The Detroit times., 1912-11-23
Muskegon Sours Interscholastic
Football With Kick
ing
DETROIT OFFICIALS
ARE THE CHIEF GOATS
Rave About Enforcing a Rule
as Plain as English Can
Make IL
By RALPH L. yoNKER.

While nearly every big high school
in the state is giving correct imita-
lion OF the grabbing. whining National
league magnates, Detroit Central is
clicking resolutely to its chief ambi.
rion In football. 10 obtain reputa.
ton for two things Never Kicking
on officials and never cancelling
games
Grand Rapids censured Umpire
borleske severely after the game De
trott played there After the Detroit
same With Muskegon, Muskegon
paper which had special representa-
tive here, filled couple or columns,
with kicks. knocks and laments.
Referee Hurst got most OF the caus-
tic comment, and Head Iinesman
Lynch came IN for a bunch of IL. TIM
pire Cook escaped.
The greatest sarcasm OF the writer
.sealded forth when he thought Of the
penalty Muskegon received for at
tempting To use headgear to de
ceive Detroit Any one at all familiar
with the rules OF football will see at
once that the very statement follow
ing, Is a rebuttal OF the writer's con-
tention.
To quote from the story referred to:
y "One of the queerest penalties ever
inflicted on team was one for 10
Yards showed OH Muskegon In the
second quarter when Stuit made a
fake try for place kick from the 40
ward line, aud after taking To kick
threw his Head gear. Pedler roso
from his knees with the bah in his
hand anA lnGde n beautiful forward
Ass to Capt Jacks whip gained about
8 yards
"The Interpretation Of the rules he
lHurst) gave as hls reason was that
the headgear was used in place OF
| he bail to deceive the opponents"
Section of Rule XXIV says there
| shall be no unsportsmanlike conduct
| IN the part OF the players. In ampn.
| Tying II continues. Substituting any
. article for the ball shall be deemed
rnsportsmanlike conduct
The only objection to Hurst's a..
lion which might be made is that he
didn't suspend the players commit
ting the misdeed, something which he
had q Right TO do under the rules.
Head I.inesman Lynch also comes
in for panaing The idea OF man
an important office with one or TN"
argest automobile manufacturing con-
Germs In The city, graduate OF Brown
and a Thorough student OF she game.
trying to be anything but fair in G
high school game is absurd.
This sort of business takes the zest
away from the average fans enjoy.
ment OF high school football MANY
ans. who nave enjoyed the little
feast that the three big high schools.
most prominent In interscholastic
FOOTBALL have been serving, will find
4 soured foe them by continual ac-
tions OF the Muskegon sort.
Detroit has been strong for Mus
kegon since the team came down here
and gave Detroit such fair ami
IsqiIare walloping. They were little
disgllsted at the Grand Rapids squeal
about Borleske after the Detroit game.
They viii be more than ever so about
the Muskegon affair.
Umpire Cook was a lucky man Sat
drday He had boen consulted about
the headgear play before the game
by Coach Gudelsky. He informed the
Muskegon coach that he considered
1.-The play unsportsmanlike and would
Xinfict penalty on the team using IL, |
providIng he caught -them at II. He
was all ready to do his part in the
play mentioned, but was prevented !
by the referee who used his own au- |
thority before Cook had had time to
say n word. Thus he still stands we'll
with Muskegon, and he has been Sc
cured az the referee OF the Muskegon- |
Grand Rapids game TO decide tho |
rhampionship THANKSGIVING day. |
Coach Bleamaster Of Alma rs expect !
cd to be umpire. The head linesman
has not been chosen.
In the meantime, while all this |
sduabbling IL going on, Detroit Cen
raj Is sticking TO its firm policy or
bni.ding up substantial reputati.n.
I'VE win gamos II we can." said |
central High school Faculty Manager
Davis, I'm discussing the question, |
but we keep our reputation first We
will never kick on officials after a
game and we will never cancel even
|Tr we nave TO send our second team
n to play.
There is one thing that is annoy
ng us greatly, though. That is that
We have the best team we have had
n 1--WE years this season. and we
ave lost more important games than
n almost any other season. Muske'
ton never ha6 better team nor did
Grand Rapids Toledo's eleven Is Ear
lbove the average II seemed thar
he year we have had our best fiIH
pther high schools mad to have even
better"