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SEASON OF 1948 RECENT REQUESTS FOR FOOTBALL RULINGS
Sev·eral of the many vequests for football If we were consistent with what is done in rulings have items of nationwide interest. similar cases, this would result in a safety Here are a few which contain such items. if A should take the penalty. It is a case PLAY: A scrimmage kirck comes down on where the ball is awarded to a tea m behind R'1s 5 and is muffed by both teams and is their opponent's goal line and since team is finally forced across the goal line by RI and never given a touchdown for nothing, a safety goes out of bounds over the end line. is substituted. RULING: Ball becomes dead as soon as it PLAY: At the end of the down and with touches anything b~hind the goal line and the dock running, two players of A enter. it is a touchback. This is covered in the last It i1s then noticed that AI is injured and, since sentences of 6-2-8. It is also covered in the · A has had four time-outs, it is a referee's last sentence of the saf,ety-touchback pro time-out for repl'acing an injured player. vision (8-5-1). 'I'he first ·sentence of that After the ball is ready for pl·ay before clock arbcle would, if taken alone, caus·e this to has started, two more substitutes of A enter. be a safety. The second sentence should be Are all of t hese legal entries? considered correct. The artide, as first writ RULING: Yes. Tlhere might be some doubt ten was not complete and this was discovered about the first two but it would not be practi at the last minute. Printing mechanics made cal to ·send such substitutes out of the game it impossible to rewrite the whole article and because an injury is discovered after they the S'crimmage-kick and return-kick were have entered. 'Dhere is no doubt about the included in the last ~sentences to be in har last two substitutes. Two substitutes may mony with the kick rule. 'I'he entire article always enter after the ball is ready for play should be rewritten to be more specific and provided the substitution is completed before more ·accurate. the snap. PLAY: On page 51 of Rules Book and Play PLAY: Is ruling for second play on. page 12, Page 7, of the Case Book, reference is 39 of Rules Book correct? made to a situation in which substitutes may RULING: Yes. After an incomplete illegal illegally enter at the expense of a time-out pa;ss, the down counts 1even if the 5-yard only. What are su~h cases? penalty should be declined. Since ball i·s then RULING: There are no s uch cases. This awarded behind A's goal line, it is a safety, statement was placed in the book at a time regardles·s of whether the five yard penalty when the ,college group was insisting that a .is· assessed. coach be permitted to make illegal substitu COMMENT: In former years, ball would tions without incurring a loss of 5 yards. At have been taken to the spot of snap and this the la·st minute and after some of the material would not have been a safety. This was part had been set in tYVe, we were authorized to ly because t here was no coverage for a situa eliminate the situation. The colleges are still tion in whi,ch B might decline the penalty for playing under a provision which permits cer an iUegal pass. The current code provides tain illegal substitutions' at the expense of a ·· coverage in the last two sentences of Article time-out. There are no ·such ea ~ ses in the new 4 on Page 35. Thi's coverage makes it neces code. ·sary to award the ball at the spot of the PLAY: Snap is from the 50. Runner Al pas's regardless of whether the penalty is advances to B's 40 where he fumbles and accepted or delC!lined. Hence, it is a safety. fumble is recovered by B on theii:· 35. During PLAY: Kl first touches a scrimmage-kick the run, Bl holds. Where is spot of enforce while it is on R's 20. RI recovers and advances ment and whose ball? to the 50,· where he fumbles and K2 recovers. RULING: Since this is a foul by the de During the run by RI. R Clips on his 35. fense during a run, spot of enforcement is RULING: If K accepts the penalty, it is spot of dead ball (:B ',s 35). Since A was in R's ball with penalty enfor~ ced from spot of pos'session at the time of foul, it is A's ball foul (since this is behind the spot of dead after enforcement. ball) . If K2 declines the penalty then R may PLAY: Runner Al advances for a touch choose to take the ball at the spot of fir.st down. During the run, Bl ·holds. What is the touching. ruling if A should take the penalty. COMMENT: TMs is one situation in which RULING: Since a tou~hdown is the grea K is damned if he does and damned if he does test advantag·e which can be secured on any not. Fortunately, this combination of cir play, A would ne¥er take the penalty. Hence, cumst ances will not occur very often and, the question is one of academic interest only. (Continued on Page 5) The Kentucky High School Athlete Official Organ of the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
