DR. NAISMITH HAS NEW PLAN
In New York During Holidays He Will Spring Innovation.
Physical Director Hopes to Develop More Athletic and Track Men.
During the Christmas vacation Dr. James Naismith, Professor of Physical Education at the University of Kansas,will give a detailed report of his new system of class competition in athletics at the meeting of the Directors of Physical Education, of the universities and colleges of the United States, to be held in New York City. He has been working on the plan for some time and has now completed a system for track and cross country running competition. By the time he makes his report he will also have a scheme for basket ball playing which will give the class, which has the greatest number of teams and the most efficient players, the championship.
DR. JAMES NAISMITH.
Dr. James Naismith, professor of physical educatin and chaper director came to the University in 1898," from Gross university of Denver, Colorado. In 1892 while at a training school for physical directors, in Springfield, Massachusetts, he invented the game of basket ball which has become so popular as a college game. With the beginnig of shool this year he formulated the system for class competition in athletics which he will make public at New York City, December 22.
When Dr. Naismith was asked about his new scheme he said: "No doubt my plan will receive much criticism when I make it known, just as my theories concerning the possibility of playing basket ball were ridiculed, but I think it is a good one and I intend to use it here. We have been working with it here this year and it has come up to my expectations. The system in so arranged that every man in each class may make points which will count for his class. The old system of choosing a team to represent a class does not show the relative ability of the of the different classes, it merely shows the strength of a few men of one class compared with that of a few men of each of the other classes. I propose to show the athletic strength of all the men of one as it compares with that of all the men of another class.
"Besides doing this from my plan, new material will be found which will help solve the problem of picking likely candidates for the university track team. You see when a man enrolls for track work we have him do all of these events, the 100 yard dash, the quarter mile run and the high jump; he is graded by the ability he shows in the work. The keenness of class competition stimulates his efforts and if he has exceptional athletic ability we soon find it out and then turn him over to the track coach who will develop his form and make him a valuable athlete."
Competition in Track.
The plan which Dr. Naismith is now using for class competition in athletics is simple after it is explained. He has a large chart with the names of all the men enrolled in gymnasium classes upon it. Opposite the list of names are three columns in which the record of each man's performance in the 100 dash, the quarter-mile and the high jump is kept. The number of points made in each event is determined in this way: A man who runs the 100 yard dash in 14 4-5 seconds is allowed 5 points, for every fifth second he takes off this time 5 points are added to his record; thus if he runs the distance in 11 seconds his score is 100. In the quarter-mile, if the entry can run it in 79 seconds he gets 5 points, for each second of time he lowers his record he gets 5 points reaching a perfect score at 54 seconds. The high jump is treated the in same manner, at three feet seven inches 4 points are given, for each additional inch made 4 points are added to his record, a perfect score is made when the entry jumps 5 feet 7 inches. At regular intervals competitions are held and each man gets a chance to better his record, he does not lose his previous record, however, if he fails it at these trials.
At the end of each month the scores that the members of each class have made are added up and compared; the class having the greatest number of points wins the competition for that month. Also the number of men competing in each class is compared. Besides this the individual records of the members of one class are compared with the individual records of the members of the other classes. It is by the use of this system that Dr. Naismith hopes to stimulate interest in class athletics and also to develop men for the track teams.
Cross Country Running.
Generally in an interclass cross country running, the class which has the best man wins the race. Dr. Naismith's plan adds another requisite to this one, making the race also dependent upon the number of entries. If 50 men enter a race, the man crossing the tape first will get fifty points, the second man will get forty-nine points, and so on, down to the last man, who will get one point. This plan, he thinks, will induce more men to run, for each man is sure of making something.
H. H. Rhodes of the German club was called to his home at Hennessey, Oklahoma, last week on account of the serious illness of his father.
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