Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-17

rules committee meeting is some
weeks distant. interest in what
will result from the meeting is rampant.
The southern colleges are already at
work on the problem and have devised
a set OF rules they think will remedy
many of the dangerous features of the
game.
In the first place, they would nave
every player pass a medical examina-
lion h southern men would have
the. game divided into four parts, with
five minutes rest between each period,
the whole contest not to exceed sixty
minutes all told.
: A player on a team having the ball
should not use his hands to assist the
man running with the ball or to block
interference. These new rules would
compel seven men in the scrimmage
line when the ball goes into play. They
must retain their relative positions to
centre at all times. None of these
linesmen are to be allowed to fall back
of the line. except to kick, and then
a back must replace him in the line.
Penalties for incompleted forward
passes would be abolished by these
rules, making the miscarried play count
as a down." the ball to be returned
whence it was snapped. Those are the
important points. If adopted, the game
would be improved greatly without les
sening it's speed any.
We have r%efrained in this column
from saying anything in a critical way
about the Newark baseball club, be-
cause we thought hat Joe McGinnity
and Tom Martin had plenty of time to
get ready for this year by coming into
town by the first of the new year.
More than half of the first month of 1910
has gone and there hasn't been a thing
doing. In the meantime all kinds of
crazy rumors are going the rounds that
the club is to be sold, always emanat-
ing from sources outside of the city
ana from people outside of the club.
who claim to. know that the men who
are accredited with owning the club
are not the real owners. 1t is GER
tainly a sweet mix-up, n does no
credit to the Tigers.
New Workers and Athletic lovers in
this vicinity will have a chance to see
Nelson, the Boston A. A.. crack, in the
sprints January % at Madison Square
Garden. where the Pastime A. G.. games
will be held. This young man has done
the "10O' in 94-5, n the 5000 in
81 S-5, and sprint experts are of the
opinion that Nelson is a coming mar
vel.
We have the official stamp on the
= big fight from Theodore Roosevelt. IF
Jeff can get back into form it will be
a tremendous battle" declares the
African hunter. johnson is unaues-
tionably a first-class fighter, states
the ex-president, who carefully avoids
q prediction as to the possible winner.
Don't see how the southern scoring
proposition would help much, giving 2
points to the team reaching its oppo-
nents t~wenty-yard line; 3 points, fif-
teen-yard line; 4 points, ten-yard line;
5 points, fve-yard line, and 6 points
over the goal line.
Louis Boutilier. the local umpire, is
negotiating for a place on the Connectl-
cut State League staff. There are some
men having talent for umpiring here
abouts who could make good If they
only made the start.
1t is not commonly known that Zach
Wheat, the Brooklyn star, has Indian
blood in his veins. Zach lays claim
to thai himself. That accounts for
Wheat's great speed,
To the Sporting Editor of the Star:
Some time ago I noticed in your
valuable column a write-up about clean
basketball, and as manage of the
Jarle. basketball team, and an enthu-
siast, / wish to tell you why clean bas-
ketball could not be obtained in this
city. The first place, there are only
a few teams in this city that have
their own courts. / will not mention
any TEAM names. but there are team.
who are not showing their supporters
the. best that's in them. They are out to
win, no matter how they treat the Wis
iting players, while others, anxious to
make a good record will only book
games with inexperienced teams. OF
course, there is bound to be rough
house. and no basketball. The point I
wish to come to now is: Why are the
teams in Newark who have their courts
afraid to play the Jagles? I've written
70 every team in Newark. but could not
even get an answer to my communica-
lions. I can answer this myself for
them, and that is, they are looking out
too much for their record.
Hoping that this letter may appeal
10 all the managers of the teams in
Newark and may they book games
with teams who can play basketball.
Yours truly,
LOUIS KLUGMAN, Manager.
2S1 Bruce street.
To the Sporting Editor Of the Evening Star:
Please tell me If Kid Mccoy ever
fought Sharkey or F~itzsimmons?
Where did Jack Cheshro play before
he came to the New York Americans?
How old is James j. Corbett? Do you
think Jeffries will light again If he
wins? j. w. d.
l.. Sharkey Knocked out Mccoy in ten
rounds. but the Kid never fought Fitz-
simmons. 2. In Pittsburg. 3. Born
September l. 1866, making him a years
In September. 4. Not being JEFF. can
say.-Ed.