquet and. aa WlUlam J. Clothier
made no attempt to got out on the
court* yesterday for practice this final
will carry with It the championship
title of the year.
So well have all of the four men been
playing that the result Is by no means
a certainty. Date yesterday afternoon
A. F. Johnson scored a national title
for himself—the Inter-collegiate—hav
ing defeated Arthur Swetxer, the Har
vard representative. In four sets. All
but one of the sets touched deuce with
the Pennsylvanian playing superbly all
day and Anally scoring after some
line rallies, 7-6. (-2. 7-9,' 7-6.
Barber and Printer Teams
Submit Their Line-Ups
The game between the Barbers and
the Printers will come off Wednesday
afternoon, and at the present writing
the two teams are In the very beat of
condition and each club expects to win.
Tha Barbers and the Printers have
been practicing hard during the last
few days for the game, and the going
will be warm when the clubs get to
gether.
TENNI8 AT DALLAS.
Members of the Atlanta Athletic Club
have been Invited to take part In the
annual tennis tournament for the Texas
state championship, to be held on the
courts of the Dallas Lawn Tennis As
sociation, at Dallas, Texas, September
It to 22. It is possible that one nr two
local players will attend the tourna
ment
All of the striking telegraphers have
been Invited to attend the game free of
charge. The Inmates of the Old Wom
an's Home, to whom alt nt the proceed!
will go, have been Invited and will also
attend.
The following Is the line-up of the
two clubs:
Printers.
..Callahan, lb.
.. .. Hull, ss.
..P. Huddleston, 2b.
Hobby, 3b.
Barbers.
Harlst If
Howard, cf. ..
Host wick, ss..
Browne. 3b (capt.)
Cooper, lb.
Watson, 2b. ..
Undrrdonk, rf.
Melntxer, c.. .
Holliday, c. ..
Reynolds, p.. ,
Shaw, p.
.. Griggs, rf.
Lockridge, If.
Smith, cf.
..H. Huddleston, c.
Hall, vc.
McComack, p.
Johnson, p.
The game will be played at Ponce
DeLeon Park and wilt be called at 3:30
o'clock.
BASEBALL IN ARIZONA
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
I took my Artsona friend to the Polo Grounds one day.
Thinking perhaps he'd like to see the Cube and Giants play.
'•It’s right fast work," said Phoenix Phil, "fastest I ever seen;
Our diamonds ain't so slick out West, and the grass ain't half so green,
Fer we have to play on the desert, where the eun Jeet travels some,
And we don't give out no rain checks, fer the rain don't care to come;
But we play the game accordin' to Hoyle, and sarve refreshments free
And the umpires don't gtt gay out there," said Phoenix Phil to me.
"I mind one time," aald Phoenix Phil, "when we played the Tuecon team.
We was licking them clean and handsome, like a tomcat licking cream.
The feller that pitched for Phoenix was a regular old Cy Young—
He was one o’ them Rah Rah Rah boys that had came there shy a lung.
Wal, lie shut 'em out eight Innings, and we had tallied twice.
But In the ninth they started In fer to try and break the Ice.
With two men out and the bases full their catcher. Puncher Hall,
Lammed out a foul clean over the fence, and the umpire yelled,'Fair ball!
"There comes a time," aald Phoenix Phil, "In the life of every guy,
When nothing short of a crime wave will clean the blood from his eye.
That time had come to us Phoenix fans, and the umpire knowed It, too,
Fer after he give the decision he tried his best to skldoo.
But our Colts was ready and willing, and after we was tired
We packed the remains In a bat bag and seen that his folks was wired.
We play the game according to Hoyle, and sarve refreshments free.
But the umpires don't git gay out there!" sold Phoenix Phil to me.
—New York American.
Atlanta Is likewise four full
games behind Memphis, which Is
also bad business. But a four-
game lead can bo overcome. In
fact a bigger lead than that can be
overcome before I ho season ends.
It Is a big question Just how deep
Atlanta can afford to let herself
get In the hole In order to stand
a chance of pulling out at the fin
ish.
