Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1910 — MENTOR SAYS YALE IS WEAK [ARTICLE]

MENTOR SAYS YALE IS WEAK

Walter Camp Declares Old Eli’s Material Is Lacking in Strength— Talks of New Rules. V\ alter Camp, the football mentor at Yale, gave out an interview recently in which he stated Yale will not have as strong a football team next fall a® in the last two or three seasons. The material is said to be not as good as In lormer years, and It Is Camp's opinion that both Harvard and Princeton will have strong teams, but he would not say whether they would be able to deffeat Yale. Speaking of the new rules formulated last spring, Mr. Camp said; "I think we ought tb have a great game this fall If the coaches and players are quick to grasp the possibilities. Of course, there are a number of tech- » nicalitles In the rules which are going to make the work of the officials mighty hard. One of the hardest kind of tasks for the officials is to determine when one player 1® pushing another. When the players are massed, It will be hard to designate the man who la pushing or pulling another. In this connection It might be said that one of the hardest problems for coaches to solve is to stop the players from pulling or pushing. Before this season the words pull and push were heard more than any others in practise and tho players have been coached so much In this that It will be a task to stop them. “Of course, this is only my opinion, but I hope the rules work for the satisfaction of all.” Camp said it was a hard fight to agree on many of the points which have been adopted, as each member of tho committee had certain suggestions which he wanted converted into a rule. As a result, several compromises had to be made.