THE MICHIGAN DAILY
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ILETIC BOARD
FORMED IN 1891
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Beginnings of Present Association in
Cofitro(, Sports )iade 21
ha:rs life
Previoy to the year 1891. all athlet-
ic at Xichiga wee managed by
special raife s for each sport. At
tha time there wre only three sports
that fiourkhe4 actively at Michigan,
namely, football, basebhail and tennis.
In 189L commttees from the govern-
ing bodies ,. each of hie sports were
appointed and these men drew up a
constitution or. a generai athletic as-
sociation tA have charge o all sports.
The constiutirton. was accepted at a
mass m ng uf the :tMrent body at
which 400 students -er resent. The
main principles of his .rst constitu-
tien were as follow: M officers of
lhe asscito n were to be president,
'it. treasurer,
football aed hamebad mmy rs. Com-
mitteeswm' to be up&' d to have
of fontus, o . , track and
tennis. Tn m mnber u, ,we board of
directors r e to :, w is number
iC be cho; from N We diQ 7Pt classes
on the ampus in prsc *Tn to their;
rnube An adv;si' )ri'd of five
lacey men was chosn a the same
timn who had the poweu to veto any
measure pasmd by the stud nt board"
of di
,This organization lasted only two
years for in 1893 the association was
completely reorganized. Henceforth
the athletic affairs were dominated ,by
a board of control of athletics, con-
sisting of five members of the faculty
appointed by the president of the uni-
versity, who in turn appointed four
students to serve on the board. From
this time on, the association has mere-
ly served as the transactor of the
routine business connected with ath-
letics at the university. Charles
Baird, '95, who had been student man-
This system prevailed for five years,
until 1910, when the regents adopted
an entirely new scheme for the man-
azement of athletics. Under this new
system, which is in force at the pres-
.ent time, the board of control consists
of four faculty men nominated by the
deans of. the departments and ratified
by the regents, three alumni appoint-
ed by the regents, three students elect-
ed by the board of directors of the
athletic association, and the graduate
manager of athletics. This board of
control has complete control of all
ager of the football team for the col- matters athletic at the university. The
'lege year of '93-'94, was appointed
graduate manager of the football team
and in 1895 he was appointed graduate
director of all student athletics, sub-
ject to the instruction of the board in
control of athletics. He held this post
until 1909, when Philip G. Bartelme,
'99, the present incumbent of the office
was appointed by the regents.
In 1901 the association moved from
the room o.ver what is now Lambert's
shoe shop on William street, to the
little building adjacent to West hall
on State street which it occupies at
the present time. The latter was for-
merly used in connection with the
Barry school which at that time oc-
cupied the building now known as
West hall.
About 1905 a Dew system was adopt-
ed in which there were to be two stu-
dent members of the board of control
to be elected by the students. The
graduate director and Keene Fitz-
patrick were also made members of
the board at that time. -
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board of directors of athletics, above
referred to, consists of the 'Varsity
managers and the president, secretary
and treasurer of the athletic associa-
tion.
WILL ISSUE AN ACCOUNT OF
WORK DONE AT OBSERVATORY.
There will soon appear a new pub-
lication from the astronomical depart-
ment, to consist of articled written by
Profs. W. J. Hussey, R. H. Curtiss, and
W. M. Mitchell. The work will contain
accounts of what has been done at the
observatory, and the scope of the pres-
ent 'scientific work. From time to
time other articles are to be published,
all of which will be bound, and sent to
the different observatories throughout
the country. The book will be well
illustrated, having besides a frontis-
piece of the old observatory, several
views of the present building and the
instruments used.
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SOCCER IS POPULAR
NEW SPORT MEETS WIDE AP-
PROVAL IN ITS TRIAL SEASON
AT MICHIGAN-MAY BE
MADE PERMANENT.
Introduced at the university as
merely an experiment, soccer football
from the first has met with the earn-
est support and enthusiastic approval
of a sufficiently large number of stu-
dents to insure its permanency on
the roll of Michigan athletics.
Since he inception of the blanket
tax which is paid by every student into
the coffers of the athletic association,
the officials of that body have been
trying to hit upon some form of sport
that would provide a means of exer-
cise for the many not reached by in-
terest in baseball and football. These,
lacking the physique and skill neces-
sary to compete in the existing sports,
solve the problem for themselves by
not exercising at all.
Soccer has proved peculiarly suc-
cessful in gaining the participation of
this class. It is a game fully as fas-
cinating to play as the better known
American football and is not accom-
panied by the element of danger to
life and limb. It furnishes a form of
exercise as exhilarating as that de-
rived from the playing of any of the
other games in vogue here, but calls
for neither the skill nor the physical
body required to cope with the con-
ditions of the more complicated and
strenuous games._
This fall, soon after the opening of
college, announcement was made that
soccer football was to be presented
to the students for their approval, and
that, in the event of a favorable re-
ception, plans would be made for its
immediate playing with Prentiss G.
Douglas as coach. A meeting of all
interested was called and three prac-
tices a week decided upon. South-
wVest Ferry field was assigned to the
soccerists as their particular proper-
ty, already prepared with goals and
the proper markings. Two experts
from Detroit made a visit to Ann Ar-
bor for the purpose of meeting with
the university beginners and aiding
them on their way to a better know-
ledge of the game. Soccer is played
in Detroit by many business men hail-'
ing originally from the old country,
which is its birth-place. , These men
have a regularly organized league and
are very much interested in Michi-
gan's experiment, as its success here
would influence other schools to take'
it up and so increpse its general play-
ing.
Two teams chosen from material
available at practices, played an ex-
hibition game between the halves of a
football contest, utilizing this oppor-
tunity to present the new game for-
mally to the student body. The play-
ers in the regulation soccer uniform
of jersey sweater and running pants
made a very picturesque 4ppearance,
creating some little amusement in the
audience by their abbreviated attire
and the movements necessary to the
game, so totally different from any-
thing ever before witnessed from the
Ferry field stands. In every way the
feature was a succes as the number
attending the next practice was con-
siderably swollen by those converted
into soccer enthusiasts by the merits
of the game as demonstrated in action.
Soccer differs chiefly from its twin
sisters, rugby and football, in that the
players are not allowed to touch the
ball with their hands but must ad-
vance it by kicking. The ball used is-
perfectly round in shape.and in size
is a trifler smaller than a basketball.
Not only is soccer growing in popular-
ity in America but also in many other
countries. A striking proof of this
statement was the number of Chinese
and Japanese students who are the
most ardent devotees the sport has at
Michigan.
Some talk is current throughout the
state that plans are under way to or-
ganize a soccer league among the
small state colleges and the univer-
sity. Present indications point to the
consummation of that project, so that
next spring it would not be surpris-
ing if soccer were elevated to the
heights of an intercollegiate sport and
that Michigan boasted of a representa-
tive soccer eleven.
MAGAZINE ROOM AT UNION
IS A POPULAR RENDEZVOUS.
Although the magazine room located
on the second floor of the Michigan
Union has always been popular with
members of the organization, it has
never been so much used as this year.
From early morning until closing time,
the complete supply of periodicals at
present on file are being read..
The, Union' is now- receiving more
than 30 newspapers from all parts of
the country. Any students who are
able to obtain papers from their home
towns to place on the racks at the
Union are asked to confer with Man-
ager Heath.
Writer of "Men of Yost" is in Town.
Chas. D. Kountz, '02L, writer of the
words of "Men of Yost," and the "Mich-
igan Drinking Song" is In the city for
a few days. He is practicing law in
Toledo.
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