Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-11-28 | Page 7 | New Football Rules to Stand

II FOOTBALL ILESJpi Latest Code Is Satisfactory to Both Coaches and Players of Eastern Schools GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR FAST AND HEADY MEN Pennsylvania Suggests That Runner Be Permitted to Receive Re-ceive Aid From One Man BOSTON. Nov. 27' That the latest American modification of tho English rugby football game 1b likely to stand for several years at least, with perhaps a few minor changes, Is tho opinion of many of tho coaches and players of the New England college elevens at tho close of the present season,. From the spectators' standpoint, the game proved nioro popular than ever before. be-fore. Injuries were less In number and seriousness seri-ousness than for many years, only ono fatality occurring In this section. That was on Thanksgiving day. at Wlnsted, Conn, According to Trainer "Pooch" Donovan Dono-van and Dr. NIcholls of the Harvard eleven, twisted knees ,wero more prevalent prev-alent than any other Injury. "Don" Pryor of Brown said the new rules helped his team Immensely. "They give a'srealer chance for heady, speedy men," ho said, "than was al-1 lowed tho same players under the old rules and arc entirely satisfactory except ex-cept possibly or the twenty-yard zone minting to forward passes and on -side kh-ks. "and the division of periods." Coach F. S. Durgln of Bowdoln college col-lege said the new game had gtcat possibilities pos-sibilities which oven the largor colleges did not bring out.