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11 PAGE EIGHT IOWA CITY WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER Radical Football Rule Changes Considered Unlike HCK-OFFRULE MS CERTAIN ALTERATION Scott Explains His Endurance Record By BILLY EVANS Everett Scott, frail shortstop of the New York Americans, has played 1291 consecutive games. He started his "iron-man" stunt June 20, 1916, and is still at it. No position on the ball field Is Suggestions for Changes In more dangerous to play than that Playing Code Come Fast of shortstop. This coupled with And Heavy But Most Of the fact that Scott is far from Them Will Be Forgotten 1 Here are 10 reasons why Ev- Football coaches representing' ere tt Scott has been able to hang universities throughout the United a record for endurance, that States will gather at New York ju probably stand, even after on December 29 and consider' Babe Ruth's 59 homers in one changes in the playing code for season has passed out of the pic- next year.

Already many pro; ture: posed changes are springing up! 1. Takes great care of his phy- and a number of coaches are giv-' sical condition. Follows training ing wide publicity to changes rules more like a college player which they propose to incorpor- i than a professional athlete, ate in the rules. 2 Never hurries himself in the From various parts of the coun- spring. Conditions himself slow- try chiefly from those coaches ly regardless of how well his ri- wiiose teams have never been sue- vals for the position are showing.

cessful with the forward 3. -Makes careful study of his come urgent appeals to change batters, figures no two alike, en- the rules for the aerial game. abling him to make plays easily The most radical of these includes that otherwise might call for a counting but three points for a foolhardy effort. 4 touch-down scored by means of the 4. Never forces his arm except forward pass and limiting the in the pinch.

Times his runners number of forward passes allow-' so that he throws the fast and ed in a period of the game to an slow ones out by the same mar- arbitrary figure. Fifteen has gin. been suggested as such a i 5- Has made a ca reful study Local athletic authorities seem' touching runners. This is Inclined to disbelieve reports the most dangerous of all plays great changes that are forthcom-j on the ball lie id an no player ins in the football code. They ig called upon to make jt mo re what he will do in advance.

Says 20 OLD-TIMERS SULL PLAYING WITH MAJORS Charles Adams, Pirate Star' Pitcher Is Dean of All Ball Stars; Many Born' About Year 1888 Dartmouth; BERRy, MAHANET, Crosa; LVMAN, Tale; WAGNER, Columbia; STOUT, Tackles--! EVERETT SCOTT i 8. Guards constantly against especially feel that little will be often than the shortstop. Watch- this is most important and saves being temperamental Says done with the forward passing. es the closely and, being ma ny a "bonetoead play." players must accept the good and rules because there will be enough familiar with his mannerisms, po- 7. Doesn't believe in fussing tough breaks as part of the game coaches at the meeting who favor si tions -himself accordingly in with the umpires unless he has 9.

Insists on being an optimist" the aerial attack, to forestall the making the touch, also taking in- a real grievance. Then expresses believing that everything is going efforts of those opposed to that to consideration the direction of his objections in a way that re- to be all right and usually style of play. the throw. suits in the umpire giving him turns out that way. 6 Gets the signal for every much consideration rather than 10.

Fights hard but always "tries Toes Become Strong There seems to be one rule, however, which the vast majority of coaches seem willing to change- pitch and then, tries to figure pointing to "tihe exit sign. to play the game fair. --tfce kick-off rule. During the' PTM5enL Few of these will piob- past season the kick-off has gone abl be over the goal line so frequently, Following are some of the san- point of kick-off was was moved to the 50-yard line from the 40- yard line. that it was practically equivalent suggestions presented up to to starting the ball in play on.

3 time: the 20-yard line after every kick-'' Eliminate the rule which awards off." When the rule was changed rst aown to the team on off TM se when thi- defending eleven is Credit For Blocking Kicks Changing the kick-off from the Unfortunately for the dreams middle 1Le field to the 40- the rule-makers, the tSes of the ai Uie This will cut down (he kiek-off men developed so rapid-' umber of Mcks that over the ly during the season that with-! lme in the ball being out tees they were able to In play from the TM- across the goal line. There Wll also make for more TM ns seems to be one great motivating om luck ff Urge to change this rule and that Is for the sake, of the fans who likes to see a kick-off run back player is withdrawn from the game, he is through for the day. Making the system of giving signals illegal. While this method is favored by many coaches, it is decidedly unpopular with the football enthuiasts who like to hear the barking of the signals. Changing scoring of three points for a goal from field to two.

This would make a touch- occasionally. Changing the pointi equal to three als from of-kick-off back to the 40-yard lel(L lf the al after tou line and still barring the tees ITTM was made Jt would would seem the solution of tho i our fleld goals for a team that problem. Suggest Selfish Changes There are a large number of suggestions being made for changes in the playing code. Most of these are made with good motives, and "designed to allow football as a sport to profit by the change. Unfortunately, too many -of them are impracticable because they defeat some of the fundamental and underlying principles of the game.