It la possible that Atlanta will
win all of the dozen games at
home, but It Isn't probable.
It la also possible that Memphis
will lose the full dozen on the
road. That also Is unlikely.
Atlanta ought to take eight out
of the twelve games. Memphis, In
all decency, ought to drop six or
eight out of the last twelve. But
you can't count on.it.
Anyway you look at It Atlanta
can’t afford to get over six, at the
outside eight, full games behind
Memphis It the Crackers are to
win the pennant. They are at the
four game mark now and station
ary. If they coin hold their own
the rest of the trip all will be well.
If they can't It will take hard
scratching to win the mg.
Harry Myers, first baseman of
the Vicksburg team, has been sold
to Birmingham.
President Kavanaugh has an
nounced that he Is In favor of a
14-player limit and a <2,700 salary
limit for next year. What, again?
Paul Welch, of Birmingham, re
cently pKched a 20-lnntng shut-out
for Dnmopolls against the Union-
town team, and won by a score of
2 to 0.
R. H. E.
Score by Innings:
Demopolls—
non ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo 02—2 2 4
Unlontown— *
000 000 000 000 000 000 00—0 9 6
Batteries — Demopolls, Flowers
and Lister; Unlontown. Welch and
McLomore. Time, 2:45.
Bobby Gllks has picked a "nutty
nine” in the Cotton States Leaguo.
In the list he Includes one old
Southern League performers—
Sample, McCay, Manush and Taafe.
Will R. Hamilton has doped It
out to the extent’of about a col
umn of words and figures that
Memphis should Win the pennunt
from Atlanta by one game.
That's figuring too close for ue.
Red! Fisher threatened to take
to the bench, like Babb, for fear
of d rf.ft. Evidently he changed
his mind. And probably he is rea
sonably safe—though Tom would
make some . team a ripping good
outfielder.
CLUBS—
Charleston Ill
Jacksonville .... 112
Macon .115
Augustn Ill
Snvunnnh .... Ill
Columbia 114
South Atlantlo.
I’layed. Won. Lost. r. C.
Ill 68 43 .613
The score:
Atlanta.
Becker, rf. . ..
Winters, cf. . .
Paskert, If. . ..
Smith, ss. . . .
Sweeney, c. . .
Fox, lb
Castro, 2b. . . .
Dyer, 3b
Zeller, p
ab. r. h. pn.
4 n 1
1 6 1
Totals.
Shreveport.
3 10 33 IS <
King, 3b 5
r. h. po. a. e.
CLUBS-
Detrolt 110
Philadelphia 112
Chlcngo 117
Cleveland 116.
New York 110
Boston 114
St. Louis 112
Washington 118
National.
Played. Won. Lost. P. C
. . . 119 83 32 .722
New York .
Philadelphia ,
Brooklyn
Cincinnati .115
Boston 112
St. Iaiuls 118
WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY.
Columbia must have had a lot
of miserable fielders for her pitch
ers were certainly regarded as O. ’
K. by good judges. Atlanta cop
ped McKenzie and Vlebahn and
Memphis has secured Schwenck.
Y. M. C. A. Accepts Challenge
Of Maddox-Rucker Team
Atlanta, Ga„ August 27. 1907.
Sporting Editor The Georgian:
Dear Sir—In your Issue of August
we notice ft communication from
the mannger of Maddox-Rucker base
ball team. In which there Is an Inti
mation of “cold feet” on the part of
the "strong’’ Y. M. C. A. team.
Now, this makes us smile, for your
correspondent knows we are "right
there with .the goods" when it comes
to baseball.
The Y. M. C. A. has won a fen-
games. too—out of twenty-one games
seventeen won and one tied. It might
be Interesting to note that Y. M. C. A.
defeated the team which won from
RIVALS 3, STARS 0.
The Rivals defeated the Stars In a
pretty game Saturday afternoon by the
score of 3 to 0. The 8tars could do
nothing with Rapp's benders, and the
Rivals wort with ease and then some.
