Omaha daily bee., 1909-11-21
WITH The COLLEGE ATHLETES
Doings in the Field of Sport in East
and West.
BASKET BALL SEASON OPENS
Changes 60 BE Made I'm water Polo
Rules that VIII Open Il ID and
Make ~ More Like soccer
style OF Game.

Although the change has not yet been
made by the intercollegiate Swimming as
ISOLATION, It is likely that the game OF
water polo viii be altered so as to take
on some Of the features Of soccer water
polo. The chief change being considered
is to permit the scoring Of goals BY throw
ing the ball at the board. This is a dis
tlnct soccer water polo feature. In addi-
ton TO this method Of making points the
old system of making goals by touching
the board will be retained. so that the
game will combine the features OF both
styles. Soccer water polo is the British
version OF the game.
Naturally It is much easier TO make a
goal by tossing the ball at the board than
by forcing ones way to the barrier and
then reaching up to touch. 1t is likely
that no goals will be allowed by throwing
which are tossed from within the fifteen
foot mark. Ii win be necessary to rush"
the BAN inside the fifteen foot mark. The
board probably will be made a foot greater
from top to bottom; that is. It may be four
feet by two instead of four feet by one.
The goal will be eighteen inches from the
water line. The value Of a field goal, one
tossed to the board, probably will be fixed
at three points, the value of the other
style of goal being counted at five points.
The idea in part of this new rule is TO
do away with some of the roughness Of
the game and to put more OF a premium
on speed and good swimming. This sounds
not "a little like the prospectus Of altera-
lions on the rules Of football. Enabling
a player from without the fifteen foot
line to score a goal by tossing the ball
at the very top Of a four by two board well
above the water will naturally draw all
/ the dpfnnqp we'll ont from the goal that
Is, all except the goal tender, and thus 1t
may do away with the struggles in con-
fused mass that characterized the game
as 1t has been played in previous seasons.
1t is believed that there will be a greater
spread of players on defense and attack
and a consequent greater amount OF open
play. In fact It is the same condition
as obtained in foot ball, requiring about
the same remedies.
Games.
The apparent willingness on the part Of
the oxford and Cambridge presidents, Hull
and Bellerby, to take part in furtnering an
athletic meet in 1910 is likely to help a
great deal in the accomplishment Of the
American desire Tor such sports. OF course,
the decision in such matters rests gener-
ally with the older heads in the British
universities, and, it is said, particularly
with e. n. jackson Of oxford. If he is
willing that there should be a meeting it
undoubtedly will come off. If he doesn't
fancy the idea 1t is likely It will take a
deal Of pressure to make him change his
mind. The eagerness has been all on the
American side apparently Of late, and last
springs f~ruiJiess efforts to bring about q
meeting, whether here or on the other side,
probably will be recalled by persons both
at Harvard and Yale.
There have been no international games
since 1904, when Harvard and Yale went to
the other side and won, six events to three.
Previous to this meeting there was one in
this country in 1901, in which America won
by a 6 to 8 score. A table Of interna-
uonaI Intercollegiate performances, taking
in the Oxford-Yale games Of 1884, the Cam
bridge-Yale games Of 1895 and the interna-
tional meets Of 1899, 1901 and 1904, has been
prepared to show the results in the various
events. 1t shows an advantage for the
British in the AO-yard, SSO-yard, one mile
and two-mlle runs. In the three last named
events America has still to score to win.
The quarter-mile stands three to two for
the other side. The score in the 1OO-yard
run is four to one in favor Of America, and
the only time the 3OO-yard race was on the
program the Americans won it.
America has the better Of the hurdle
races by five to one, including the extra
race on turf in 1895, which the Americans
took, as well as the other one that year.
In the running high jump it is Az 10 u for
America, a tie-in 1884 being Brltain's best.
one first in the broad jump is all the Brit
ish have attained. The shotput and the
hammer throw have been clean sweeps
for the Americans.
Diplomacy on the Coast.
It has been settled between California
and stanford after some discussion that ID.
p. Crawford, the foot ball player and
weight thrower, is eligible for another
on the eligible list By Stanford, for the
ford's class was 1903, but he is back in
stanford. When his name was submitted
on the eligible list by Stamford, for the
foot ball game between the two colleges
California objected that he had his full
four years Of intercollegiate competition.
II was pointed out by stanford is reply
that he had had three terms in which he
played foot bali and three others in which
he took part in track athletics, so that he
had not had actually four years of compe-
tition in either sport. This was objected
to by California as a violation Of the spirit
Or the rules regarding competition and
formal protest was made,
The matter was settled by California de-
Gliding to take no further steps in the at
fair after a letter had been received by
the Associated students OF the University
OF California from President Jordan OF
Leland stanford that II the students could
not conduct their own athletic affairs with
out referring disputes 20 the faculties for
/ arbitration It would be as well not to have
r the athletic sports between the universities
= at all. Rather than imperil the continue
ton OF Stanford-CaHforni sports the
Berkeley people Withdrew their protest. OF
rather deslsted from pressing II.
A stanford nan OF a few years back
recalls that in the early days OF athletic
competitions between the two universities
protests flew about like autumn leaves In
a high wind. some one was always pro-
testing OF being protested, he said. until
finally II was decided to do the decent
thing and 20 leave 10 each university the
certifying as eligible those men who II
decided were entitled 20 compete. There
have been few cases since the agreement
was reached where any player not strictly
eligible got a chance to fool the commit.
2 tee"
II is believed that this argument oveI
the Crawford matter may hurt the pleas
ant relations hat have existed between
these two universities. The stanford pa
: per spoke OF the California folks as mot