UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THERE MAY BE A FOOTBALL SCRAP
Lively Session Anticipated When the Rules Committee Meet.
FORWARD PASS THE CAUSE.
The West Favors The Retention of
The Open Play, The East Hopes
For Its Abolition.
If the advance notices are lived up to there will be a battle royal when the members of the Intercollegiate rules committee assemble in executive session next month.
The rules committee is composed of fourteen men, seven representing the National Collegiate Association, and seven from the Eastern Collegiate Association. The committeemen of the two organizations are far apart in their opinions of what the rules governing next season's football should be.
The most contention seems to be over the forward pass. The majority of the large schools of the east, and therefore the Eastern association, are opposed to it's retention. On the other hand the National Association at its recent meeting, recommended the use and further development, of the open play. This latter organization largely represents western sentiment.
The position taken by the eastern schools hinges upon the number of tie games, many without a score, that were played last season. The opponents of the pass lay this situation at its door. They claim that the pass and the general adoption of open play has weakened the game by destroying all proportion between offense and defense.
Luck Too Important.
It is pointed out that the entire playing of the game has come to be the taking advantage of the opponents mistakes or ill luck. The defense when set to block close formations is powerless to check the open plays. On the other hand when a team is prepared to defend against the open play, it's line is at the mercy of the mass formations of the offense check gain on open plays. On the other hand when the team is defending against open play the line is at the mercy of the mass formations of the offense.
The National Collegiate Association in their recent New York meeting decided in favor of the game as played last year with but few changes. Dr. Williams, of Minnesota, who is chairman of this organization's rules committee, and therefore a member of the National rules committee, said that the reason why so much opposition had developed to the open style of play was the ignorance of the player: themselves as to when and how it should be used. Many tie scores were occasioned, according to Dr. Williams, by the fact that quarterbacks were inefficient or careless in the use of the pass.
Would Not Restrict Pass.
Instead of abolishing the pass
dr. Williams desired to remove all
restrictions from its use. This he
contended would remove the num-
erous technicalities that have arisen
through its use which have tended
to slow up the game.
The abolition of the forward pass will be strongly urged by Yale and Princeton it is said. Harvard will support their views through her representatives and are in a way bound to the decision of the National College association of which the Crimson school is a member.
The friends of the forward pass are making their greatest stand up on the argument that not a single fatal injury marred the college football season this year. This argument though it invades the realm of speculation is one that the opponents of the open game will have trouble in answering.
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DON HENDRICKSON
DIES IN EL PASO
Was President of Freshmen Class and Member of Alpha Tau Fraternity
Word was received at the University today of the death of Donald C Hendrickson, in El Paso, Texas. Hendrickson attended the College last year and was president of the freshman class. Although he spent but one year here he was a well known student. He was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, Hendrickson was one of the strongest all-round athletes that ever entered the University, but he took no part in freshman athletics last year on account of a sprained knee.
Hendrickson competed for the Central High school in 1906-9 and was a star performer in the high and low hurdles, high jump and broad jump. He was a consistent point winner and captain of the Central track team of 1909 that won the city and Missouri Valley championships and took third in Stagg's meet in Chicago. He was a member of the Kansas City Y. M. C. A. fourman track team which won the international Y. M. C. A. championship in Seattle July 25, 1909. At that time he took first in the 120 and 220-yard hurdles and third on the broad jump in spite of a sprained knee.
Last fall just before time for returning to the University, Hendrickson became ill and went to an El Paso sanatorium in the hopes of bettering his health. His condition slowly became worse and he died Monday afternoon. The burial will take place at his home in Kansas City, Mo.
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Practice is Lowering the Receipts of the Athletic Association
MUST STOP LENDING ATHLETIC TICKET
BOOKS WILL BE CONFISCATED.
Unless Tickets Have Signature of The Foouser Holder Will be Refused Admission Friday Night
A warning was issued this morning by W. O. Hamilton, head of the athletic department, against the practice of students loaning their Student Enterprise tickets. This practice is growing to such an extent among the members of the student body that the receipts in this department in all athletic contests are growing noticeably smaller.
From now on all books that are presented by other than the original owner will be confiscated and will not be returned.
It has been decided that all books must have the signature of the buyer on the cover, or they will not be accepted. This rule will be rigidly enforced at the basket-ball game Friday night and all students should see that their ticket is properly signed before going to the gymnasium.
