Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-06-10
DR.. NaismIth Has Another Can
didate for Popularity in
School Sports,
MAY RIVAL FOOTBALL IN TIME
Rules Require Rugby Field and Rugby
Goals and Eleven Men on
Side.

invented" and brought to its present
stage of perfection. has sprung a new
game on his classes Up to the pres
ent time he has not given the new
sport a name, but if the enthusiasm
with which it is being received at the
university is aey indication, it should
prove headIiner for high school and
interclass contes is within the next
year.
The new game combines all of the
best features of football and soccer
with the liability of injury reduced to
a minimum. According to the prelim-
mary rules the field on which the
game is played shall be regulation
rugby field with rugby goals. Each
team will have eleven members and
may take any position on the field
that may be deemed best. The ball
is similar to that used in soccer and
there will be forty minutes of play
divided into four quarters. Scoring
will be done by either a place or drop
kick from the field or from free try
or crossing the goal line.
The most unique feature of the new
game is that rule which pertains to
the handling of the ball When the
ball is in play and is below the hips
ali players II1SL hlCh anu IlO play SA
is allowed to lay hands upon the
sphere until il has been kicked to
position above the hips, where it then
becomes permissa Bile to use the hands.
At this time kicking is permitted by
a runner who has taken the ball by
hand. A player running with the bail
may be tackled but tackling below
the hips is taboo, thus eliminating the
possibility of injury by the runner
kicking the tackler. The runner,
when tackled is, by the rules of the
game, compelled to stop, and the tack
| Ter is not allowed to throw him.
While the game has proved intense
ly interesting at the University, DR..
| Naismith contends that its chief value
will be to high schools and interclass
| contests and he intends giving it wide
| notice when ne has brought about the
desired improvements.
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War Medal After So Years.-George
l.. Banks of independence, has just
received from the War Department
medal of honor certificate" issued IN
der the provisions of recently adopt
| ed measure. 1t followed the presen-
tation to him of a medal of honor and
signalizes valiant service at the battle
of Missionary Ridge, Tenn, Novem-
Der 25, 1863, when as color bearer for
the Fifteenth Indiana infantry, he
planted the first Union flag on the en-
emy's parapet, although twice severe
| ly wounded.
Green Bugs Flying.-Millions of
green bugs that have infested the
wheat fields and oat fields in the
southwest Kansas since early spring
are flying. The hot weather of the
last week has driven the pests into
the open. They DO not last long after
they begin to fly.
Aged Woman Dead.-Mrs. George
Brown, SO years old, pioneer Kan
san, is dead in augusta. She was the
widow of the late George Brown, a
banker Mr.. and Mrs. Brown came to
Kansas in 1870, settling in Augusta.
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Wellington Has New Library.-The
public library board of Wellington has
accepted the new Carnegie library
building. The structure is of gray
tapestry brick, with trimmings of
Bedford and Carthage limestone and
red Spanish tile Beside the main Ii
brary room, the building contains a
large room for public meetings and
entertainments and smaller commit
tee rooms and Office rooms. Andrew
Carnegie donated $4,000 toward its
construction.
Hiawatha Families SmaII.-This
year the deputy. assessor found SSs
families and only 1888 people in Hia
watha. This makes an average of but
3.3 persons to 8 family. 1t was found
j that 225 families are made up of only
two people each, and that eighty-five
heads of families are living alone.
Fell from Table to Death.-The body
of Marie Jeanette Scott, a month-ol6
baby of Mr.. ana Mrs. Howard Scott
farmers, was taken to Salina recently
from Minneapolis. The child fell from
a table. striking head foremost on the
floor 1t died almost instantly
: Fish Hatchery Threatened.-Stats
Fish Warden Tegmeier and force O
men worked all night and day in al
effort to save the state fish hatcher,
. at Pratt from the rising waters of tn,
Minnesota River. Several levees alon,
the Saratoga Millrace, which supplies
the hatchery, and the Bell Hunter ant
Travis lakes, have given away.