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SLIGHT CHANGE IN
FOOTBALL RULES
With the first football game of the
season to be played in Moscow tomor
row afternoon at 2:30 it might be well
to know something of the slight
changes which have been made in the
rules of the game for this year.
Much dissatisfaction was expressed
from time to time last year regard
ing the football code. There were
certain points which did not appear
to work out well.
Naturally, the same opposition which
had been manifest against the old fash
ioned game and the opposition of an
other faction which never has been re
conclied to the forward pass, would
not be silent if the game did not work
out to their satisfaction.
The provisions for defence, which
were incorporated into the rules, it
was alleged, were too powerful for any
plan of attack which might be formed.
The game had been worked too far
into a negative problem. Two teams
might play, and one team, perhaps,
be superior to the other in everything
except ability to make drop kicks.
The former team would lose all ad
vantage which it might gain by the
ability of the weaker team to lift goals
every now and then from the field.
Furthermore, two teams which were
well matched to piay might never
bring the game to a conclusion, since
neither team might be able to score,
despite the fact that one of the two,
on general form, might appear to be
better than the other.
V,
Changes Were Few.
In spite of all this, the changes in
the rules were very few and quite con
servative. After much discussion it
was agreed that perhaps it would be
better to give latitude to the rules in
general to run for another year, trust
ing that players throughout the coun
try would be better accustomed to
them, and that the coaches might
work out even more variety than they
had in the past.
It was affirmed that annual rule
changes never would bring the game to
anything, although it was suggested,
with perhaps equally sound reasoning,
that while the game was in the process
of being changed the changes might as
well continue until some satisfactory
basis had been agreed upon. The ques
tion arose as to when satisfaction was
likely to be general.
The rules have practically been re
written this year. This is something
which every player should note. They
are simpler, more direct, and clearer
in language than they ever have been.
The benefit of this will apply large
ly to the teams of young players,
where one of the hardest tasks which
has confronted them has been to un
derstand what the rules mean. Paren
thetically, it may be added that there
ly
or
be
is
have been some older players who
were not without their troubles in
the same direction.
The principal changes in the rules
are in reference to our old friend, the
forward pass, which has been in the
centre of football agitation for the
last three years.
The first change which was made
was in the rule regarding the penalty
for an incompleted, or anlllegal, for
ward pass. The incompleted pass is
that which hits the ground before be
ing touched by a player of either side.
The illegal pass is that which Is made
within less than five yards back of the
line of scrimmage, or one which is
first touched by a player of the side
in possession of the ball who is not
eligible to touch the ball.
As It was Last Year.
a
Last year penalties for faults of this
the
character were measured from
spot on the playing field from where
the ball had ba$n passed, and the ball
was returned to that point. The of
ficial who was in charge of the for
ward pass always had to mark the
spot from which the ball had been
started in order that the penalty might
be enforced from the proper spot if
the pass were not allowable.
This year the new rule provides that
the ball must be returned to the spot
from where it was originally put into
play after an Illegal or Incompleted
This will make It much easier
pass.
for the officials and probably do away
with some wrangling on the field. All
in all, It seems to be much more sat
isfactory than the first method of
enforcing the penalty. It is not like
ly to curb the use of the pass, and
if the play is poorly performed all that
the teams will be asked to do will be
to go back to the line of scrimmage
which they have Just left.
When the forward pass was first put
Into the game, and when the rule
makers began to perceive,that it was
useful that It could often take the
place of a punt, they figured that the
man who was to receive the forward
pass was entitled to even more pro
tection than the player who caught a
punt—for that reason no one could
ever tell, unless it was to try to In
sure the success of the forward pass.
Last year's rule and this year's rule
so
provide that the pass may be made
over any point of the scrimmage line.
All that the player who throws the
ball must do is to fall back the
sary five yards behind the scrimmage
line.
neces
Protection for Players.
In the code of 1910 the players
the attacking side, following the for
ward pass, were protected by the rule
prohibiting interference with the man
w ^° was to catch the ball within the
twenty-yard zone, in which the pass
was legal- The player who caught
the ball within the required limit
could not be tackled unless he had ta
ken at least one step forward after
making the catch.
on
That rule kept everybody in hot wa
ter all of the year. It was next to
impossible for a man to catch a for
ward pass without making a step and
frequently he would claim that he
had not stepped purposely, but was
merely trying to retain his balance.