Many others are made by coach- JBS of unsuccessful teams who would be willing to sacrifice much of the sport's value from rnaty standpoints to enable themselves to place a winning team in the field. Quite a number of suggestions, would operate against the better teams of the country by restricting the teams in what is considered brilliant football nt made a touchdown and kicked goal to be beaten. Framing the rules in such a way that a player who blocks a kick shall receive some credit. One is, that if the blocked kick does not cross the line of scrimmage and is recovered by the kicker's side, it shall count as the loss of a down. If it happens on the fourth down, loss of the ball.

Strike At Huddle System Shifting back to the old method of the try-for-point after goal. That is, making the try from a point straight out where the runner crossed the line or, if this angle is too great, permit the usual punt out. Making it illegal for a player to return to the game after lie has once left it. Such a rule exists in baseball; the moment a LOST 7 GAMES IN EIGHT YEARS Marquette University Grid to Abide by One- Semester Billing and Leaves Conference score of baseball players bnrn about the time of the "great blizzard of 1888 still perform In the nation's major league parks." Tean of them all i Charles (Pabe) Adams, sturdy mounds- of the Pirates, who was a world hero in 1909, and toils on, returning to prominence in a de-, fade which seems to have given veteran pitchers a on life. Adams was born in IS 83.

A year later came Jack Qulnn, and in 1886 down in Georgia, Tyrus Raymond Cobb, destined to be baseball's greatest outfielder, was named. Vermont produced Gardner and Massachusetts tiibuted John (Shano) Collins. 1887 Was Great Yea- 'fhe year 1887 produced mor3 for the national gamej ing into being Grover Clnie-j Alexander, Walter Hooper and Eddie Collins, fcur of the game's best imown Hooper was to wait another season for the two men who were later to become his partners in one of tho greatest outfields ever developed, the old combination of the Boston Red Sox--Hooper, Tris Speaker, and Duffy Lewis. Like Hooper, Lewis was born in California, but Speaker was not far away. Tris is a native of Hub bard, Texas.

Two of the combination remain in the major leagues. Hooper with the White Sox and Speaker with Cleveland as manager. Lewis is manager of tho Portland team of the Pacific Coast league. 1888 Brought Many Stars That year, 1888, brought a band Pennsylvania; BEATTIE. Princeton; KEARNET.

Cornell; 8TARO- BIN. Syracuse; EREVQST. Penn State; KOZLOWSKI Boston College. DaitmouthT' FARWICK. Army; MAHAN.

West Virginia; STURHAHN, Yale; MICHALSKE, Penn State COU3MAN, Pennsylvania. ra a ie ECKSTEIN. NAN. Rutgers. Brown; BREN- Dartmouth.

TERRILL, Rutgew. SIM MONS, Syracuse; WENTWORTH, New Hampshire. Halfbacks- Tale; KOPPISOH, Columbia; BENKERT, Rutgers; TRYON, Colgate; HALL, Dartmouth; GRAHAM, Fordham. Syracuse, Rutgers; Pennsylvania; GEHRKE, Harvard. The Billy Evans Eastern Honoi Roll Is the consensus of 50 of the leading sports editors of that section.

CHICAGO, Dec. 24--Refusing to abide by the one-semester residence ruling, Milliken university I of Decatur, 111., yesterday withdrew from the Midwest Collegiate athletic association at a schedule- making meeting here. When Mil- Team Has Good Record Since 1917 Season pitchers, outfielders and catch ers which has cluttered baseball's rosters for many season.s Zacli Wheat, Marvel of the Brooklyn outfield, came along at that time. So did Gladstone Claence Walker, Bob Veach and Fred Wlliams For duty came Urban Faber of the Sox DIck Ru dolpl1 and Jim Vau shan: Catchers Marty Mc- ana Chet roduced ere Carty Bil1 Hariden SOUTHERN WAKEFIELD, a 1 1 Centre; A Washington and Leo; THOMPSON, Georgia' KIRVVAN, TarlflpQ-- 1Ai kon, Georgia; RIVES, laCKieS WILLIAMS, COMPTON bama; GRIHHAM. Auburn.

Georgia Tech; "GOLDSTEIN. Florida; A Vanderbilt; LBVIE. Tulane. PROBST Alabama; A Centre; LAWRENCE, A JONES, Florida; COVINO- TO Centre; DIFFBY Virginia; LAUTENSCHLAEGER, Tulane. CREESE, Vanderbilt; HUBERT, Ala boma; BROWN, Tulane; NEWTON Tech; CAMERON.

