Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-16
| OPPOSES SUGGESTION TO CUT INTERCOL

champion. with most any old body beat
ing him. all that he has to do to main
tain his title is to collect about IS pei
cent Of the gate receipts. Otherwise
nothing is coming in.
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Nate Tufts, who has served as an OF.
fetal at several Of the big football game
this season. Is OF the opinion that the
rules committee will give the field judg,
specific duties at the next meeting Othc
football experts are OF the same opinion
and In 1915 we may expect to witness sOm'
changes along the lines suggested.
Here's what Mr.. Tufts has to say about
the matter:
The field judge is an optional official
and his duties are designated by the
referee. In almost every game field
Judge Is given different tasks. and
therefore he cannot specialize and be-
come unusually proficient in q few set
things. Some referees will give him
q lot TO do, others Will hardly alot q
task. l would not like TO say just
what he should do the rules COM
mittee, think, will settle that matter
when they meet.
The game today is good and I do
not think that there will be any strllt-
Ing change made in the rules. I have
heard 1t whispered about that the at
tack was to be made trihe stronger.
so that team with the greatest per-
centage OF strength could score, and
that q team that gained the most
ground would win more frequently. I
do not mean that there Is to be re-
turn TO the old game, but that the Of
fanse is to get its due.
60 hn vuIa To ,wd
on crutches, and you would be sur
prlsed how many officials are hurt dur
ing game, but they cannot go over
to the side lines and have a substitute
take their place. 1t is going to hap
pen some day that first-class official
will be hurt, and the umpire will take
his task. and the linesman will UNI
pire. and there is where the field judge
could be moved up to linesman.
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Next season the umpiros will be re-
luIred 20 deliver the official batting order
10 the official scorer and the other occu-
pants of the press box before the game
begins. There has often been confusion
rs 10 the right batting order owing to
The failure of the umpires to notify the
scorers of any changes from the printed
card, and hereafter an accurate order
must be sent to the press box.
The National League voted to abolish
III transforming trips after the close OF
he regular season, provided the American
league will agree to the same plan. The
natter was referred to the committee on
constitution, with instructions to inter-
lew the American League leaders and Sc
.ure uniformity in this matter. This may
ill Frank Bancroft, but otherwise 1t is
believed to be "A move in the interest OF
ignity among major league players. pre-
entlng patched up teams from making
he country circuits and often putting up
travesty OH the national game.
Both of these new rules will be well
omed. The newspaper men have had
eason to grumble on a number of occa-
ions because of switched batting orders,
1hon a directly opposite printed order had
cen received. The abolition of the barn
forming trips is also believed to be the
est thing for the sport. World tours, OF
curse, such as have been In vogue for
ears, are great advertisers for this coun-
ry, and should be sanctioned
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In one of our Western exchanges we
nd that the King of Sweden has con-
erred honors on Yankee coach. DR., r,
ait Mckenzie. OF the University OF Penn
ylvania Seems to US we read OF this a
retty long time ago. Good news travels
cry, very slow, evidently
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A bowler by the name of Wondra out
| ST. Paul has achieved what is probably
he freakiest score ever recorded in ten
in annals.
This bowler made 10 strikes, and yet his
Dtal was only 1875. When 1t is considered
hat 12 consecutive strikes yields a per-
ect score, 800, 1t is difficult TO imagine
ow strikes less should make a differ
nee OF l02 pins,
Wondra started with straight strikes;
l his 9TH frame he made one in with his
rst ball and with his second, giving
I'm a count Of 90 In the 4th game. Then
e had more strikes, breaking in the sth
-ame. in which he obtained one pin with
is first ball and three with his second.
He struck out from the 9th frame. An
ther popularity of Wondra's game is
nat he made one or more pins with every
all he rolled.
The largest sore that can be made with
} strikes is 2s9