The rule has been changed so that
this year when a player catches a
forward pass he may be tackled and
stopped as one is tackled when catch
ing a punt.
The sections of the code which gov
ern this play are ag follows:
"Any player of the side that did not
make the forward pass has full right
to touch and to attempt to secure pos
session of the ball.
"When the ball has been legally
passed forward and has been legally
touched before striking the ground by
any player of the side not making the
pass, any player of either side has
the right to attempt to secure posses
sion of the ball."
That simplifies matters a great deal.
There will be an end to discussion and
qarreling this year. A forward pass
is to be handled and to be looked after
as if it were a punt, and if it is a play
of the game that is as good for foot
ball as some football solons seem to
believe there is no reason why it
should be privileged against other
plays.
Very Important
In connection with this rule, how
ever, attention must be called to the
fact that a forward pass which strikes
the ground whether a player has
touched it or not, is dead at once.
Note carefully the wording of this
section;
"If the ball, after having been legal
passed forward, strikes the ground
within the field of play, either before
after having been touched by a
player of either side, the pass shall not
considered as completed."
This rule plainly defines that there
no necessity for all or any of the
players to jump into a free-for-all
dead the moment that it hits the turf.
That looks like legislation for the
young and growing football players.
It is safe to say that it will do away
with a great deal of the minor injury
which falls to the younger generation
of players, for unquestionably one of
the principal pleasures of a small boy's
life is to mix in a "pile up" on a foot
ball field whenever opportunity offers
for one.
The rule in reference to the players
of the attacking side who may re
ceive the forward pass has not been
changed. It reads as follows;
"After the ball has been legally pass
ed forward it may first be touched only
by such players of the passer's side
as were at the time the ball was put
in play at least one yard behind the
line of scrimmage or were playing at
either end of the said line."
If any players of the side making
the forward pass who is ineligible to
receive the pass, touches the ball it is
an illegal pass and the ball is dead.
The time which elapses for the in
termissions between the first and sec
ond periods and the third and fourth
has been cut down to two minutes.
The players, instead of standing
around in the chill huddled in their
blankets, will have about time to
trot from one side of the field to the
other and take up their new positions.
Only three men, instead of five, may
walk along the side lines during the
game. The linesman may be called
upon to judge the question of offside
play instead of the umpire. The umpire
also becomes the official timekeeper
instead of the field Judge.
When the runner is tackled after the
referee's whistle has announced that
the ball is dead the offending team will
have to stand a penalty, and that is
very good ruling, for it is sad to say
that there have been players who
seemed to delight in roughing it when
there was no occasion for them to do
If the ball touches an official it does
become dead as in past years, but
play continues as if the official
had not been in the way. It is argued
that this will be of as much advan
tage or disadvantage to one team as
another in the general run of the
game.
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"I DID RIGHT" SAYS TEDDY.
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5.—Theodore
NEW YORK, Oct.
Roosevelt has an article on "How
United States Acquired the Right
Dig the Panama Canal" in the current
number of the Outlook, Mr. Roose
velt discusses statements which have
been made from time to time that
acted in an unconstitutional manner
and usurped authority in connection
with the Panama project and he
holds the regularity of the proceed
ings throughout.
Mr. Roosevelt says that his messages
congress set forth in full and
detail every essential fact connected
with the various phases of the acqui
sition of the Panama canal. He adds:
"The simple fact was that when the
interest of the American people im
peratively demanded that a certain act
COUNTY MUST INCREASE
THE SCHOOL TAX LEVY
erroneous, coming from Boise. A dis
COEUR D'ALENE, Oct. 4.—Judge
Flynn in the case of Independent
School district No. 1 vs. the board
county commissioners, an appeal from
the action of the board in fixing the
school tax levy at 2.46 mills, has
handed down a decision holding that
the commissioners acted without auth
ority of law and that the provision of
the state law which provides for
levy of not less than 5 mills for edu
cational purposes, is mandatory.
Judge Flynn's ruling is the same
as a ruling by Judge Davis of
Ada county in a similar action. The
question will in all probability be car
ried to the supreme court for final
determination.
