V tV- VVtofisd1 DGMMliiADEtPaiA, WEDNESDAY,' SQVEMgGR 7,' J91f HICK EVANS, PLAYING FOR CHARITY, MISLAID TEN, SPOT; IS FOUND; GIVEN TO SOLDIER fan 1 : ; I, ' --; lY USED BY SOL METZGER IN 1903 lYwin Some big games in 1917 ' IF THE PLAYERS USE THEIR HEADS MLegal to Shoulder an Opponent Into a Kicked mil Which Is Bounding on Ground and Then tecover It Sol Pulled It Against Harvard feftAY which was enacted on Franklin Field a couple of weeks npo may play an 'ar.nrtf.nf naft In anmA if ht .! IiiMIai. ti tntim nf Vi( atntti. Wa nm i -- U SU ( l-V..W -J "V " V&,0 IIIU -UblVl fUl h Ut 1IIIO IIIVIIVIM . -w - iflurrlnff to the long: punt of Berry'a In the Pitt game, which was grabbed by JjbkMMta on the 1-yard lino as It was. bouncing toward the goal. Thomas believed fJM the ball had truk tho Pitt man's leg and was a frco ball. Nothing llko this Wiiined, however, and, as a man on the kicker's sldo touched tho oval Inside tho St-ytrd Uric, Pitt, was awarded a touchback nnd tho ball taken out 'to tho 20-yard Dm, where It was but Into play. Now this is an ordinary play which happens tlmo lifter tlmo, but there Is a slight variation that can bo used. Some of tho players '-'ixl coaches ore practicing It and tho chances are that somebody will bo stir jNrWd. Incidentally, tho officials have a sweet opportunity to get In wrong, and for .iat reason, we will endeavor to explain. j Fourteen years ago, in 1903 td be exact, Pcnn played Harvard on Franklin yli and on four different occasions tho Jted and Blub end recovered kicked balls mreugh a Httlo stunt which worked successfully. Sol Mctzgcr was at end and i.' tmt so fast that ho usually got down tho fleld before tho ball began to drop. Four times the ball sailed over tho catcher's head, and as It bounded along tho ground, Pol shouldered tho opponent into the ball. Ho did not uso his hands to push him, )Mt butted him toward tho bounding pigskin, and when It struck his log, or uny fiver part of his body, Metzgcr fell on tho ball. Tho rules were different In thoso Gays, but this particular play Is perfectly legal today. A player has a perfect right t shoulder on opponent into the path of the ball and then recover It after it Is put n side. If the ljands are used, a penalty for holding will bo Inflicted, but so mg as tho man is butted into tho ball with tho shoulder, tho play Is legal. Vitus -we can, seo that Thomas or some other Penn man could have butted tho 3tt halfback Into tho ball and recovered it right on tho goal line. This Is u good fly to study,, for it may como In handy some time. g' F IS not unusual for tho players on both teams to stand nround the ball near the goal line, every one being afraid to touch tho ball. In a case like that if a man on the kicker's side shoulders an opponent so that ' he touches tho ball, some ono can recover It and make a good gain. The strange part of it, however, is that it seldom is worked. Here Is a Tough Play to Decide, as the Rules Are Contradictory IN. A GAME up In New England once upon a time, the defcnslvo fullback muffed a. punt and it rolled out of the field of play. A player on the kicker's side re covered the ball out of bounds and by that time the referee camo rushing on the eerie. He picked up the ball, stepped off IB yards and gave it to tho side which Murred it. Immediately thero was a howl from tho other team. "Wo recovered the fumbled ball out of bounds," they sold, "and as it was a freo ball. It belongs to us." "You are wrong," replied the referee. "The ball was kicked out of bounds. e other officials will bear mo out." Unfortunately, however, the umplro ruled that tho ball had been fumbled In he field of play and the head linesman was watching tho sunset or something and klteU to see what had happened. This stumped