The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

1t Will be sseen, therefore, that the Kings
did not play on a high school team until 1902
and did not enter high school until that year;
that they have played on high school team
only three years,-on the Redwood Falls team
in 1902 and 1908, at the North Side In 1904
and that they have. therefore, another year
((1s06) in which to play.
It is clear that they have not broken the
rule asserted, even Il 1t could be said to apply
to them. But, assuming that the rule would be
In force in Minneapolis it does not apply to
their particular case. The rule was adopted By
high school authorities to govern high school
athletics and high school students In high
school contests, No student would come under
Its operation until after entering the high
school, for until then he would not be one OF
the class Of people for whoseN government 1t was
adopted. If It could be applied to an eighth
grade pupil (Which the Kings were in 1901,
1t could be carried back to the sixth grade, or
the fifth grade. The absurdity of such result
places the construction out Of the question.
even IL the rule had any application.
The purpose Of this rule, and of the Mime
apolis rule corresponding to 1t, is to guard
against players struggling along thru the high
is designed to bring, about four years of high.
school play for high school students no more
and no less.
scientious boys ind good students as well as
good athletes. They have never violated rule
of the Minneapolis schools or Of the school to
which they formerly belonged They have en-
gagged in many athletic events. and have never
violated the rules of amateur athletics or
| rule Of any, contest in which they have taken
part; The effect Of ruling like the one made,
In the case Of such boys as these by those In
whose fairness we are wont to believe is par
| tfcularly regretahle.
The Wilkinson Case.
Eirst-The same rule that was applied against
! the Kings was invoked to bar Wilkinson. It is
just as inapplicable in his case as In theirs,
for the same reason.
| WIZ,
Of the Shattuck military school. That insti-
| tuition does both grade and high school work
| He was there for FIVE years, two years Of
which were spent in the grades, and three
years in the department. corresponding to our
high schools. Shattuck does not recognize the
interscholastic rules governing high schools. and
| 1t is claimed that he played four years on the
Shattuck team. This claim Is based tele-
gram from the shattuck authorities stating that
he played four years in championship
! The facts are that during the first season in
which he played he was stu in the grades.
| and. while he was in the football squad, he
played in only two or three practice games.
4 The other three years Of his play at shattuck
were while he was IN the high school depart
! If by any means 1t could be stretched to reach
him at all. did not begin to apply to him until
the second year Of his play at shattuck, which
was the frst year he entered the high school
department. After he became, a part Of the
high school department he played only three
! years. He, accordingly has another high school
year to finish in his studies and another High
school year in which to play, high school foot
ball. s. t tss II (. s. g& s. " $555 4
His work was above grade at shattuck in hi
high school course and he expects to graduate
\ at North high next June He. came to North
I Siderof his own accord, bis home having beer
within three blocks of the high school fol
4 While the aforementioned members ,iof stht
board insisted on the application of north
western interscholastic rule; both against thu
| Kings and Wilkinson. they tdfsrep rGpd
lated another rule of that code adopted in thu
spring of 1905 to-wit that all protests mus
be made at least ten days before contest
They applied just SO much of the code as wal
in their favor. Wilkinson was ruled out fv,
hours before the game: the Kings were rulet
out eighteen hours before the game.
- The Ibberson Case. - e
First-one of the rules of 1908 pertainin,
to Minneapolis high schools requires that eacl
player must furnish written permit from
his parent or guardian which must be filed witt
! the board Of appeal on or before Oct. /. tn
claim is that 1bbersons permit was not file,
In time. 49,. - .s,a--1 ~. -. - +.
! Second bberson In addition to playing foot
: ball and doing his regular work in the higl
school, also does work in his fathers office
t When the latter, is away he signs his nam
to sorres I,9s and IN some instances
3 and he was told to have his father sign It, Mr.
. Ibberson, ST., was away for an extended sta
) / in North Dakota The boy having become &C
! lcustoned to dispose. Of things they cam
up, and to sign other papers, signed his father
name to the blank, without attempting to dis
! guise his own handwriting or to deceive. Thi
! blank was handed in and fled in time: Sui
, sequently certain members OF one of the othe
high schools called, on the. father. showed hi1
"a some blank permits and asked II he had eve
= signed one of them; the latter promptly reptile
that he had not. The matter was brought J.
!; at meeting Of the board of appeals, and
!. member thereof asked Mr. Ibberson over tn
t telephone whether he had signed the blank
. Not knowing the nature of the paper inquire
t about and not understanding the purport thereof
Il and being a plainspoken and emphatic gentle
e man. he replied that he had inot,r and refuse
+ to ratify the signature attached by his Sol
o When the facts were explained to him he ser
b another permit signed by himself, by. retur
} mall but the principals say the permit is $tc
n late. - -. -. e@Ec.t ~ - =
| None Of the other high schools fled permit