VOL. XI-No. 3 OCTOBER, 1948 $1.00 Per Y€8!1" -THE NEW FOOTBALL CODE Early football meetings and· pre-season re in wording have been received but not many ports reveal interesting facts about the 1948 of these are considered serious. The follow football code. ing provisions need clarification or corre The new code with all related publications ction. i1s being used in quantities which is far in Does any foul result only in a charged time ex;cess of that for any other year. All of the out? The 1ast sentence under Comment on states which used the Fedlerration football Rule 3, page 57 of the Rules Book and Play rules in past years are using the new code 12 on page 7 of the Oase Book indicate·s tha:t this year. In addition, Indiana is using it an illegal substitution might sometimes be for all high school contests in that state. made merely at the expense of a time-out. Arkansas 'has announced that beginning De This is not the case. These statement·s occur cember lOth (close of the pl.'esent football because they were written at a time when season) Arkans'as high :s.chool contests in all the Collegiape .group was insisting that cer sports induding football, will be played under tain illegal substitutions be permitt•ed with National Federation rules. Massachusetts has out a penalty of 5 yards. This was the case taken similar action and s•ent a representative under last year's Collegiate rules. It was to the s·elctional football meeting in Maine. contended that a coach ou~ht to be able to Comments at the early meetings indicate insert a whole backfield when the clock is a high degree of satisfaction with the new running and not haVle his team lose 5 yards. code. Thes•e comments •show a desire to fur 'Ilhe substitution rul·e was first written to their improve the code by eliminating several indude this provision (over the protest of provisions which were adopted as conces Federation representatives). At the last min sions which would permit use of the code by ute, the editors were informed that this pro both college and high school. Unless the Na vi'sion could be left out of the joint code and tional Collegiate Football Committee chooses the rule was changed ·accordingly. However, to fulfill its part of the agr:eoement by adopt some of the supplementary material had ing the new code for 1949, it is the general already been written on the basis of the ori opinion that these chang·es should be made gina.l wording and it was too late to make a at the next meeting of the National Federa change or els'e the statement was inadver tion Football Committee. With such changes, tently overlooked in the rush which accom there is almost unanimous agreement that panied the printing of the many publications. the code can be made the equal or the superi Can a safety result when a scrimmage kick or of any previous code. goes into R's end zone? When a scrimmage Almost without e~ception, the high schools kick goes into R's end zone, the ball becomes will use th:e current code as written, even dead immediately and it is a tol,lchback. This though most of them would prefer to elimi is made clear in Article 8 on pa:ge 28 of the nate a few provisions which are not necessary Rules Book and by related play rulings in the for the high sCJhool game and which make Cas:e Book. However, the first sentence of unnecessary compHcations in the code. More Section 5 of Rule 8 would, if taken alone, than two thirds of all football of the nation indieate that such a kick sometimes results will beJ play•ed under thi•s code. in 'a safety. The second .s:entence of Article RULE COMMENTS: All of the Football I makes it clear that it is always a touchback. publications, including the Football Rules, Hence, the first and s1econd sentences are Football Case Book, Football Meeting Folders somewhat in conflict. The re'3!son for this and Football Examination, had to be rewrit is· that the first sentence was one of the last ten. Despite the many difficulties which this . minute ·ohanges which was authorized before caused, surprisingly f·ew actual errors have it Wlas discovered that it was in error for the been reported. A few comments concerning s·crimmage-kick. Because of printing me possible omis·sions and possible improvements (Continued on Bage 12) :Page two THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR OCTOBER, 1948
