| Show coach roper ho p e r evors favors fumble rule A 0 in we 9 A 01 cm ir X coach roper talking over prospects prospect with captain whyte my by W W ROPER princeton football coach in the ta chicago news new white uie the changes cli angea in the football rules for tills year are few in number I 1 1 I 1 believe the rule making all loose balls dead at the point of recovery will have a big effect on the game I 1 favor tho the rule though in the past princeton teams have been very sue euc cageful in winning games by recovering loose balls back in 1895 iierman herman suter ran 05 yards against liar ilar yard ivard after recovering a tumbled fumbled ball in IM 1808 arthurina Arthu Arthur Poe recovered a tumble fumble and ran for a touchdown against yale ralo john bolm dewitt did the same bamo thing in 1003 and eddie booth in 1007 1907 while sara sam whito valte won both haryard harvard ind and yale sale games in 1011 by scooping up a loose ball in 1010 joo joe sheerer recovered a tumble fumble for the winning score against yale in 1022 howard gray cray made it a touchdown against chicago in the same way i yet I 1 believe the now new rule la Is good for the ho game football is distinctly a team game gamo and thero there aro are plenty of thrills ns as it la Is the recovery of at a loose ball to la distinctly an individual play an on many occasions permits a weaker team to win there has been instance after instance in the last few years where chero the stronger team after rushing rus liftig its ita opponent all over the field lias has been deprived of i a touchdown by a tumble inside of the ten yard line a fumble scooped up by some alert defensive man who ran do 00 yards for a touchdown I 1 believe the present rule means mean that eliat the better team will win in almost every case this was not so under the old rules while at first blush the public apparently ly may have lost a thrill I 1 believe in reality that new offensive tactics which I 1 ant sure will follow will vill more than repay them the try tor for point can now be made from the two yard line this rule role hns has never quite worked out the way it was wa S intended I 1 nt e nd e d I 1 in that virtually every ever y team has used a drop or place kick und and seldom tried to run or pass by decreasing the distance I 1 hope lt wilt be possible to vary the attack on this play and it if this tha la Is done a spectacular play will result |
