South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-10-21
FOOTBALL PROVES
LUCRATIVE SPORT
TreaSurer'S Statement Shows
That GridirOn Sport Finances
Baseball, Track and Other
Athletic Branches.

BLOOMINGTON Ind oct 21-
A report just issued by T. III. smith.
treasurer OF the Indiana University
Athletic association. shows that total
receipts from baseball games played
last spring amounted To &3.8e3.46.
and also proves that the national
game" falls far short of football as "a
drawing card. The total football re-
ceipts last season were nearly $4,000.
III is 6 wcll-known fact that football
IS depended on 10 pull the other col
egiate sports through. financially
speaking.
OF the games played at home. the
report shows the Purdue contest net
ted the most money the receipts be-
ing about $500. Wisconsin Wds the
next best money maker. with S13Z1G.
Receipts from the game with the
Chinese university team were $l4t.-
So. Football is the only collegiate
sport that draws heavily rom OUTSIDE
the student body AS most OF the
students 60 into the baseball games
ON season coupon books. his makes
the spring sports practically "a losing
proposition. Track meets are the
poorest drawing cards OF all the
sports while the expense of sendin-
q squad or a trip is greater than foot
bah. owing TO the mum -er of men car
ried The figures show that BIZ base
bali and track would pay their own
expenses the football season would
put a large surplus ia the associa-
tion treasury that would not need 10
ue touched during the year
plan for Ohio Game.
Vow that the Northwestern game
81 OFT the schedule the students are all
ready talking up the annual trip in
Indianapolis on Saturday. Eov. for
the ohio state contest Arrangements
have already been made for spe-
cial train 90 carry the roOters - the
capital city saturday morulue. 1t has
been decided 90 t.Ne the varsity
squad 20 indianapolis ON Che Friday
morning before the game and give
them workout Friday afternoon on
the grounds OF Washington park.
This viii be done % acqUaint the
SQUAD with the field Next saturday
is AN open date on the schedule and
"a game win likely be played with the
freshmen for practice
Competition is everything IN
arousing the interest of the student
i'm physical training. said Prof.
James A. kase who succeeds Dr. g.
r. HutchinS as head Of the physical
training department and who rs the
originator OF a system of gNmndSuc
exercises that will do away with the
daily grind of calisthenlcs and make
no work attractive In order 10 get
he most promising candidates for his
gvmnastic classes Mr.. kase has de-
-ided To use competitive methods.
Tn this manner he VIII pick those
II unusual ability as eligible for try
outs I'm Sigma Delta Psi, the athletic
fraternity.
plans for New Frat"
Kase states that his plan consists
-hiefly in body testing and in regu-
ar track events For each test a man
viii be awarded points according To
his success. If at any time a contest
ant betters his former record his
number of points viii be raised. Not
until the end OF the year viii awards
BE- made Prof Kase says that the
competition will bee made more keen
~ the awarding of prize Co the
nan with the highest number of
points. The advantages. he says. are
hat all the events can be run off in
ne gym and that every man ip
.chooI viii have an equal chance to
| Increase his points. The list of
vents and number of points to be
iwarded follows.
Five points for every second under
eighteen seconds i'm 100-yard dash.
sne point FOR every second, holding
! egs az right ankle. suspended 10y
trms. twelve POINTS for every foot
lver four feet i'm fence vault twelve
/ loint for every foot over two and a
lalf feet i'm front dive. twelve points
/ or every foot over seven feet i'm
landing broad jump. twelve points
i or every foot over two and oue-half
eet I'm running high Jump, two points
or every foot over fifteen feet i'm
tandin@ hop, step and jump, sixteen
1oi1ts in chest expansion. from de-