Show FOOTBALL MUCH IMPROVED GAME New Rules According to Eckersall Ecker Ecker- sail sall Will Make Play Even Better BY fly WALTER JER IL H. ECKERSALL Is the tho proposed style stylo of root football ball better than the old gamo gamoT There are many who have their likes and dislikes dislikes dis dis- likes for tor both games and the tho only V way 01 to come to a conclusion in the matter is to consider the qualities In both styles of ot play While the tho old game same brought the tho popular popular pop pop- ular college pastime to tho the front there Is little doubt that tho the present game gRma with Its pOlsi possibilities has the tho old style beaten There was little Incentive for tor a small team to ke keep p bucking up against a stronger er eleven knowing beforehand that the they were wore to be beaten and the only thought In their minds was to hold the score down as low as possible Tho The same thing happ happened happened hap hap- p ned year ear after atter year and tho the weaker team was orly a tool for or the stronger team to condition itself for the bigger and more Important games which were ere to be bo played later in tho the season In Intile tho tile days daya of tho the old game men were selected for tho the squad and sent to the tho training table if Ie they w were rc of enormous weight and had strength accordingly The Tho present game places these re requirements re- re on tho the shelf and gives gl everybody e no matter whether they thol are re strong or heavy or light a chanCe chanco to make mako good In tho the old days dols tho the team that could boost boast of ot an average of pounds or over W was WS S considered a championship championship cham cham- possibility while teams tel which win titles nowadays o seldom average more than pounds and the backfields backfields back- back fields of such elevens aro are extremely light tight while white the center trio Is composed com corn posed of ot the heaviest players The plays under the new rules require a a. aman aman man to go on the field on his lila own re responsibility re- re and moot an I attack on his own resources In the tho old game I a n. team was taught how to meet moot an attack and ond had a n defense de de- de- de tense tenso for every everl play piny sprung b by their opponents They were taught plays In Ina a mechanical fashion and If It they did not gain they thoy wore up against it Tho The players had no recourse to other plays and they had to stay on the tho field and fight the tho best beat they thoy could along tho thu lines linos taught by hy tho the coaches If the style stylo of defense as laid down b by tho the coaches did not successfully cope copo with the tho opponents' opponents offense tho the defensive team was beaten and the size gize of tho the score was vas only a a. question o of time tune Under the tho present rules the tho pla players ers aro are thrown upon their own re responsibility ro- ro and If 0 a specific style of defense defenso does docs not moot an on offense successfully sue sue- tho the players must evolve ono one that will and this they must do without without without with with- out help hOlp or advice from the coach In Inthis Inthis this wn way the tho game becomes a a- benefit to the players and they are not wholly responsible to to the the tho coach for their vie vic tories or alS Another nother good feature of at the present style of oC play pIa and aid ono one that is of ot great Importance is 18 tho the fact tact that the spectators spectators spec spec- have the opportunity of seeing tho ball all through the contest consequently consequently con con- making tho the gamo game more moro inter inter- eating to them Tho The old rugby game with Its mass plays and quick charges Into tho the line afforded little chance chanco to the spectator of ot- ot seeing the ball until the officials had untangled the pile of or humanity and thoro there was a constant repetition of ot this Th The best features of tho the old game have ha been beon adopted by tho the coaches such as hives off the tile tackles and Into the line but tho the man mon with the ball bull cannot be 10 pushed or pulled In any manner Ho must make the he ground alone except for tor the tho help h ho he 0 receives rece from tho the n who open tho the holes holcH or form forni the Interference 1 Kicking Icking which always alwa's ha has b been a feature of or football has been carrl carried d along and iu lii now even more moro important than under the old code Since the tho adoption of ot the new rules julca coaches have hR specialized In the election of oC players for their first eleven Men Ien have ha OCOn developed to throw forward forward for tor ward Va passes ss others to tu catch them Some have haye been tr trained to hit th line lino or 01 smash off ort the tackles while others have been coached to run th the ends Those men aro are shot into th the tho game whenever opportunity crises arises fo for fOl them to carry out their respective ape ape- dally Such substitutions are are mor more common In big games than in cont contests contest ts of lese less importance The coaches go to extremes to wl wIn big battles and every overy player who 1 Is thought to have a a. chance to got awa away In with his specialty l la Is sent Into the fray This Is Ie an Innovation which was no not used In Ul the old game The offense and ond defense Is more moro equalized ed wit with the yard 10 rule It Is 15 mighty hard fo foa for fora a a. team to make ten yards consecutively ehr in four tour downs especially when Invading InvadIng ing the opposing teams team's territory It i ia Isa Is hs a 0 well known fact that the closer a team approaches approach os the others other's goal th the harder it Is to gain aln ground This 1 Is accounted for tor by the drawing up o otho of tho the secondary defense to reinforce th the forward walL wait walLIn waiLIn In ml midfield the defensive backs play pla from eight t to fifteen I yards behind i th the 1 line lIns A tn tr th t of i- i iiii iii the offensive Ie ivo u cloven If a team ire re resorts resorts re- re sorts to open play the tho secondary de defense do- do tense plays Plats fifteen yards ards back of th the theline line and if f straight plays are used th the backs gradually como come closer to th the scrimmage line to help the forwards In Inthe I Inthe the tho old game there was one sot set form of ot defense The ends did the smashing and tho the halfbacks h who played about abou two yards back and outside of th the wore were expected to tackle th the runn runner e r. r Th Tho a d defensive o o quart cl played about five yards ards back of th the forward wall When an opposing team shifted a tackle from rom one ono side of th the theline theline line to the other the defending eleven eleve shifted Its line lino one position Such wa was the sot set of ot style of oC defense and did no not know an any other way to stop plays play which were good for tor substantial gains They wore were instructed to throw the their bodies under a a. mass pIa play and If the they did not check It It a player was son sent Into tho the gamo who would The gamo game as It Is played today is a annich much prettier and more moro Interesting game RaIne to watch The unexpected l ma may happen at any moment and ond It Is this surprise which keeps the large largo crowds crowd worked up to tension at all times I Ithe If the score is close a hard fought contest contest con con- test never is decided until the tho final whistle blows as the teams are for tor- titled with so 80 many trick plays and In intricate In- In formations that the execution of any of or them ma may turn 0 seeming defeat Into victory Ictor |