Washington and Lee; RYAN, Vandor- bilt. fused to repeal the rule, there a break and Milliken left the meeting. Several of the colleges, including Carleton, Coe and Cornell, pressed adoption of a one-year residence Milliken, though out of the Midwest loop, Dec. 24-In the last eight seasons, Marquette university football teams have lost but seven games, and in that time they have scored 1,311 thus establishing. themselves still "remains a among the leading gridirpn per- "Little Nineteen." formers of the nation.

Beginning) The date for the conference with the season of 1917, whan track meet was set for May 29 the Hilltoppers turned in eight and will be held at St. Paul. Tho victories and one tie game, the scholastic requirement of the con- path to victory has rarely been ference was interpreted to obstructed. In that time, forty-nine games have been won and six tied. Among the victims of the Golden Avalanche of this Thomas.

Owen Bush, Eddie Foster and Wheeler Johnston, straggled along for infield assignments. In 1889 the voices of Joe Wood and Rube Marquard were heard for the first time, along with that of Wallie Schang, who still catches for the Yankees. ELEVENS READY FOR BIG GAME post-season intersectional football game. There were also a large number of faculty members of the Missouri party, which institution the numbered 53. Trojan Team Rests Today I little effort The players condition with are the in excellent exception of Henry Lefebvre, halfback, who has been unable to report for practice bcause of an injured knee, Coach Elmer Henderson says.

The game will start at 2 p. Christmas Lack of Puts Bob Muesel Witt mean i that summer work could not count on eligibility. A rule requiring a Service day. Tigers Invade Other Lair LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24- University of Missouri Tigers champions of the Missouri Valley conference, 21 strong, accompanied fcy Coaches Gwynn Henry, Kipke and Harry Lansing, and Chester L.

Brewer, director of athletics yesterday came to the -city of Trojan warriors, University of Southern California, here to meet them in a Christmas dav Missouri Tigers Arrive In' Th party was elven a demon A 3 4.U f-i ra tive Welcome hv num. Los Angeles For Clash With Trojan Eleven LOS ANGELES, Dec. 24--Practice of the University of Southern California footbai team here yesterday consisted of perfection of plays which are planned to be used in the Cristmas day game with the tUniversity of Missouri in the coliseum here. The team "went through light with only a by a large number of Missouri alumni and students of Southern 'California. The Tiger held a light workout iu the Los Angeles Coliseum, scene of the clash, and will complete training today with another practice session, while the Trojans closed their practice for the game with a short drill.

The Soutern Californians rest today. According to coaches of two institutions the teams are in the best possible condition. MINNESOTA QUINT BEATS CREIGBTON IN FIRST CONTEST OMAHA, Dec. 24--The University of Minnesota basketball players, tall and husky, pried open' the 1924-25 basketball season in Omaha Monday night before a large crowd In the Crelghton gymnasium when they defeated the Crighton Bluejays 29 to 24. Benefitted by two games played BIG 10 TO SEE STRONGQDINTS Eariy Season Games Show That Big Ten Cagen Won't Lack Power CHICAGO, Dec.

24-With con- basketball teams nearing the end of their pre-conference schedules, showings made in early games indicates that the Big Ten will produce a numbe- of strong teams this season Because the outcome of practice games is a dangerous means of determining the strength of teams, little can be found concerning the comparative value of the various Big Ten teams. Belief that Ohio and Iowa have -he best chances of winning tba conference title was expressed by -each Meanwell of Wisconsin at he schedule meeting. The Buckeyes, In two starts so far, are iving up to the estimate that he Badger coach made of them, but Iowa in its first games look- id like anything but a champiou- sbip team. Wisconsin, which took on Wa-. bash, won a heartening victory ver the same team which beat he Hawks a few weeks later.

Veteran Team at Ohio There is a veteran team back at and that is Meanwell'a reason for expecting the Ohio team to be a dangerous for. The Buckeyes scored forty-two points against Ohio Wesleyan, and made forty-five against Western Reserve. The Ohio team undoubtedly will have a lot of scoring power this season; Miner, one of the stars of the team, was second in scoring last year. Cunningham, the big center, is another dangerous shooter. Meanwell services forward Spooner is a fine shot, but he is hardly husky enough to play the body blocking game that Mean- well demands.

Marve, a sophomore seems to fill nis place acceptably. Diebold and Wackman are a pair of line guards, probably the best in tlae circuit. The fact that Wisconsin was able to edge out a 21-30 victory orejr Wabash is indicative of the Badger strength. Iowa Needs Guards Iowa needs to develop new guards, but there is some promising so-photoore material, particularly Hogan, the Osage boy, Capt. Janse was not in the Wabash game, which Iowa lost, 24 to 28.

