Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-14

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the two for at least another season. The
Big -Four plan which was foated a time
ago does not at all meet with favor at
Michigan, and just now the Wolverines
are doing their best to break II up. At
the recent meeting OF the Athletic Board Of
Control at Ann Arbor it was voted not to
indorse that plan for the present at least
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Coach stagg Of the University of Chicago
is figuring on sending a strong one-mile
relay team to the relay carnival Of the
University Of Pennsylvania, which will be
held this month. Merriam. the conference
champion, now is running better than fifty
seconds for the distance. and Quigley is
doing better than ffty-one seconds. Barker
the third man, also is likely to cut nfty-one
seconds by the time Of the race. There
are two candidates for the fourth place.
shuart and Graves. Both are able to run
In ffty-two seconds, but of course they
will have to do better than that to give
the team a really good chance. Graves ran
the quarter mile at Oberlin two years ago
but has improved much over his form at
that time. Shuart is a half-miler, but has
shown ability in the shorter distance.
Stage always has been anxious to carry
of the one mile relay. especially since a
couple OF years ago. when his team almost
won the race and was beaten out only at
the finish of the final relay. Stage thought
then that his team had won and said so.
The judgment Of the officials was that the
coach was mistaken. Just what are the
chances Of Chicago this season 1t is hard to
say 1t looks, however, as IL Pennsyl-
vania had the one-mile relay race pretty
well sewed up. Amy college which can
present Bonsack, Cartmell, Whitman and
Taylor for the race with Mulligan merely
substitute has some claim to ffst honors
in the big race. All these men can go
under fifty seconds for the distance. How
ever, relay racing is aot at all a question
Of time averages. 1t all depends how
much the fifty-two-second man who runs
the second relay gains on the forty-nine-
second man who started out ahead of him
The relay is not so much a test Of run
ming powers and judgment as it is of en-
durance. The best relay runner is the man
who kills himself to gain an extra yard or
so. Merely holding your man will not
profit the next runner.
Basket Ball Rules.
At no great length of time q meeting OF
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mittee will be held, on which occasion
matters which are of the highest impor-
lance will be considered. First Of all, IT
will be necessary, to look over the rules
in the book to consider any changes which
may be suggested. It is unlikely that any
vital changes in the game now played
will be made, unless the desire of the In
tercollegiate Athletic Association OF the
United States to make all basket ball rules
uniform should cause alteration. But
above all this there is another important
change to be made.
Ii does not concern the playing rules
There will have to be an executive com
rittee, college basket ball players believe,
to enforce all rulings made and to prevent
recurrence of any OF the happenings
which made the last season close with
feelings Of bitterness among the college
players. 1t is proposed, too, that all the
/ colleges forming the intercollegiate league
| should subscribe to all the existing rules
and to whatever changes may be made, SO
| that I'm the case OF any exigency no In
stitution will be able to hide behind the
| fact that no agreement on any one par
| ticular point has been entered into by the
particular institution.
It is suggested that the executive com
mittee have in its care the naming OF oul-
cials who shall have all the league games
in charge. Their assignments TO duty are
to admit Of no change, regardless Of agree
ments between captains of teams. The
officials are to act in the same manner
as professional base bali umplres, who are
assigned by the league president and act
under his authority. Furthermore. ar
rangements are 70 be made to govern the
case OF ties for the leadership. Had one
resulted this year It would not necessarily
have been played on because both Yale
and Columbia had not signed an agree
ment to do this and therefore were not
bound 10 It.
| Inasmuch as rules are nothing without
penalties, It is understood that penalties
will be fixed for colleges which violate
any OF the regulations as set forth in the
book governing the game. This is un
fortunately the only way in which absolute
obedience 70 the rules can be obtained
Colleges which persist In defying the au.
thority Of the rules committee will have e
submit TO certain infections which WI
be severe enough to make disobedienee a
thing 10 be avoided.
Erwin Released To st. Paul.
| DETROIT. April 1A-Secretary Navin Of
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