ccn engaged by The Tribune to write a series of articles on "How tr. Play Football." Then* articles y:\\\ be of peculiar Interest just at this time, beca-jse they will be the first trustworthy jpt&lished mstroctions <>n football under the new r;;V>. Their object is to teach school': brvs and other beginners how to play the raise, a::cl also to p Vf the average spectator a much better and clearer appreciation of what is going 0:1 in the £rid : ron field. Under the new rules the game will be more open and spectacular, and it is to teach the scientific intricacies of what otherwise might «-cr:n nothing but a wild scramble that tr^se articles are intended. Any young American who plans to liecomc a >tar on the gridiron at school and a hero at college may well read Ox Brooke's articks. for they will be practical and also entertaining. The beginner trig be told everything, from the first organization of his team to the prepara tion for the nnal match of the season. The game will be taken up play by play. Illus trations and diagTaiii* will be an especial feature of Jhese articles. The new plays that will be used by the tacticians this fall will l>e of tremendous in terest to the great football public, and every one ehould have a thorough understanding of them to really appreciate the great Ameri can col'ego game. » By Gears;* H. Zlronke. ARTICLE I Football has Just passed through a Xlrastic gMssasl of reform and we are entering on a new oravaetbegaxr.a. The old style of play has been CUT NO. I— THE PASS. This cut illustrates the correct method of mak ing ■ long pass. Th« point of ths ball is held in the palm of the hand with the fingers out spread around it. The ball should be mads to tail flat in the air. In passing a ball while on the run it should be thrown almost always v. iVi both hands, very much as a basketball p!«ver thro»kv« and passes. A very clever and dexterous man can pass th* ball 6ecretly behind his back. A very good way to practise passing in the preliminary practice is to place your squad in a big circle and have the ball (two or three balls 'f you have them) passed around quickly. The men should stand a few yards • part. First, the passing should be done Standing, then walking and then trotting. An other way is to have two or three men run down the field together, passing the ball back and forth. Always have some competition, be cause that makes keener work. Put the men who miss much in a "booby class," and glvo them extra work. almost totally changed by the bow rules rec«nt ly formulated. New attack, new defence and rtnifttt new rudiments h«ve to b«- learnr-d and taught in I!MJt!. Uoyojid a douM the para** will l>e more <>j>« -n. There, will <:ertainly i>e a prcat en flt-ld runniiig and cc i '^ o !'^l hurry ncurry. The old certainly tvhirh was sk .«attsfartur>" to the conch us lie watcbed l;is cohorts <-arry out t\e well I lai :.■ tact tea has clven way to uncertainty. The massed play possible unjer the old ruU-s re n<-f i;tn-tl«>n •if deft-ace. There were two lines of defence— rat and Me* endarj'. The • -oridary lint- would dart In to help out the first or rush Ur.e w'th a fWce cer tainty that v.:is a beautiful i to the initiated. I'nder the new rules there v.1.l be little or no < i>n< -eutraii ■>» the allowance of a forward j>at-s under certain conditions; and inure radical yet. the ru!e that allows any one to K«'t a kicked ball lifter !t touches the ground. Just here I v T.I j.ut in a few words to be cinnei?. lv my long experience In coach!:ic I l:ave noted that even with reterans of the year before a coach has t.» repeal details continually in order to k< . •> them thoroughl) Impressed «>n the minds <*f lh« players. Th.- most conscien tious player baa t.