Kansas University Weekly.
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Athletic Notes.
A great deal of feeling was aroused among eastern colleges during the season of '95, by the adoption of different codes of rules by different schools. After the close of the season the more prominent colleges chose representatives, who should arrange a code of rules to govern the play of this season. The committee chosen for this purpose, and composed of the most prominent foot-ball enthusiasts of the country, arranged a code, and submitted a report which was immediately adopted. The principal changes are in the rules governing fair-catch and scrimmage. The former has been changed to its old ruling, which requires the heeling of a catch, while the player is protected from interference or being thrown by the very severe penalty of fifteen yards. In the scrimmage the feeling against mass plays has resulted in the ruling that no player shall take more than a single step before the ball is placed in play, except one man, who may be in motion toward his own goal. This rule will bar almost every form of momentum play, which has proved so dangerous to players. The other ruling, forbidding five men to bunch between the "tackles," will aid in eliminating mass plays. A change has been made in regard to the fair-catch, requiring the opponents to stand (?) ten yards from the catcher, thus giving more credit for a fair-catch. The rule regarding interference with the man snapping the ball has been made more stringent. These
new rulings all tend toward a more open style of play and it is to be hoped that our team will adopt the more open game.
Whitney played end on last year's Oberlin team.
McCook field was too wet for practice the first of the week.
Every player should take advantage of the training table.
Speaks ought to be a strong man on the track team next spring.
The outlook for a winning team was never better than it is this year.
A strong second eleven is necessary to develop a strong first eleven.
The "old men" should come out or they may find their positions filled.
All students should encourage the players by turning out and watching the practice.
About twenty-four men were on the field for preliminary practice the first of the week.
The training table at North College was spread Wednesday, and will continue throughout the foot-ball season.
The new men who are showing up well are Sanderson, Fitzpatrick, Moss, Baine, Whitney, Julian, O'Niel, Howard, Steele, Speaks, Philips, Cates, Jewett, Bates, Peterson, Hayes, Layton, Lacock, Sherman, Jones, Pittman, Davis, Voigts, Stanfield, Irwin, Kromers, Peters and Hess.
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