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Ii Ii i i I II i i 1 i i i i i I f I t ; I i i i i i i i i i i i i i i I i I 1 Jl j. RICE MOUNTJOY II

James Rice .\l ountjoy. coach of Danville High School. returned this year for his I second consecuti1·e yea•· as coach o f the .-\11-Star team. His career both as an -~ athlete and as a coach is as brilliant as any that can be found in high school cir-

clesc~:c\:1~::::~:~·l:·y is a g raduate of Centre Coll ege in the class of 1924. He re- I ceived his Master's Degree from the Uni versity uf Kentuck y in 1937. He has ~~ coached basketball fur LG years and foothall fur 13 years. His all-time foot ball ! record reads as fo llows : games 11·on. 92; games le st, 25; games tied. 9. H is teams have scored 2751 points to the opponents' 795 . His teams ha1·e failed to score in 17 games and his teams ha \·e held thei: opponents scoreless in 66 games. This I past year his team won 7 of the 8 games played. ! In basketball hi s teams ha\·e won 269 games and lost 123. His teams have I been District champion 9 times. Regional cha mpion 7 times,. Runner-up in State I tournament once, Semi-Finalist State tournament 3 times, team in State tourna- I ment 6 o[ the last 8 years. and hi s teams ha1·e \\'On 9 games in State t ou rnament j competition. .!~ Besides achi e 1· ements in athletics he is the Kentucky representative on the 0Jational Federation o f State High Schools . \ thletic Association, and a member cf the Football Rules Committee fo r 1939 and 1 9~0 . IIc has been President I of the Kentucky tl igh School Coaches .-\ ssociation for two terms and is Vice- i President at the present time. He has also contributed articles to lhe "Athletic 1 Journal'' and t he "Kentucky H igh School Athlete."

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Vol. II - No. 7. FEBRUARY, 1940 $1.00 Per Year.

From the President~s Office

As this is being written, a meeting of the Board to parttctpate in the drawing or to protest the draw­ oi Control has just been called for the afternoon of ing, that it has lost its right to appeal to the Board February lOth at the Brown Hotel in Louisville for of Colltrol. the purpose of disposing of certain serious charges ''Third, that a school can not prevent the holding made against several of our member schools in con­ of a drawing by mere failure to send a representative. nection with the eligibility of their players and the use of undue influence to secure players from other •'The Board has recently held that a drawing made districts. No attempt is here made to pre-judge these earlier than two weeks before the tournament is cases since many of the charges made in other years valid under the rules. It has also held that the Board have proved to be almost without any foundation. can not enforce an oral agreement prior to the draw­ However, no principal need be surprised when his ing to the effect that if certain conditions prevailed neighbors become suspicious of his apparent prefer­ another drawing would be held. It has always been ence for imported athletes over the , home grown the policy of the Board not to undertake to enforce variety. oral agreements. ·'The managers of the district and r egional tour­ If final a rrangements for the state tournament are naments ha ve the right to set the time of games but not completed at the Louisville meeting, the Board the Board strongly ad vises that the wishes of the will meet in Richmond on the 23 rd of February to schools be taken into account before the time is set complete these arrangements and to dispose of all and that the tournament managers exercise their questions of eligibility which are raised between now authority only when the schools seem to have made a nd February 15th. an unwise choice." While the rules of the State Association require --- -:---- that all protests must be made before the 15th of February, the Board has no intention of knowingly pem1itting any ineligible player to participate in the BUT THE HORSE SAID "NAY!" district, regional or stat<:: tournaments. A fa rmer had an old blind horse which had o ut­ * * * * * lived its usefulness. One day the horse fell into a well and the farmer found him there, standing knee­ Schools holding district a nd regional tournaments deep in the water. There was no way to get him out, must distribute the receipts according to t.he plan and as both the horse a nd the well were us eless, the outlined on page 27 o{ our Association's booklet un­ farmer decided to fill the well up and leave the horse less the schools agree by unanimous vote upon some buried in it. other. plan. * * * * * He shovelled dirt into the well as rapidly as he could. But the horse was not ready to be buried For the benefit o-f new principals, we repeat here alive. When the dirt began -to pour in on him, he several rulings which were taken from Volume I, shook it off and kept treading on the dirt under his No. 7, of The Athlete: feet. Gradually the well filled up and the horse, at ·'The drawings for district tournaments have the same time, rose higher and higher, until he was al ways disclosed misundersta ndings relative to the able fo step out a nd walked away to the pasture. meaning of several of our tourname nt rules. In the The moral? Oh, yes; it is this: None of us can course of yea rs in many decisions involving such be buried undt::r hard times, discouragements, a nd cases. the Board has uniformly held : worries unless we are willing to be buried. "First, that a drawing made at any time after due - From "Ideas." notice has bet::n received by all schools is binding upon all. ----:---- ''Second, that when a school is notified of the "You can't fl y wi th the owls at night and keep proposed date of the drawing and does not appear up with the eagles in the day time." Page Two 1'he KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE

