Evening star., 1927-04-18
MIDWEST COACHES URGE
RETENTION OF OLD GAME
KIine's Suggestion That Playing Code for Section
Be Adopted Likely to Meet With Favorable
Response From Midland Conferences.

floor. IT takes real player TO make
good dribbles, whereas any club can
bounce the ball once"
III coaches of these sections carry
out their plan Of independence, the
East and South win not be affected
but the Middle West will. A break of
the sort in the Middle West where bas-
ket ball has grown into truly great
game would be a sporting calamity.
With eight oar crews of washing
ton, California and Wisconsin certain
to come East to the Poughkeepsie
regatta, the interesting intersectional
aspect which has characterized the
June events of the intercollegiate
Rowing Association will be main
tanned.
There viii be interest, of course, in
watching the efforts of the Huskies TO
take revenge upon the amphibious
Bears. But it is certain that. while
they are battling with each other they
will have to keep their eyes open for
two or more other crews, the Navy
and Columbia at least and maybe
Syracuse
Wisconsin always is likely to he
dangerous. In the past the Badgers
have done everything. save win a.
regatta. They have finished second
several times and at other times have
not done SO we'll A floating peach
crate once impaled itself OF the how
of the shell from Madison and robbed
the crew of a victory.
This year the Badgers have had
splendid season for training, due to
the early advent of Spring. The shells
have been on the water for more
than three weeks and this will help
a lot
Dad Vail reckons that he has three
pretty good eights, but he does not
seem to be sold on the prevailing
character Of the material.
The fact about Wisconsin is that
other colleges which go in for rowing
average better aquatic material and
have more favorable opportunities for
training.
In the fact that no other Western
Conference university is interested In
rowing lies handicap for Wisconsin.
inasmuch as they have no home RI
vaIry which would serve both rs
spur TO rowing spirit and to the actual
process of preparation for Pough-
keepsie.
From the time athletic directors of
the Big Ten talk of taking up rowing
and several of the universities in this
organization have splendid facilities.
But the expense of the sport is the
deterrent.
Bill Roper of Princeton thinks that
the threat of the lateral pass viii be
more effective than the pass itself.
Where the defense is sharp, he be
lieves that the passer will not get
much of chance to throw accurately.
The shift rule strikes him as eA-
tremely drastic.
This Summer, by the way, it will he
Prof. Roper and Prof. Wittmer These
two coaches have joined in the organi-
zation of a Summer school in foot
bah and basket hall. which will open
ut Princeton on July IL and run for
two weeks.
The modest sum Of $50 will be
charged for the two courses and II
taken separately foot ball viii cost
$25 and basket ball SIS.
Roper, as almost every one knows,
has been head foot ball coach at
Princeton since the World War and
Wittmer, the line coach, has been
keeping Tiger basket ball teams we'll
up at the stop since then.
Base bali and lawn tennis are hav-
ing a boonf out in the Missouri Valley.
! In tennis every conference college
| viii be represented by team this
| wear and the annual championships
| viii be held at Lincoln, Nebr.,
| MAY 20-21 coincidentally with the Val
! ley track and field championships