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EXPLAINS CHANGE IN COURT RULES
Mather Interprets Inovations To Coaches
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SOUTHPAWS BECOME MORE IN EVIDENCE IN LEAGUES
Days Of Slats Wiltse, Eddie Plank, And Slim Sallee Returning
White Hopes Fading
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Fiften changes in basketball rules a foul committed on a player in pos-
and interpretations for 1924-25 were session of the ball inside the 17 foot
explained yesterday afternoon by line gives him two free throws. A
coach Edwin J. Mather, to coaches foul committed on a player outside
and athletic directors of high schools the 17 foot line gives him one freej
and colleges in Michigan who met throw, but if committed while in the
here in a rules convention. act of shooting a basket, two freeI
One of the first rules deals with throws are allowed.
the conduct of substitutes entering thef
game. The new ruling states that a - -------------
substitute must report his name, num-
her and position to the scorer before,
going on the floor. The scorer will The Cauldron
then sound 4iis horn and the substitute 1 s
reports to the referee. le must then:*W*H*S
actually participate in the game b- --
fore being withdrawn. This ruling s professionalism has long since been
1"o prevent substitutes being sent in
merely to pass information to team- a menace to American sport. Few of
;pates and then be withdrawn without our sports are free from its taint.
I Baseball has been almost entirely coin-
playing. This year, the umpire is ; eealzdb t oighsbe
given more jurisdiction than in former ried by it, xvn has ae
years over the ball.
golf andl basketball hhve been hurt
In many instances last year, thc |because of it. One of cur sports has
tinie-keepr's gun, failed to report at seemingly been above it. Football
the conclusion of the half or of the 'is regarded as a purely amateur sport
game. This year, the timekeepr is al-| and it is largely for that reason that it
lowed to go out on the floor and stop isa os . fi
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Jess Willard, the cowboy Giant who
emerged from the ranks of the white
hopes a decade ago to bring the
world's heavyweight championship
back to the white race, is leading a
peaceful existence in California, his
fighting days done. Jack Johnson, the
man from whom he wrested the title
under the blazing sun of a Cuban af-
ternoon, is almost forgotten.
And down in Long Island City,
N. Y., Soldier Kearns, the man
over whose carcass Willard climbed
his handy way of dumping opponents
in the first round, had won quite a rep
tas a white hope. Kearns walked oaut
of his corner, slammed Davis twice
and ended the battle.
That fight and Kearns' past ef-
forts Learned him a fight v. ith Jess
Willard. The winner was to get a
crack at Johnson, who had flown the
coop to avoid unpleasant ;combats
with federal authorities. Kearns
gave Willard a battle but was finally
knocked out by one of Willard's
"dead" uppercuts. Ke ras himself
insists that the blow didn't knock
him cold but that he hit liis head
when he struck the canvas and that
I blow dazed him. But when one is
knocked backwards so hard that his
head thumbs the floor there must be
to that battle with Johnson and to son tling in the wallop.
fame, fortune and the championship, Willard got the match with John-
is working quietly these days as a city son and won the title.
fireman. Kearns' first real fight was against
Probably most fans have forgotten San McVey. Kearns was then in the
Kearns and the part he played in the army and stationed in the Philippines.
hectic white hope days. I McVey, enroute to the U. S. from
Kearns was just one of the white Australia stopped at the islands and
hope mushrooms until one night in I Koarns was picked to -meet him in an
New York he met One Round Davis. exhibition bout. The OcAdier stuck 15
Now Davis whose handle was born of (Continued on Page Twelve)
play in such a circumstance. In for- football is regarded as being about
mer years, this might have been ten rungs lower on the ladder of
counted as a foul in case the time- morality than professional baseball.
keeper were affiliated with either
team.
The new rules-are also (dear on the But Professionalism in its best
matter of fouls made in the act of sense means something more than
iootin. Under regulations, actual payment for participation in
g.present rgltos sport. A sport to be as purely aa
ia foul is committed after the ball teort. as posible shol e ama-
has left the player's hands on its way onfr ts possible should be carried
toward the basket, the goal, if made, The rivalry should be natural and
' counts as though no foul were com-
mitted, and two free throws;a re unless there is that natural rivalry
awarded, urging on the players and the spirit.