FEBRUARY, 1940 Vol. IT, No.1. 3. To work towards the establishment of more Published monthly, except June and July, by the Kentucky adequate programs. High School Athletic Association Office of P ublication, Carrollton, Kentucky The slogau : 10,000 Members Working f or Progress in the Profession. Entered as second·class matter August 18, 1939, at the post office at Carrollton, Kentucky, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Get your membership blanks from your District Editor...... RGSSELL E. BRIDGES Chairman or write to D udley Ashton, President, 32 Indiana Avenue, For t Thomas, Kem ucky Kentucky Health and P hysical Education Association, BOARD OF CONTROL Ahrens Trade School, 546 S. First Street, Louisville. PresidenL...... - ...... W. F. O'Donnell, Richmond Vice·President...... - ...... Russell E . Bridges, Fort Thomas - - --: ---- Secretary·Treasurer-...... T heo. A. Sanford, Carrollton Directors - John A. Dotson, Benham; W. B. Owen, Horse Cave; ]. Matt Sparkman, Benton. TEAMWORK IN ATHLETIC Subscription Rates . . . $1.00 per Year ADMINISTRATION lt is good business Ior school athletic leaders to promote the interests oi school athletic departments. THE COVER PICTURE I t is good common sense for them to act in accord­ ance wi th the policies of their own statewide and Northeastern Kentucky provides the cover picture nationwide cooperatiYe school groups. for th is number in the form of the Morehead Eagles 1939 Football Squad. Under the g uiding hand of Ellis The individual school is weak. 20,000 schools act­ Johnson and Len Miller the Eagles have become an ing together will be heard. The Natioual Federation outstanding figure in Kentucky Intercollegiate Ath­ is of, by and for these schools. It is a School Ath­ letic Competition. On page 6 will be found an article letic . All of its officers are board oi prepared by ] ohnson and ~fi ll e r on the subject of the control members who are elected by the schools them­ ''Elimination of the H uddle in Football.'' Athlete selves. It is weak or strong dependent on the willing ­ readers will be glad to have this picture and the con­ ness of individual school leaders to support its activ­ tribution of these progressive young coaches. ities and promote its policies. One activity has been to develop, test and approve ----:---- basketballs that are s ui ted to the budget and playing needs of member hig h schools. Approved balls bear THE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL GAME the stamp of the National Federation. ln a recent letter to the editor of the Athlet<.:. Sta te High School Athletic Associations act in the Adolph Rupp, Chairman of the Shrine All-Star Foot ~ interests of all high schools in prescribing the use of ball Game Committee, ~ubm i tted the fo llowing s hort such balls in all state sponsored tournaments. I ndi­ report of the December, 1939, game. It is passed vidual schools cail assist by choosing for all scheduled along to show just what this game means to the games, balls that are marked Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital Fund. Federation National Approved Dear Mr. Bridges: As near as vve can tell at the present time the --- -:---- profit that we made on our Shrine All-Star Football Game will run in the neighborhood of $3,786.5.5. As POST-SEASON GAMES PROHIBITED far as we know a ll bills have been paid and all money has been accounted for and we have turned thi.s At the November meeting of the Illinois state asso­ amoun t over to the Brace Fund of the Sh1·ine Crip­ ciation a rule which prohibits post-season games was pled Children's Hospital. I want to thank you and all adopted by an almost unanimous vote. This rule is members of the board that helped make this game now in effect. As a result, no iootball game may be the success that it was. I think that we made some ~ ched ult:cl after the first Saturdav in December and small mistakes that we can change from year to year, no basketball game may be scheduled after the state but naturally in any great undertaking as this, some final tournament. mistakes a re bound to crop out. This amount is more than double tbat w hich we cleared last year so if we T his action on the part of the schoolmen of the can continue for a few more years we w ill then reach state is in harmonv with the trend in the rest of the the goal that we have set. nation. T he rule ~v i ll prevent the spread of a prac­ tice which threatened to extend the football season Very truly yours, A . F. RUPP. throughout the winter months and the basketball season tJ1roughout the spring months. - - - -:---- I t will be noted that this rule prohibits the sched­ uling of practice games between schools during the HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION spring football training season. The scheduling of such The Kentucky Health and Physical Education games led to considerable agitation for the elim ination Association through its president, Dudley Ashton, is of all spring football practice. Any disadvantages in conducting an inte nsive drive for members hi p in the holding such practice is probably brought to a mini­ state association as well as for membership in the m um through the elimination of actual games between National Association. schools during the spring. The American Association for Health, Physical One of t he reasons for the adoption oi this rule Education, and Recreation, a Department of the Na­ is the tendency of certain commercial enterprises, par.. tional Education Association, presents the following ticularly in the southern states, to bring in distant objectives relative to health. physical education and teams for the purpose of advertising- a communit v. recreation : Schools were being used as pawns in these advcrtisirig schemes. In many cases the distant school was dis­ 1. To awaken and promote a wide and intelligent rupted through absence of tpe entire squad plus team interest. iollowers which often included the band. Usuallv -the 2. To acquire and disseminate accurate information. (Continued on Page Six) • for FEBRUARY, 1940 Page Three FroDl the Secretary's Offiee 3. Barrett Man. Tr. (at Henderson) .. Cooksey Crafton REPORTS PAST DUE 4. Leitchfield ...... £. E. McMullin l. 1939 Football Participation List. 5. Howling Green ...... H. B. Gray 6. Bardstown ...... T. B. Ellis 2. School's Report on Officials (Football) . 