> learn <-\«r tix^u a lot of hc'.jiful littlo details every season. Therefore. my advi. e is m « !i;> these art'des «>jt and k'Hj> them in book f'-rm, tnd you will surely find tlu- Look a useful aid and reference in k«-< i i,:rig y >ur self thoroughly posted in tin- details of the game whith speU the difference tiet«^een success and Callore. The 2rst thi::e lo do in Ftartitiff a footliail season is to get ••nourh t»iys ti. form a s»juad. You win need more this year than ever before on account <•: the Dew rules about delaying t i Jfc injuries, etc Th«*re an- eleven players nn a. team, tiut th» ema!li'.-t squad i liis year si.f.uld i>e oamposed of at Jejst sixte«-n men, ihat is, a team and Qve uuhstitutef. vviiiif it i.«- rery Important, yet it is uot absolutely n«ce**ary t<» bare a second eleven. «>r scrub, as they u>!u should bare a peii.-us u>!k with his men • i.out tra-.Mng. The mar.«Khould he careful te n.mr.r» taruos with teams i^mifos^d of play ers of the tarn** ape as the boys on his team. Too l;;ucii Cis-paiity in r.pe Is danceious. In regard to clothes, each jilay.-r should be well piotectei with JootbaJl arnii.r. There are certain vulnTable. points which should he a' ways protected Jn football. The. kn<-« comes first. It Should be heavily padded. The muscles above the knee should bo projected by shin guard* •*« n ln^He the trousers The elbows. t.o«e r.houliJer* and ur.kles very often a!so ne/d prot*»ctlon. but don't fcrg*t the k:.. and the mu«cl«s above the knee «-£pecsal!y. The captain should lock all 'it h!s rr.m over before the season ei>e:is. and If any «-f th«-m has a tendency for a •weak i»;.ot that ape*, phould be protected. There Is a ntTr rule this ycrr which says that each captain can u^k !<>r 'in..' « s:!v t!.!'.' timej dur« Jnj? each *nlt. \Vhen< \> r h<- askF f>r time after this tan f^i» «ia I*9 pcaailis*d ttro yards, unless. "* c"ar»«.. he \ra.lls to chii!:£e a i 1-yer. T!:e HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL UNDER THE NEW RULES. ,f.w injuries to your v»>* "SJue! even befor* y ou The flret tunics to ra-ti • taking on get your eSgnaU. nr V »-,V -hit X catcnlnp X ball, handllnc J^ tho run an«l and passlns-plckinK » X ,; o«J orally important ki. king. Qaick ■**™^L" K»ck <>f the Une^-th« for the four men w»? 1 "'- , J,,nh-»ck It i« also Sarteroack. nain-arks and fuUbnck. t Tmportant for the linemen tn^ can bark -o^^e^^r^n^tSin^feronce.^ .. , kicked c^use every one Ls o n - ilQ * a /\V even* o^« has has touched the ST«.un«l-tn^ - c baU up T Se^n r-ve SSuKchen no op jionent !« around. ARTICLE IT !Macnn Vo 1 Is a general plan of the prob «b> attacking ar.d defending formation under "SX^rO ml«ht as well . take the reader ,no conndence and tell him that neither ft. writer n,r any one else knows at this ,vt th- season Just what moves will be made on the Bridlron this fall. We are In the experimental J< n Is my object to scheme and plan a simple aid strong syrtem of play under the new rules and Rive my reasons for every move. In th way Which I thlr.k will be interesting if fol lowed closely, the reader can watch th* un foldir.s of a system of playing football.- The be ginn. r will be helped and the spectator will be surprised to find bow his interest increases vrhea he understands pome «>f the underlying reasons of football tactics. As the season advances fhe ideas of other coaches will ba woven into our discussions. Py studying diagram No. 1 you will not© that the general formations th- pa shown are not co radically changed from what they were under th* old rules. What changes there are. how ever, will BOO* out very plainly when our pen pictnred players bepin to move. There are a number of the principles of old football which will be preserved In the new. When th«re is a change th<> line of departure will be dearly shown, with the reasons therefor. Tirst a simple statement of the main changes in the rules, and then we'll go back to our diagram. For the first time, in our football a forward pass is allowed. It muM ba made, however, by one of the backs. an u.