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I NOT MUCH GLORY I OK THE GRIDIRON Storm of Criticism for Football j Is Sweeping Over the Country. ! RADICAL CHANGES ARE DEMANDED IN PLAY Famous Expert Reviews the ; Situation and Offers Some I Good Suggestions. I By Marion J. Pike. Trlbun Special Sporting Ser !-. NEW YORK. Dec. 16. The football wea pon of 156 endfd In Anything except ft blaze of glory. Of course a vast deal of the specific criticism which Is being lev eled nt the devoted lirnds -f the players in many of the universities is the result of the general Criticism Which has swept over the country like a storm since the killing of n Harvard player served to call attention ta the fact that football hail claimed at least eighteen other victims during the present season, it Is probably true, as the defender? of football main tain that the death roll is no greater in proportion this season than hi preceding years. But the unfortunate events In football this year occurred in such a Me quencr' that the largest possible amount of criticism lias resulted. The securing Of that publicity has caused the management of more than one football eleven to be subjected to the piercing scrutiny or that "fierce white , light which beats around a throne." And it must be confessed that some of the ; football games this ;. ea i When weighed : In thi balance have been found sadly ! panting This. too. when comparisons : are Instituted with the admittedly low , football tone thet has existed In more thun ode university and college In this country during the past few years. Attacking the Rules. The question of the future of football and football rules is now in the hands of the football experts, but It Is doubtful whether the greatest aggregation of gjid iinii Bourbons which ever met and uls cUSsed the merits and demerits of a Ken yan! rule will be utile to stand up under the continued attacks upon existing rules. Just when and how the rules will be changed .md just what college athletic authorities will put an end to the games -just what college athletic authorities win i allow the games to bo continued under m w rules these are things that the fu- I ture alone must decide. No expert can do better than venture a guess as to what the future will bring forth. Game Called Off. I One of the minor results of this con tinuous round of criticism 1 the fact that the Army-Navy game will nqt be olaed at Princeton next year that Is. If It Is played anywhere at all This disposition to discriminate against Princeton is said I to he simply because transporatlon facil ities from and to centers of population Is 1 not llrst clara. Of necessity, the delays at Princeton Junction, while not notlce ' Jiiile perhaps to students and persons ' journeying to Princeton, became anno lag beyond endurance to the crowds anxious to get id the football game then anxious to pet home ng;i!n. If the present hue and crj against football In general does not resull In putting an end to the Army and Navy gomes entirely. New York. Philadelphia and Washington all have a Chance to capture the Army-Navy con test for next year. May Change Methods. Pmf William A. Nellson of f'olumbla university formerly a 'Varsity "socker" football player In Kngland, Is one of those n nclng an agitation in favor of the adoption of the British game to take the place of the present methods of football I playing. Interviewed, he said: 1 am beartlly In favor of either abol- , Ishlng football as now played by the American colleges, or else instituting such i B Wm AMOS RUSIE. vSBBBBUmB The 0teTime star Pitcher of the New hBS9HV York Giants, Who Has Signed a Con- WSBR tract to Fitch for the Springfield, 0., jH fe- 7 Central League Club Next Season. IB Since His Retirement Rusio Has Been H Working as a Laborer. H radical reforms as "will make its present HH f obnoxious features impossible. It seems H bio that w should not leave the mat- H j? - entirely In the hands of the present H rules committee, since thej have Fhown H 3WjS9f, 1 Mjclr behavior and recent attitude that H ytirtJftf&i r not 1,1 favor of changing the H L ime to any great extent Advantages of "Socker." H "If is my firm opinion that the English IIIH fiHHM Bfia-' been reccnti;. H .HS into American sport, might i Ws co wtU and vc-rj properly supersede the vw wW'&m hswswb w&- uERW j VOE&K A CUM MCGAW How the Start of the Six-Day Grind at Madison Square Garden Looked to a Cartoonist. otlu-r form and hold ua place permanent ly The advantages of tne 'socker game ate thai it is essentially a clean game, a feature which is almost entirely lacking 1 In the other game U r!nes not place a piemlum on weight or brute forre. but re. quires rather speed, skill and endurance. 