7. Ma!e ...... Frank vVhite 3. Official's Report on Schools (Football). 8. Carrollton ...... T. K. Stone 9. Simon Kenton (at l ndcpendence) .... R C. Hinsdale 10. ...... F. A. Scott TOURNAMENT SITES and MANAGERS 11. University High (at Lexington) ...... }. S. Mitchell DISTRICT 12. Somerset ...... W. B.· Jones Sites Managers 13. Pineville ...... ). C. Eddleman I. Bardwell ...... S. Jack Gardner 14. Hazard...... , ...... R. T. Whittinghill ~ - Augusta Tdghman ...... Ralph Mc\-Vright 15. Morgan County (at W est Liberty) ...... Carl Burton 3. Mayfield ...... Ray Ross 16. Morehead Colkgc ...... Ellis Johnson 4. Benton ...... ] . Matt Sparkman S. Trigg County (at Cadiz) ...... Roy McDonald 6. Mariou ...... Casey Organ Basketball Officials Who Have Received 7. Madison vi ll c...... Sam Pollock The "APPROVED" Rating 8. Pembroke ...... L. W. Allen 9. Wheatcroft - Morganfield l Tie) ...... Allen, H. Edwin Markham, J. Paul 10. Barrell Man. Tr. (at H enderson) .. Cooksey Crafton Applegate, Sparky Miller, John E. 11. Daviess Co. (at Owcnsboro) .... Lawrence McGinnis Bathiany, Richard Moore, W . A. 12. Irvington ...... ]. M. White Cunningham, Jacob H. Phillips, Bob 13. Hartford ...... L. G. Schultz DeVan, Orrin E. Reece, Alfred M. 14. Drakesboro...... Edgar vVood Deweese, James Stith, Robert B. IS. Sunfish ...... Glen Duvall Ernst, Ray C. Taylor, ) ames M. 16. Leitchlield ...... E. E. McMullin Garth, Russell Thompson, A. W . 17. Bowling Green...... H. B. Gray Gates, S. C. Thompson, Jack 18. Auburn...... S. S. Adams Greene, H. Tom Thl'elkeld, W. H. 19. q 1a sgo~ ..... :...... Paul Vaughn H ead, John W. Vettiner, Charles ]. 20. 1 ompk.'l nSvllle ...... Kenneth Sidwell Heldman, J ohn Walker, Paul C. 21. Greensburg...... ] . H . Sanders Jeffries, Owen L. W itten, Stoy G. 22. Eli zabethtown ...... Eugene Morgan Koster, Fred C., Jr. Woford, Ernest 23. Taylorsville ...... W . T. Buckles Lamb, C. G. Wooton, Oakley 24. Lebanon ...... ). H. Parker McMullin, E. E. W right, George H. 29. Okolon3: ...... T . T. Knight McNabb, Edgalil d I 30. Shclbyv1ll e ...... C. Bruce Daniel /(l\4.t: ., I f\t:U( ,AO 0 N _ ) 31. Campbellsburg...... G. H. England 32. Gallatin County (at Warsaw) ...... L. C. vVinchester SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF 33. Burlington ...... Edwin H. vValton REGISTERED BASKETBALL OFFICIALS 34. Dixie H cights ...... G. K. Gregory 35. Dayton ...... O. W . Davis Austin, Acree, 525 So. Sixth Street, Mayfield. 36. Holmes...... F rank Karnes Banko, Gus, Bosse H igh School, Evansville, Ind. 37. Cynthiana ...... W. H. Cason Beiersdorfer, jim, 58 Glenwood Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio. 38. Brooksville ...... Garrett R. Harrod Benedict, Steve, ) r., Vv'h celwright. 39. 'vVa ~ hin g ton ...... J. Everett Cocanougher Brown, J oe, College Station, Murray. 40. Pan ~ ...... F . A. Scott Brown, Robert, Bloomfield. 4l. Garth (at Georgetown) ...... Kenneth Gillaspie Burks, Yancey, Horse Cave. 4~. Harrodsburg ...... ]. K. Powell Butts, Willis William, Fredonia. 4->. LaFayette ...... Maurice Jackson Choate, vVendell, Hickman. 44. Central (at Richmond) ...... Walter \V. Moores Cundiff, W. E., Worthville. 45. Danvillc ...... Henrv Lair Cunningham, J acob, 401 Rosemont Gardens, Lexington. 46. Stanford...... ]. T. Embrv College of Bible, Lexing ton. 47. Somersct...... W. B. Jones Deem, Thomas, 1827 E. Spring St., New Albany, Ind. 43. London ...... G. E. Lewis Dunlevy, Thomas· M., H enryville, Ind. 46. Clay County (at Manchester) (Protested) ...... Gaines, Wilfred, Bradfordsville. ~ . W_illiamsburg ...... John S. Jones Gilb, Elmer T., 308 So. Ashland, Lexington. ::>1. M1ddlesboro ...... Case Thomasson Head, J ohn W ., 225 So. Fourth Street, Louisville. 52. Harlan ...... R. N. Finchum Jeffers, Howard D., Oneida, Tennessee. 53. Flcming ...... Curtis ) . Reed Lowe, Charles E., Louisa. 54. Hazard ...... ). Foley Snyder Macaulay, C. Delmar, Dox 64, Manchester, Ohio. 55. Jackson - Breathitt (Tic) ...... Marks, Poachy, Apt. 7, Reiser Coul't, Louisville. 56. Powell County (at Stanton) ...... H . G. Pennvcuff Moulton, L. B., W arsaw. 57. Cumberland...... Reed O~vens Montgomery, Robert, Paintsville. ~8. Garrett. Cons...... : ...... Lewis Campbell P enn, Hunter, L. W . ]. C., Columbia. ::>9. 0 11 Sprmgs - Lou1sa (Tic) ...... Philpot, Ford, Mt. Vernon. 60. Morgan County (at W est Liberty) ...... Carl Burton Shuey, john W ., W heelwright.· 61. Mt. Sterling ...... Duke W. Young Stout, H. R., Wort hville. 62. Prichard (at Graysou) ...... W. T. Babb Tackett, W endell, Virgie. 63. McKell (at f.'u ll erton) ...... J esse W . Johnson · Taylor, C. E., Beaver Dam. 64 .. Ashland...... Roy G. Smith Tierney, Francis ] ., Box 263, Olive Hill. Trapp, John W ., L