OCTOBER, 1948 VOL. XI-No. 3 Gettler, John F., 1896 Princeton Drive, Louisville Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentucky Ginger, Lyman, 118 Hiltonia Park, Lexington High School Athletic Association. Hackensmith, C. W., 403 Penna Ct., Lexington Office of Publication, Henderson, Ky. Harvey, J. H., 210 Beall St., Bards-town . J.i)ntereri as second-class matter in the post office at Henderson, Heinold, Fred W., 101 W. 70th St., Cincinnati, Ohio Kentucky under the act of March 3, 1879. Hickey, Robert A., 301 E. Main St., Lexington Editor ...... THEO. A. SANFORD Henderson, Ky. Hopkins, Richard, U. S. Grant School, Portsmouth, BOARD OF CONTROL Ohio President ...... Lyman V. Ginger, Lexington Islieb, Charles R., 1409 Chesnut Drive, Ashland Vice-President...... Talton K. Stone, Carrollton Janning, Robert L., 1070 Atavia Ave., Park Hills, Directors-Sam 1B. Pollock, Madisonville; J. Matt Sparkman, Paintsville ; R. G. Eversole, H azard; James L. Cobb, Newport; Covington J. B. Mans fi eld, Cave City; Carlos Oakley, Morganfield. Johnson, Bernard M., 2046 Clays Mill Road., Lex- Subscription Rates ...... $1.00 l'er \'ear ington 33 Johnson, Fred, Russell Johnson, Thomas W., 1111 S. Main St., Hopkinsville ~~om the Commissione'l 's CJffice King, Roy, Grays Knob Delegate Assembly Kuhn, Charles William, 325 Saginaw, Louisville Ballots on which principals of K. H. IS. A. A. Laughlin, Bob, Boy Avenue., Morehead member s1ohools may vote for delega>tes to the annuai Lawson, Carl E., 116 East Clover St., Harlan meeting were mailed out from the Sta>te Office on Leonard, RobeJJt C., Harrodsburg .Seytembeor 24. Thes e ballots should be returned Lindloff, Gilbert E., 4120 Hillview Ave., Shively before Novemiber 15. Principals whose ballots· have Longenecker, David M., 4020 Taylor Blvd., Louis- been lost in •the mail may cast tJheir V'otes for ville delegates by letter. McNabb, Edgar, 137 Pleasant Ridge Ave., So. Ft. Swimming Clinic Mitchell, Covington A swimming cliniJc was S:ponsoreod a.t Le·xington Mason, Earl W., 726 Brentwood, Louisville on Octolber . 2 by the iState_ Swimming Committee. Meierfi Stanley F., 514 Van Yoast Ave., Bellevue E. W. Craik of LouiSIVille, a member of the com Morrow, H. L., Box 652, Pineville mittee and Vice-President of •the Kentucky Associa Norfleet, Frank F., 125 South Franck St., Louisville tion, A.A.U., Iectur~d and gave demonstrations. O'Hara, John E., 407 Clark Street, Bellevue Members of the committee are Chairman T. K. Pawlowski, Peter, M.S.C., Box 625, Morehead Stone of Carrollton; M. J. "BIUd" Cavana, of New Pepper, Nat.. , Morehead St•ate College, Morehead por.t, and -Mr. Craik A report on the clini'c will Porter, Frank W., 1118 Walnut St., .Kenova, West a!ppear in a subsequent issue of the magazine. Virginia Pudlow, Walter, Moore Avenue, Bardstown SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF Purkhiser, James C., !Box 580, M.S.C., Morehead REGISTERED FOOTBALL OFFICIALS Raitt, William C., 2531 Bremont Ave., Cincinnati, Adams, Lucian, R. 2, Box 841, Louisville Ohio Akers, Robert, 124 Harrison St., Jeffersonville, Ramsey, Albert K., 3013 Greenwood Ave., Louisville Indiana Reynolds, Roy D., Cave City Allen, Bobby, Kentucky Avenue, Harlan Robertson, Everett, 314 Etna, Russell Allen, L. W., Nashville St., Pembroke Russell, Eugene D., 1106 Gallia St., Portsmouth, Bain, Charles M., 215 Adair St., Louisville Ohio Baird, Calvin L., Pineville Scullen, Allen, 4227 A Oakland Avenue, Fort Knox Bishop, Robert C., 303 Marshall Drive, Charlestown, Sengel, George F., Jr., 3910 Brownsboro Road, Louis- Indiana ville Black, Bill, 300 North 38th St., Paducah Sherrell, Gwyn, 211 E. Main St., Glasgow Boggs, Charles C., Box 206, Loyall Slack, Earl H., Hillside Drive, Shively Bray, Robert B., 3534 Zumstein Avenue, Cincinnati Shout, Sam H., Hillsikie Drive, Shively 8, Ohio Tehan, Dan, 