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— TTTF ATLANTA H EOT?GIAN AND NEWS. COVERED 4r SILK HAT HARRY’S DIVORCE SUIT Just a Little Surprise for the Judge Hank O'Day Comes to the Bat With a New Plan, Hard to Understand B.\ 0. B. Keeler. H ERE come* Hank O’Day. aome umpire, who on^e managed *hn Cincinnati Reds, with a brand- new idea for a rule to prevent the intentional passing of a heavy bat ter at a critical juncture. Candidly, we don’t get Hank Take a slant at the report, exactly a«= published in the daily prints, and ser what you think about it. • • • ‘♦VjAKING the pitching box narrow- er would accomplish tho de sired object,” is Mr. (/Day's reported opinion. As previously stated, we don't get him. In the firs* place, there hasn’t he^n | any "pitcher's box” for quite a w hile, i Tnere used to be. and a guy could wander around as far as its limits would let him. Rut ihesc days It’s a slab, and all the slabman has to do in | pitching is to start with bis bind foot in contact with said slab and not take more than one step from it in the process of delivery. If Mr. O’Day meant “make the slab* narrower, ' we still would fall to see what effect that would be toward re straining a pitcher from lobbing over four w ide Ones. • * • n o DA Y isn't the first one to D I tackle the problem of making a Pilcher put it over—and it seems to us that nobodv will succeed In that undertaking without tho aid of hyp notism Certainly some manager* owning wild hurlers with lots of stuff would be very grateful to Mr. O'Day if he would devise a plan to keep the hall over the plate. Also. If Mr. o’Day. by a juggling of the slag measurements, can compel a pitcher to keep his product just over the cor ners of the pan, Mr. O'Day would bel ter give up umpiring and working on the rules committee, and start man aging another hall club. He would have some valuable pitching service—what? • * * S O far as our research extends, only one rule ever has been proposed that seemed at all likely to prevent the intentional passing of a heavy hitter in n pinch. We forget who suggested it. hut It had an air of plausibility enlirel lacking from Mr. O'Day’s hunch, so far ns understood. The idea was that the batter re ceiving four wide pitches had the op tion either of taking his base or of remaining at bat and allowing ‘he next batsman in order to take the base for him * • • Cl’TTOKK for example, that Har. ^ r\ Welchouce was up. with Tommy Dong on second or third and a right-hand pitcher on tl » slab. Sup pose tho r. h. pitcher had been pun ished severely by Harry, hut had be>n getting” Wally Smith and Blsland without difficulty. Then it might not he out of order to suppose that with two out. the pi:cher would rather see Harry on first than waving his big stick at the plate. All right. Four balls. Rut Harry declines the offer, at a- signal from Vis boss. Wally Smith trots on down to first. Harrv remains at bat. Four more balls” Maybe. Then Rlslanl walks and the bases are full—and AVelchonce still at hat. • • • VOV see the idea * Rut even that wouldn’t be alto gether a fair rule. Becoming candid again we don’t se<> how anv rule is to be made that i will do justice between pitcher and j baiter in this respect In our opinion. ; The strategic move of passing a hea *'> hitter ; s sufficiently penalised by the additional runner on the baste Hand \ ou may easily recall Instance after nstance when the supposed weak sister” has come along a d cleaned | up. Anyway, when it comes right down to the point, how Is any umpire going to know r for sure (If the pitcher ap parently tries to get the ball over) whether the base on balD '* inten tional” We await 'r. O’Day’s further elix- < idatiop of this "problem vexed.” WILL MEET IN LONG WALK STROUGHTON. WI8 Dee SO Sever Quale, of Stoughton, has accepted tliO challenge of August Kaddatx. of «*hleag". former champion walker of Germany, to a 26-mile hike on a six- foot hardwood or sawdust track In somv large cit> Raddat* will have the ad vantage In age Quale recently nosed him out in a ten-mile walk In this clt> Chick Evans Leaves Atlanta •c*v T**i* +•+ Expert Praises Our Golfers By Chick Evans. I T WII.I, l«' hard for ino to get hack to Chicago for work after living in the warm hearted hospitality of Atlanta. My (fames of golf over the Atlanta courses will mark a most enjoyable occasion, anil hip, dirty, noisy Chicago will seem almost unliearahle because my luihd will In' full of the happy events In your clean, delightful little city. I can not ever adequately express how much 1 owe to the ((onerous hearts of Mr. anil Mrs. George Adair. Interest in golf has grown very rapidly in the last few years in the Southern States, and