New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
CADETS DISCIPLINED.

-Four West Point cadets. all members OF
the frs, or senior class at the Military
Academy who have been on trial oefore
general court martial for several weeks
charged with drinking milk punch. nave
been found guilty and their dismissal from
the academy recommended to the President
The papers were submitted TO the President
by Adjutant General Ainsworth. and the
President, after reading the evidence. ap-
proved the sentence. and then comrnuted IL
by ordering that each of the cadets. begin
ming at once and up 20 and including Marcn
81, 1911, just walk, armed and equipped
as a soldier in the area Of the barracks
every Wednesday afternoon from p. M
Unit, parade (5 80 .. m.), and every Satur-
day from D. M until the parade CALL AS
a. result. the cadets affected by the SEN
tencs will not see a football game the COM
Ing season. neither will they be allowed to
pay party calls on the girls nor will they
have a chance to attend a single cadet mop
until ,xt spring.
The wave Of popular protests against
prizefghts and prizefight pictures tna'
manifested itself after the Johnson-Jenr1es
affair at Reno had it's echo when the police.
under orders from Acting Mayor John Pur-
roy Mitchell. prevented the Kaufman Lans
bout at the Fairmount Athletic Club. In this
CITY. The match had attracted wide atten-
ton. for it was considered that the winner
might be considered a logical candidate 10
combat with Jack Johnson. the present
worlds champion, for the heavyweight title.
THE sculling match for the champion
ship of the world between Richard Arnst'
OF New Zealand. and Ernest Barry. OF Lon
don. was won by Arnst. the champion. Dy
two lengths The race was rowed upon the
Zambesi River, a short distance from the
famous Victoria Falls. and within sisht o.
the island from which DR.. Livingstone nifty
five years ago caught his first view or th'
Victoria Falls.
After labor lasting nearly all summer
the football rules committee made puoiis
the rules which are to govern the conduc'
OF the game during the season or 191V- lh'
time of play is divided into four PERIODS o.
fifteen minutes duration, instead Oh ln'
traditional two halves Of thFty-nVe MIN
utes each The flying tackle has been en-
tirey eliminated by a new ruling Wh'ci
provides that player must have one 100
at least on the ground when tackins ai
opponent A player is only qualined 10 re
! ceive a forward pass who Is at Ieast OH
| ward back Of his own line of scrimmage
| OCCUPIES the position on the end or SAID lne
! No man may make forward pass or klc
/ the ball unless he is five yards back OF TN
/ line of scrimmage. InterIOcked inter1eT
ence-that is, players of the side having IN
! ball taking hold of each other, or usin'
/ their hands or arms to grasp their team
mates in any way-is forbidden and 1t
/ also forbidden for any man on the SIDE nav
! ing possession of the ball TO push or pull Il
any way the man running with the ball
These new rules seem to eliminate nue.
! OF the old brutality of the game" comment
! ed Busy Man, but do they eliminate IL
commercalisnl.e it's gate money, its inter
| rlptfon of college studies, It's destruction Z
| academic ideaIs?"
Certainly Iot" snorted Constant Read
er DO yo.i want TO break up the gam
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