1437 California, Cincinnati, Ohio •Brown, Hebert F., Jr., 6006 Frank St., Paintsville Thompson, A. W., 215 W. Adair, Louisville Chattin, Charles, Box 657, Morehead Thompson, Jack, 2347 Sa11atoga Drive, Louisville Collins, Charles E., Route 2., Glasgow Tunstill, Jesse, 621 Monroe, Paducah Cooper, H. T., Muir Avenue, Bardstown Vandenberg, Ra1ph H., 2201 Rosedale, Golf Manor, Dreyer, Jack, 416 Ludlow Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio Ohio Duncan, Edwin J., Minford, Ohio Wallis, C. W., F·armington Ellington, Howard W., 1003 South Second St., W arf, Emerson, Wayland Louisville Williams, Reid V., Hiseville Ely, William B., 502 North Race St., Glasgow Wirtz, Howard A., 1818 Goodman Ave., Cincinnati Fishback, Olen W., 4505 Bellevue, Louisville 24, Ohio Flowers, C. H., Jr., Norris Ct., Glasgow Woertz, George W., 3424 W. Ky., Louisville Foehr, George T., 218 Main St., Russell Wrightson, Arthur, Martin THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR OCTOBER, 1948 Page three MEMBER SCHOOLS. OF THE K H S. A. A.
Th~ 1o .uow~ ng schools a r e 1nembers of the Kentucky High Central duPont Manual Trng. Schoo1 atn1et1~ assoc1at1on tor t.. ne year endJng June ;iO. 1949_. .t'l'!llClpa ls of members schools should check t his list carefully (Clinton) ('Louisville) 10 see 1f the names of schools w1th which they have scheduled Central Earlington games are included. This list was compiled and sent .t~ ~he printer on October 1. A supplemen tary li_st of members JOlll:Ing (Riohmond) East Bernstadt in October will appear in the November Issue of the magaz1ne. Central City Edmonton Adairville Bourbon Co. Voc. Central Park Elizabethtown Allen County (Paris) (McHenry) Eminence (Scotts·ville) Bowiling Green Ohandrler's Ohapel Estill County (Irvine) Alvaton Boyd County (R. 2, Auburn) Eubank Charleston Evarts Anchorage (R. 1~ Ashland) Bracken County (R. l, Dawson Ezel Annville Institute Springs) Anton (Brooksville) Fairdale Gleneyrie Jeffersontown McCreary County New Liberty (R. 2, Shelbyville) Jenkins (Whitley City) Newport Good Slhepherd John's Creek McDowell Newport Catholic (Frankfort) ('R. 1, Pikeville) McKee Nicholas County Graham Junction City McKell (Carlisle) Great Crossing Kavanaugh (South Shore) Nicholasville (R. 3, Georgetown) (Lawrenceburg) McK:inney North Middletown Greensburg Kentucky School for Mackville North Warren Greenup the Blind Madison-Model ('Smiths Grove) Greenvi1le (Louisville) (Richmond) Nortonville Guthrie Kingdom Come Madisonville Oddville Hanson (Linefork) Magnolia (R. 3, Cynthiana) Hardburly Kingston Marion Oil Springs Hardin (R. 1, Berea) Marrowbone Okolona Harlan Knox Cent~al Martin (R. 4, Louisville) Harrodsburg (Barbourville) Mason Old Kentucky Home Hawesville Lafayette Masonic Home (Bardstown) Hartford (Lexington) Mattoon (R. 4, Marion)Olive Hill Hazard LaGrange Mayfield Olmstead Hazel La Salette Academy Maysville Oneida Institute Hazel Green (Covington) Maytown Onton Hazel Green Lacy (Langley) Orangeburg RiChards ville Salem Stuart Robinson W'aco Rineyville Salt Lick (Blackey) Waddy Robinson Salye11sviille Sturgis W·alton-Verona (Ary) Seienoo Hill Sulphur (Walton) Roche·ster Scottsville Summer Shade Warfiield Rockhold Sebree Sunfish Wayne County Ros1e. Hill Sedallia Symsonia (Monticello) Royalton Shady Grove (R. 2, Benton) Wayland Russell Sharpe Taylorsvme Waynesburg Russell Springs (R. 1, Calvert City) Temple Hill W~bbville Russellville Sharpsburg (R. 4, Glasgow) Western Sadieville Shelbyville Todd County (Sinai) Salvisa Shepherdsville (Elkton) West Point Sandy Hook Shopville Tollesboro Wheatcroft Stamping Ground Silver Grove Tolu Wheelwright St. Augustine's Simon Kenton Tompkinsville Whitesburg (Lebanon) (Independence) Trenton Whitesville St. Camillus Simpsonville Trig.g County Sinking Fork (Cbrbin) (Cadiz) Wkkliffe Slaughters St. Charles Tyner Williamsburg (R. 2, Lebanon) Somerset Williamstown St. Frances Sonora Uniontown Willisburg (Owensboro) South W3rren University Training ('Lexington) St. Francis (Rockfield) Wilmore Utica St. Joseph Prep. South Portsmouth Winchester (Bardstown) Spottsville ¥alley Witherspoon Springfield (Vialley Station) (Buckhorn) St. Patrick's Versailles (Maysville) Stanford Wingo Vicco Wolfe County St. Xavier Stearns Vine Grove (Campton) (Louisville) Stinnett Settlement Viper Woodbine Sacl'lamento (Hoskinston) Virgie Wurtland Recent Requests For Football Rulings (Continued from Page 2, inside cover) anyway, K should have left the ball alone un that the foul does not occur until after the less he was ,sure he could secure possession. snap thas ended. PLAY: Snap is from A's 20. Runner AI PLAY : In Article 5 of Rule 10-3, there advances to his 25. While the snap was in is a reference to a "pass or kick". Since this flight, Bl ·holds. Is this enforoed as a foul article applies only to an illegal forward pass, during a running piay or as a foul during a should the phrase "or kick" be omitted? loose ball play ? RULING: Yes. 