nowhere in the South do I lliink that golf enthusiasm is greater than In Atlanta. The natural result of so much enthusiasm Inis been the development of some very good Southern players, yet It Is always a matter of surprise that these players do not go farther tn the National Amateur, whose very efllcient vice president, Mr. Milton Dargan, lives here, or In the Western, which has a deep interest in Southern players, one would think that the Southern player had certain natural advantages In the opportunity to play the year around. Of course the game is young in the South, but the time is rapidly approaching when Southern golfers should reach a higher championship standard. At the present moment the very liest Southern players are many shots behind the best players of the West and North. Of course the Southern player must travel far to the big tourneys, and consequently comparatively j few go. The Southern showing in the liilli National was better than usual, i and Nelson Whitney, your champion, qualified well up, but no Southern j player yet has gone far in either Western or National. Many times I have heard the reason asked In the upbuilding of champions, there are. 1 think, tho following essen tials: First, enthusiasm and the type of enthiftlnsm that is the essence of patience. Golf looks so easy, and is in reality 1 so hard, that it is the most discouraging game at times in the world for the player. Then comes exam ple and instruction, and Instruction should he either verbal or by example, for .voting players imitate readily. I think the best sort of instruction is playing with a better player. The next essential is a good golf course re quiring championship pln.v. You can learn the shots on any course, provided its condition allows the hall to fall and run the same every time. One must be able to judge tho roll of a ball, and know just what ground behavior can be expected of it. One can learn to hit the bull in the air, but unless the ground is right, he loses power to judge results. A good course aids good play and penal!•/.os had. I learned my golf on a flat 9-bole stretch of ground, and then 1 improved it by playing a great, deal at Chicago golf—a championship course. * * * A T THE present moment Atlanta has good instructors, among whom is Stewart Maiden, one of the best in the country—oceans of enthusiasm and a course to-lie at l'.ast I.akc that will doubly merit the title of the champion course of the South; indeed, it would lie called a good link in any part of America. And there are already some very good players here. Sqjue of you play very good wooden shots, some very good irons, ami some piitt extremely well: In fact, the more successful Atlanta golfer plays gen erally well, but I would suggest more practice of individual shots, a steady methodical attempt to round out one’s game. • * * A MONG the host players at East I.akc is the champion of the club. Mr. George W. Adair. He is truly a good, accurate, thoughtful player. His chief trouble is with his wooden clubs, and is because the ascent and descent of his club describe two different lines, and he does not throw the club head through the hall crisply enough. Mr. Tiehenor plays well, and Ills shots all i have a suggestion of a hook. Perry Adair shows much promise, and Mr. W. 1 H. Rowan is another good player with a future. 1 noticed several younger i men who take a deep Interest in the game, and it is very important that | they la* encouraged to play. It is good for them physically and morally, j and it insures future champions. Wouldnt’ it be fine to have the lag National or Wesierh cups in Atlanta? Good luck! • Heydler Leaves to Confer With Tener Over 1914 Schedule NEW YORK. De* 30 Secretary John Heydler. of the National League, went to Harrisburg to-day to confer with Governor Tener. recently elected president of the National League, in regard to the 1014 playing schedule which la soon to n** made up. Mr. Heydler expects to leave Harrisburg to day and meet Barney Dreyfus* at Pitts burg These two have the task of ar ranging the National league schedule, PAY ME FOR CURES ONLY ;? y«H bMR tab 1*9 f»r #u1 v#or bare «arn»4 <v9»9y wltMut ***** think H la M|h tlma W •*•**< 0* HUGHES GRAND OFFER? Y*u will certainly n<* »>• out any »<**• money If not *ur»yl C»n*ut tattoo and Examination nro Fro# foe ta* «#«1 thirty day*. If I rfccUto that your i^ndtUoo will not yield roodl-y u m* uoot mnnf. 1 wti! bt bonoot with aod toll you no. aoU noi accept your money un<t«r a promt m of a ouro M, trf.t—.nt wMI .Mime, .Uf. - I will »«k. V*. for tha foltowlnt dloooara KIDNEY. BLADDER AND BLOOD TROUBLE, PILES. VARICOSE VEINS. FISTULA. NERVOUSNESS. WEAKNESS. RUPTURE. ULCERS AND SKIN