Show RULE CHANGES IMPROVE GAME Players Report To Their Coaches In Better I Condition nr By T W CAW SpeCial Correspondent of The Sta Sfa TheSta 1 Examiner Copyright Standard Exam 1923 by The Standard Inor Iner NEW YORK Oct 13 While spectators football at the early sason pason foot foot- foot ball games frames have not hot noticed any changes in the gamo ganse os IS a officials ot alterations in the rules rul's the of- of of and the coaches has ha have hae e found their work cut out for or them The fact that tho the of ot the ame Is about the same sante as it ever was cae is of course duo due to the tho fact that no changes change have hase e been made in the structure of the sport that It la is and Still still and wo VO hope always will b be-a be be a game game Jame which In no material sense 11 be bo altered But so far tar II as officials official are con con- con concerned and coaches too the changes In the rules 1111 have base e brou brought ht about bout the necessity of ot great care In careIn coreIn the conduct of ot the game on the theone theone one cne hand and the teaching ot of o It Iton iton Iton on the other In Itt the West Point Point- Tennessee game for Instance spec spec- spec spectators Spectator noticed that when a a south south- south Cm player Interfered with the do- do de defense on a forward pass pas thrown by the Dixie team It tt cost T Tennes Bee see aee IS 15 aMa ards ar ls Until this year tn- tn In Interference by the offense cost the tho offending a n down own It Is things such as these thee th thit t mean so oO little to the spectator and yet ct count for much In determining how bow well an official is fitted for torMs his position and how highly a acoach acoach acoach coach Is qualified for Cor his teaching Job Teams must be taught to launch the pass without danger of ot Incur Incur- incur nag penalties that may well II prove and officials must be beon beon beon on the lookout to note noto technical Infractions when they occur occurs Football men have halo reported to their coaches In much better con con- con condition taking the tha colleges through through- throughout throughout throughout out the country than was wa-s n the case oven a year ago This I Is du due dua to the fact act that hat coaches 8 have ho Insisted upon the men mon taking care caro of them them- them them-K R I RIes es throughout the pO- pO pe periods nods Lack of ot condition I In n the past ha has always retarded the de- de development de development of ot teams team Inasmuch as asno asao no 10 coach can begin to apply his 1116 methods adequately until his men are re In ph physical steal condition for the ordeal The men out of o are easily recognized in the dash along the field which the c coach ach usually orders as the first e of early stIlSon drill They lag l a behind wInded fighting for breath while their better conditioned fellows romp over the turf without turn turn- turnIng turning turn turning ing a a hair In the old days out Of a squad of 30 or 40 the tho laggards laggard laggard would be greatly in the majority but this year the slothful ones would not make mako up lip a a a corporal s a gu guard I work could be started much ear ear- tIer than has been een tho case In the rat past So general Is condition throughout the country that with with- withIn within with within in a 0 week we wo shall be In a position post position tion to gain some definite Idea as asto asto asto to what the prospects of the van van- vanous vari various ous leaders are aro As Ag the situation stands t at present starts out with the best prospects prospect apparently d despite the toss loss of ot her star end Kick Kilk In the backfield is a 0 ho host t In him him- himself him himself self In the tho south Bouth Vanderbilt 1001 s svery scry try strong and is preparing for her trip to Michigan a tam which she tied last seap ear car at Nashville West Vest Virginia with her Liar itar back field mav may repeat her 1922 1932 OVEr Pittsburg ton Prince ton Harv larv I-larv- Harvard i ard and Yale have broken pretty material and e esen en on the loss of ot the success of the three depends upon how stars lost by graduation have been replaced 90 |