1 There s no system of signals In ! 'socker.' " AS showing the interest taken and the wide range of Views upon this subjecl Tom Sharkey, the former prize fighter In an Interview said: Sharkey Doesn't Like It. "I've played football Rugby, Associa tlon and lntercollegiatew- used to b a i Ciod football player, but excuse me from the sort of game they put up on you un der these college rules They say It teaches boys to be clever Admirals" and I Generals, f wouldn't want to serve un der some of the future Admirals I saw this afternoon If the treat their men like they treated the other team pretending to stumble over a lad and then Jnhblng their spikes into him The ,nlv thing I see ii developt i- cowardice Thej don't I put pit one man against another in fair .'lght. but four or five of them lay for the ' best man on the other side, and when , they get him down put the boots on him snd try to nnlsh the Job by all Jumping on him at once, using tlsts, knees anrl everything they can The onlv wonder to me to that the list of killed and In- jured' Isn t larger." How to Solve Problem. The following suggestions have been made by experts as a partial solution of ! the problems offered First, s rub- should be enacted limiting the side not In possession of the ball to ' five men on the serlmmage line .ill other players on this side to be at bast five yards back of the scrimmage line when the ball Is put In play This rule would permit Interference to form and plas to get under way, SS they cannot now. with an aggressive secondary defense, and end run would become possible. Should Make Excption. A second rule would co'ncern the side in j possession of the h.ill. and would state that In all plays the player carrying the ball must cress the line of scrimmage at i least live yards outside of the posltl n held by the player who put the ball in ; play To this rule, for the sake of variety, ; Strategic play and other considerations I essential to the game, an Important ex ception 'should be made This exception I would state that In one play of the three i allowed to gain a llrst down the runner may be unrestricted by the provisions of this rule. Buch a provision would com pel at hnst normal strength In the line; would prevent the players in the line from leaving their positions at once to back up the ends, and would permit of such varia tions as is essential to strategic play. Increase Activity. The tendency of these modifications j would be to decrease the weight and to Increaso the activity of the scrimmage line, strong heavy tackles would be more essentl.il than heavy guard. and errors Guards ami centers would he chosen for their ability to tackle on the ends and for their agility In getting into Interfer ence and assisting the runner. It er tain that the weigh 'f teams would be reduced. Reversals in Form. The characteristic feature of the season ! baa been the remarkable amount of form reversals Perhaps never before in the ! history of the game have the promi nent teams played so inconsistently. Elevens which iine been giants one ! week have been pigmies the next, and j for this reason any classification on the basis of oomoarative Bcorcs Is wen nigh hopeless. Pennsylvania has exhibited this unevenness noticeably, and Dart mouth has been equally erratic. What 1 Hhall be said of the West Pointers suffer ing defeat at the hands of an obscure Southern t-mn one month onlv to demon strati form radically different In the great game with the army the next month? Perhaps Cornell and Columbia i have been the worst offenders of them all. Yule appears tO bavC been almost the only team In the F.nt which has gone i through the sea?on on a constantly ascending scale, and even In the case Of Ytlle there appears to have been a ! elded slump In the final contest with the Harvard eleven. Retrogression Is Noted. So when th canon In considered as a whole here n the Fast at least It ian not be said that anything of Importance pras added to football history 1 lesplte the elevcnthrhour rallies t several of ' the lari." Eastern college teams and the resultant close games, football retro graded both from an Individual and team play standpoint In the s.eason of 1006 Taken all in all, It has been s V'"a r of mediocre football. Hence It happens that with a record of many players killed and ' Injured with a growing sentiment that the game as played today is decided ly objectionable and nnsportsman-like In many respects, there Is lacking to off set this the splendid performances ,.f teams and Individual plavers which