«<»d much, because if it touches tha pround without hitting any one first It goes to th« other Fide of that p;>ot. Still, however, in forming any defence, this forward pass must be taken Into consideration. It may be made at any time during the ncrimmage, but only once during each ecrimmage. Instead of a teajn being obliged to pain five yards in three downs, they must now make ten yards in the rame number of attempts. The re eult of this will bo that there will bo a great deal more punting than ever before. This punt ing •will l a further encouraged by a new rule 1 hai provides that whenever a kicked ball hits the ground every one. will be on-slde and any on« can get the hall. In general, we might pay that the new rules have weakened and change 4 the attack in tho following ways: Flrpt— By requiring ten yards to bo gained in three downs. Second — I J J* a rule requiring thn linesmen to stand in Huch a position th*i they cannot got out of the line very quickly In order to get in the interference. Third— Doing away with massed plays. Fourth— Doing away with hurdling. Fifth— Stricter rules about use of hands in making 07-nInKS in the line. la general, wo might pay that tho attack had been rtrengihened by the allowance of tho for ward ra-«=s Mid by putting every one on-side when a kicked hall hits the ground. Also by th*» rule barring tarkllng below tha knees. These are the very Important cnangts, and their workings will lie amply explained as wo Xwogrws. Diagram No. 1 Is our checker board, bo let us get to -work. First look at the pofriti^ris in -which I have , placed the players oa the defence; that Ib, the CUT NO. 2— THE KICK. Cut 2 shows the proper met! cf making a short, accurate kick. The ball should be met by the fcot at least three feet from the ground because other*. it might be blocked by an opponent. The outstretched instep should hit the bo i square under between the middle of the ball and the end. This gives the ball a for ward cpin when it hits the ground, and the ball can be sent en a lo« flight. Every back field p. aver should be practised continually in this kick. FJu is that th two rush llnea are playing farther apart ami that th« secondary line <>t defence i« placed r:rt!.f-r back from the line <.f scrimmage, an.i the two naybaeka in thla secondary ere placed further out toward thHr respective ends. Why it- thl«? In the first place the two rush Iln^s :m> fr.r :., ,, liX< > 104. ■•! ti<--.\ rules. Tli.- line ..f scrimmace f.ir each side is .in Imaginary line parallel to the goal lino and pa«in* through that point n «'»^ anyhow. Th« answer to this brinjjs out on« of the most Important principles that win he a partof m» STpuin^" new ru!M - * can " ot «*5« Thft answer to this is that the Ilnefr mon on defend* will not be tau(fnt to charge uithw were last year. *' That word "charfie" ha* hung ov.-r the batt'«» scarred gridirons of the past like a cal to arms. A linesman who could not rcharge- wan ™£ less, a -charse was th- sudden powerful rprtnc forward of the linesmen to raeVt fhrfr opjioccnt*, and whli Sever li:: ssman was the ill,* denest usually bent Ms opponent back and Pt..i.|#.j tin- heavy massed attack ir the «ie fcndlns linesman nu hlnnelf bent back then NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBUNB, si'NPAY. SEPTEMBER » THOtf. George H. Brooke. Formerly a Noted Fullback and Now a College Coach. Begins a Series of Articles Upon the Changed Conditions on the Gridiron. th.