There was a full attendance with the exception of enforced from t he spot where the snap was made. the representa tive f rom Delaware. Those prcs.:nt li any of these occur on fourth down, it will result were, K urt Beyer, r\orwich, Xtw York; Jesse Day, in a tOuchback. A slight supplementary change was Davenport, Iowa; Charle~ Denton, Dickinson. Xonh also made so that when an ineligible player touches Dakota ; H. R. Dieterich, ~laryville, .Missouri: \Vm. a forward pass, the-ball is not dead a~ soon as touched. Fisher, Lynqen, ; \V. A. Graff, Lansing. It will continue in play until the down ends io the :M ichigan ; H umphrey Harmony, Cleveland, Ohio; Geo. regular manner. Thi$ makes it possible for Team B Ilaun, Rochester, Minnesota; Sa len H erke. Peoria, t<> intercept a pass after it has been touched by an Illi nois ; S. D. Jackson, J ohnson City, Tennessee; A. L. ineligible player. If the pass touches the g round fo l­ Lassiter, Richmond, Kentucky; D R. Lightner, Strath­ lowing the illegal touching, it will then become an more, California; F rank .\1c£lligott, Chicago. Jl linois : incompletion as in the past. F. P . Maguire, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ; D. R. Under the new rule the to uching of a forward pass M itc hell, Lehi, U tah ; J. R. Mountjoy, Danville, Ken­ by a n ineligible player is merely one form of pa~ s tucky ; L. L. Nelson. Gadsden, Alabama; II. V. Por t<;:r , interfe instructed to blow the ball dead as soon as he Shupp, Cleveland, Ohio; E. R. Stevens, Independence. ol>~e rves the infraction. As a result, there will be no Kansas; E. A. Thomas, Topeka, Kansas; E. ~L Thomp­ pos:>ibility of a declination of penalty for this foul. son, Rock Springs, VVyoming; R. 'W. Truscott, Love­ The change is designed to eliminate waste action land, Colorado; T roy D. Walker, Portland, Oregon: which under the present rule often follows such a foul. R. M. W alseth, P ie rre, South Dakota; 0 . L. W ebb, Lincoln, Nebraska; F. R. Wegn er, Roslyn H eights. -l. In the interests of more equitable enforcement, ; C. W. W hitten, Chicago, Illinois : W . A the penalty for any foul w hich occurs during a rushing W itte,. Appleton, W isconsin : Roy Wood, Butte, Mont. play (no kick or pass) will be either from the spot or the foul or whe re the ball is dead. The offended Sub-committee reports were given as follows: team will ha ve the option of choosing eit he r of these Time Elements for Various P hases of the Game spots. T he only exception will be in case the foul is ...... , . , . . . H. L. Ray in advance pf where the ball is dead. l n that case, Aids to Coaches and Offtcials Relativ.: to Legal ~nforccmcn t will be from the spot where the ball and Illegal Actions in Connection with i, d<•ad. Clipping and Pa~~ Interference . S. D. Jackson 5. In addition to these actions on major matters. Six- Man Football ...... Roy Wood there will be several minor changes for purposes of Statistical Data ...... F. P . .\;{aguirc ,a f ety or simplification in administration. The report oi the injury committee was delayed pend 6. There was considerable sentiment in favor oi ing the making oi summarks. It will be sent 'l·vcral major proposals. Among these arc: o ut at a la ter datt:. a. A proposal to remove all limitations on number of times a player may re-enter. RULE MODIFICATIONS Comme nt : The committet: felt that it would make T he major changes from the rules fo llow: little diffe rence in the ga111 c but were restrained by the fact that th~ r ule seemed radical so they 1\0TE: I t should bt: understood that this is not held it over for more study. meant to be a complete summary of the activity of b. A proposal to blow tht> ball dead immediately the committee. The detailed report will be made up for any foul that happens while the ball is be­ at a later date and supplied each member of the com­ ing snapped, provided it is one that comes under mittee. The present draft i~ made without any effort the jurisdidion o fthe Referee. to properly word the pro\'ision. This material is merely Comment: Seemed like a good rule until it was for the convenience of member~ of the committee who hrought out that the rule would keep a Captain may choose to publicize the committee action. from exercising his option on the play. To be I. A slig ht change wal' made in the rule which studied more. It would take a lot of pressure (kals wi th the touching of a forward pass by a second ofE the referee and may prevent injuries during eligible player. The new rule will provide that the a period when the ball is sure to be called back. to uching by a second (or any greater number) eligible i. The committee indicated an overwhelming ma­ player will not result in dead ball. A ny origina ll y jority in favor of ultimate acti on o n the following eligible player may comple te s uch a pass and adva nce but did no t choose to make adoption at this year's or it may be intercepted and advanced by o pponent. meeting: 2. The rules relative to any incompletio n in the a. A proposal to pem1it any number of forwa rd opponents' end zone or interference in the opponents' passes during a down, provided they a re all end zone are to be brought into harmony so that the started irom behind the line. spot oi enforcement will be the ~ame in each case. Comment: The committee it>lt that this rule would On first, second or third down, the penalty for a pass be a good idea becau~c it would tend to ease which is grounded in the end zone. or ior a pass the stress of a lateral pass back of the lint>. which is touched by an ineligible player in the end I.i one should go forward then there would be zone (major incompletion) or for interference by the no need to call the whole play back. T his rule passing: team in the end zone, will in each case be has been used in several lest games in Illinois jor FEBRUARY, 1940 Page Five