Burge and Burge, were on the firing
line for the StarJ, and neither furod
very well, although J. Burge hod a little
the better of the argument. Rapp, who
twirled for tile Rivals, allowed the
Stars only two hits. He was In rare
form, and was Invincible.
The Rivals would like to get games
or any Saturday.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
Rivals >300 000 000—3 10 0
Stars 000 000 000—0 2 0
Batteries—Rivals, Rapp and Reid;
Stars, P. Burge, J. Burge and Gentle
and P. Burge.
our friends, the bankers.
The only reason for not giving our
friends a game te simply because we
have not had an open date since they
were organised. However, we nre ac
commodating. and since the challenge
for a game comes through your col
umns, we wish to notify the manager
by the same source that the Y. M. C
A. "strong" team will play Maddox
Rucker Banking Compnny on their
own grounds Saturday,. August 31, or
Monday, September 2, and If one game
Is not sufficient to show where we are
"nt" they may have one or two more
games. Yours truly.
T. R. WEESIS.
Physical Director Y. M. C. A., Mana
ger Rnaebal! Team.
BECK & GREGG WON.
The-Beck & Gregg Hardware Com
pany team defeated the King Hardware
team Saturday afternoon at Decatur In
a pretty game by the cloae score of 9
to 7. Cannon. Adame and G. Moore did
some heavy hitting for Beck A Gregg.
Cannon secured a home run with two
men on bases, while Adams and G.
Moore each made a three-bagger.
Score by Innings: R. H. E.
neck A Gregg. .001 220 400— 9 10 3
King 210 000 220— 9 7 4
VIDALIA GRIEVED.
Mt. Vernon, Oa„ Aug. 27.—The VI-
dslta ball players are very much grlev-
rd over the thought of losing to ML
Vernon by the score of 26 to 5. Bat
teries, for Vldalln. Bland and Mat
thews; for Mt. Vernon, BallOy and
Bengnot.
Favorites Jarred
At Narragansett
Providence, R. I., Aug. 27.—The
opening day of the grand circuit races
at Narragansett Park yesterday were
full of surprises, and while nothing
startling developed, things went decid
edly wrong for the favorites, not one
landing first money, and In but two
events winning a heat. On account
of the action of the authorities no at
tempt was made at pool selling. The
track was In fine condition. Summa
ries;
2:16 pace, puree <1,690—Hidalgo
Belle, b. m„ by Warren C (McDonald),
won; Alice Polntor, b. m. (McDcvttt),
second; Major Mallow, b. g. (Mallow),
third. Best time, 2:05 3-4.
2:20 trot, 3-year-olds, purse <1,000—
Douglas, b. g„ by Todd (McDonald),
won: Aquln, b. ». (King), second; Sir
Todd, br. h. (O'Donnell), third. Best
time. 2:12 1-4.
2:10 pace, purse, <2,000—Leland On
ward, b. m„ by Onward (Peepy), won;
Thornway, b. h. (Cox), second; Wil
liam A. blk. g. (Geers), third. Best
time. 2:07.
2:25 trot, purse <1,000—Toklo, g. g„
by Bellolt (Hlgglnaon). won; St. Pe
ter, br. h. (Benyon), second; Travel-
esso, blk. g. (Geers), third. Best time,
2:12 1-2.
Nashville In New Orleans.
YESTERDAY’S RE8ULTS.
Benson, ss.
Fisher, If. . .
Warrender, rf.
Lewee, 2b. . .
Mclver, cf. . .
Clarke, lb. . .
Massing, c. .
Hickman, p. .
1 1
1
4 0
5 33 18
Totals. . . .38
Score by Innings:
Atlanta loo ooo ino 01—3
Shreveport.. 000 000 020 00—2
Summary—Two-base hit, Castro.
Home run, Benson. Sacrifice hits. Zcl.
ler, Sweeney. Stolen bases. Becker,
Paskert, Castro. Dyer, Fisher. Bases
on balls, off Zeller 2. off Hickman 4.