made football history famous In other yeai No New Plays Seen. Perhaps on the whole the most praise worthy football advance was made by .several of the so-called minor college eleven. Swatthmore. Dartmouth. Am herst Pennsylvania State. Carlisle, have probably won more f mie and glory on the gridiron this year than some of their so-called greater Competitors. But It Is noticeable that out of all of this pig skin chaos not a single new or more open play worth discussing has developed, and fol lowing In the footsteps Of the rules com mittee coaches and players drifted ba It ward Instend of advancing at this the most critical stage In the hlstorv of thla Intercollegiate ipoi i First Honors to Yale. However, when It comes to the final analysis Yale probably merits llrst hon ors Pennsylvania second, while Chi cago Is undoubtedly the undisputed champion In the West. The grand totals Of the trading colleges ami universities follow: Yale, tl, , Harvard. 147 to 11; Princeton, 221 to 46; Pennsylvania. LV9 to 23; Military academy; to 54; Olumbla. "i 7 to PXI. I.afav. tte. to .V,, Chicago. 271 to 5; Wisconsin, 242 to .13. Swarthmore, 171 to 33; Dartmouth. 160 to M: Pitown, 2S2 to 58; Carlisle. 2T,4 to 56, naval academy. 259 to 17; Cornell. 175 to Amherst. 68 to 25; Michigan, -195 to 2; Minnesota, 4K to 22. Hard Problem Disclosed. Selection of an all-Etas tern college foct ball eleven, to be composed of ho bect men In each position as t'.icy manifested their abilities throughout the season. Is not easy this year. Yalti's champion eleven, Judged by the gSRM it Shi ived agidnst Columbia, was 1 fine xomplc of an Eastern team trained in western methods All the vim and dash .1' 1 in rapid, wide-open gam.- -f tin- West were there But, on the other hand. !t was not in eldence when Vale v.. is playing Princeton and Harvard P u ti--ular!y true was this In the Harvard jgame. Yale suddenly realized that the light. wld swing and free attack would not pti . i . 1 . - results and deserted its false gods and turntd to the heavy attack of Other days. It is things like this which makes the selection of an all-Eastern eleven so dldi j cult, it is this very unevenness of play ing which has made football hi fact the sporting puzzle of the year. Neverthi - ' less, the following Is suggested as a good a II-Eastern team; Suggestion for Team. Pesltlons. Name. College. IWt end ;io8e Psj-tmeiith I.'-ft trickle Rrlll Harvar.l i Left Ruard Maxwell ... BWarthmors ntr Torrey .. ..Pennsylvania RlKht guard.... Tripp Yala , ; Right takle I-amon Pennsylvania Rhtht end Shevlln Tale I ; Quarterback Hutchinson air I I -ft hoin-.prk iShebl .. ..Pennsylvania 1 Hlnht hnlfbsrk . Room Yale Fullback Runge Colgate j Michigan. Wisconsin and Chicago iir" the oniy teams considered by a majority of Western football critics In picking an 1 all-Western lven The eleven Is about evenly divided between the three uni- 1 vrsltles that ranked one, two. three in ' 1 h Western championship. Walter Eck- erasail, the star quarterback of the I'ni- j verslty of Chicago 1 considered a place by every one Michigan and Wisconsin get the halfbacks and Chicago the full back Following Is believed to bo the best possible selection: Srhultz center Michigan . Donovan guard Wisconsin i Schultz guard Michigan , ttertke tackle Wisconsin 'urtls tackle Michigan 'Rtlln end Chicago - Thomas enl Purdue Bckenall qunrterback Chicago I Tcm Hammond .. hnlfbarlc Michigan , ; Hiridloy halfback .Wisconsin Btzdek fullback Chlcag) FROM DIAMOND TO BAR. Dave Fultz Will Begin the Practice of Law. Tribune Spclal Sporting Service. NEW YORK. Dec. 1G. Dave Fultz. cen ter fielder of the New York Americans. ' hai returned to NSW York and announced that he hns resumed the practice of law. Fultz hns entirely recovered from the 1 Injuries r, suiting from his collision with ' Elberfeld Just before the close of the season at American League park. Since the baseball season close'd he has been acting as an Official nt the big football -. mi and visiting his parents at Pa oil, Pa. He probably will never play profes sional ball again. Back to Nature. "Jones went to Maine to get back to , nature." "Did he?" " Y' he got shot by mistake for a deer 1 and he Is now burled." Town Topics. i Oil MAGNATE NOW TOONS 000 FACIEI John D. Rockefeller Is Reputed to Have Paid Immense Sum for Pets. Trlbun Spcim Pporting Service. NEW YORK, Dec. lfi.