DISEASES. (*4!J&l* CONSTIPATION matim. Catarrhal Altaottooa. Pttoa and FMuta and aft Nnrrova on<J Ctroala (llaooaca c» Men bed Warner Vow and Cbrontr Ca#o« Burnt®* Itrtitna and Inflammation ntnprcl In 34 bourn 1 no. at&tr.rt r.Jfti ar.d extortionate f«w« charred by aoana ihmalrtann arfl apedaUsO. My froa ora ’eajwxiaric and no rrort than you are wtltlna to pay for a cur* A!', ineittcinaa tha purest and Jye.ni oi drain, are gupplleil from my own prleaia laboratory UlT OF TOWN Ml A VlSXTINU TitF CITY c Miau l ai at ome upon arrteal. and iraylw you ran be cared Injure returning Mouy un c»r be euretl id wn« or two nalu < Al«. OR WRITE No detrition trotn bualnoaa. Trea‘Trent aoC adrtce ooofldoBtla; Uonn S a it. ,e , p a Sunday I to l. If you rar.'t ra'. . wrL« and a'eti me Pi’l danrrtptinn of feu < i-* tc your ewr word* A enmplrta roiuu I’.atloa room touting an; If 1 can help you 1 will f>Q UII^UCC Opposite Third National Bank. nuunta - 6 , N 0r * h Broad street. Atlanta. Ga Baker Poor Press Agent: Jeff Gaffney Stopped Him in 5th The report published last Sunday in Atlanta that Frank Baker won over Jeff Gaffney at Snvanah In 16 rounds was an error. Gaffney really stopped Baker in five rounds, and. according to reports, Baker was outclassed all the way. It was Baker who brought the re port here that he defeated Gaffney, but the latter aiVived In Atlanta this morn ing with newspaper clippings proving that he stopped Baker. Tactics followed by Baker will not gain him anything | in the long run. Gaffney has fought some of the best boys in the game and I is anxious to get on with some 122- j pounder here BASEBALL Diamond News and Gossip KERSES. KERSES, KERSES. Christmas has pave, X€iv Year soomcill; Hut the '('inker story Is with us still. The Federal League is now an estab lished fact. Charley Murphy has begun to issue long statements proving that it doesn’t exist. * * * "What’s this baseball game coming! to?" inquired Fred Clarke, anxiously. Without accurate statistics we should say about $4,000,000 net per annum. ' * ' "I am opposed to the intentional pass- . Ing of a hatter," says Mr. Johnson, "but wha* are you going to do about it?" | That’s just the- way a lot of us feel 1 about the White Hopes. * • * We don’t know' how the Tinker deal will eventually pan out, but we will bet that Tinker gets the worst of it • * * "Baseball." observes a leading base ball manufacturer, "is one of the fun damental causes for the athletic su premacy of America." It was also the, cause of the same thing in ancient Greece. * * • ONLY HERZOG. Htfiillu'x lltrrc a mini with heart no stout Fir has not frit his nerve ooze out Ami his strong mind go battg, Whose spirits liarr not turned to lead. Whose inmost feelings have not tiled When hr received the sentence dread : "You manage. Cincinnati.” Whenever a ball player tries to tell you be Is not superstitious and does not believe in sifcns. show him an S with two lines drawn through it, thusty, s. and watch results. • * • When one of these scandal monger pessimists tackles you with a tale to the effect of money is tight simply re mind him that Joe Tinker has been of fered $36,000 or thereabouts by the Fed eral league, some of which is said to be real money. • * • There will be. much joy water con sumed on Now Year’s evening, but every dav the National Commission meets it’s New Year Eve for the members of said august body. * * • HANS STILL A KID. Said Tinker (Joe) to W agner f H onus) “FFoic do gon get a tan thou sand bonusf” Said Wagner (FIonus) to Tinker (Joe) “Im fust a youngster, I don't know.'' Willard Stops Rodel In Nine Rounds NEW HAVEN, CONN., Dec. 30 — Jess Willard. th? Kansas City heavyweight. who knocked out George Rodel, a fellow • hope," in the ninth round last night, turned two longin, anxious, hopeful eyes to-day toward the Gunboat mith-Arthur Pel- ky row in California on New Year's Day Willard said he would try to get a match with the winner of the Smith- Pelky affair, and there is no doubt that a victory over the winner of the Western fight would put Jess in the very forefront of the "white hopes." end would earn for him the title of white heavyweight champion. It was considerable of a task for Mr Rodel to eat anything to-day ex cept spoon victuals ns a result of the right-hand uppercuts which spoiled his evening last night. This was the first twenty-round fight hold in the Nutmeg State since Young Corbett knocked out Terry McGovern more than a decade ago, and lias aroused the hope that at last a permanent home has been found for long distance fights In the East. There was no interference of any kind from the officials. BOXING Famous Plays—By Heisman News of the Ring Game +•+ +•+ +•+ +•+ Hersig Insists He Is Still Presi dent, While Schwartz Re fuses To Be “Fired.” N ashville, ten.v., Dec. 30.