'Dhe "kiek" was included at RULING: Fortunately, it is almost im a time when a return-kick was to be placed possible for holding to occur while the snap in the same clas·s with an illegal pass. At the i·s in flight. In these circumstaniCes, B is al last minute, the return-kick was ordered lowed almost any use of hands since he is placed with loos'e ball plays. attempting to get at the ball. Holding be PLAY: In Question 18 of Part II of the comes a foul only when the act is mol'le than Football Exam, reference is made to a kick instantaneous. Consequently, such a foul off being batted byRon his 10. Is this meant would oc·cur after the ·snap has ended. If this to cover the case where the kick-off is bat ends by the snap being caught, the foul is ted in flight or after it has touched the then a foul during a running play. ground? COMMENT: This is a weaknes·s in the new RULING: The play is meant to cover the "free ball" rule. If a snap is thrown into the case where the kick-off its batted in flight. s•ame group with the backward pass, it would The key sheet is correct if this meaning i1s be theoretically possible to thave a trivial foul taken. However, the question i's not as speci during the snap result in loss of ball. Of fie as it should be and no one should be handi course, the real 1solution its to eliminate the capped if he interpets it as. meaning a situa free ball situation. Until that may be done, tion where the bat occurs after the kick has Officials must 'st11e.tch a point and assume touched the ground and comes to rest. Page six THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR OCTOBER, 1948 REGISTERED BASKE'l'BALL OFFICIALS Brown, He·rbert F ., Jr., 6006 Frank St., Paintsville. OF THE K. H. S. A. A.-1948-49 Brumbaugh, Donald, S., College Station, Murray. Brumfield Bernard R., Transylvania University, Albramson, Allen S., Box 27, Bloomfield. I;exington. Adams, Ellis, Box 472, Whitesburg Brooks, Roy E., 261 Dixie Highway, Florence A.dams, Charlie K., 1613 1C1ark St., Paducah. Bryan, William B., R. 4, iParis. Adams, Lucian, R. 2, Box 841, Louisville. Bryant, G'harles H., 932 Bo!'den, Willis B. Park City. CroSithwaite, ~ohm S., J•r., 1173 Euclid, Lexington. Bosti!C, Ralph, P. 0. Box 433, Benham. Grow, John E., R. 3, Mo!'ganfieldl. Bowers, Paul F., 1632 S. Argyle Pl., Cincinnati, 0. Qubbage, Thoma's H., Leiltchfield. Bowling, Floyd\, I. M. U., Harrogate, Tennes,see. Cummins, Joshua W., 350 Cochran Rd., Lexington. Branham, Frank 'B., Box 566, Prestonsburg. Davenport, William T., 303 W. Warfield, Elizabeth- Braun, E. F., 111 S. 7th, Cannelton, Ind1ana. town. Braun, Robel't, 3622 Churoh :st., Covington. Davidson, Geor ge W., Jr., Annvil'le. Brichler, Joseph A., 3748 ·Beekman St., Cincinnati. Davis·, Dwight R., Jr., 1123 Beeoher St., !Louisville. 2·3, Ohio. Da!V'i·s, Johnnie E., 702 South 11th, Pad'uca'h. Bridges, ·Bennie E., Colle,ge St., North Middletown. Davis·, Ralph E., Vancebur,g. Bridges, George C .• 4026 Fayette, Louisville 13. Dlay, Wiiliam T., 1506 Versailles Rd., 'Lexington 39. Brodcrkk, Carroll A., 1036 State St., Bowling Green. DeArmond, James E., R. 2, Greenville. THE KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR OCTOBER, 1948 P•age seven Denton, Ohtarrles, 1322 Olay, Henders,on. Gilmore, Warren, Perryville. Detherage, William IJ., tln1gleside Park, Lexington. Glass, Thomas S., Military St., Georgetown. DeVault, Don, 3017 E. Walnut St., Evansville, Ind. Goble, Earl, 728 Greenup, Covington<. Dawson, Harold, 4004 S. Preston, Louisville Goff, ArVlille, Box 693, Burd~ne. Dewey, Curt, Y. M. C. A., Evans¥ille, Indiana. Grandle, Olen R., 1402 Beaver•ton Ave., Cincinnati, Dizney, Kenneth A., 117 Asbury, Wilmore. Ohio. Dobson, Kenneth, Sedalia. Grant, Marvin L., 233 Slayton Ave., Madisonville Dobson, James, 820 North 11th, Mayfield Gray, Raymond, Box 7'1, Island. Dorris, Bland, 355 Winter, Russeilville. · Grayson, Wendell, Drakesboro Dorsey, Ralph C., Horse Cave. Green, Augustus E., 213 University Ave., Lexington. Doyle, Donal'd, Cumberland! Goilege, Williamsburg. Green, Charles W., Box 116, Jeff. Drake, Richard, 14 Ash St., Newport. Green, Floyd L., 408 Allegheny, Hickman. Dromo, John, U. of L., Loui·sville. Green, Tom H., 612 Jacks'On, Geoll'getown. Dubia, Christian F., 1615 Main St., Murray. Greene, Omar Paul, West Liberty. Duerson, Guy K., Jr., R. 1. Stanford. Greenwell, Tommy, 1114 Clinton, Frankfort. 