-> tandem mass aimed at him would crash on over for a couple of yards or more. But the mass play has been ruled out find because of th© new ten-yard rule the defending team is not so afraid of short sain?. For these reasons Uie coaches will not pat much strsaa on charging, but will rather teach CUT NO. 3— THE CATCH. Cl i. t - v *^ WS the P r °P er n-.ethad of catching a kick- Note that the ball isScaught below the W 0 °" c S ' de# and is held b > one forearm and the t^o hands, with the finners widely spread. This is the idea! catch, but, of course one cannot always be judged to land juit right. An invariable rule, however, , s to catch the ball against the body and with one forearm and two hands. Always get your hands on the ball, and do not try. as some duffers do. to catch the ball with your arms. It is generally well to have ono hand below the ball, to keep it from shpping through the pocket you make Tor it. Keep account of your misses in prac t OS and note your Improvement. fh« linesman to be nimble and active In hacking up all alenjr tho lino and outside tho ends. Take for Instance, the right guard. All he used to do wu* to protect his own position and help out th« centre u»b and rieht tackle If ho was not too busy with his own man. This fall you will probably see the. guard tncklinjr all over tho rlcld. His duties will be doubled, for he will have to watch tho attacking 1.,-i> k tl.ld like a J'.iwk to >. •■ what it Is gointr to do, nd be will have to look out for plays aimed light at him and also out at the tackle or end. Therefore, In order to prt out of his r<^ltif>n quickly, ha will want t.. stand a little 1 af def-nce \a afr.iid of lone end nil.}-. Undoubtedly this yesr !n pUnnlng the attack a coach will lay preat ;-tr.-«« on the forward pr.na and the kick, because they are the only two new rules that favor his ctta.!;. Without them th« balance of power would be completely m favor of th defence. Th» n-w rul- that puts every enn on-side tho instant a klekefl ball hits (he ground Is an extremely bnportnnt rule. Now let us instance a possible play. Suppose tho Becon'l line of defence was playing close 'ji> to tho first line, like it did Iruvt year, and not Ilka it Is playing in tho .liLiu-ra").* A sharp, clever Quarterback on attack would Instantly signal for a short kick- He would make it himself. Juki owr tha head.-; of the secondary line r.f «lefenc«», and his linesmen would dash through and £«t it the Instant it hit the ground. The quarterback on defence has to play away back, and h« could not pet to it in time. By moving your second lin<> of defence back :i llt'ie, you can cover you; territory against these danperous littlo punts. The forward pass can be made one in each scrimmage by the attacking side only, it cannot be rr.ail" «.v r tie line of scrimniaßn within tiv- yards of eiii.f-r si, Jo of cfHie. It it hits tho »rroutid before it hits a pl:iyer of either Bide It iro»s to the «i-f--|.(jimr side at that spot, it can only be made by a back field player ::nlt I'll start in. on a general outline of attack unit t,i'<.' op stgr.nl.-;. In the meantime practice harrl at qui.'k start- Inp, kicking; handling the ball and falilns on It. 7^)AY; OX TEAM TRIP. From Washington Stoic to loxca, and To Be Continued East. Sioux City, lowa. Sept. 22 (Special).— Martial from the Pacific Coast and driving an ox team behind which ho hitched a wagon in every detail like the prairie schooner, with which po many people crossed the Rocky Mountains in the early ft* In search for gold and homes. Ezra Meeker, seventy-five years old, of Seattle, has Just com pleted a return trip to visit relatives In Igvcm. an 1 ha states that he has stood the trip so wall that he now purposes to make a Journey, drivirg the same outfit, to his birthplace in Greene County. N. Y. After winding his way through and over the various mountain ranges, he entered the stata of Nebraska list week. . Ha followed «s closely as he could the old Oregon trail In the perilous trip. At Collins, Xeb.. he followed the North Flare River to Payne, lowa, on the Missouri River. along precisely the same route as he too* when he crossed the plains fifty years ago. He lived In lowa in l*O2. The old wagon which ho assd mar/ years ago on his trip West was u?e,l partly on this trip, for he had made a new wagon from the several