for several years· and it has been found th<-.t it The Federation Rules Committee has made. it a made no material difference in the game. lf point never to change a rule unless it was to the this rule should be adopted at a later date, the advantage of the game as a whole. It may be nec­ committee would be able to take several para­ essary to n~ake chjl.nges to clarify a rule or to .sim­ graphs cornp:etely out of the rules and thus plify it so t hat the book may be more easily read. shorten the book and do away w ith several For many years there have existed in the Federation exceptions and take an awful headache out of Guide prO\iisions that have been handed down irom the r ules for the officials. the College Guide. Some of these provisions were b. A proposal to prohibit any player from being set up to take care of situations tjlat may not arise out of bounds to set up a play and then coming one time in an official's life. It has been found that back in to touch a loose ball. such provisions may be su·icken from the books and Comment: This would have been passed but it was the condition that they were supposed to cover placed found that it would be advisable to study the under other headnigs. Thus the committee has been condition more. It was questionable what tq do able to take many exceptions out of the rules. T he in the case of a man who had been blocked commi·ttee never makes one of its so-colled Radica l out of bounds. changes until the proposed change has been studied from every angle a!_ld has had from one to four years In the case of proposals 6a and 7a, the committee actual game experimentation under supervision of recommends adoption for experimental purposes dur­ sub-committees. ing the l\!40 s~ason by conferences or states in order that these may be tried out on a large scale to pro­ . So it may be necessary for the Author to ask sev­ vide adequate data relative to the ultimate effect on eral schools to conduct experiments in some of your the game. games this fall. I assure you that you will be a great The committee decided to lenghten the time be­ help to the committee in arriving at a logical con­ tween haves to 18 minutes. But to inforce striCtly clusion concerning such suggestions. the rule that the •teams must be on the field and An idea of the methods used by the committee may ready to play in 15 min utes (Penalty- R3, S2, A2, be gained from their treatnient of the proposal tO Page 20). rhus they would enforce a 3-minute warm allow a team to pass forward any number of times up period. (Wisconsin and New York h;J.Ve kept de­ as long as all of the passes (forward) start behind tailed data on injuries for several years and they the line of scrimmage. A conference in Southern found that there were more injuries occurring in the lllinois was asked to adapt the rule for all of their first 3 minutes after the 3rd period kickoff than during games one season. That was 3 years ago. They liked any other like period during the game. VVisconsin has 1-t so well that they are still using it and unanimously enforced the 3-minute warm up period for several recommend.ed it to the rules committee. Their com­ years and their statistics show that they have had a ment was that the rule made little change in. the decided decrease in the number of injuries in the game, yet, it saved the officials from having to g uess second half sin,fe the rule has been in force. The sometimes whether -the ball went forward on an at­ committee was influenced to give it a try by this data.) tempted lateral back of the line. It seemed to help Several minor changes were made in order to make the lateral pass game without ma king any appreciable the rules conform in minor details to the collegiate difference in the forward pass game. rules, such as the ruli1ig on padding on the outside There arc a lot of coaches who bate to see a of thigh pads, size of cleats (:hi) and manv othe small change in the rules because they are sa·tisfied with changes that will not be noticed. Alun1inum cleats are recognized as official and may be used at will. the rules as they are now. \Veil, we do have a good game but there are numerous instances whe.re a small Many sentences and rules In the book will be re­ change in the rule will help the game. lt is inter­ written to clarify the meaning that the committee esting-to see tl'le results of the Questionaires that are wishes to get over. For instance, it will be plainlv returned by the H ig h School Coaches from all over stated that no player may be prostrate and hold the the country. E ach year proposed changes are listed ball on any P lace Kick of Kickoff. and voted upon. The results are tabulated by states The rules have been simplified a great deal and and -then ·as a whole group. Almost invariably the that players, coaches and officials will be able to first year that a- proposal appears on the questionaire read the rules and understand them better this year the coa ches vote against it about 5 to 1. After about than ever before. 3 years the majority will be for it. If the rule com­ mittee passes the proposal, it is put in the code for - - - - : ---- one year. Then it is put on. the questionaire for the next year and the coaches are asked to vote whether it was satisfactory or not. An idea of the approval A DISCUSSION OF THE METHODS OF of the committee's work can be had by studying the THE FOOTBALL RULES COMMITTEE results on this year's questionaire. I am almost ashamed to put down the total score for the coaches OF THE NATIONAL FEDERATION in Kentucky who were interested enough in the game to fill out the questionaire and return to me. To my By J . R. MOUNTJOY great surprise ONLY 24 coaches in Kentucky returned the questionaire. The National Federation Football Rules Committee There were si..x major changes in the rules last has appointed a new sub-committee this year that has year. I sh.all list the yes and no vote of both Ken­ never been listed before. This new committee is tucky and then the Nation. known as "The Game Administration Committee" and Kentucky Mr. S. D. Jackson of Johnson City, Tennessee, is the Nation Chairman. The Author has been appointed a member Rule Yes No Yes No of this committee to serve until . T his 1 ...... 24 0 2291 101 committee will include in its work, study and exper­ 2 ...... 23 0 1958 358 imentation in connection with clipping, pass interfer­ 3 ...... 23 1 2061 217 ence, matters pertaining to changes in goal posts, 4 ...... 23 1 2196 182 elimination of the second half kickoff and other sug­ 5 ...... 23 1 2185 173 gestions in ·regard to administering the game. 6 23 1 2165 148