1 Duncan, Earl S., Jeff·ro-sontown. Griffith, Rudblph, 'Mar1tin. Dunigan, Henry 0., R. 6, Benton. Grrmes, IJ. D., R. 2, 1Salem. Duning, Oarl F., S'r., 3397 Erie Ave., Cincinnati 8. Hadden, Newell P., Jr., 121 Lackawanna Rd., Dunm, IS. R., R. 6. Pa.dUJCah. Lexing,ton. Durham, Edward M., Buffa.lo. Haffey, Stanley, 1822 SeCition Rd., Cincinnati 16, Durkin, Jack H., 42.2 Columbia, !Lexington. Ohio. Eads, Walter, MontitceUo. Hall, Denzil, Fleming. Eddings, Forrest, Thomas Jeff. Alpt. 71, Paducah. Hall, Norman, 23·28 Fr.ederica, Owensboro. Edelen, Ben R., 2117 Gladstone, Louisvoille. Hamilton, Kern, 569 B. Hobb Ct., Lexington. Edge, F. R, SoutJh:ern .Bap,tj.Sit !Seminary, Louisville. Hammonds, Glois, R. 1, roevil. Edwardis, George W., Chiles :St., Harrodisbung. ·Hardy, Donald, W•es1t illrvine. Ellington, Howard W., 1003 South Second, Louisville. Harmon, Insko, James H., 1443 Cypress, Paris. McKinney, Jack, 217 N. Fifth, Padu'c•ah. l's1eib, Charles R., 1409 OheSitnUJt nr., Ashland. McKinney, Garland, Greensburg James, Maxwell, 223 N. Bro&dway, Lexington. McKnown, C. H. W·a-yne, West Va. Jones, Boyer, 435 Jackson St., Campbellsville McLain, James, Hodlgenville. Janes, Bee, Toria McMil'lan, J. N., Y. M. C. A., Ashland. Jackson, John Coleman, 207 Holt Ave., Mt. Sterling McNabb, Edgar, 137 Pleasant Ridge Ave., Covington. Jennings, Joseph L., 107 Montgomery, Georgetown McPike, Ray iS., !Jr., 1400 Cherokee-Rd., Louisville J·ohns•, Charles· W., Butler. Macon, Max, 1719 Harold Ave., Louisrville. JQhnson, Andrew LJ.r., Orestwood. Macy, Joseph T., Hardinsburg. Johnson, Bernard M. 2046 Clays Mill Rd., Lexing- Maley, William G., Jr., Hardlinsburg. ton 33. Ma:Han, James S., Jr., 430 Columbia Ave., Lexing- Johnson, Fred, Russell. about the Horse Cave Dorseys, the Tingles The Flying Dutchman from Bedford, the Jones' of Harlan and the By Charlie Vettiner Beards of Louisville, but dght now he pauses to tell you this story of a basketball player you never heard of. Here's another "Bull Ses This kid was not a gre1at. In fact, he was sion" with your ole Dutch only a sub on a team few people ever heard friend. Gather ye all around about. Nervously squirming on the bench he while we pull some of the begged his coach to let him in the game. He yarns of yestery,ear from ye finally got results. olde bag. "O.K., Kid, g·et thes•e instructions. Y.ou tell Here's one Fmnk Camp Bill to jump at center and you be sure to re likes to tell. Back in the port to the referee." With those words the early 30's· Frank was coach K~d was off. Tugging on the ref's shirt he ing basketball at Hodgen- said, "I'm supposed to tell Bill to report to Bill Sturgill villre High School. On one the coach and I'm supposed to jump the re cold winter's night the men of Camp were feree." The Dutchman was the referee in taking a ba:d sheUacking from Memorial High that game and he'll never forg·et the eager from dovvn Hardyville way. Memorial, it ness that youngster showed to play the g·ame. seems, had a couple of lads by the name of Just 1happened to think of the 1story now be Tom and Toby Handy who looked so mu~h cause I heard the other day that the Kid had alike that Oamp's guards rarely were on the lost his life in the last war. r~wht Handy. Here's one the fellows up in northern Ken At half time Coach Camp got hold of Sam tucky c•an kid Tom Ellis about. Tom was of Walter~, then a pudgy guard and now a ficiating a basketball tomnament just after successful man about town, and s:aid, "Sam, the big flood !in Louisville in the late 30's you get a handful of dirt out of the stove and when refugees were being tak•en care of before the next half starts you rub it on the evcerywhere. The game was over and Tom face of the Handy you are gua11ding so you was standing on the sidewalk outside Winn won't get mixed up as to who yom man is." Davis