Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 261, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1910 — "GRAND OLD MAN” OF FOOTBALL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

"GRAND OLD MAN” OF FOOTBALL

According to Walter Camp t popularly known as the “Grand Old Man” of football, ’there are circumstances wherein even a football player is not entitled to occupy turf room on a football field, says Detroit News. He must pull up stakes and “beat it” or be penalized. The circumstances are these: A player is running to catch a forward pass. An opponent is directly in his path but is not aware of the whereabouts of the ball in the air. He realizes that the runner is after the ball, however, and thinks that by standing still he will make him (the runner) go out of his way in order to complete the pass. If he is successful in this, Camp avers that any ref-

eree may legitimately penalize on the grounds of'-interference with a bona fide attempt to catch a forward pass. “It’s up to the player to either get off the earth or be penalized,” Camp says. “What! Am I not entitled to standing room?” the indignant football player asks. “Not in the least. You see readily that by occupying certain standing room you are interfering with an* other fellow's chances of completing a forward pass. Therefore It’s up to you to get out. The rules may be taken as literally as this throughout. Except in a very few instances they are purported to mean exactly what they say.”

Walter Camp.