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Then: were 14. proposed changes in the qu es t i olla i r~.: thi> yea-r. Space will not permit my namil1g the Elimination of the changes but 1 will list the results o f the balloting both in Kentucky and the Nation. The proposed changes Hdddle and Shift are listed wi:th the same numbers that they had in the q uestionaire. You may refer to the November issue of The Athlete, page 11, for a copy of the Unless something is done to prevent the defense questionaire. from using a varia tion of live, six and seven men Kentucky Nation lin <:s that has played such an impo rtant part in de­ P roposal Yes No Yes No fensive football the past two seasons, we w ill probably 1 ························ 5 19 565 1797 2 ...... 6 1g 710 1649 see less use of the Huddle. Defense is not like offense. 3 ...... 8 16 888 1455 The offensive team must have at least seven men on *4 ...... 13 10 1043 1315 the scrimmage line when the ball is pu t in play, but 5 ...... 5 19 422 1947 the defense is not restricted to a certain number, hence 6 ...... 6 18 782 1557 we have -the several defensive formations. 7 ...... 7 1-1 742 1557 t8a ...... 7 789 Coaches usually instruct their quarter backs to look t8b ...... 2 426 over the defense before calling a play. The defense 9 ...... 9 11 1182 1054 10 ...... a -1, b-2, c-1, d-20 a-122, b-216, 3-146, d-1820 at the time the qua rt<;:r back calls the play might be ff ll ...... 19 2 1622 603 using a 6-2-2-1. As the offensive team comes up to t l2 ...... 12 12 960 1300 the scrimmage line they might s hift in to a 5-3-2-1. "13 ...... 9 I 1058 312 The orig inal play that the quarter back called was an *14 ...... 10 10 945 1017 off tackle play with the tail back carrying the ball. Note- *Passed. R ule next yea1·. The end a nd ·w ing back are assigned lo box the tackle tPassed. Slightly different r ule next year. in, the blocking back and iullback to ta ke the end om llFailcd to pass in spite favorable vote. Ran and the strong side g uard to block the backer up. into trouble because of man being blocked If the defense shifts into a five man line there will out of bounds. not be a tackle for the end and wing back to block. +Passed but applies to illegal shift only. Rule next yea1·. !\t least he won't be i1,1 the same position as he would "Six man sub-committee failed to recommend be in a six man line. This holds tr ue for the other the rule so it failed. positions. The blocking assignments were different ior everybody, consequently the play d id not work The author will be g lad to submit any rule s ug­ gestion that you may care to suggest next year. l n and the quarter back was g iven credit for calling a the past the coaches have backed up the actions of poor play. the committee by approving the rules in about the same ratio as they did last year's changes. T h us the Two years ago we played a team that used a five same fellows ·who hate to see the changes are satis­ and six man line against us and since we were not fied with the new rules after they are made. prepared f or a ftve man line we were unable to scor e! on them and the game ended in a deadlock. This past vear the same team started with a five man line ( using their six some) and as we were prepared Post-Season Games Prohibited aga inst their two defenses we were able to defeat (Continued from Page Two) them. games were played after an appreciable lapse of time P'or the pas1 four yea rs we have used the Huddle following the last scheduled galJ\e. This necessitated a long with a s hift in our backfield. About the middle SC \'eral extra weeks of practice or else it made it nec­ o{ this past year we did away with the shift (due to essaJ·y for boys to play when they were not in good the [act that our opponents were waiting till we t raining condition. T he prohibition was adopted by s-tarted our shift before they showed their defens<:) such an overw helming majority that it leaves ho doub t and came out of the Huddle and lined up in our as to the sentiment relative to such contests. formation. We instructed the linemen as they came - The Illinois Athle-te. out of the huddle to look over the defense and cal l out the defense. If the q uarter back had called a ----:---- play for six man line and the deft'nse shifted into a five man lin e, the quarter back called o ut his sig nal AGE LIMITS for a change of play in the same manner that was The age limits for the various states are shown in employed before the advent of the Huddle. This waY the following table: it did not matter to us what kind of a defense the opposition used. · 19 Year Limit: California, Connecticut, J-.,fassachu­ setts, New Jersey, New York, Texas. The strong poin t to this system of calling plays is 20 Year Limit: Arizona, Delaware, F lorida, Georgia. that the defense has to show itself. Vve will probablv Idaho. Ill in ois, Indiana, I owa, Kansas, KENTUCK Y, do away with the huddle a nd shift next year. \Ve be­ Louisiana. .Maine. .Maryland, M ichigan, Minnesota, lieve tha t in the next Iew seasons coaches from all Montana, Nebraska, New H ampshire, Nevada, North sections of the country will do away with the huddle Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, R hode Island, as ·well as the shift. South Carolina, South Dakota, T ennessee, Utah, Ver­ By ELLIS JOHNON, Head Football Coach; mont, vVashington, West Virginia, \Visconsin, \Nyo­ ming. LEN MILLER, Assistant Coach : 20* Year Limit: Virginia. Morehead State Teacher ~ College. 21 Year Limit: Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, - - - - : - --- Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma. USE ONLY "REGISTERED" OFFICIALS! ior FEBRUARY, 1940 Page S ever.