Drug Store in Glrusgow Wlhen an old citi Sam dutifully carried out Camp's assignment, ZJen sucking on a cob pipe •approached him. and according to Frank, the Memorial coach "They tell me you are one of the referees up never knew what happened to his offense at the ·school gymna:sium," said the old gentle the next half because his boys stopped them men. "'Ilhat's right," said Tom. "Well, then, cold. you must be the only one left but we sure had a passell of them up there while the flood That's the way FI'Iank Camp teUs it but was on in Louisville." the Dutchman heard a different version when he was in Hodgenville at the Rotary meeting Sure, your ole Dutch friend can tell you a this month. Sam Walter's version goes thusly: lot about the old guys but here's prediction "I did rub a •h:andful of dirt on Toby Handy's about some of the new f,enows coming on. face like coach told me to, but I got the raw end of that deal because when I drid Toby let You coaches who need basketball officials me hav·e one on the jaw. To top off a bad up in the mountains, please keep your eye on situation our "Hot Shot" Charlie got another Bill Sturgill from over Prestonsburg way. handful (not knowing I had ralready doctored Bill is a comer and he'rs got the desire, so up Toby) and rubbed it on Tom Handy's there's a prediction that out of the mountains f·ace so we were just as confused the second will come another good whistler. half as the. first." Another prediction. Keep your eyes on that Sure was glad to get Sam Walters version Sonora High Sohool basketball team. They'll becaus·e the corach of Memorial that year was be tough to keep out of the big tourney in your Flying Dutchman who h·as questioned Ma11ch. Meanwhile, St. Xavi·er looks touwher Camp's alleged out-foxing for many years. every day on the grid. One of the best things to com.e from athle Here's our parting shot. "Mark your calen tics is the stories we g·et to tell years later dars for those K. H. S. A. A. basketball clinics after we've grown fat and forty. starting November 6th." Tihe Dutchmran will see you then for another pe11sona:l "Story The Dutchman could tell you lots of stories SeiS'sion." Page ·twel.ve THE KENTUCIKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE FOR SEPTEIMIB,ER, 1948 The New Football Code Football Rules Improvements (Continuerd From Page Firs•t) (Continued from Page 10) chanks, the best that could be done was to at the next meeting of the Football Comit add the s•crimmage-kkk and return-kick to tee: the second sentence which deals with the 1. Should the backward pass and fumble be touchback. No difficullty will be experienced listed with other types of loose ball? Placing the backward pass and fumble in a separate if it is made clear that Article 8 on page 28 classification deviates from the following gives. coverage. polides which were generally accepted dur Whose ball after a penalty? Artide 2 at ing the past few }'lears, (a) No foul causes bottom of page 24 states that ball belongs loss of ball; (b) No foul directly causes a to A after penalty for a toul which occurs safety or touchback; (c) A live ball is always in possession of a team; (d) If a foul oecurs before any change of team possession. This after team possession has changed, ball is another way of s·aying that the ball belongs a•lways belongs to the team which was in pos to the team which was in possession at the sess•ion at the time of the foul; (e) P'enalty time of the foul. In thi's respect, the procedure enforcement for any foul i·s covered by the is the s·ame .a·s for ·a foul which occurs after 3 and 1 method of enforcement and tlii~ ap~ plies to unsportsmanlike ·conduct fouls and change of team possession (.covered in Arti foyls by non-players as well as to other types cle 5). It must be admitted that there are a .of fouls. 