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Show YALE'S ATHLETIC MENTOR PROPOSESJJW RULE One That Will Relieve Football of Brutality and Danger to Life. CHICAGO, Nov 2$.-Tho adoption of n rule requiring a team to make tn In-t-8d of five- yards In tlin- downs, is th remedy Walter Camp. Yale's athletic mentor proposed last night t" relieve the game f football of Its dangerh to Hfo Mid of Us brutality Mr. I'nmp Is on a visit to t'hlcaRo Ten Instead of Five Yards More open play would he forred on the team bj requiring ten instead of five yards In three downs" said Mr ramp That would rhangc the . hnrarter 0f I ie Injuries It Is true that an opt n tl Id tackle Is the hardest kind of 8 tt,( kin BUI In open field plav the Injuries ,,r,. usually a sprained ankle or a broken nrm. That Is much bettir than n bloodclot on the brain or other Injuries which occur in the heavy line plays There the Injuries In-juries are more apt to he to the head and spine Slcggi&g Impossible. "In open play the slugging and dlrtv work sometimes done In scrimmage would be Impossible bce.us It could be s. cn If we can gt the K.me so th:tt the spectators can see all or It puhlic opinion will stop the foul play What Slugging there Is now soe.i oti bec;u.se the crowd cannot see It. "The ten-yard rule would allow lighter men to get Into the game which would be an advantage that some people are urging. What Expert Believes. "I am Inclined to think that there is a chance for the ten-yard I tile to be adopted by the rules committee. Some of the proposed pro-posed changes are so radical that they would practically make a new game What we want to do is to preserve the game and eliminate the objectionable features." |