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"We Ship The Day You Buy" Page Eight The KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE Participating Sehools Should Seleet Loeation for Regional Tournament

By ROY KNIGHT, Principal, Maysville High School

Last year I offered a proposed change in the rule This reduces itself to where actually the schools of the K H. S. A. A. which sets forth the plan whereby not in the tournament select the place where those the location of the regional tournament is determined. who are in it shall play. Under the present plan the site of the regional tourna­ (C) This meeting of participating schools will ment is selected at the $ame ti111e the schools place give all an opportunity to help select officials and the district tournaments and by all schools regardless settle all problems concerning the operation of the of whether they will or will not have a tea m in the tournament. tournament. 1 proposed that representatives of schools who arc to be in the regional tournament meet the (D ) Some will say that this plan docs not give day following the district tournament and select the enough time to advertise and prepare for the location for the regional tournament. tournament. This objection has almost wholly been overcome since each team looks after its own food 1 have always been of the opinion that only par­ and lodging. \.Vith this, much of the tasks of put­ ticipa ting schools should vote on the location of the ting on tournaments has been eliminated. As for regional tournament. Last year this proposed plan advertising, what better news story could your was defeated. However. I believe that it is sound and local papers carry on Monday morning than the should have additional consideration. There are nu­ location of the regional tournament ? merous reasons for allowing only participating schools to select the site of the regional tournament. Among The plan that I am offering proposes that we strike them, the most convincing are: out Rule 3 under "Rules and Regulations Governing (A) Since the proceeds arc divided among the Basket Ball Tournaments" and insert the following: participating schools, it is to their adva ntage to The secretary shall prepare a proper ballot, and give some consideration to the probable receipts o n or before January 15 s hall send o ne to each before selecting the place. Everyone is aware that member school with a request that the proper the gate receipts will be considerably more if the authority cast the vote of that school for the loca­ host school has a team in the tournament. And, tion of the district basketball tournament. On Sun­ of course, there is no way to determine what teams day afternoon at 2 o'clock, representatives of arc going to be in the regional until the distri ct> schools whose teams were winne rs or runners- up have been played. Also, schools would rather hold in the district tournaments shall meet at the school the tournament when they have a team in it. most recently holding the regional tournament, (B) This suggested plan is highly democratic. select the site for the regional tournament, pick There is no reason why school A s ho uld decide officials, etc. E ach school shall ha ve one vote. In where school B shall l)ay a tournament if school A case of a tie, decision shall be made by flipping a does not have a team in it. At present thirty to coin. A school representative must be present in forty schools select the site where eight shall play. order to vote. i1fh~i~~~~~;A;hle~d~;-- i 641 Main Street, Cincinnati, Ohio I Congratulates the K entucky High School Athletic Association on its active and progressive program. Monne Farrell, our Kentucky Representative, is always at your serVIce. Let him show you our complete outfits and equipment for Champions in All Sports for FEBRUARY, 1940 Page Nine