tho referee for a time, but he Hrfuscd tp change his decision. Finally he was convinced that he may have been ytrane, and to settle the argument, said: "We will .toss a coin to see who gets tho ball." ' This same system might be used to decido tho following play which was jKriled recently and stumped every one. It wandered In with the morning mall today. Look it over: llr. Robert W. Maxwell, Sports Kdltor of tho Evening Ledour: Sir In a football gamo a short time ago, a team had tho ball on its own J-yard line and attempted a forward pass. The passer dropped back to his ft-vard line, and as he made tho pass an opposing lineman broke through, hit tho .ii ort it crnunriprt hnhlnd thi Mial line. Was that a safety orfa touchback? Vfce rules are rather vague on tho play. rfa O. F. S. THE first thing one would like to do on a play like that is to shoot the man -who attempted It in tho shadow of his own goal lino. Then, after looking over tho rules, you feel like using the same stuff on tho authors. There are two beautiful solutions; they are entirely different and each seems to be right. How the Rules Can Mislead Officials on an Unusual Play J A FobTBALiIi official has to think quickly on tho field. Ho can't delay the gamo -ft- and "talk: things over with the other officials, for that would start an argu ment and bring in the players on both sides. In a case' like this, he could call a ' Mtfety and prove it in the rules, or call It a touchback and get away with It. All k had to do was to take his pick". But let's look It over. Rulo VI, Section 16 (b) says: "A safety is made when a player of the side to POSSESSION of the ball makes a forward pass which becomes Incompleted Whlnd his own goal lino." That seems perfectly clear, but what is the definition C a. safety? Once more we quote tho rules, "A safety is mado when tho ball In ymeesslon of a player guardlns his own goal line is declared dead by the referee ti W or behind the goal line, provided the Impetus which sent It across the goal lino v " given by the side defending the goal." The only exception is a kick which fcMmda back from a if opponent. - That brings us back to the question of Impetus. Was It furnished by the man nW8 threw the ball or the man who blocked It and sent It over the line? Should gfc play be ruled like that of a blocked punt, and consider that the Impetus was Apwlshed by the thrower and tho direction was changed when the ball hit the jpppncnt'n hnnrln? Or, shall Rule VI Btrlctly be adhered to and call it a safety? Tfaie could bo done, but supposo the other side claimed a touchback? That 'brings In another ruling. Here is Rule XVIII, Section 6; "If the ball, after having been legally passed fefward strikes the ground Inside the end zone or any spectator or atoeiructlon in the end zone before or after it has been touched by any eligible player, or it crosses the end line or tho side line extended before touching tho ground, It becomes dead and shall count as a touchback to the defenders of tho goal." Then, under a note, we find that "the provisions of this section do not tfply In case where a forward pass Is made by a earn from BEHIND Its own CMViine," "t . . f i ". ,mHERE you are, so take your pick. Personally. I bellovo that a touch--' JL back would bo unfair, for the team which mado tho pass then would ' t th ball on the 20-yard line. Also, thero is some dnnhr ni tr, v, legality of a safety with the conflicting rules in tho book, for the pass waa made by a roan In the fleld of play and not BEHIND his own goal line. It should depend entirely on the question of Impetus as to whether or not It la called a safety. If the opponent knocks the ball into the end zone It Is one ruling, but if it bounces back from his hands, arms or body, It is