— Tho bitter factional feeling which has existed in the Nash ville baseball war for the past two weeks reached a climax yesterday in an exchange of torrjd statements be tween William Hirslg, majority stockholder in the Nashville club, and William ('. Schwartz, last season’s manager of the local team. Hirsig emphatically declares in his state ment that under no circumstances will Schwartz manage the Nashville club next season since "he has been convinced that the ‘boy manager’ was not the best leader the Vols could get for 1914.” Schwartz is charged by llirsig of having approved of the Welchonce-Callahan deal, repeatedly denied by Schwartz previously, and published a letter from Schwartz in support of that contention. Hirslg also attempts to saddle the responsibility for the Perry-Berger deal on Schwartz, offering to produce numerous witnesses in order to sub stantiate his accusations. * * • TLJIRSIG insists that he is still presi- * * uent of the Nashville club, char acterizing the midnight meeting of a majority of the Nashville club’s stockholders, at which he was de posed and Vice President Clyde Shropshire elected to succeed him. as a "rump” gathering, illegal and con trary to fhe by-laws of the Nashville club. Numerous legal decisions are offered to support the assertion- that this meeting was illegal. Schwartz in his answer to Hirsig explains the Callahan-Welchonce deal by stating that the failure of the Nashville club to have him returned, after being drafted in 1912 by Wash ington, was due to the imability of the Nashville club to raise the nec essary $1,500 draft price to secure his return to the club from which he was drafted and to no lack of effort on his own part to have Welchonce re turned. Schwartz published a tele gram dated two days before Nashville released its claim to Atlanta, in which lie asks Hirsig to meet him in Cin cinnati, in order that they might con fer with Garry Herrmann, of the Na tional Commission, relative to pre venting Washington turning the player over to Atlanta. Schwartz was in Cleveland, Ohio, at this time, and offers this message as proof that the deal was made without his knowl edge. • * • S CHWARTZ also denies responsi bility for the Perry-Berger trade, claiming that he had requested Hir sig not to make any deals while In Atlanta. Schwartz charges Hirslg with being niggardly in supplying him with players of ability around which to build up a winning club, and charges that when he approached Hirsig last season he begged for new material to bolster up his faltering machine, he was denied any assistance by Hir sig. who refused to heed Schwartz’s warning that the club was "skating on thin ice,” although later the Vols took a slump from which they were never able to recover. BigG Curw In 1 lo J <1a** jiiHAiur*' rtioolur#** I v wtAlna n* pol*<w« may used full men *ih absolutely irtibmit ?*ar (?«ar»a- le#sj no* to ■trictur* ITewnu ocatsfl.v WHY NOT CURE YOURSELF? At Druggists, or by parcel post fi or j J bottles $2.75 Particulars with each j bo’• e or mailed o*i request THE EVANS CHEMICAL COMPANY v Cincinnati, O. Welsh and Dundee On Edge for Battle NEW ORLEANS. L»A.. Dec. 30 —Fred die Welsh, the English lightweight champion, ami Johnny Dundee, the Goth am star, are hustling to get into shape for their coming encounter on New Year’s Day. Welsh has a big advan tage over his rival in that he has been here for nearly two weeks ar.d is already on edge Dundee has been here for rive days, but claims he is ready for the fray. Welsh will ente- the ring a pronounced favorite. He will have a few pounds advantage in weight and his long ex perience is expected to offset the speed of his young rival The battle is ex pected to bring out a monster crowd, as the two rivals are well know n. Wallach Calls Halt In Cross Training LOS ANGELES, CAL.. Dec. 30 - Leach Cross, the New York tighter who is scheduled to box Bud Anderson at Vernon on New Year's Day. is doing so nicely in his training that to-day Mana ger Sam Wallach advised a let-up. Cross is looking good, ami his claim that he Is in the best condition he ever attained for a Los Angeles tight Is borne out by his general appearance and work In training bouts. "I am w orking out every day with Kid Daltcn and Babe Piccato. the best train ers I have had on the coast.” said Cross to-day. Both are fast and swap punches with me. I have not the least doubt that I will best Anderson in our second meeting Then 1 am going after Joe Rivers again.” Bud Anderson Is plugging away on the same old strenuous schedule at his training quarters. Bob Fitzsimmons’ ambition