The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1930-01-24
LITTLE PRAISED
FOR GRID LOVERS
induces Football Stars to
Stick on Field of Snow.


fraternity basketball league, all games
of which are played during the
luncheon and dinner hours, it must
be conceded that they are playing for
the love of the game.
The paper read by George Little,
director of physical education and
athletics at Wisconsin, on "The Re
suits of an Intramural Football Ex-
pertinent at the University of Wis
consin," created a profound impress
sion at the recent meeting of the Ma
tional Association of Directors of
Physical Education in New York.
Under the leadership of Director
Little, Wisconsin has promoted regu-
lar football as an intramural spors
for three years with remarkable sue
cess. During the season just closed
twenty-eight fraternity teams, four
dormitory teams and four teams in a
so-called Wisconsin league, played
schedules involving 152 games, in
which 662 students took part.
The cost of intramural football at
Wisconsin was astOnishingly low.
The average cost of equipment for
each of the 662 men who played in
tramural football at Wisconsin In
1929 was Sill and the average cost
of training and instruction, $1.25.
Was the late Miller Higgins "hu.
man" Former members of the st.
Louis Cardinals will tell you that he
was. A little story will indicate the
point:
1t was against the rules for the
Cardinal team to rattle the bones,
but some of the athletes would take
a chance on most anything.
On train bearing the Cards east
Charley OLeary, Pol Perritt, Harry
Sallee and Frank Snyder decided to
start crap" game. Better pipe
down." said Sid Keener, a travelling
correspondent, cor Hug will hear
you"
Just then Higgins stepped into the
smoking compartment as Slim Sallee
showed out an eleven.
IF that's your shot," cracked Mil
Ter, "rn top it with 500 apiece for
you, Sal and Polly, Pancho and
Snyder"
The next Christmas each one of
the four received a letter from the st.
Louis club. Inclosed was check for
500.
Some of these basketball coaches
also do their part toward adding to
the gayety Of the nations.
After some awkward back guard
has hauled off and hoisted the ball in
the general direction Of the skylight,
only to have it fall through the loop
just as the gun sounds to give his
team a one-point victory, the coach
explains that he "sent in a little for
ward to dribble around 'em, and told
the back guard to say Kings X every
time they shot, and we foxed them. ="
There is no luck in the game, from
some of the coaches point of view,
except when they lose.
One coach who had quintet of
string beans last year used to instruct
the officials before the game: "Now,
I want you to call 'em right tonight.
You want to watch out that my big
men can't be guarded by those little
fellows without being fouled."
This year this same coach has a
team of little roly-polies himself, and
his song-and-dance to the officials be-
fore the game goes: "Now, l want
you to call 'em right tonight. You
want to watch out, as my little men
are so fast they can't be guarded by
those big fellows without being
fouled."
Proving that there are two sides to
every argument, if you are smart
enough to figure them out.
Aside from the fact that st. Mary's
college of San Francisco failed to
land on the schedule of either STAN
ford or Southern California for 1880,
one Of the high lights of the recent
Pacific conference meeting is the
plethora of intersectional games that
will be staged this fall. Stanford
leads with two, playing Minnesota at
Minneapolis, and Dartmouth at Palo
Alto. Oregon State meets West Vir-
ginia at Chicago November q. Ore
gon goes to Chicago for the night
game with Drake October A. South
ern California has its customary
game with Notre Dame at Los An
geles December 6.
The West Point-Illinois football game,
scheduled to be played at the Polo
grounds early in November, will take
place in the Yankee stadium, it was
authoritatively learned. The New York
Georgia game, to be played
the same day, at the American league
field has been shifted to the Polo
grounds. 1t is understood this move
was made by mutual consent of all
concerned in order to accommodate the
large number of persons who desire to
see the middle western elevens in ac-
ton in New York city.
One of the features Of winter sport
I'm Sweden is a new 60-mile ski slide.
When they start you on your way,
you're practically deported.
A strange football field is in use at
Chattanooga, Tenn. The 'gridiron"
is only 60 yards in length instead of
the regulation 100, and when the ball
has been pushed over the goal line,
instead of a touchdown being scored
it is taken back to the 40-yard line
and an effort made to repeat.
Spectators who have watched con-
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