another. Perhaps it would bo a good plan to toss a coin, as the New England rofcreo did in an emergency. At any rate, I Bhould like to et some opinions on the play. Smith Smashed Washington's Long Record of Gridiron Wins DY SMITH, the former Penn fullback, now head coach at the University of SaHfornla, scored a notable victory when his team triumphed over tho rslty of Washington eleven by the score of 27 to 0. This is tho first defeat d by "Washington in ten years and shatters a record which was started by re poble. xno oueni coacn oi me iuvy cieanea up everything on tho Paclflo while he had charge, but his successor ran into scualls In his first year. rate, it -was a glorious victory for Andy Smith and his able and enthuslas- nt. aus-Z!erV,r. The pair has put out a good football team this vear. t 'constructed it from the greenest of green material. For years rugby was nrito outdoor sport in the far West, and it was not until a couple of years the American game was taken up. it was necessary to start in at tho t, and Smith and Zlegler seem to have made a thorough Job of It. was worried over the big game and suffered considerably through loss Zlegler. too, was restless, and one of tlfc Ban Franclscd papers corn ea tho terrific mental strain Jnder which tho coaches were working. bul now is cured ana preparations are being made to win the remain- on the schedule. " nihil is missed trt the Northwest, but his admirers are elated over his show- v in U East. The Bpoxesman-Kevlew, ol Hpokane, Wash., has the following n "That IobIe should soon have the Navy machine traveling like a 1917 Sfior.--ar m a macadamized road is evidenced by. the fact that even the veterans an thra, ar partus " jtw:h, iiisiuuuiii, wueno bou Aiarfin are the fcukflW plyr of last year's team who are ascending to heights under Doble's tSflM that hitherto were not even attempted by the trio." - ' nure tali t4 utoow haw much better the Navy wag'than West' nt Reserve vmmpmy,- m ewnuwiuHw wrtter commenting OH, MAN! GeoGE i hate She has cot N l5 You may ncr v i vy - matJ55 j -- j . . . ! J I " -L "IC" '' ""T f r..r,.-r-l'? Wa'A 3HC 15 PUTTING LV.k YeSSIR. 5Me's NARR'ED BILL JUFFRAfiG . . . NO. M0N6V .M THP - K SOMC LADY- BUT I'm Go.C, , votl-T BeLlGUJ? I WHK- ACTUALLY ) To ioMf LADY J Jo r0 Tne Wr . L " SAVING - I DOM'T V JL ,,l - " SUFFRAGE - YOO Re F0R IT- ) ? ?M01AJ WHERff lt ri a A?E TOO- EM? ,T m0jt "BE GCWelWED ( . se ifr it waSnjtI . - I u . V-bvUS M' ) IF YOU THINK THERE IS ANYTHING , IN COMPARATIVE SCORE SYSTEM, JUST TAKE LOOK AT BOXING RECORD Leonard Ought to Be Able to Lick Jess Willard, According to the Figures, but Figures Are Not Always Accurate By GKANTLAND RICE OUTSIDE of David, who dropped GollaUi. we recall no lightweight who eer sent a heavyweight in the dusk. But by way of gradual margins it might bo troed that a lightweight Isn't fo far back after all. Follow this system Leonard knocked out Wcl-h : Welsh fought a draw with Packey SIcFarland; McF.irland fought a draw with Mike Olb bons; Gibbons outpointed Jack Dillon; Dil lon whipped Frank Moran. and Moran easily remained the limit with Jess Willard. Yet between the two extreme gaps tho margin of weight Is nearly 130 pounds. Leo nard won his title around 133; Willard weighed 2C0 when he fought Moran. This might be used as proof that the com parative score system Un't any too sound by way of arrllng at accurate results. Fine Backfield Material It isn't very likely that any one is going to select an All-Amerlcan or All-Sectional eleven this seabon not with three-fourths of thoso who might have been gridiron stars for the autumn drhe serving under tho colors. But even with so many of the front rankers out of football harness, the strength of backfield stars who remain is an un