The ruling will, if permitted to
stand, result in the creation of an ad
ditional fund of approximately $30,
000, available for Coeur d'Alene
schools this year.
The article appearing in Tuesday's
Daily Star-Mirror regarding the case
in Kootenai county relative to
school tax levy for the independent
school district of Coeur d'Alene, was
patch from Coeur d'Alene says that
the commissioners have been ordered
to raise the levy as prescribed by law:
Alias Summons.
n the District Court, Second Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, in and
f ir the County of Latah
Dora Krewson, Plaintiff.
vs.
Stephen Krewson, Defendant.
To Stephen Krewson. Defendant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO SEND GREETING:
You are hereby notified thaï there
now on file in the office of the Clerk
the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State of Ida
President his course in constructing
should be done and I had the power
to do it, I did it unless it was specif
ically prohibited by law, instead of
timidly refusing to do it unless I could
find some provision of law which ren
dered it imperative that I should do it.
"Worked the People. "
the
to
he
failure to exercise them.
"In other words, I gave the benefit
of the doubt to the people of the Uni
ted States and not to any group of
bandits, foreign or domestic, whose in
terests happened to be adverse to those
of the people of the United States.
"In my judgment history had taught
the lesson that the présidant has very
great powers if he chooses to exercise
those powers; but if he is a timid or
selfish man, afraid of responsibility
and afraid of risks he can, of course,
manufacture ingenuious excuses for
Court's Order.
Judge Flynn's order follows:
"It is by the court ordered that
the motion of G. O. Dart, appellant
herein, for judgment on the pleading
in this action be, and the same here
by is sustained, for the reason that
said section 65 of chapter 159 of the
laws of the state of Idaho, passed by
the legislature of the state of Idaho
in 1911, is mandatory, and that the
I board of county commissioners is
| without authority to levy a tax in any
other amount than not less than five,
nor more than ten mills, on each dol
lar of taxable property in their re
spective counties, and it is therefore
ordered that judgment be rendered
herein, and judgment hereby is rend
ered in favor of the appellant and
against the board of county commis
sioners of Kootenai county, Idaho,
holding that the order appealed from,
in so far as it 'attempts to levy a
tax for school purposes at 2.45 mills,
is without jurisdiction and void, and
said order in that regard is reversed
and this action remanded to the board
of county commissioners with direction
to proceed to levy for school pur
poses as required by law, and the
order of this court, and that appellant
have and recover his costs and dis
bursements herein expended."
ho, in and for the County of Latah, at
Moscow, Idaho, the complaint of the
above named plaintiff in an action
brought against you, of the nature in
general terms as follows:
vorce on the ground of desertion al
leging that on or about the 15th day
of October, 1905, in Latah County, Ida
ho, you deserted and abandoned the
plaintiff and ever since said last nam
ed date have continued to desert and
abandon her and to live separate and
apart from her without any sufficient 1
cause or reason and against her will
For di
Panama canal.
"In October and November, 1903,
events occurred on the Isthmus of Pan
and which
ama which enabled me,
made it my highest duty to the peo
ple of the United States, to carry out
the provisions of the law of
congress.
I did carry them out and the canal
s"
is now being built because of what
thus did.
I
"The interests of the American peo
ple demanded that I should act just
exactly as I did act; and I would have
taken the action I actually did take
even though it had been certain that
to do so meant my prompt retirement
from public life at the next election;
for the only thing which makes it
m.,
worth while to hold a big office is ta
king advantage of the
opportunities
tlie office offers to do some big thing
that ought to be done and is worth
doing."
l.
and without her consent.
I You are hereby directed to appear
and answer to said complaint within
twenty days after the service hereof, if
served within this district, and with
in forty days if served elsewhere (ex
clusive of the day of service.) And
unless you so appear and answer, the
plaintiff will appeal to the Court for
the relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the District Court of the Second
Judicial District of the State of Ida
ho in and for the County of Latah,
this 5th day of September, A. D. 1911.
(SEAL)
HOMER E. ESTES,
Clerk.
By ADRIAN NELSON,
Deputy.
in
of
MORGAN & MORGAN,
Residence Moscow, Idaho,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Sep7-Octl2
is
of
Notice of Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate
Under Execution.
N. Williamson, Plaintiff.
vs.
