ON'S FOOTBALL
NEXT SEA
From George' Ade's Viewpoint the
Genie Shoili pe Made Genteel
and Mannerly.
1 ,
'George Ade, a graduate of Rar 3.i!
University, where he was a devOtee
of the gridiron gamy, and the first
playwright to stage a football cnn
- ,
test, has set down ! in inimitable and
highly characteristic manner his;
thoughts on the brand of foothill as
it will be played next Fall. Suc-I
ceeding the publication of the intri
cate code adopted by the Interco'
legiate Football Rules Commipe
recently. Mr. Ade has contribute
the following to tne Purdue Univer
sity Daily :
"Selection of players —The elev ,
1
en play rs ccinstitutin'g the tealrii i
shall be selected by the Facult t y.
and the I student who has received '
the hig est grade in Greek and
Theolog shall be captain of the
team. , o student shall be eligible
for lal am unless he is up in his
class wok and has an es:ablished
for piety. '
reputati
"PreliMinaries —When a team ap,
pears oh a i field for a contest it shall
' greet the oppolaing tea-n with the
t
e.
Chautauqua salute, which consists
of waving the handkerchie' .' 'After
this a few i l riendly chats Oncerning
books and !writers may p cede the'i
Openink of the game.
"Substitute for the 'Toss—ln
stead of tossing a coin tol determine'
which side gets the ball, the!two,
captains shall extract the cube root
of a number proyded by the Pro
'fessor of Mathematics. The -cap
tain-who is first to hand -in the cor
rect solution gets the ball.,
"Advancing the ball—The ball
having been placed in the centre of
the field, the umpire, who must be
" a professor of geology, exhibits to
the team having possessiOn of the
ball a fossil. All members of the team,
.who think that they can name the
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sil belonT hold up their rightaband.
The umpire selects a ! " - plyer - to name
the period. If he answers correctly
he advances theall two i yards. If,
in addifiOn, I he iVes the sctentific
name of ith fo sil' he advances the ball five iva!rds. If no !memb
team ! Fr of
ai •
the am! can nswer th i e question
propounded by the umpire tne op
posing team shall be given a. trial,
ed t'
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as shdwn by
and . taste
to 40
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outfit
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umplres—After
Itton of
:hdown there shol be a
of u.noires, l so' qtat the
asked of a t team may, in
,e of 'a lo:* and. xciting
ver the clasS work in no'-
lied metaphysics, Veteri-
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