usual thing. For If these were ordinary times one could even now select a backfield to com pare with the high average of the past. Note tho Hit of eliglbles: Ollphant. of the Army ; Berry, of Pennsylvania ; Guyon and Strupper, of Georgia Tech; McLaren, of Pittsburgh; Harley, of Ohio State: Wel mann. of Michigan and the list Is only btarted. Even past seasons would have found It surpassingly difficult to have offered four finer backfield men than Ollphant, Berry, Guyon and Harley a auartet that com bines tremendous power with baffling speed. The Two Wallopers Some one started the argument as to the hardest hitters or the hardest hitter base hnll had ver tjroduporl The range. Including some fifty years and from 15,000 to 20,000 entries, left plenty of room for debate. i ... They began with Pop Anson, picked up with Larry Lajole, and ended the 1917 list with Babe Ruth. We nut the query to a few veterans, still left as managers or inspectors, who had been the best. They had two votes to turn In. The first was for Ed Delehanty; the other was for Sam Crawford. It was the Combined opinion of these Judges that Delehanty and Grawfor'd could hit a baseball harder than any other men up and down the roster not overlooking Anson, Lajole. Wagner, Baker, Schulte, Cra vath or other home-run monarchs known to the Blugglng fame of tho sport. Certainly the Ust ten years have produced no harder hitter than Sam Crawford. Tho Wahoo barber had tho wallop beyond all competition. But tho old birds say that Delehanty could outhlt even Crawford when It settled down to a matter of force. The verdict was that Cor tho closing year Babe Ruth headed the parade, with the lustiest punch. And thero was ulso Wally PIpp, an erratic hltter,"but one blessed with terrific driving force, once he connected with his complete power. Joe JackFon nnd Fred Merklc formed an other braCe who could lay the tempered hickory against the ball. And still another Is Davo Robertson. Robertson and Jackson have outranged tho field at the Polo ISrnundH, although one of Mike Donlln's an cient blows Is still given a draw by more than a few who recalled Mike's longest smash a good many beasons back. "If tho German system was adopted In sport," suggests an exchange. 'Uhere would bo no rules In any game " Tliere'd bo one, at least a heay penalty against any type at fair play or sportsmanship. Ernest J. Lanlgan, the eminent Statisti cian of Swat, has had one or two additional suggestions put through for the next batch of averages, to be published at an early date. By tho time Ernest J. finishes with his 'system thero will bo no detail In the baseball Ufa of any nthlcte that hasn't been smoked out. Football Double-Header in Taylor Stadium Nov. 17 llptlilrlirm, I'n.. Nov. 7.-11 l ilrflnllfly hrtllril tluit thrri' uill hr u tloiililr-liemliT fiinthiill cuim In Tulir Mmlitim on Noinn lrr 1. wlili h I iiffii.iiis ttu llrHt Irrhlnit of the klmt In his foothiill circles in tlilt m-c-(Iiiii. (In Ih-Vt diitr after tlip Lfiiluli nml V. M. '. Blimp, llir I . S. A. A. '. s . from tin- Allen tnun ramp, anil the Mronc JttitccrH eleen Mill Imttle. SCRAPS ABOUT SCRAPPERS Johnnr Tlllmsn Is In demand t.il1l Lnoil rrnns, in fact the club members lnlt mon jeelnif hl Imttllni? feature" In the '.'"