parts of .i number of nil castoff wag The woodwork was all new except one lcx*ust hub, which was from a wagon of IS."Q. It was found to he absolutely sound, and was a part of a front wheel. The axles were of the same W )Od and of the same pattern as the schooners of old. Beneath the hind one nuns an old pall filled with tar. It is impossible to use grease on one of these prairto schooners without eventually loos ening the spokes from the hubs, so tar is used to prevent this. The wagnn bed was really a boat. as were all the wagons of the old days. This one of Meeker'a was tight, and he used It several times to fonl streams. The trip of Meeker began on February 2. and he was continuously on the road with the excep tion of two weeks, when, in Idaho, a mountain torrent held him. His oxen were yoked and he travelled exactly in the style of the travellers of "The trip tnui mndo nearly as I had mapped it out." said Mr Meeker, "but I found difficulty in earing for n:y oo X "n. It has been so long since these animals were used that : could scarcely FOOTBALL DIAGRAM NO. J-THE FORMATION _ TW. ,v« a^gencra, P , an cf the probab , e attack , ng |h . _ . nna a Wacksmlth who was capable nf .hoelns iiulmitinti Un - n rv Tte stSni^ Thvy lK1V " " tood tht * tr * »S ■- I \.S.i l \Z^i S" "" !htl Wl>rk ttl nlKht vn ' 1 M '" y connoted with the i'l -i.'v „ , th ", tlv<> '^- s '« "re wearing now. , The, were brought acrmia lh e continent a little !■; , -fo VJ y Rn \ fr '•■ :u "' we »* ■»»>• «o roe by 1 'V. ..','f ',.' ,"V :;i . n ' "'V 1 lhe "totemen! thai I would | «:. ::! Ss trp waa conclud « l « «« ' i-\ V '\Trul a U r" ! rainf ' d °«. wefehtalj now ,;';•,";' " !! ,'. ! "" 'I 1'"I 1 '" ynk "- I drtve him simply by , n ., ';:,'';■"'' navt ' "<■•«»••< i.»«« pounds. ana aus .i rang,, steer when 1 t.,ok him from the plaujchter peps a few weeks before I becan the ful'oT 1 ' |S nn ° W a we " trained an-1 ******* "Nov.- as to tali wason I have 'i ijrrnil across v x ; > '.!' "'"V 1 - -» miles of rough country. I had t bull at Puyallu:,. U'a«h.. after the pattern of tn© Old t,i .:■■ prairie schooners. The iron work M from thp remalna of seTeral wagons that crossed th.. mountains in IV The woodwork is all nra except one locust hub on the nigh fron: Wheel. Tl axles ■.. of the same woof "Tlie vrason j3j 3 really a boat on wheel*, »*•*■ nil .the rrafrio whooners cf oW lam Kt:ul I took great pnini to have this on« well built. I Crossed i tho snako Itlver fifty years a S o, and on this t•• P i ;l£ra ' ri Crossed it at the same ford, aunousn ;h> v.u! pounds. Thnt cotton is closely allied with the gas in dustry is explained by the presence of the incin descent gas ■■!•■>. which in its flr3t stage is never" . : 1 - ■ towai : St. ■ -TT^ thorium ami 1 wr rw rf 1 «s i^ ■ knottrd at Mcfa ea( j. ArierT*!* ****'& rnov« the threads and let tr* m JL.****** then suspend th?m in a mm . gSAS SAS £Sgst£3& top. and the salt crystals rer^qVi '••53 sufficient cohesive po2^ t' "SSSfS »■ b* a manner preets^ similar tr, ,X ,V* «* 2 tlo made, by substituting th* ta,- r tu^XP»a«i pound for the tabls salt and tho «r^!l^^ for the strands el threads. \\> »•.!? " **>i proems of what i:i «;ailed the !ns^l^*S < mar.tle. that Is. th* cotton in I™^°° *?* the salts of th- rare earths. UwrtS??** »2 Thla Imrregnation having h£%^£JS* ««§ webbing ls thoroughly dri*d ard 'hf^ l^. < rer|'j!s!te Icniiths. and on*» end "do-i^fl »i in aurh a manner with thread SsdffSS «3 in sacb. a manner as to form tft» l(ym'.. s " y^* of the mar.tle. Th-. fabric is s«-??hs a » >* wooden form of the s!;ap«i of a r-V-ii w * ■ <-nly imich larger. afti»r which it l»"ui'*lL *<> suspor.drd by a wlr». and the rtam« nfai, ° : ■! Is applied to the top. exar'l.- 33 was 2 tt: » stifflclenrly to handie it. Though n- w fal-t^ " the mantle will not stand th« rough lisasi *<*?