Indiana daily times., 1920-06-16
DOES \
COMEBACK HERE,
School Board Finally Gives
City What It Wants.
ToucbdownI Touchdowni

Touchdown! Touchdown!
Members of the Indianapolis school
board finally got their signals and plays
working in winning style last night AMI
with a concentrated drive the high school
pigskin was pushed over the line.
AS a result Indianapolis again enters
the interscholastic football field and next
fall some Of the spirit Of days gone by
will reappear.
Manual, Shortridge and Technical are
happy, former students of these schools
are happy and in fact the entire sport
loving public Is happy.
It was a long, hard pull to bring the
grid game back into the local high
school athletic calendar, but it's here at
last and once more the enthusiastic cry
of the pigskin chaser and rooters will be
heard In scholastic halls and DER foot
ball fields.
ACTION PROMISED
COMING FALL. -
And when south side. north side and
east side begin to mass their forces next
ran there's going to be something for
the grid fan to cheer about.
Agitation to restore the game to In
dianapolis was begun last fall by former
students Of the local schools and by
alumni Of the various Indiana colleges.
Through the winter the drive often ap-
peared to be forgotten whenever the
school board met, but ignoring the issue
failed to stile it and it kept coming un-
til the popular verdict was forthcoming.
Shortly after representatives of In
diana colleges had met here last fall to
boost the plan to bring football back
in the high school athletic rank e. Z.
Graft, superintendent OF public schools,
appointed a committee composed Of the
three public high school principals,
George Buck Of Shortridge, E. H. Kem-
per McComb of Manual and Milo II.
Stewart Of Technical, TO investigate the
ACCESSIBILITY of restoring the game.
Id ~ H.. - - AAn<
the sport would benefit the boys both
physically and morally and be Of gen.
eral beneft to high school life.
GRAFT RECOMMENDS
GAME BE RESTORED.
Mr.. Graf laid the report of the COM
mtttee before the board Of school COM
missioners last night and recommended
favorable action on 1t.
Before the board voted Mr. Graf asked
the members TO consider his plans for
laying on proper playing fields for each
school and extra pay for the teachers
appointed to coach the teams.
Charles L. Barry motionSd that a
resolution be adopted In favor of high
school football and his motion was sec
onded by Mrs Julia B. Tutewiler. A
unanimous vote was cast in favor Of
the game.
In presenting his motion Mr.. Barry
stated that football has been proven
Just the thing" for the physical and
moral development OF high school and
college students throughout the coun-
try.
Football was put under ban in Indi-
annapolis high schools in 1906, when the
annual Manual -Shortridge Thanksgiving
day battle ended with a scrimmage, more
between outside rooters than students OF
the two schools The board ruled that
one game could be played in 1907, then
the curtain was dropped.
Mr.. Graft has stated that he belies~
the entrance of Technical into the fielA
viii eliminate some of the intense riys4Y
that existed between Manual and Short
ridge in former years.
Students desiring to play football in
the high schools must live up to the rul-
ing of the 1. II. S. A A in obtaining
doctors certificates and the written con-
sent of their parents.
The report that Indianapolis high
school football win be played next year
was met with favor by Permanent Secre-
tary a. L. Trester of the 1. II. S. A a.