to shine again in the pugilistic limelight has re ceived a decided setback at the hands of the New York State Boxing Commis sion. The commission has issued an edict prohibiting the former world's champion from engaging in any bouts in New York because of his age. * ♦ * According to reports, Nevada Is plan ning another heavyweight tight to a finish. Rill Dailey, the San Francisco theatrical man, is trying to arrange a bout to be held during the first week in July. He may match the winner of next Thursday's bout between Smith and Pelky with some suitable opponent. * * * Negotiations regarding the appearance of Gunboat Smith in Paris to take on Sam Langford are not expected to suc ceed, as Smith is demanding- his travel ing expenses and a purse of $25,000. Gjirpentier may get Langford if the latter accepts a weight limit of 178 pounds. • * * A coast critic says': "Put old Bat Nel son’s heart inside of Joe Rivers and he would t»e the lightweight champion of the world for the next five years." * • * Weighing 146 pounds Packey McFar land insists that he is a lightweight. Why not admit it and let him tight Gun boat Smith for the title” * * * « "Battling' Levinsky will box ten rounds with Bob McAllister, the clever middleweight of San Francisco, at Mad ison Square Garden. New York, on Jan uary 12. A match’ Is pending between "Snapper” O’Neil and Jack Britton for the same night. * * * The receipts for the fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Johnson amounted to $5,179. Langford and Jean nette drew $1 1,370 for their fight. Both bouts were staged in Paris. ¥ * * Charlie White will make his next scrap against Harry Donahue at Peo ria. Ill., on January 5. White and Don ahue will weigh 133 pounds at 6 o’clock. Donahue is the boy who recently handed Mickey Sheridan a neat lacing for ten rounds. • • * The Ad Wolgast-Iv O. Brown scrap scheduled to take place in Milwaukee Thursday night has been called pff. The New York lightweight has taken sick and will not be able to fill the engage ment. * • * George "Knock ’Em Dead" Brown, the Greek middleweight from Chicago, has landed a match with George Chip in Pittsburg on New’ Year's Day. Brown. ' formerly handled by Nate Lewis, is now being managed by Larney Lichtenstein. * * * Joe Superior, the local bantam, would like to get on in one of the preliminary bouts to the Welsh-Whitney set-to on January 6. Joe is particularly wild to light "Kid’’ Brooks. Local funs are turning their atten tion to New Orleans, where Freddie Welsh and Johnny Dundee will mingle for ten rounds Thursday afternoon. The fact that Welsh will leave immediately after the bout for Atlanta to box Whit ney has added much interest to the fray. Welsh rules a 10-to-8 favorite. * * * Jack Dillon, the Indianapolis middle weight, has been matched to fight Jim- rvjy Clabby In a 20-rouml bout in San Fftincisco on January 10 for what is styled the middleweight championship. How about George Chip? Dillon will al so swing the padded mitts with Gun- Christie in Indianapolis on New Year’s afternoon. * • • Owen Moran, the English lightweight, who was disqualified in his bout with Joe Azvedo on the coast recently, is now on his way East. lie may take part in a few fights in New York before he sails for home. Moran has been matched to meet a British lad named Kid Lew’is. for 20 rounds in Londqp late in February. * * * Kid Williams, of Baltimore who has been signed to fight Eddie Campi on the coast for 20 rounds on February 12. will leave for California on January 12. After the fight with Campi Williams will demand a tight with Champion Johnny Coulon for the bantamweight title Auburn Willing To Play Indians Here Next Season Auburn has accepted the offer to meet Carlisle on an Atlanta gridiron qext fall, asking that the game be staged two weeks after Thanksgiving Day. It is probable that the contest will be held at either Grand Field or Poncy Park. GOLF PLAY POSTPONED. PINEHl'RST. X C.. Deo 30— Play in the holMa> golf tournament was post poned yesterday on account of rain. Cicotte Returns His Contract Unsigned CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Eddie Cicotte. who ranked next to Walter Johnson as j a pitcher in the American League last , season, is said to be the first hold out of the 1M14 crop. Cicotte Is re- j ported from his Detroit home to have | said that although the figure named in the contract was not satisfactory he w T ould have refused to sign at present under any circumstances because he I had not been given permission by tho plajers' fraternity. ^ I woouErs mm *1 Opium and Whisky Sl¥~“ HR l Rew ar. r *. “Pwie PHUfl r- <«rab 1 .an urn a. ^ ble. Patient A b?oi on the * SON. No. 3-A br:ety ns scien