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...most important change in the football rules this year is that in regard to penalties for the forward pass. Instead of the ball being returned after an illegal forward pass to the spot from which the pass was made, it is returned to the spot from which the play was started. Under the present rules, a forward pass is illegal or incomplete; if it is made by a player less than 5 yards back of the scrimmage line; if it goes more than 20 yards beyond the scrimmage line before touching a player or the ground; if it strikes...
Individual placing-Winner, J. P. Jones, Cornell; 2, T. S. Berna, Cornell; 3, W. M. McCurdy Pennsylvania; 4, P. S. Harmon, Dartmouth; 5, P. R. Withington, '12; 6, N. S. Taber, Brown; 7, F. W. Copeland '13; 8, H. T. Ball, Dartmouth; 9, L. C. Madeira 3rd, Pennsylvania; 10, F. R. Mercesu, Dartmouth; 11, R. St. Boyd '14; 12, L. Finch, Cornell...
...coaching policy at the eleventh hour practically saved the day. This year, the team has been slow in developing, and even at best its work has always been more or less erratic. In the Princeton game, the team showed marked weakness in elementary football, such as following the ball, diversity of attack, and backing up the men who received the ball on each play, a fault which made possible White's run and touchdown...
Camp, the only son of Yale's athletic adviser, has developed as a punter and halfback within the past month. He kicks a long spiral ball which is difficult to handle. In the Princeton game, his kicks averaged almost 30 yards. He gets off his punts quickly and with good direction. He is also Yale's mainstay in end plays in which he runs well and is difficult to tackle on account of his height and has a knack in turning when tackled and falling forward his full length...
...tackling. Not only have Bomeisler and Avery developed rapidly during the past fortnight in the offensive game, but also in the defensive game, in which they were successful in turning in such ends as White and Dunlap of Princeton and thereby giving Captain Howe a chance to run the ball back from catches of punts...