*• mfnt, sr> tt ts still further tr*at»»d, by bei-rr*""" in a varnish which tills up the ODeri'i^a io ■< wisa stnVras th» mantle. It t, tS^Sifi Is btirn^d away when a new mantle Is t"ik • "~*' in* th- mantle In th«* «amn condition It wjj^i 'T" It hsid h»*r. soMsctsd to th* ai-rlnn of t>-» *" fl air-ea« ftame. At this part of •hs»^^ t is only necessary t» cut the mantle fc'a'--^! length, mount It on a support nr..i have tt'r«!w the consumer's use.— ("las Logic. EXTENDING LAKE PLACID SUM Lake Placid. X, V.. Sept. r (Sp-claD—Stesa^ ar.d o~en fires BATS been made ':nnecesiary w^ perfect weather in the AdtluiMtsckl thts*«»l m guests of the Grand View scorn loath to lnv». 9^, of them wishin? to stay after the dat 8 *JI7T ; clpsine— October 1 — ro which reoueat ij 1, _i^" possible the proprietor will accede. Mr- Parkes gave two card parties rhta «•* _, for whist and the oth»r for e-n-hr». aod th»^2 were wr.n by Mrs. Rici.ard Purdy. Mrs. Pedmtt? E. Week and Mr. Mora. ">*>*st. Th« concert of Sunday evenlr.sr •-■-.. », most enjoynble of th» season. In. addltics 1' +1 musical numbers r^r.ii^red by th« Grand roie responded with "Dearie." Work on the improvements !n the Ml *• grounds has alrealy bejrin. but building *U1 a, C starts! until the housa c'.oaes. AT THE HOTEL ASPISWAIL At this season of the rear th<* ssm of> Berkshire Hills, in Western Xlassachusersi a at the'.r beat and many persor.3 are «scapoa » hot weather in town by remaining: them Ts»tt tumnal coloring of hills ami fluids tasfta»9_ and tna ridi:;s and i!r:vir.:: aM mc« es:rv. Hundreds of automobiles flash past £a » points of ir.fereat every day. At the Hnt«l Aspinwall. In Lenox, *»* % mains or":i through October for fhe ccnrSa and comfort of th« many gu*s:*. there tn"^ prominent Xew Yorkers for longer or an DIAGRAM, l m I stays. Tl-e. dollsrhfs of th» Le:iox. SgfS I Great Harrington .md Ptttaflctd ref^ns, «"= -», | iriMny historic and social ;».-,, ir1 ,.,.«., fully enjoyed by a Stay a: the Asplswall. w..a . raclllties afforded for visiting all th» P l * l '^^'. t^ rest and rarricipHtlr.K n marh t.^;xt j the plea>i:re .if a staj Ja t.':« couatty ■-*" j things combine for the visitor's enJOJ™** _iH The rorgrons tints ..;' the antvma f«lla«» |"5 j "far blue hills of old New KrsclanJ* **$?& 1 tlrer than t'l.-v are th-.- present season, *;••'■;'_< | marked !>y th.'- luxnn.-in.e .•::,! N- VJty of t™^jj ! when the trees w.>r<» still «r^r.. and J;%T"-, 1 wcathtr of this •quinortia! sctuoa is fo S^ftxrf '■ th«- most sopc*BW en^jrmeni ••' a'-l >> (lt;locr iSi I and diversions, which abound !n ths U* ol t Tri»- auUtmobils tr:;. fr.-m tU!.* !*«y to ~» # "^j Asp;;. wall is a panlcuturl? tf«n«atna f*^ i can be e:isilv t.«k»-n in on* .!.>'•• C'^S v ? 1,«~.i ; »^n sod tier. a< rom Dutches* CW»aC r »«'22S j \Trsteh*i«t*i a-.d Connecticut, to t!.« Kau» I Valley, in SXassaehusctts*. AT VIRGINIA HOT SMl** Vlrcmla Hoi SprhiEa, s->pt. (3pect " 3j ! l rt . I wealth and fashion of Northern i" ltle9 ar * j^ j senred here this autumn in ;■ season th^f t»» cer I rnrlier than usual Mr. ;«n.i Mr- uihm H. V Vaboaet VJ^Srm i-.i: Mi.-.s l^.t., | t1 ,v:i.,,r.. of UaltiimM*. »»»^ ] f.«i Ion,: «!riv. - e\,rv .in. i,.— '^ Mr. and Mr» 15. Lhrinxstoa B»T*f«f»sSkV ; own h.r-.s r«t». ami do W^J^HjjJSsl I lunrheun .it Tin- thik,^ recently tor 3ir. «*» I viulniA A.l.ims Shaw. ir.. of Ho-«t»n. j^, Mrs, H*-,r.v M Al.xun^r ami M^ r -« k V [ O« New York. pFay ternils iinJ rUIe horseOK" Mr nnd M--c Wlnthrop Purr tn 3^- I «;.ui;rlitfr.-! ;u-.^ni!-•« *«*J?ES g York i-.rv WHiinm TumbuH «R S^^Ssfe! bi.i?> U;:iker. Mr and Mr«. •\ lam ", ii.rye* *ttU Mrs. Oeors* A. Qninb* Mr* J- "^pTBJ^J Mr. asd i . UKMtd W. l«ro«a. i.:?- Veilter, Morris Grovsa Stanley ce p fB s»rJ' De«t*r. Alexander M. Stewar: unrt v»" THE SIMPLE BRIDE. Brtrte (aft** th. r.tum t»« »^*S?*« by this nie.;i>.il w«»rt that n nun re>i _ lu.-ns- s!r* t > .m.l ;i woman «'»»• 3O n<.e*t«T* v Drldegrocm— Tea; 1»« r*ad tn « ; « f