-.Iohn D Rocke feller Is going In for Scottish terriers, and. according to the. latest advices from London, he has purchased three of a fa mous line from Mr. Colin Young, the well-known breeder, for Oi guineas That Is a. round sum to pay for Scots, and In dli iteS how readily the American gen tleman gives up to the foreign breeder for what he wants. Americans Best Customers. The best customers today of the English fanciers in all breeds are the Americans, who frequently send special envoys across th water to secure the best the market can supply But after all. some of the American breed of Scottish terriers 1 :m not be beaten anywhere Why not pat ronize the home market0 Death of Noted Fancier. Mr? Jonas Foster, the "patron s.ilnf of the Yorkshire terrier, died recently In Bradford, England For thirty years she has he-en winning championships with her favorites, and no name Is more closuly Identltled with the beautiful little York shire. On many an occasion one of her Yorkshires took the prize as ' the best dog in the show." and It afforded much amusement to the spectators to see her !: I -Bound bantam " Ted" win out against a e'nt St. Bernard or Great Dane forty times his weight Ted always seemed to know when he captured the show cham pionship and strutted about like a king among his subjects Valet Is Needed. Yorkshires arc very popular In this country, but they need sin h a deal of combing und brushing that a maid or valet Is an absolute necessity to their i.'ji'il appi arance. icTiisfiri IH WITHE FOIlf More Prizes Than Ever BefoiW Are Offered to Fencing I? Enthusiasts. ji Tribune Special Sporting Service NEW YORK, Dec. K,-More cups, mfl I competitions, and greater Interest 1 g among the favorable prospects In fel 5 Ing this season. Not only in New Ya ! but In Philadelphia. Boston. WashlnsM and Chicago. Is this keener Interes the gentle art of swordsmanship beff The New York Tumvereln. alwaysWi great headquarters for fencers has! larger number of would-be corripetltat' than ever before. John Allaire, 'one 1 the Turnverein veterans and an si champion, expects to put a strong tesj ' of follsmen In the field this season sW. the Germans will be seen In all of theW I TJ?1" u. ,th '"rrHl ' Tn" Kenceiw I (1"b, which still retains Its rooms In tS Windsor Arcade, hns commenced the scS I son with Indications of creater encimfl than has characterized It for some se3M sons. Til ri'he withdrawal of the old lnstmeB'' Prof Yauthler to West Point last saso led to the necessity of securing a TUfLl maltro d'arms, and Fref Bnm Buissjii of Paris has recently been engaged, la pi I he has alread obtained a number of m S pupils. Prof. Martin Capdevllle rcmai 5 as assistant at the club. The fact that the New York Athls 'u club now holds two of the national cha) f ; ploships. Charles G. Bothner with t : foils and K B. Johnson with the salx will nuke fencing very' active there t I - .1. f..r it is the ambition of the Cl ( to capture nil of the three champlonshl I If possibles next seasori. , One ,,f tl-,'- new tronhles that will k cmpetfd for for the first time (his St ( Eon will he the Saltus cup. This trod fc was given a short (Imp ago to the Arm teur Feneers League of America by Sanford Saltus of thi? city for a dtM lr.g sword team ehamplonshlp contfl The Initial competition for this cup wf be held on April H at the Fencers' dM There has been a growing In teres tJ duelling swords for the past two season1 and the best men In th country' are sta to bo seen In the Saltus cup contest. :9w A new trophy for tam championsfl with foils has been offered this year B the Amateur Fencers' league. The mail tor this cup will be held February ITS) the Fenrera' club Over twenty club and champlonstnV events have been prepared by the Ami teur Fencers' league, Chicago for th.. first time being actively 1 : presented t L the series of league events. In this eltjl. ; tho largest number of league ,-rnts wf be held at the New York Athletic clut Five events have been assigned to ! clubs, being: f .Innuary Team competition with foib sabers and dueling swords for the FjB cers" club. Januarv 23 Junior championship WH foils. Februarv 24 Junior championship, opet: with foils' mm March (dite to be selected) TntercolScj giate championship 'April 27-25 Finals for national chaB plonshlp. It Three leapije e, er.ts will be held In WO rooms 'if the Fen, ers' club. Besides two alreadv mentioned, tin- other wilW on Morch 1" an invlt.ttlon contest Vj junior lean - with foils. The winners WM receive medals offered by J Sanford SaJE I tiu. Th-- preliminary competition for -Wt nal championships will be held .Mj the Fencers' club arly April rllvlslon holds the predmlnarj' boutsM ! its own territory and thus- who qualW Will then meet in this city on AprlMH 1 Down the Steep Incline When a Hide:- Forgets Himself for a Moment and Fails to Take the Curve Properly. 1