The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-08-29
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new GUIDE IS OUT
SpaIding's Football "BIble'
Praised by Coach Kennedy.
Few Changes Have Been Made
in the Playing Rules.

Positive evidence that the grand
old college game of football has
firmer hold on the hearts of the
American public than ever before is
given i'm this years football guide,
said Doctor Kennedy, the new WASH
burn coach. after having gone thru
the Spalding book recently issued.
No text book on science or art will
command quite the attention from the
college and school youth that this
book will. Coach Kennedy contln-
ued.
New Rules for 1916" is the an
nouncement of the first page OF the
booklet, but the truth is that the rules
are not new But are identical with
those of the last few years. Not since
1912 has there been any change in the
rules which materially affects the
style of play
For several seasons prior to this
time coaches and players approached
TIE New Rules with fear and
trembling. owing to the many changes,
but since an extra down was added in
1912 to permit the offense to gain the
necessary ten yards no change of vital
importance has been made.
This Years Changes.
To quote Walter Camp. editor of the
new guide and secretary of the rules
committee. THE principal alterations
in the rules this season were made
rather for the purpose of clearing up
debatable points than in any way to
alter the style or characteristics of
play. for the committee felt that the
game was now in a well balanced
condition"
This years guide shows how gem
orally the game was played last fall.
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teams adorn the pages of the book.
From the Ell Paso, Texas, high school
thru Maine township high school at
Des PLANES. ILL.,, to Windsor. Ontario.
Collegiate institute, and from San
Diego high school to Phillips Exeter
academy. Exeter. n. NJ. not to men
ton the big schools east and west.
north and south, the youth of the
country are again approaching
grips" as they say in war terms
Only the perusal of an official book
of this sort would tell us that right
here in our home state the Cheney,
Kan. high school eleven played seven
contests without losing game. in
fact defeated an opponent whose name
we refrain from mentioning by the
goodly score of 100 to 0. The big
league scouts should look over this
Cheney bunch.
Cornell HOnored
No less interesting are the photos
and records. of the big fellows. The
rules committee never awards cham
p1onS or anything of that sort, but il
is time honored custom that the
leading teams get full Eage picture.
and the leading elevens are given pref
erence in measure showing theh
prowess.
Time was that Yale could hardly bt
crowded off the frontispiece, and fol
the last few years Harvard has occu
pied the front page with good deal O
grace. adorned as the Yankee picture i
by the bald head of Coach Haughton
the Connie Mack of American football
But this year a new light has arisel
on the horizon and for the first tim
in the history of American football
Cornell university is given the prefer
ence of the first page picture will
Harvard close second. Pittsburg. an
ether new contender third. and tn
University of Minnesota fourth YaI
is a poor fifth but the sons of Old Ell
can be proud that Cornell is coached
by a former Yale star DR.. Al Sharpe
while DIR. Harry Williams. the Mime
sofa leader, is also a product of New
Haven of many years' standing.
Nebraska Honored.
And right after the big Yale team
comes the Nebraska eleven. Some
times Kansans can be proud of tn
Cornhusker even if he does drag thei
own teams in the dust, and all rea
sports are glad to see a western team
given recognition such az association
as this gives.
1t would be hard to convince tn
eSarage westerner that if Yale woul
Ee polite enough to give Nebraska
chance the Lincoln boys would no
come. out on top. However. it Nigh
he like another famous western team
Notre Dame. that journeyed to New
Haven to humble the Blur and cam
away on the short end of a IS to
score.