Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, November 15, 1912, Page 5

N0 FOOTBALL FOR MEREDITH Tralner Mike Murphy Holds That Qame Might Prove Injurious to the Olympic Champion. Ted Meredith, the Olympie running champion, will not be a candidate for the Pennsylvania freshman football team. He signified his intention at one time of joining the squad, but the coaches refused to take him on until be obtained the consent of Trainer Mike Murphy. The latter has decided that foot 1 Copyright, Underwood & Underwass J. E. Meredith. ®ell might prove injurious to Mere dith’s career as a runner, which is %00 promising to permit of any un- mecessary risks. Murphy’s chief fear, Mt is said, was not of possible physical injury, but rather that Meredith would gake on too much weight in connec- Blon with the football training. Stallings Has a Fat Contract. George Stallings, who has been se- Jected by President Gaffney of the Boston Braves to manage the team next season and the four succeeding ones, is said to have a contract with the Boston club that calls for a sal- ery of approximately $50,000 for the five years. Stallings i8 to have absolute con- trol. That was one of the conditions under which he agreed to go to the Hub and manage affairs. Several important changes will be made in December, when it is expect- ed that the new manager will make Boston his headquarters. John Kling, who has managed the team the past season will, according to a statement credited to him, retire from baseball, to look after his business interests in Kansas City. Football “Don’ts.” Coach Juneau of the Wisconsin foot- ball team has issued the following per- emptory “don’ts” for the guidance of his players: Don't go “fussing.” Don't smoke. Don't stay out late nights. Don’t indulge in strong drinks, Don’t eat pie. Don't get less than eight hours of sleep a night. Deon't spend Sunday morning sleep- tng. Don't attend banquets, dinners, or *hops.” Don’t report late for practice. WORK OF PUNTER NOT HARD Rinder New Rules Kickers Are Called on Less Often to Boot—Feature Almost Eliminated. football Punters are likely to be put out of their jobs if the early football games of the season can be said to accurately forecast the action of the mew rules. From all over the country there 18 agreement on this one point in connection with the radically changed regulations—punting has virtually been eliminated. Now a team can keep the ball, and make gains, hence there is no reason to surrender it by a punt, says the Milwaukee Sentinel. Instead there is recourse to the forward pass which means big gains if 1t works, and should it fail, carries no penalty se verer than a lost down, unless, of oourse, the ball should be cleanly caught by the enemy and be carried for a big gain. This lack of punting may be said to be the most notable change worked by the new rules. It was & reform that was desired, for in the last few years the defense had gained strength to a point where the offense had little chance ta make consistent progress against a team of anywhere near its own cal- iber. Hence there was the constant use of the punt. Two tries, a petty gain and then a punt. That was the program. The football authorities sought to ! do away with this condition. They weakened the defense. The for- ward pass was made, legal any- where on the fleld, the number of downs was increased from three to four. The removal of the restrictions on the forward pass makes it a play that 18 likely to be used all the time, and eompels the team on defense to play & more open game in order to guard against a surprise, With the defense thus opened there | 18 a better chance for fleet backs to run the ends, or for heavy plunging‘ backs to hit the line for small gains. The added downs makes this style of FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 15. 1912. play the more successful since with four chances to make ten yards, the comparatively small average of only two and one-half yards to plunge suf- fices to hold the ball. During the three or four last sea- sons, the coaches ran around breath less to find punters, and to develop their distance kicking ability. Now the punt comes 8o comparative- ly seldom that the importance of the punter is much reduced. The aboli- tion of the onside kick also dves away to a large extent with the need for a man who can punt accurately. Only for the field goal kicker is there still a strong demand, and un- less later games bring some change it is likely that in this department the use of the skilled toe will have its best development. A Treat for the Spectators. The Brooklyn National league club's new grandstand is equipped with s telephone acoustic apparatus, whereby the spectators are kept informed of the names of the batters, number of strikes and balls and changes in posi tions of the players on the teams. New Record for Mathewson. Pitcher Mathewson, of the New York Giants, did not win a game dur ing the month of August, and at that he was in pretty good form on every appearance. His support simply could not give him enough runs to win. Talbot Will Become Professional. Lee Talbot, the former Cornell uni- versity wrestler and weight thrower, now living in Kansas City, may join the professional ranks and go after heavyweight wrestling honors this fall. Bill S8weeney is going into vaude ville this winter. They say Terre Haute wants Mor decal Brown as a manager. Many coaches would like to get Btagg's recipe for developing punters. Isp't it a relief to get to read a lit tle football dope after being surfeited with baseball? It is to be presumed that you have & perfectly good line on all the big foot ball teams now. It is said that more than half the clubs in the International league will have new managers. John Paul Jones, the phenomenai Cornell runner, has been made presi dent of the senior class. The Cleveland Naps are the only team in the American league to get an even split with the Red Sox. Eddie Harlan, the former Princeton star, is coaching the Johns Hopkins University squad in Baltimore. Any writer who imagines his words influence the belief of the average fan has plenty of time to think again. Tenney, who scored Brown’s touch- down against Harvard last year, is a year. £ After a careful inspection of mate- rial on hand Coach Stagg thinks high- ly of the Maroon 1912 football pros- pects. Baseball players have formed a fra- ternity. One of the highest rites of the order is the thirty-third degree of umpire baiting. (RALEIGH, N. C. CHILD Made Strong and Well by Vinol. 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