Show Experts Do Not Favor Many Radical Radic l Changes in Football New Now York Dec 11 The great number of serious accidents and fatalities which marred the tho foot football football football ball season of 1909 has lies caused a areal great real hue huo and cry cr for reforms In the game Of or course the whole sub subject subject is UI up to tho the rules committee which meets meats in this city this month and nn al nl although though many man opinions and suggestions have been made toward modifying the game in order older to lessen the chances of accidents there seems scenic to be bo a general desire deslie upon the tho part cf of c the thc experts not notto notto notto to anticipate the rule makers Walter alter Camp declined to make any an comment on the question of or change of 01 football rules except to say that undoubtedly sonic some action would be taken at tho the next meeting of o tho lie rules rulus committee The World In an effort to find some somo rem remedy remedy edy ed prints the tIme opinions opinion of many ex experts expert pert pelts as follows Coach Daniel A Reed of o Cornell who had charge chargo of the linemen all fall Call and who while In tho the university was a star mater guard says the outcry against I mass play Is misleading and not to the tho point He states that lint moio more injuries i have occurred since tIme tho open play pia was instituted than before While In mass play under the old rules and I poor conditioned men amen wore were hurt hurl there was no iju such chance for tor the sharp and headon collision of bodies tho ho now I game ganie affords The Tho mass play was not as 1111 dangerous da as the open football he lie said Expert opinion at Ithaca seems to be bo that if any changes are arc made at all they might aught be In lii tho time forward puss pass pa 1 pen pon penalties cities and in making the distance great greater greatel er or for tor four downs That would compel open play if that lint t tat is what wanted wante but Reed says as It Is more mOle dangerous than tho the old style styleA A A Stagg Chicago university coach An As It looks to mo me the ways of remedying the tho rules may mo bo ho approached aa eta follows Allowing two chances c y to make 4 T l 10 yards or Increasing the distance to 15 11 yards ards and giving a team three elaine cs na as Walter Valler Camp has lies suggested In Inthis Inthis Inthis this way iia forward passing will be en encouraged encouraged by making the use of tho the play moro mono often orten Second By prohibiting pushing or pulling of tho the runner runnel with thin the ball which now amy n docs does lots of damage for rOl first ii IL single player pla er now Is often struck by tho the combined force of two or three men and second it takes the tho combined strength of two or ot moro more men falling failing on top of ot the attacking players to stop them thom I Third Making a penalty for Cor crawling cl with the thie ball which would encourage standing up in running Fourth By Increasing the penalty for piling on a player pla unnecessarily Fifth By emphasizing the need of tho the referees blowing his hili whistle when tho tInt ball Is stopped thus preventing mass moss massIng ing lag ingA lagA A L head coach of time the Uni University University of or Pennsylvania I would like to see mace the lie officials Invested with the tho I power to withdraw a n player flom roan tho the game gamo when ho is exhausted for most all nil of ot the tho Injuries are en sustained when a player Is tired and cannot defend him himself himself himself self against a charge or stiffen himself when ho lie knows a rush Is being baing mae made toward him by b the opposing back field Held Tint The game Jame Is If good as It is Every sport has accidents no matter how hov harmless and this has been an extra bad year enl fOI for football John C Bell Bali former Cormer member mom bel of ot rules committee I would not like to see seo tIle the game gamo changed much and und the time abolition of or tackling would tend to mako make the lie game gamo a mill milk and water affair It Is regrettable that tho thin many accidents should have happened this season geason but we wo might go o through many mail seasons and anal not have hlo half as many again Thero Theio are aN fatalities In all nIl other othel blanches of sports sport and 1 I dent think footfall has haslie had harl lie any un more than titan Its share shinto shareM M lit V y Berger Her er of or Princeton I see ace no reason to make any changes in tho the rulea I and of course courto I In abol Ito o gamo garcia l i Jj i t i |