Coach Hamilton said this morning, "Something will have to be done to stop the practice of interchange student tickets. It is directly contrary to the original idea of the enterprise ticket and is cutting down to a great extent the gross receipts of the athletic department. There is a stipulation on the back of the coupon book which states clearly that they are 'not transferable'. However a great many are ignorant of the notice and in all probability they would be more careful if this fact were called to their attention. All tickets will be required to be signed in the future and if any one is discovered presenting another person's book it will be confiscated and not returned to the original owner."
A new student's book is being planned for next year whereby the original owner may be identified. The buyer will be made to pledge himself at the beginning of the year not to lend his book to anyone.
The arrangement of tickets is also being changed so that it will be easier for the gatekeeper to know just what ticket should be extracted for each particular game. Muel confusion at the gate will in this way be avoided.
MINNESOTA CAPTAIN
WAS REFUSED LETTER
Pickering Was Protested by Wisconsin Just Before the Badger-Gopher Game.
Captain Earl Pickering of the Minnesota football team has been officially denied his "M" by the athletic board. The refusals was made in a negative way, the board simply leaving his name off the list of fifteen men who were awarded the letter. This action is the result of Wisconsin's protest of the Minnesota captain last fall, four days before the Gopher-Badger game, on account of having played summer baseball and its attendant developments.
A general feeling has prevailed on the campus during the last few weeks that should Fickering be granted his "M" the university would revoke the action of the board in order to express sufficient disap proval of the former captain's action in falsely swearing to the eligibility committee.
WALTER MAYER MAKING
GOOD AT SUMMERFIELD.
FRESHMEN WANT FOOD
Walter Mayer, a graduate in the class of 1911, and a prominent Y. M. C. A. worker, is teaching at Summerfield, Kansas. Mayer is principal of the combined high and grade schools and reports from that town seem to indicate that he is making good.
Winners of School Championship Besiege Coach Hamilton for Promised Spread
The men who composed the freshman football team are hungry, very hungry.
Some time before Christmas the class football teams entered a tournament for the championship of the University.
But a mere championship was not all. The victorious team was promised a "heavy feed" by the athletic association.
Nobly the stars and the near stars responded. Fiercely they struggled to annex those eats.
When the smoke of the final battle had cleared away it had been decided, by a score of some 40 to 0, that the 'Fresh' had a meal coming.
Manager Hamilton, on behalf of the athletic association, of course heaved a mighty sigh. He did no', in the least object to paying for lunch for any ordinary bunch—but that freshman beef trust. Ach Himmel!
And now the manager is waiting for a decrease in the high cost of living.
Meanwhile the freshmen are getting hungrier and hungrier.
FRESHMEN GYM CLASSES
LEARNING BASKET-BALL
Tournament Being Held by First Year Men-Future Varsity Material Developing.
The freshmen gym classes have taken up basket-ball. Teams have been organized from the respective classes and a tournament is being held. There is considerable irregularity in the hours of practice and in the dates of the match games due to the fact that the gym floor is in use so much of the time. Each team manages to practice three times a week however and the men are developing some of the finer points of the game. Some of the men are developing
Some of the men are developing rapidly and there is a very possible chance that some of the team will be seen in varsity uniforms next year.
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TOLD OF SIR GEO. WILLIAMS
"What One Man Did For Young Men," was the topic of Dr. Wm. A Powell's lecture-sermon Sunday night at the Presbyterian church. It was an account of the life work of Sir George Williams, founder of the Y. M. C. A., who was knighted by Queen Victoria for his gerat work.
The speaker made the point, which Carlyle emphasized in his "Heroes and Hero-worship," that the great man is needed for the great movement.
He read alight the cause of the wholesale ruin of the young men of London, in the drapeved and depriving social surroundings, which met the great incoming waves of people to the great city, especially when no home was established. The whole of a man must be saved together body, soul and spirit, is the teaching handed down to us by this prince of men, and the Men and Religion Forward Movement are making a fresh and larger application of this principle and method of work for men and boys.
George Williams learned the dry goods business thoroughly from the bottom up, and, as the head of a great house, learned and taught the great lesson that the great value in business, as everywhere, is not material but spiritual, that men are infinitely more than money.
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