The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-03-04
MASS ATHLETICS
/ TO BE FEATURED
BY COLLEGE men
/. C. A. L. Would Make Ath-
letic Training Compulsory
in Colleges by New Plans.

Mass athletics will be the goal of
all the l. c. A. L. colleges this year,
according to Coach Ray B. Move of
Earlham college. Move was a mem
Der of the committee with Coach
Townsend of Wabash and Thurber of
Franklin to draft plans whereby keen
err competition among the students in
mass could be derived.
Because track meets, basketball,
football, and baseball were only bene-
fetal to few students, the Indiana
Collegiate Athletic league adopted
system which when completely work
ed out will benefit all the students in
the school and cause many more TO
come out for the different events. 1t
is the belief of Coach Move that all
high schools and colleges will make
athletic training compulsory
In the new plan which Coach Move
may put in working order this spring
at Earlham college nearly every man
entering contests will have a chance
to score points for his college Every
event will be scored from four points
to 1000 points. The 1000 points will
be awarded when a worlds record is
broke. Men of the regular track team
will not be allowed to compete in this
work.
Scores for Events.
In the 100 yard dash the lowest
score is "a point for record of ii 2-5
seconds, thirteen second at 328 points,
twenve second at 538 points, eleven
seconds at 748 points, 10 seconds at
958 points and 9 As seconds, 1000
points. An average of the number of
men which each school is able to have
participating in each event will be
taken and only that number of stu
dents will be allowed to participate in
that event.
In the shotput, a record of &c feet 3
inches will score points, record of
! As feet II inches will score 996 points,
and record of Al feet will score 1000
! points. In the running high jump, 3
! feet 10 inches will score 80 points, s
| feet inches will score 992 points. and
feet 4A inches will score 1000
| points. In the pole vault, feet Z
| inches will score points, II feet 8
! inches will score 9S4 points, and II
feet inches will make perfect score.
In the 120 low hurdles, % 1-5 seconds
will score 10 points, and Is 3-5 seconds
will form perfect score. In the run
! ming broad jump 13 feet / inch will
| score pOlnlS, ana rs 1eet inches
/ will score 1000. In the mile run,
1887 will score points, and All As
will score 1000. The plan will be
followed similarly through the remain
der of the events
viii Control Entries.
The college scoring the highest num-
! Der of points at the end of the season
vii! be given the I. c. A. l.. champion
| ship for mass athletics for the year.
| The entries will be controlled so
that no one college with large num-
Der of students can run the score up
and have handicap on the college
| with a smaller attendance.
| The Earlham faculty has authorized
| the appointment of an assistant physi.
cal director to Coach Move who will
have charge of the mass athletic work
while Coach Move will have the train
! ing of the team that is specializing in
any one branch. Not only will the
mass athletic plan give each student
an opportunity to show his ability and
| develop but it will create keener COM
petition for the varsity teams.