Struck out, by Zeller 7, by Hickman 4.
Left on bases, Atlanta 6, Shreveport 6.
Time of game, 2 hours. Umpire. Da
vis.
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Special to The Georgian. 0
43 New Orleans, La., Aug. 27.— 0
0 Theodore Breltensteln returned to 0
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O down with three hits, one a mere 0
0 scratch. He had almost perfect 0
O control and struck out seven men, 0
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43 field robbed the pitcher of a three- 0
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South Atlantlo.
Moron 2, Columbia 0.
Jacksonville 3, Augusta 0,
American,
Boston 5. Cleveland 8.
Detroit i„ Washington 4.
BOY WONDERS WIN.
The Boy Wonders defeated the West
Side Stars Monday morning on the
Stewart avenue grounds by a score of
24 to 12. The first man up for the
Wonders knocked a home run. After
thnt It was easy sailing.
Score by Innings: R.
Wonders 545 341 101—24
Stars 422 013 000—12
Batteries—Henson and Cowan;
Mitchell and Victory.
Boston 4, Chlcngo 1 (secoa
Information About
Memphis Tourney
The Memphis Country Club an
nounces the following program for Its
coming Invitation golf tournament,
which will be held Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, September
11, 12, 13 and 14:
Events.
First Flight—Buntyn cup to winner,
cup to runner-up. Junior Buntyn cup.
Second Flight—Despto cup to winner,
" ' Desoto cup.
NOTES ON GAMES IN FOUR LEAGUES
The Memphli defeated the Climbers
Monday afternoon by the score of 4 to
1. Walsh twirled for Montgomery nnd
Crlstall did a .similar stunt for the
Babblers. Crlstall was supported nice
ly and the Memphlt won. Waleh was
given miserable eupport, and had not
the slightest chance to win.
The Little Rock Travelers batted
Turner, of Birmingham, all over the
lot Monday afternoon, and won an easy
victory by the score of 9 to 2. Turner
was hit for 17. safe blngles. Eyler, of
the Travelers, was In good condition,
and he had everything hie own way.
Little Rock made five errors behind
Eyler. and the Baron* made only three.
Little Rock was hitting, however, and
the Barone were not, eo you sec the
difference.
Theodore Breltensteln, the grand old
man of the Southern League, pitched
his first game In over a month Monday
afternoon and shut out the Dobbers, of
Nashville, with only three hits. Perdue
and J. Duggan, of the Dobbers, wers
batted all over the lot by the Pelicans,
and New Orleans had no trouble In
winning. Score S to 0. Nashville made
five errors.
Jacksonville defeated Augusta Mon
day by the score of 3 to 0. The Au-
gustans cou(d do nothing with Lee's
delivery, and the Scouts had little trou.
ble In w inning. McKnlght, of Augusta,
was batted rather hard by the Jays.
Charley Smith, the former .Atlanta
twirler and Georgia Peach, lost his
game to Detroit Monday afternoon by
the score of 7 to 4. Detroit made 10
hits off Smith's delivery, and had the
Washington team batted any It Is prob
able that Charley would have won the
contest. Selver pitched good ball for
the Tigers, By winning Monday De
troit leads the league.
The Bean Eaters; pf Boston, defeated
the Naps, of Cleveland, Monday after
noon by the score of 5 to I. Bergen
was batted hard by the Bean Eaters.
Glaze bad an easy time with the Naps.
Nig Clarke caught for Cleveland.
The New York Olanta qnd the litts-
burg Pirates broke even In a double-
header Monday afternoon. Score, first
game. Pirates 8, Giants 5; second game.
Giant* 2. Pirates 0. The Giants could
do nothing with Leever In the first
game, and the Pirates had little trouble
In winning. Taylor, of the Giants, had
everything hie way In the second con
test, and the Pirates were helpless at
his hand. Taylor allowed the Pirates
only one hit.
