The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-12

1t remains now for practical demon
stration of the new football laws evolved
for this years playing. l do not see
that there can be adverse criticisms of
the changes made and suggested. The
Intercollegiate committee gave a definite
idea of what they were about to do weeks
before they acted and allowed time for
all the criticism and comment that col
leges, coaches, instructors and players
wanted to make. Football revision has
made real strides and those strides have
been in the right direction. The number
of deaths and accidents In college games
regulated by these rules will be lessened
next fall.
But this fact remains: There have al
ways been a number of fatal accidents
in games played by amateurs. This same
thing will continue this year, because
the boy players will use the same old
rules which they have always used 1t
will take some years before the new style
game Is universal
The abolition of the flying tackle is a
safety device. The four periods of in
PERMISSION ought to strengthen the game
and save the players The rule against
pulling a player holding the ball will
prevent bruises and hurts. Modification
of the on-side kick is another good thing.
There are other changes, but these are
sufficient to show the good work already
done.
Washington is to have an inter-city
Marathon on May when a race will be
run from Laurel to Baltimore Last
year a similar Marathon race was run
and 100 runners took part. The race will
be run under the rules of the Amateur
Athletic association.
When a college athlete is so anxious to
shine upon the field that he is willing
to work upon an ice wagon during the
vacation season to keep in condition, he
deserves to succeed. Joe Horner, the
new Michigan track and field star has
reached the top of the first rank not alone
by native brilliancy, but by hard work
and perseverance. Even In the summer
he does not drop training. Three sum-
mers ago, the year before he went to
Michigan, he worked on an Ice wagon
to keep in condition. Horner's home is
in Grand Rapids, and he says that he
will do ice wagon duty there again this
coming summer, If possible. 1t was
thought that when he went to Michigan
he had developed as much as he could
but under Fitzpatrick his work has shown
| marked improvement. Not only is he
| fast in both the dashes and hurdles, but
| he can put the shot. throw the hammer
discus and javelin, high jump nearly six
| ltel, DOlG Vault IL ltct, anu DIOdu Ju1HI
| % feet. The only events in which he has
never taken part are the distance runs
From reports which have filtered In
| from the west guess athletic war is rag
| ing at the University of Kansas. Chan
cellor Strong of that institution declared
recently that the regents were too strong.
| ly opposed to Rugby to be influenced by
| any imaginary reforms However,
/ football will he nlqVnd there this
| year.
| Several southern colleges signified theil
intention of continuing football, no mat.
ter whether the intercollegiate commit.
tee did anything helpful or not And
now comes the prepared schedule of foot
ball dates from the University of Vir.
gina.
| Billy Sullivan, catcher of the Chicago
| White Sox, who has been very i'll OF
| blood poisoning in Los Angeles, is now
| in Chicago recuperating. He will be
able to play with the team, although he
had to forego practice.
| While Andrew Carnegie is endowins
| churches with pipe organs and filling IL
braries and John d. Rockefeller is build
| ing universities, James Patten, the ricf
| Chicago wheat king, is helping out indoor
| athletics. Mr.. Patten has given the
| Northwestern university at Evanston Ill
the biggest gymnasium on record Mr.
| Patten has thus made indoor baseball
possible for the athletic hall is 215 fee
| long and 100 feet wide.
Minneapolis of the American association
| has one of the fastest teams in the leagu.
this year. l was glad to hear that Jess,
Tannehill. the veteran pitcher, who wa,
sold to Minneapolis by Washington, wa.
| getting into good company. Jesse pro
tested against going into a minor leagu,
but after his contract was sold Their.
was nothing more for him to do.