UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
BASKET BALL IS A GENTLEMANLY GAME
Naismith Says Disregard of Rules in the East Caused Trouble
SPORT WILL NOT BE ABANDONED
Rules Committee Insist That Reform Administration of Present Rules Will Prevent Rough Play.
"Basket ball as played next year will be even more the no-contract style than that which has been advocated by the Missouri Valley Conference Committee," said Dr. James Nismith, a member of the National Basket Ball Rules Committee in speaking of the changes made last week at the meeting of the Committee in New York. That is it will be that way if only officials that will enforce the rules as laid down by the committee are allowed to officiate."
The recent action taken by many of the eastern schools in regard to the dropping of basket ball from the sports was caused by a violation of the four personal foul rule. Managers of opposing teams would get together and agree to lay aside this rule which reads to the effect that a man shall be removed from the game on the committing of four personal fouls. As a result of this decision, a game degenerated into a prize fight. In one case of forty fouls were made by each of the opposing teams and but three field goals were thrown by both teams. The game was naturally slow and uninterested to the spectators.
GAME WILL NOT BE ABANDONED
All of the schools except Brown have decided to tr basketball ball again next year on account of the change in rules. It is understood that the cause of Brown's deciding to drop the game next year is the smallness of their gymnasium and not on account of any opposition to the game.
In addition to the note concerning the enforcing of the personal foul rule the most important is that in regard to interference. This rule now is, and interference in any way with the program shall be terminated by the ball shall be termed blocking and shall be classed as a foul against the player violating this rule.
In connection with the throwing of free throws it has been decided that the man making the throw shall throw it if he fails to make within ten seconds after referee places the ball on the free throw line.
"The dribble also went under a
great deal of discussion but was finally left as it is now.
"The ball when going out of bounds if touched by spectator before touched by a player will go to the nearest eligible player. In connection with this rule it was also decided that the ball going from out of bounds to out of bounds shall go to the nearest eligible player.
"The players must be numbered."
"In calling a foul the referee shall raise his hand above his head if it be a touching foul, or only touch player making the same."
"The basket must be arranged so that the ball in passing through the shall
"Under this new style of playing the ideal player will be the fast player who can beat his man to the ball. The team that plays the man and not the ball will be handicapped as they will be continually fouling while they are out. You have on their ability to beat their opponents to the ball will make very few fouls and in addition will be able to play faster球 than their opponents."
"Opposing players can not interfere with the player making the free-throw. Interference shall be termed as anything that distract the attention of the threwer.
"In addition to this players who use roughness in blocking a throw for the receiver is wicked."
Murray Ran Two Yards Over the Required Distance at Kansas City
2-MILE RECORD STANDS
The record made by Roy Murray in the two mile run, at the Kansas-Missouri meet March 29, will stand as the University record for that went. Murray's time was 9.51.
There was a question for some time as to whether the record was bona fide as the Convention hall track had, in the past been about forty yards short of the full course over the long run.
After Murray had his record last week the directors of the K. S. A. C. called in an engineering firm and had the track carefully measured. It was found that Murray had run two miles and two yards.
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Mary Thomas, a junior in the College from Emporia, did not return from her home at the close of the Easter vacation, but remained in Emporia to prepare for a trip abroad that will last till next fall. She will re-enter the University at the opening next September.
After an extended visit in the East, Miss Thomas will sail about May 10 for England and Wales.
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HERE ARE VALLEY CONFERENCE RULES
Handbook Recently Issued Gives the Twelve Tables of Athletic Law
1. Relief in the necessity of the amateur ruling reaffirmed.
2. Agreed to require students to refrain from participation in summer baseball during the college except on their own home team where no gate fee is charged.
ELLS OF SUMMER BASEBALL
SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
No person shall participate in any intercollegiate sport unless he is a bona fide student doing full work in the course or special course as defined in the curriculum of his school or college.
Booklet Also Explains Such Mysters as Who are Bona Fide Students, What are Freshmen etc.
SUMMER BASEBALL
No person who receives any compensation from the University for services rendered by way of regular mail shall be allowed to play on any team.
3. Agreed to reinstate men who are technically ineligible through ignorance or through the acts of others.
No student shall be permitted to participate in any intercollegiate contest who is found by the faculty delinquent in any of his studies.
A student shall be ineligible to represent his college in athletic contests who engages in such contests as a representative of any athletic organization not connected with his college, whether in term time or in vacation.
No student shall take part in any intercollegiate contest who receives any gift, remuneration or pay for the coach manager or player of any college team.
No student shall participate in any intercollegiate contest who has ever used, or is using, his knowledge of athletics or his athletic skill for gain, or who has taken part, for a money prize, in any athletic contest. No student shall play in any game under an assumed name.
A revised handbook stating the rules and regulations of the Missouri Valley Conference of Faculty Representatives has been issued by the secretary of the Conference, Dr. R. G. Clapp of the University of Nebraska. This book contains a history of the organization of the conference, the existence, existing, conference enterprises, a description of the management of athletes, and the revised rules on eligibility.
The latter division of the book has been the subject of more discussion than any of the preceding ones and is the only one that has been revised since the formal adoption of the rules in the spring of 1908. The rules governing the eligibility of Missouri Valley athletes revised to January 1, 1912 are as follows: The eligibility rules of this Conference shall apply to every student competing in any physical contest as a representative of any institution in this Conference.
SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
AMATEUR CLAUSE
No student shall participate in any intercollegiate sport unless he has
passed all entrance requirements, unless he has passed all work as regularly required in his university for the year of residence previous to the participation, and unless he is satisfactorily carrying full work in the current semester.
RESIDENCE AND PARTICIPATION No student shall participate in intercollegiate athletics until he shall have been in residence one year and shall have completed one full year of entrance training to meeting the entrance requirement of the College of Liberal Arts of his institution or its equivalent. Summer session shall not be counted toward the year's residence.
RESIDENCE AND PARTICIPATION
A student who has established his residence in one institution loses the same when he matriculates in a second; however, registration for the summer session or quarter in a second institution shall not be considered as nullifying residence already established in the first.
When a student changes from one school or college of the same university to another, having failed in such, he shall not be eligible for one year, unless such failures are removed by examinations.
No student shall participate in intercollegiate athletics for more than three college years in the aggregate, the three years to begin with the first semester of the year in which the man first participates. It is understood that if a man enters college the second semester, his college year begins with the second semester. In case his three years participation in basket-ball end in the middle of the season, he shall be allowed to finish that season as a member of the team.
A preparatory student who plays one year on the team of a non-Conference college will not have that year against him in case he should enter a Conference institution, but if such non-Conference school competes on equal terms with Conference institutions, such transfer conferences will not be able to play more than one year, each year after the first shall be subtracted from his three years participation.
GRADUATE RULE
No one who has taken a degree from a college of standard rank shall be permitted to participate in intercollegiate contests. (In effect after September 1, 1912.)
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No person having been a member of a college athletic team during any semester in college who does not continue in attendance the full semester of his participation shall be permitted to play in any inter-collegiate contest thereafter until he shall have been in attendance six consecutive months subsequent to his last participation.
Rules
The athletic board, at a meeting last evening, decided definitely that Nebraska shall have a base ball team. However, it was decided that Nebraska should conform to Missouri Valley rules and just what effect this will have on the prospects for a team is hard to say. The teams playing in the can be looked over. At a meeting in the future, plans will be made for the election of a captain.
Thomas L. Masson who spoke at the meeting of the Editorial Association and who is the guest of the University, was entertained at breakfast and dinner by Professor and Mrs. Thorpe at their home.
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