The Chicago Cub* won a double bill
Monday afternoon from Boston. Chi
cago won the first game by the score of
3 to 1, and the last game by a score of
4 to 1. Boston could do nothing with
the Cub twirlers.
Frank Sparks, the Georgia boy, won
another game for the Quakers, of Phil
adelphia, Monday afternoon, when he
defeated the Cincinnati Reds by the
score of 4 to 3. Sparks allowed the
Reds only eight hits.
cup to runner-up Junior ...
Third Flight—Shelby cup to winner,
cup to runner-up, Junior Shelby cup.
Fourth Flight—-Ohlckusuw cup to
winner, cup to runner-up. Junior
Chickasaw cup.
The prizes are: Cup for lowest
qualifying score; cup for best gross
score In handicap match; cup for beat
net score In handicap match; cup for
driving contest; cup for putting con
test.
The tournament committee Is: John
Law Kerr, chairman; Charles O. Pfeil
Robert F. Tate, J. P. Edrlngton, Harrod
THE DREAM OF BILL
By H. D. WEAVER.
/This alleged poein Is_wrltten with npolo*
to the author of ••The Dream of Nnpo.
leon." It I* subject to ohniijm* at any
time, ontl moy he iiiiroiulltloiuilly with
drawn from publication In chin* the pro*,
pecto of wlnulng the pummnt brighten |nr-
ceptlbly.)
lie dreamed thnt tho pennant race wni
won.
And ended the Bnutliern’s Imttle;
He drenmed that the Memphis hosts bad
fled
Like 11 herd of frightened cattle.
He drenmed that Frank's Inflated huucb
Hnd fallen fnr to leewnrd;
And that the Pirate's Moody crew
Ilnd long been driven seaward.
He dreamed thnt Mike Finn’s stealthy
trend
Had long since ln»en outdistanced
And Dad Vaughn's baffled Hlngpit*
“champ*”
Had vanished from existence.
He dreamed thnt Zeller’s wing still slew
ged
Amf vanquished all contender*.
He dreamed that Hoot Mon'* riant* rilU
queered
The foemen all who faced him;
queered
foemen .... ...... , . #-
He dreamed that Ford’s fast-moving *b<*>t*
Htlll whistled where he placed ’em.
He dreamed that Griffith's “ground
Still whirred ’em with nonchalance;
Amt turned the tide of victory to
The right side of the bnlonce.
He dreamed that the gruelling fight wa*
He dreamed that the fans were
lie urcumeu inni ine imm "
He dreamed that the whole • world riow
aghast
At the scene of the enemy a routing.
Hp dreamed that the old flag floated
And with axure skies was blended,
lie dreamed he’d won the pennnnt mee-;
He nwoki>—nnd the dream was end*!.
Changes in Football Rules
After the revolutionary changes of the football rules last year 14 J*
encouraging to note that no very radical change- have been made this
year. In brief the changes are:
Penalty of fifteen yards for forward pass touching ground Instead
of losing possession of the ball.
Defense to be given the ball when out of bounds from a kick or for
ward pass.
Forward pass from punt to be penalised fifteen yards, but distance
to be gained will still be ten yards. .
Hurdling or tripping to be declared a foul and the side so fouling to
be penalized fifteen yards.
Halves to be Increased from thirty to thirty-live minutes each.
Linemen may carry the ball from position or from five yards back.
Coaching from the side lines to be penalised fifteen yards from tne
point where the ball was snapped. ...
If boll I* kicked out of bounds twice In succession It shell go •“ ,1C
opposing side on the thirty-five yard line.
During klck-out opponents must stand at least thirty-five yarde from
goal.
No player who has not signaled may attempt fair catch oil sign® 1
of another player.
No player may signal for fair catch unless he has a chance to make
the catch.
All players to be allowed to pass ball back at any time.
One umpire and one "field Judge” to be compulsory.
The field umpire to have a part of the referee’s duties.
Head lineman to mark spot where the ball goes out of bound*.
Referee to report all holding to the umpire.
Referee to Judge hurdling.
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