State Coll Vol. IV, No 17 TO REGULATE ATHLETICS. An Intercollegiate Association of National Scope Will Govern Sports. A movement of far reaching im portance to intercollegiate athletics was inaugurated when representa tives of sixty colleges and univer sities throughout the country met at the Murray Hill Hotel, New York City, on Dec. 28. All of the im portant colleges were represented except Cornell, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Annapolis 'Pop" Golden and Prof. Higley were our delegates at this convention. The outcome of the meeting was the formation of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States. The question of profession alism' college athletics occupied a great pottion of the time. It was gen ‘ially'conceded that at the present time tne sport that the demands the most serious consideration is base ball, because of its general popu larity, the ease with which players may evade any rules that may be passed, and because the nature of the game itself makes it very dif ficult to draw a sharp line between professionalism and amateur play ing. The sentiment of the convention seemed to be in favor of excluding from summer baseball all college men-who expected to represent their school during the following year. This was about to .. pass as a final decision when "Pot)" Golden, in a most excellent impromptu speech, so aroused discussion in the conven tion that a committee was appointed to investigate the sentiment of the different states on the matter. This committee appointed a man in each STATE COLLEGE, PA., FEBRUARY 13, 1908 district to search out and report the sentiment in his section. To this end circular letters were sent to over sixty colleges and nearly all of them replied. The question is plainly up to us as students of an institution of this size to decide whether our baseball men are to be allowed to play summer ball or not, and then to register that vote in the next convention. A meeting of the Association will be held next December to decide this matter and we must get busy at once i. - we are to have a fair discus sion of this most important matter. Manager P. B. Bennetch an nounces the following schedule of meets for the track team next spring, subject to the approval of the faculty athletic committee: April 25, Relays at Philadelphia. May 2, Syracuse University, at Syracuse, N. Y: May 9, Carlisle Indians, at State College. May 16, Lafayette, at Easton. May 23, Interclass meet. May 30, Intercollegiate meet, at Harrisburg. The 1909 La Vie. Work on the La Vie is progress ing rapidly and it is" expected that the first half of the book will go to press in the near future. The photo graphic work will be finished this week. All cuts and engravings are being made by the Electric City Engraving Co., Buffalo. The con tract for the printing and binding of the book will soon be awarded. Every effort is being made to have the La Vie here in time for Com mencement. Track Schedule. egian. CHANGES IN FOOTBALL RULES. The Forward Pass will be Governed by New Rule 3 During the Corn-' ing Season. When the Intercollegiate Rules Committee convened a short time ago to revise the football rules tor the season of 1908 the forward pass was the subject of the most discus sion. The pass as used by the In dians and some of the small colleges last tall showed the game of chance that was involved in making the pass. The ball was thrown thirty yards or more indiscriminately and with the hope that some player would recover it in the mixup for a gain. In view of this fact the Rules Com mittee decided that only the one, man eligible to receive the ball could touch it, and that if a player eligible to recover the pass touched and fumbled it, he alone could recover it for the side which made the pass. Failure to make the pass gives the ball to the opposing side at the point where the pass was made. In order to equalize things the defending side is prevented from holding and can only use hands in pushing an oppon ent out of the way. Any penalties imposed on a team may be declined by the offended side. The intermission was length ened to 15 minutes, and the failure of a team to appear is two minutes after the signal gives the ball to the team then on the field on their op ponents thirty yard line. Several other improvments were suggested, such as numbering the players and the like, but no definite action was taken. Princeton debates Harvard on March 20th. - Price Five Cents
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