J. Our -k . ience shi a’so treated No. 2—The Old Flying Wedge By J. W. Heisman. I N THE fall of 1892. after the “Y” from a standing start had been In ns» for over half a dozen rears Harvard came forward with something distinctly new—the “Flying Wedge." This play was invented by a Cambridge man by name of Del and. and was eopied far and wide until legislated out of existence by the rnle re- juiring that on the kick off the ball would have to be kicked an actual dis tance of at least ten yards. Deland had never played football himself, but had been watching It for j-ears on Soliders’ Field, and had often wondered why teams did not get more variety into their attack. The first time it was ever exhibited “on any stage” was tn the game between Harvard and Yale that year at Springfield. It fell to the lot of the Crimson to kick off, and the Blue lined up ten yards away from the ball and prepared to attack the expected “V” in the usual way. What was their amazement to see the Harvard team line up In a crazy, new-fangled way to which there seemed to be no sense whatever. Instead of the center getting over the hall the Crimson qviarterback was guarding it. About 20 feet ro his left and somewhat back of him was stationed the right half, and to the rear of this latter and also back further was stationed the other half. And then there was an Indian file of five, and another of three, widely separated from each other. But the queerest thing about it all was the fact that the eight men in these two files did not come up to the middle of the field and toe the scratch there, but seemed content to take statiou some 20 yards hack of midfield, as though they Intended to have nothing whatever to do with the ceremonies incident to the opening of hostilities. The Yale players stared blankly, and the Yale coaches looked their college color: no one of them could form a guess as to what might be coming off or what should be done: the stands were awed with dumb, suppressed excitement. The officials themselves stared and procrastinated, and asked tile Harvard and Yale eaptains twice each if they were ready. It appeared impossible that the Harvard team could be ready, but each time Captain Dudley Dean, of Harvard, calmly insisted that be was quite ready for the dogs of war to lie unleashed, and so at length the whistle sounded Its shrill blast. * * Jt A I ONCE the two lines of Harvard men started forward, seemingly aim ing to come together at the point M. On they came, faster and faster, gathering momentum with each stride, but the quarter aud the halves stood stock still, while the ball had not yet moved a hair’s breadth. And until it did move the Y’ale players could not charge forward; they could do nothing but wait in anxious doubt and indecision. But just before the right-hand column reached the point “P,” Dean, at quarter, picked up the ball and passed it rnpidlv to the right half. The latter at once shied it over to the left half, then turned and also made for the point M. Meanwhile Dean, after passing the ball to the right half, sprang forward and tumbled under Yale’s right guard. After the bail had been sernped over pean's toe. in fake conformity to the kick-off requirement, it took but an instant for the two defiles of Harvard players to effect a junction with the right half back at their apex, and with <ill steam up the wav they hit the Yale rijrht tackle was something to remind everybody of what a playful thunderbolt is like. With all that: aroused momentum it was out of the question for the defensive team to stop things in their track, and a good 25 yards gain had been chalked off in favor of the Crimson cohorts before Halfback I.^e was finally brought to the sod. I N THIS particular instance the play owed some of its effectiveness to the tact that to Yale it was a new stunt, and they could form no guef-' as to what was coming. But the next year everybody was playing it. ami all teams knew what to expect. Nevertheless, when well performed tho th ng had such a terrific momentum whooped up by the time it came into collision with the defensive players that there was no stopping it shod of a substantial gain. if • vo ' 1 tllink il must have taken nerve to fire into one of the ol y s that operated from a standing start what would vou sat to the nerve it took to wade into the flying wedge? f ® ct ls if was a '’ery dangerous play for everybody concerned, am that was the reason why the rule makers decided to eliminate it bv insisting on an actual kick tor the opening of ;i game. Much was expected of Deland in the way of new plats aft r this i: " Ut ; *° f * r T 1 have ever heard, ite never invented anything great importance in the game after that.