'Dhe setting aside of the general en few complicated situtations which might re fol1cement rule makes it necess•ary to specify sult in an inequitible situation. However, the permitting coverage in ·section 3 of Rule 10. offended team may •always decline the penalty 2. Should return kick 'he placed with illegal and there are not many ci!1cumstances under forward pass ·as far as pena:lty enforcement is eoncerned? The illegal forward p•ass ·penalty which inequity can be claimed. Probably the is from spot of loose ball. If the return kick situation whi,ch causes most di•s•cussion i::; were pl~ced in the same elassifieation, penalty the one in which a foul occurs whle A is would also be from spot of the loose ball, i.e., advancing the ball and this i•s followed by a spot of the return ki·ck. fumble and recovery by B who might con 3. Should free kick be considered dead when it goes beihind R's goal line (same as scrim ceivably make a long return and even cross mage kkk)? A's goal line. Of course, if the foul is by A, B 4. •Should the "half the distance" provision will decline the penalty and keep the touch- apply to all penalties instead of only to those / down. But if the foul is !by B,, A is entitled to which carry the ball to the 1 yard line? the ball after enforcement of the penalty, 5. Should the rules eliminate the choice of a touchback for pass interference by A in B's which, in most oases, would be from the spot end . zone? where the ball finally becomes dead. Actual 6. Is it necessary to have automatic first ly, this situation is no worse th ana number down when B interferes during a forward which have been in the code for years. The pass? No other foul by B results in automa combination of cir.cumstances• will seldom oc tic first down. ~cur. Probably the best ultimate solution is to make the basic spot of enforc'eme,nt the Track and Field Activity spot where the run ends. Such action was authorized by the Federation Committee at Track and Field Activity: Since the meet their last meeting but this wa•s set aside as ing of the Records Committee, two more ap pli-cations have been made. Both of these are one of the eoncessions made by the Federa from T'exas. One is for a performanced in the tion in an attempt to secure ·a joint code. Shot Put by Darrow Hooper. The distance is OORRECTiiQN IN FOOTBALL C AS E 59' 10". Tlhe other application is for a per BOOK: In Play 12 on pag>e 7, the penalty is formance in the 200 yard low hurdles. T·his loss of 5 (instead of 1a eharged time-out). In was made by Billy Bless. The time is 21.8. The Re-cords Committee is now considereing the answers on page 75, only answer 1 is cor these applkations and both performance may rect for Question 5 of Part 1, and only answer be accepted as meeting all needed require 2 is correct for question 3 of Part II. ments. 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In teams together during the summer months. nearly all states the interest has increased A number of schools have taken advantage a·s shown by the greater number of teams of this liberalized program and coaches are which have inaugurated this sport on an in retained ·during the summer months to give te.rscholastic basis. Wisconsin· held its first needed supervison. There is similiar interest state •championship in this sport l1ast spring in Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. and a gre·at deal of interest was shown. One of the most interesting events in the fine ------•0•------program of the Minnesota State High School League was their summer baseball tourna National Federation Activities ments which ended a summer of interscholas National Federation Activities: The Annual tic activity. High School teams under super meeting of the National Federation is to be vision of faculty members continued their ho1d at the SteVJens Hotel in Chicago on De participation through June, July and August. cember 28 to 31. The meeting of the National The contests weve well attended and teams Federation Football Committee will be held were enthusiastic about the entire summer during the same week and at the same place. program which included similar activity in A new National Federation Handbook has golf, tennis swimming and other sports. been publisihed. It contains a summary of Iowa continues to expand its summer base the various types of Federation activity, the ball program, and finds no lack of interest in constitution and by-laws, summaries of State the sport :even though there is a s p r i n g Association eligibility facts and a dir·ectory of championship and a fall championship to com all executive officers and board of control pete with the s ummer championship. The members in the member state associations. summer tournament is the culmination of a Membership now includues 46 of the 48 state full schedule during June and July. associations. THEYJRE ((NATURALS'' FOR BASKETBALL PRACTICE THE I ..._.....UTCLIFFE COO Nc. LOUISVILLE 11, KENTUCKY