Neither was Janse going good when Butler beat the Hawk- eyes 26 to 22. Indiana, another team composed of" veterans, started out by losing to Indiana Normal in a double overtime game, but that start does not' mean that the Hoosiers is again- without the of Capt. Spooner, Ms with the frail knees. already ttis season, the Gophers i-are to he counted out, for tlw outpassed and outgamed the of basketball by the smalli tut game Bluejays throughout the 1 colleges in Indiana is just as contest. years were Beloit, and the Great Lakes team of 1917, Haskell Indians, St.

Thomas, Boston college, Navy, Detroit, Wabash, recent thirds strong failed of the necessary two- majority. The ten new I track records made at the annual meet last year were approved, Following the meeting, the coaches drew track and football! Br Pennant Plays In Basketball By NEA NEW YORK, Dec. Bob'jjj Meusel of the Yankees had the' fight and ambition of his brother Irish of the he would be one of the greatest outfielders in the history the game," says Manager John McGraw. i Kansas, Missouri Valley Champ'ns The compliment to Meusel came Side tip to guard, who dribbles -IK By COACH F. ALLEN North Dakota, South Dakota, schedules for next year South Dakota State, Lawrence, Ripon, John Carroll, Carroll, Michigan Aggies, St.

Louis university, hanute Field and the University of Vermont. Teams which succeeded in defeating Marquette were such well- known aggregations as Notre Dame, Haskell Indians, Detroit, Wisconsin, Creighton and Boston college, and it is to noted that 4 of these 6 have been defeated in other contests with the Golden Avalanche. Billy Evans Southern Honor Roll is the consensus of 30 of 'the leading sports editors of that section. BIG TASK FOR ROCKNE Knute Rockne may find it difficult to get his football warriors back into -shape after a two-weeks' rest following the finish of Notre Dame's regular schedule. If Notre Dame beats Stanford in the coast game, it will have established its greatness beyond a doubt.

MUhken university at Decatur withdrew from the Midwest conference y-esterday was I formerly coached by R. E. "Rollie" Williams, at present freshman coach of the University of Iowa. as the result of a discussion of great outfielders, past and present. In speaking of Meusel's play, the expert always tacked on an IF, referring of course, to his lack of fire.

"Meusel has the ideal build for an outfielder," continues McGraw, "the regular greyhound type. He's straight to basket. No 1 and No. 2 start toward center, then reverse toward sideline, and cut hard toward basket area. This act will keep this center end zone clear.

No. 3 as a trailer, after coming out of center circle from, behind, always goes BIG PURSES FOR PROS Professional golfers will have some real money to shoot at during the winter months. Three cities, San Antonio, Hot S'prings, and Los Angeles ihave offered purses totaling close to $20,000. fast, has the greatest arm In the history of the game and is a wn opposite side of the court always dangerous -at the plate, 'j from whence he tipped the ball. on side from alternative of COSTLY INVESTMENT Bobby Veach cost the Boston "It is only his careless, seem-; NO 5 takes ball ingly indifferent style that keeps center and hag him from being mentioned in the class of stars as Speaker, dribblto shooting or pivoting before passing.

No 4 swings to center of court, then cautiously follows play down. The front tip will work from Cobb a tb like." O'NEILL GETS BREAK Steve O'Neill is well pleased ati auo AIUUI, uy Will WOrK going from a near tailender to an' almost pennant winner. Steve' tbis formatlon if cen ter can con- a recently sold by the Boston tro1 the tip-off. Center can also Red Sex close to $20,000 just one Red Sox to the New York Yan-'use back tip to self on this same year ago. Now he is being offered.

kees. He has already started to pJay, then hook to No. 5 down I get in shape to prove he isn't near basket. at the waiver price. Tlf-OTT good as that of the conference.

Chicago has been developing fast, with the most emphasis put on offense. Scrimmage lately has shown that the defense is not it should be, with Capt. Weiss handicapped by an injury, i and none of the new men showing anything. Sackett, a forward or center, looks like a real find, for he is la havtdling the ball, and I a' good shot Gordon, a sopho- jmore forward who looks Alyea, the center, are inel- iigible, at least temporarily, and iNorgren will not be able to uso them in games until after the 'first of the'year, if then. i Will Miss Capt.

Graham Up at Northwestern, Maury is beginning to get some idea of his team. The ineligibility of Capt. Graham was a blow, but White, a sophomore, promises to take care of the position. Baker 'has riot been much used as yet, because of a football injury, but there is no question his ability to win a position en the quintet. At Roekford, he was regarded as well In basketball as he was in football, and his work helped bring Rookford its titles.

BOOTS AND HER BUDDIES Merry Christmas! By Martin LOOK VOU'RE UMDER lEWSPAPERr.