Industry · (;Jainas 7 5 % TeD Dim .Now! R e duction in Accident Ratio r£ with pleasure you are viewing a ny work a coach At a recent meeting of the Connecticut l ntc•·schol­ is doing, astic Athletic Conference Dr. Frank Floyd of New lf you like him or you love him tell him now; York Univers ity stated that schools should mutate Don't withhold your approbation till the parson makes oration, industry in controlling and reducing accidents on the And he lies with snowy lilies o'er his brow; playing fil((ls and playing floors. For no matter how you shout it, he won't really know ·-ro industry, llccident prevention is good business about it; economy. Schools must assume the same attitude so He won't know how many teardrops you have shed; that their , tudcnts 111ay enjoy normal living withou1 lf you think some praise is due him, now's the time too great a curtailment of their personal rights. In­ to slip it to him, dustry has reduced its accident ratio by 75%, and the For he can not read his tombstone when he's dead. principal method used has been our specialty, educa­ tion. By better preventive methods and better f1rst More than fame and more than money is the comment kind a nd sunny, aid treatments, safety in !He- whe ther in sports or in­ And the hearty warm approval of a frie nd, dustry-is insured. IN e need, however, to study our For it gives to life a savor, and it makes you stronger, hazards a nd educate in preventive procedures. Ath­ braver, letes must learn to report every accident, however And it gives you heart and spirit to the end ; s light. Officials must be more alert in detecting in­ If he earns your praise- bestow it; if you like him, jured athl etes and in spotting types of play that cause let him know it; accidents. BACK OF T H E H IGH CHOOL ATH­ Let the words of true encouragement be said; L ETIC PROGRAM SHOULD BE THE T H OUGHT Do not wait till life is over and he's underneath the OF "WHAT IS BEST FOR THE BOY," and noi clover, "HOW CAN WE WIN THIS GAME." For he can not read his tombstone when he's dead. One need only to very casually review the s ta­ -From H. V.'s Athletic Anthology. tistics being compiied throug ho ut the nation on high school athletic injuries to be convinced that something - ---:---- needs to be done about the situation. The answer as to what is to be done wi ll come from the men who The Nerve To Le ad are out on the active front as coaches, physical train­ ing directors and play-g round supervisors. It is true The team will speed up in their pace, old man, that some effort has been applied in this direction but If you will instill the belief they can. the problem has only been touched. Tn the interest Just give them your best, when they call on you­ of the high school boy who participates. shall the Just keep up your nerve and they'll pull you thru. game rules be changed further, shall better equipment When feeling a ll in and the going's rough- be designed. shall more a

Page Ten The KENTUCKY HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE To the Coaches attd PrineiJtals of Kenttteky

1 am oi the opm10n the Kentucky High School ha~ been enrolled in the high school (grades 9, 10. Athletic Association should apply to The National 11, 12) eight semesters shall thcreaiter be eligible. Federation of State High School Athletic Associa­ From a survey made the past year we believe that tions for membership in the organization. a far greater number of boys under nineteen years of The primary purpo~e of the 1~ational body is to age will become ineligible to participate in athletics coordinate the work of the vanous states and to before they graduate than the number in their twen­ assist all o£ them through providing a means for ex­ tieth year who will b~:come ineligible on account of age. change of ide_as and formulat!on of polici~s for the Thc.:rc are quit..: a numLcr oi boys in Kentucky guidance of h1gh school athlet1cs. The nat10nal body high :>Chools that will graduate at nineteen years oi has strengthened the state bodies. _Before the natiot~al age who will not be able to play basketball or football organization was formed some ol the state associa­ their last semester in high school due to the eight tions had difficulty in enforcing th eir rules. I n the semester rule. 1 am of t he opinion a boy under nine· old days it was not uncommon_ for a school ~o fl?ut teen is mor t~ entitled to play in h is ninth semester the authority of t he state assoc1at1on for the vJOiatJOn t han a boy in his twentieth year playing his eighth of some of the eligibility r ules, they simply made up selllester. i\ny number of boys lose a semester in a schedule with schools in some ot her state. Conse­ school (or o ne reason or another. Most of the t wentv quently suspension was not a very s eve ~e _penalt:y. year old boys have played four or five years on a After the formation of the nat1onal assoc1a hon, th1s high school team, whereas so many of t he younger was corrected because, if any school is suspended by boys never play on a varsity team mo.re than one or a state association, it is now illegal for them to play two years before they graduate. A Sixteen year old any school that is a member of the Federation. boy in the grades is as physically fit to play basket­ The same thing applies to the strengthening . of ball or football as a junior in high school sixteen years old. Students are graduating from high school state poHcies. If one state were to take a pro~ress1ve move which might not be favored by orgamzatJons today younger than they did five or ten years ago. such as newspapers and other promotional bodies, the Therefore, I believe the nineteen year rule and the re­ pressure would sometimes be so great. that state or­ mo,·ing the semester limitation is by iar more equitable ganizations would not dare to t.ake actiOn. However. rule than the present one. If we pass this rule we will be in line with the trend of other progressive when such is backed up by the considered judgment s tates. of all the high school athletic leaders as represented at a national federation meeting, there is no reason 1\·. K. H. S.C. A. recommend to the K H. S. A. A. for anv state to hesitate about taking some action that all registered officials be required to wear an which 'is in harmony with the best national educa­ emblem of the state officials association on their shirt tional policy. or sweater. W e have broadened the state wide program in -A. L. LASSITER, Kentucky and have greatly strengthened the influence President K. H.S. C. A. of the state association in aU matters pertaining to high school athletics. Many of the services which are rendered to the Kentucky schools by the state association have beeu made possible or more effective through the program or the national organization. . The dues in the national organization is twenty­ five cents per 1000 pupils enrolled in t he high schools of o ur state. l do not believe it will cost the stat

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