Gideon W. Cole, Defendant.
By virtue of an execution, issued
out of the Justice Court of East Mos
cow Precinct, in and for the County of
Latah, wherein N. Williamson, plain
tiff, and Gideon W. Cole, defendant, up
on a judgment rendered the 25th day
of September, 1911, for the sum of
one hundred twenty-nine and 25-100
($129.25) dollars in gold coin, besides
interest and costs. I have this day
levied upon all right, title claim and
interest of said defendant, Gideon W.
Cole of, in and to, the following de
cribed real estate, to-wit:
The Northwest quarter (NWy 4 ) of
Northwest quarter (NW%) of Section
Twenty-five (25) in Township Forty
(40) North Range Five (6) W. B. M. in
Latah County, State of Idaho.
Public Notice is Hereby Given, That
will on Saturday, the 21st day of
October, A. D. 1911, at 2 o'clock P. M.,
of that day, in front of the Court
House door at Moscow, Idaho, sell at
public auction, for United States gold
coin, all the right, title, claim and in
terest of said defendant, Gideon W.
Cole of, in and to the above described
property or so much thereof as may
be necessary to raise sufficient amount
satisfy said judgment, with interest
and cost, etc., to the highest and best
bidders.
Dated this 26th day of September,
1911.
in.
and
in
of,
the
of
in
6th
Sept28-Octl9
C. C. BROWN,
Sheriff of Latah County, Idaho.
By FRANK A. ROBINSON,
Deputy.
son
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Corner 3d and Adams
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arner, Pastor.
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League Sunday at 7
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lally invited. Robert VV
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First Presbyterian Church.
..£ orner 4th and Van Buren streets. Serv
ices every Sunday at II a. m. and 8 p. m.
Sunday selmol a , i 0 a. m„ Christian Endeavor
7 p. in. Prayer meeting followed by Teach
ers meeting, Thursday a? 7:30 p. m David
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First Baptist Church.
C ^ rn ^ lst .? nd J ackson Streets. Bible school,
a. m. Morning worship, 11:15. Junior
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e, o;.iu p. m.; evening worship st 7:30. Mid
_eek prayer service, Thursday at 7:30 p. m.
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re ". Pl'ione 3'5. aSt0r ' Kesidence 21 ° E - 1st
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St Mark's Episcopal Church.
Corner 1st and Jefferson streets. Services on
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No evening
Strangers welcome.
sermon.
German M. E. Church.
Corner Spotswood and Harrison streets
Services every Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday
school at 10 a. m. Pastor's residence. 423
Spotswood street. Phone 1480. P I Seh.
nert. Pastor.
Church of Christ, Scientist
Corner Jackson and 3d streets. Sunday serv
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Allas Summons.
the District Court, Second Judicial
District of the State of Idaho, in and
for the County of Latah.
G. C. Pankey, Plaintiff.
vs.
Ella Pankey, Defendant.
To Ella Pankey, defendant.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
IDAHO SEND GREETING;
You are hereby notified that there
on file in the office of the Clerk
the District Court of the Second Ju
dicial District of the State of Idaho,
and for the County of Latah, at Mos
cow, Idaho, the complaint of the above
named plaintiff in an action brought
against you, of the nature in general
terms as follows:
Plaintiff alleges that on the 21st day
December, 1909, at Harrisburg,
Illinois he and defendant herein in
termarried and ever since that date
have been and now are husband and
wife; that on or about September 2,
1910, defendant disregarding her mar
riage vows deserted and abandoned
plaintiff and still continues to so de
and abandon plaintiff herein;
WHREFORE plaintiff prays for a de
of divorce from defendant here
now
You are hereby directed to
appear
answer to said complaint with
twenty days after the service here
if served within this district, and
within forty days if served elsewhere
(exclusive of the day of service.) And
unless you so appear and answer, the
plaintiff will appeal to the Court for
relief demanded in the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal
the District Court of the Second Ju
District of the State of Idaho,
and for the County of Latah, this
day of September, A. D. 1911
(SEAL)
HOMER E. ESTES,
Clerk.
By ADRIAN NELSON,
Deputy.
MORGAN & MORGAN.
Residence Moscow, Idaho,
Attorneys for Plaintiff. Sep7-Octl2
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