."mVnt. half portion of the evenlnn'ii enlrrtlnmeij The Oymnln has , the right Idea. ,'l.l,0Jt?v fill start next .Monday nlnht BRBlnt mej i.at. Hteve totra in Vllke.larre and boje. anywhere. He la irnlnlnir ft bl up-b quarter,. whe .ronnny wnrklmc out at A "van's Bym. Tillmnira moat ,"',,. vic '(' vina over liuck riemmlnit nt tho Cambria A. i I'riday night, . KM Mllllama waa to have fought u"l0oVTh" In n l.out at Ilaltlmoro tho early pari or uio week, hut the promoters ere forced to pof rone tho mntch, aa the Klddo la on nj J linen, having recently suatalncd a bad cut oer the cyo. tV hare been requeteil to run "pnut me nan to to nein r rifniie Cluh n,it TTrl.lnv eve IIbm. n.i.d ,... mil.. ecore of boxers nill be. In nl"';ln"" ..M1,0 boll will be held In the New Auilltorlum Ball, Seenth street and Snyder acuuc. Unix sniH 'by the well-knnjyn renin. I""V V "' Ully Kramer anjia Joe Tuber la busy In creparatlon for hl llttlj date with Untiling Murray at tho Houth Proad street arena next wee. Joseph l boxing with OumIo I.ewla at Herman Itlndln's. and will be In-scrappy condition for Murray.. A rluh located In Providence, Jl. I., has runhecl Into print with nn offer uf l2,on Iron men for a flfteen-round derlalon mntrh between Hennv Leonard, the rhamplnn, unil Johnny Dun dee, Heotty Montelth's rhamplnn, llnnlly tempt ing for Hcnnv, na It will be remembered he ml leeted more than 111. (loo for his bout hero with Johnny Kllbanr. The show arranged for tho Cambria, A. P., KnMnfton avenuo and Homerset street next Friday night la one to satisfy nil thoe who love real fights, Kvery bout has been rarefully nrronaed In order to neeure ery Interesting eontcata The final bout will be between i nnnv Nelson, of Kensington nnd Young Jim. Tlorrell. or Southwark These bnjs are two of the most rugged In their, rlasa. The semi final will bring together two of Uncle Sam's bos, who ars well known to nil fight f.. Voting Lawrence, of Camden, and Chirk liSlT ?LK?lf,moVnU The Wellmlimrlei Twlli Tntrodri the following well-known boys! Htiva iiiSSS? of Southwnrk. vs. Johnny .Morgan? of kJHIP' ton: Kid Statue, of Fort ltlchmond ii nilniC .MrUermott. of rort Itlrhmondj Young' il'S Kverhardt. of Harrowgate. t. Youn .-!?? ". 'XVllBiiiHlUIl. . Young Harlow, Joe Welling, tho lad who recently nmv.j v, patriotism bv. Joining, the navy reSJ?I!2 h 1,1 r,p,ur!?. a"' with p-j: e Durable Dane at , J :iub. In New York1'! tagged for n. ten.round llnrlev. bnnivn aa ih. Ilroafway Hportlne Club, oaiuruuy nigm. e nut Word Is rerelved from the local malrbm.t. to the effert that ft majority 'of tR ciuha H.K bold manner box n rnrds on Thanksrlvin. rv""1 Each prnmoler will serve up "hi belt 'tn0??' land, and tho cash customers should hi in if" for n pleaslrc dish on turkey ilav. or d-.. 1?' Hoover want us to call It pork Thursdiyj" Mr The nbolitlon of boxing In New York ,.. " wee" l expected fa retard the 'develop ment of many a promising young boxer tSL scrappers who are "made" can go el.l-k" and profit by their ability, but It la tho.?1! "J7 . hlnnlnit to rlaa who Tii feel Th! effects of the repeal measure most, "' ,h Itnttllng T.nlnsky nnd Kiel Norfolk . exhibit their wares at the Flower a ' '. Rochester, N. Y.. next Monday night 'VJ?' going will bo for ten rounds. niS,irl'.Th la tavoreii lor ine tno cuioriu baby. Evening Ledger Decisions NONI'AKKII, A. C Willie (VToola ontfnaV4 Willie Unenrrr. Al llaiie-.heat TomSy lv.JKS niirt T..i.i.'" nowapaper clipping. 0VJ from It. Vinlker, nnother amateur tltlrhoM.a Walker gplng out of hl iistinl lM.poiina Si.II', lliindee, hlln.leli knorkdouns In ninth! Knoekout Cy'ros oulnolntI Charley llnjet. i"iie Johnny Moore .irw inn. itnn . h-i hllndeliibln.trn rniinila, srorlnr ti BAKER AND WEEGHMAN TOGETHER IN CHICAGO Rival Presidents Deny the Rumors That Meeting Was to Trade Players CHICAGO. 111., Nov. 7. Rumors of a historic trailo of playcra followed the dis covery today of the fact that Presidents Weeghman, of tho Cubs, and linker, of the Phillies, bad been seen together In Chicago, llotlf magnates denied their meeting had any possible significance other than that Mr. Baker was in Chicago on business and hunted up his baseball associate as a mat ter of course. 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