Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08

duce the distance to be gained in three
downs after it had prevented the runner
from receiving assistance from his team
mates. There was no particular reason
for selecting eight yards, but since the
committee felt the distance should still
be more than five yards, but less than
ten, this distance was hit upon as fair
compromise.
Supervision of Scholastic Foot Ball.
Those who have made the closest study
of foot ball injuries will find no fault
put its finger on the place of infection
when it made its recommendations con-
corning the supervision of scholastic
foot ball. Those who have made bust
ness of tracing foot ball injuries to their
real source know that they have their
origin in the almost total lack of super
vision among school and club teams. If
it is necessary to take every care of the
college players. to be assured that the
men are physically fit for the game and
to place other restraints upon them, how
much more important is 1t to exercise
similar supervision over the school
teams?
OF course the committee could not lay
down any hard and fast rules for the
regulation of school foot ball. but the
officials Of all secondary institutions will
be almost criminally negligent IL they
observed. Let the schools exercise the
same care over their players, arrange
sensible schedules and take sufficient pre-
liminary training and the injuries OF the
game will be reduced fully Seventy-five
per cent.
1t is this eternal desire Of schoolboys
to emulate their college elders that is
responsible for most of the injuries. 1t
cannot perform like the experienced older
player and he is merely running grave
risks when he tries to do 1t. 1t Is to
be hoped that the rules committee will
retain this subcommittee on scholastic
football and that the schools will follow
the present suggestions of the committee
and any more that are made.
Penn the Athletic Surprise.
Every year the critics who desire to
get true line on the track and field
material of the country attend the uni
versity of Pennsylvania relay carnival.
They go there because this is the only
big meet Of the year which brings to-
gether all the likely point winners for the
intercollegiate Amateur American Atm
letic Association championships. The OPP
portunity afforded last week was unusu-
ally good because among the LOCO COM
peting athletes were nearly all the east
ern possibilities, and what they did on
Saturday last is likely To De a pretty
good criterion on their performances for
the coming championships. also to be
held on Franklin Field.
The surprising victory of Pennsylvania
in the first, second and fourth mile races
opened the eyes of the critics, and now 1T
is safe to say that the majority of the
experts pick the Quakers as favorites
for the I. c. A. A. A. A. trophy. If Har-
ward did not have to be reckoned with
there would be no reason to dispute the
foregoing conclusion, but the Crimson
has more 1909 point winners than Penn
sylvania and since the Crimson had no
athletes at the relay games their strength
will be an unknown quantity for some
time
Penusvlvania's chances to win these
classic games hinges largely on whether
CT not the QuakeTs can outscore Harvard
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