.r . of the spectators, elements will en-
Pivoting is likewise given defini- ter into the game to make it a spec-
tion. Just so long as the player's tacle rather than a contest. An ath-
- pivot foot does not leave the moor, he letic contest is worthless as a spec-
may hold the ball and place his other tacle. Players who engage in sport
foot in any place, even pivoting en- must feel a love of the game and un-
tirely about in his effort to elude the l the do the genat,-
opposing player. into a performance. d
Another change deals with dribb-
ling. In the case of dribbling from Coach Fielding H. Yost once re-
a pivot, the dribble must start be- marked that teams should play others I
fore the pivot foot leaves the floor. in their own "natural sphere of riv-
This ruling eliminates running with alry." It was this consideration
the ball at the start of the dribble. which brought Michigan back to the
The repeated axTwarlihng of fouls Western Conference in 1918 and has'
d "is now termed "multiple throws." kept Michigan's football team within
Such often occur when the crowd the Western Conference since that
hisses an official and are his weapon time. Those same schools which so
in controlling the crowd. loudly protested Michigan's game with
In the case of high schools, inter- Harvard, Pennsylvania, and' Cornell
mission between the second and in the years ,gone by are the same
third quarter -is shortened to 10 min- -which are now carrying on a throat
Cutes. One minute intermissions are cutting contest to make contracts for
made legal between the end of the inter-sectional games. Practically
game and each 5-minute over period every team in the middle-West now
played in case of ties. las aspirations toward an intersec-
The ew egultios alo satetionaI game. Michigan has offered to
The inew reuliswr ao state meet Chicago on any date that Stagg
Sthat in case a foul is awarded play- would mention in 1925. But Chicago
er and, as a result is allowed one or! scheduled a pair of Eastern teams
more free throws, he must attempt to with her claim to the 1924 title still n
lally by these free throws himself or matter of considerable comment. It
otherwise they do not count. This isalso known that Ohio State, Wis-
ruling prevents a team-mate attempt- I ah
in h retrw.coislin, Illinois, and Northwestern l
-.~ ing the free throws, have been on the lookout for inter-:
Time allotments for free throws sectional games. Michigan saw fit
are also given attention and a free to schedule an outside game with the
throw must be attempted withk 1I Navy for the coming year and the
seconds after squaring away. t'his race is on.j
ruling is designed to prevent stalling. _t
Another important ruling allows One fact is evident. The present at-
officials to ignore violations in case titude on the part of Big Ten direc-I
they are made to give an advantage. tors and coaches tends towards the
For example, a shorter center might
fail to place one arm behind 1Is
back in order to have the official
give the ball to an opposing player
out of bounds. This while a disad-
vantage would be less of an advan-
, tage than to have the taller center
direct the ball to a certain position
from the toss-up.
Another change modifies the award-
ing of fouls made on a player in the
a~-:ct of shooting. Under the new rules,
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Left-handed picthers are coming!
back to the big leagues.
For years and years boys with left-
handed deliveries were looked upon as
circus freaks. When a visiting ball
club hit a town the leading fans
used to take the less fortunate citi-
zens down to the depot. When the
team filed off the train the leading
fans would say "See, there's the ball
club now--and Joe Doaks the left-
handed pitcher."
Whether it was because the fans
ceased to marvel at the lefthanders
or whether the southpa*' seed o- :
tato crop fizzled for a few years isn't
known. Whatever the cause might.
have ben the portside boys faded grad-
ually from the limelight. From the
20 odd "regulars" using their left.
wings in the big show 12 years ago
the number dwindled to but a few.
Baseball magnates considered pre-
serving one ofuthe remaining sped-
nens for the Museum of Natural his-
tory. Then began the renaissance:
period.
At the close of last season there
were 40 "wild boys" in the Aeri-
can and National Leagues.
Back in 1912 the southpaws who
were attracting attention were Hook
Wiltse, Rube larquard, Rixey,t
Schultz, Rucker, Yingling, Jim
Vaughn, Gregg, Mogridge, Plank, Pen-
neck, Sallee, Collins, Leifeld and Ben-
ton.
whilC pitching
iuh , fanned 17
oCca.,ions.
under the fourstrike
men on two different
Overcoats.
Mexican Revolution
Of this group Rixey, Mogridge, Mar- (Iontinued from Page Nine)
quard and Pentock, are slated to be in w,-t-ing the revolutionists fight
big time next season-unless Mar-
quard's health fails to return under t yes. But the principle
the Florida sun. Benton is doomed I o s-elf-pr'servation exists and will
to depart before winter ends. aiwuy; exist among'human beings,
Nehf, Reuther, Cooper, lyitchell, and if thib class continues to be an-
Sherdel, and Danforth brolke in sov- togolifzed, dop:ived of its property,
eral years ago. Then followed Her, anjd trvamljpl d down, a day must neces-
Pruett, Bill Bayne, Zeb Zachary, sarily cone soon when it will rise up
Heimach and a few others. tn arms to fight for the protection of
Two years ago Joe Shaute, Ed- it. ,r ghts. General Calles can pre-
wards, Cooney, CvengrosB, -ntley, and vent this by following a policy of con-
Cole broke in. cliation. lie will have a great oppor-
Then, last year the southpaws tunity to do a real constructive work
broke out all over. Earl Whitch ill for Mexico and this is a challenge to
and Edwin Wells of the Tigers, Er-him. If h-e undertakes a just and
nest Wingard of the Browns, Emil truly I-at:fotic work he will receive
Yde and Stone of the Pirates, Dyer the ar,lause and support of all hon-j
of the Cardinals, Batchelder of the , -0 exicans. Mexico urgently needs
Braves and Fuhr of the Red Sox o .tavk for president a patriotic man
were the leading ones to bob up.ia l ta h
All of which made the going tough c and willing to undertake the
for the" left handed batters and--ac- lrian us but necessary task of re-
cording to tradition-a lot harder;cZnStruction of the country which,
for the managers. or than so-called redemptory revo-
And all of which recalled the fact ul:onatry schemes that only work for
that lefthanders played their part in(the personal advantage of their advo-
the early days of the game. "Toad" I eates simply needs an honest govern-
Formerly
$55---$70
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All are in the prevailing styles. You'll
be wise if you look them over.
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"spectacle" and not toward the whole-
some rivalry that is necessary for
the continuance- of football as thej
greatest amateur game. Until the1
race is stopped, football will be jeop-
ardized.
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