The Kentucky High School Athlete, September 1940

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1 Eastern Kentucky Unversty Encompass The Athlete Kentucky Hgh School Athletc Assocaton The Kentucky Hgh School Athlete, September 1940 Kentucky Hgh School Athletc Assocaton Follow ths and addtonal works at: Recommended Ctaton Kentucky Hgh School Athletc Assocaton, "The Kentucky Hgh School Athlete, September 1940" (1940). The Athlete. Book Ths Artcle s brought to you for free and open access by the Kentucky Hgh School Athletc Assocaton at Encompass. t has been accepted for ncluson n The Athlete by an authorzed admnstrator of Encompass. For more nformaton, please contact Lnda.Szemore@eku.edu.

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3 . '! _.,_.,_,_ - -~ -c~~-c~-.;~fo-..-.c,_,_.._..~~-..,...,~-u-~~t :! -. j - -. C. B. 11 Uncle Charle 11 Moran 1 - ~! Few Kentuckans are more wdely known - 1 than Uncle Charle ~lcran of Horse Cave. 1 - \\'hose, ared experence n the feld of sports 1 nclude the roles of player, coach, umpre, and pfromoter of general gcood wll over a rerodf! j o some thrty years. omng from a lme o 1 good old rsh stock he represents the best n f l the school of clean hard play and un fa lng f j sportsmanshp.. Baseball s "Unks" frst love. and a great ' f part o hs lfe has been devoted to tha l sport. t Durng sxteen years of professonal exper - ence as a player he was wth Cha t tanooga,, Lttle Rock, Mlwaukee. and St. L ous n the l 0/atonal League. He was nvaluable n that ~! he could take hs turn ether on the mound ~ or behnd the plate. However, the younger baseball fans kno\\ hm best as an umpre n the ;-Jatonal League where he f,~ 1 ~-~d b~e~;~ ~~~~ 1 se~ 9 ~?f ~~~nn;stl;c~!;r~,~~:~~ t!~~n~~fr~~~-. ~t~t~ ~ ~~~t!~~~~ ~~c :~~~~; J = hm of callng one feadully. T he many newspaper and magazne artcles featur- j! ng "Uncle Cha rle" tngether wth the plaudts of hs fellow workers n t he base-! ball world leave l ttle to say concernng hm as a great baseball fgure. \Vhen,= l the present baseball ::;cason s over t wll not be uncommon to see the greats o[ j baseball n the publc places o f Horse Cave. They \\'ll have come to spend a 1 day or possbly a week wth the Grand ''Old \1an'' than whom there s no bet- 1 = ter host. j! }'ootball has always been a sort of sdelne wth Mr. l\-foran a lthough he ::;! 1 qute as wdely known fo r p rowess and success there as n hs favored sport of 1 the damond. H s playng days nclude turns at The Un verstes of r ashvll e = j and Tennessee, and three years of profe::;sonal play at :\fasslln, O ho. But so f much has been heard of hs successes as a coach that only the older heads re- t = member hs playng days. From 1907 to 1926 Uncle Charle was actyely engaged! n coachng. Hs outstandng experences came whle he was at Texas A. and! \.. at Carlsle ndan School, and at Centre College. There s no 1 eason to re- 1 count here what happened whle he was n charge at Centre. Even mghty Harvard succumbed by a score o[ 6 to 0 n A long lne of All-Amercans f j ncludng Bo.YcMlln. Red vveaver, Red Roberts, J oe Guyon, and Jm T horpe, j learned many t rcks of the trade under the tutelage of Uncle Charle.. ~ow that C. B. \f oran has retred from baseball and football n actve cap-! actes. he spends hs tme wth hs fne fam ly and on hs farm where he spec-! alzes n rasng fne dary cattle and regstered hogs. f you wsh to see hm 1 at t he house before nght. you had better call very ea.rly n the mornng., -!. t : ~-~~-... ~..-..-~~-,,_._c.-.c~-.._u_~ :~ ' '

4 .. Y,J~~ -.: /("~!l~cky. - JglJ,..-School.Athlete :,.: :- ~ -- -:-. : :.-.- : O$,Cal~Organ of th~ Kentucky. Hgh -schodl Athl~ tc Assocaton,- Vol. - No. 2. :SEP TEMBER, 1940 $1.00 Per Year. FroDl the Presdent"s Offce Have you read Rule X of the By-Laws? f you have not read t snce t was amended last sprng, you should get out your booklet now and read ths rule. t s a safe guess that some school wlf be dropped from membershp n the State Assocaton ths year because the prncpal faled to read Art~le X of our By-Laws. * * * * * T he Board of Control here records ts earnest plea that every school take every precauton aganst the use of nelgble players. * * * * * The telephone s beng used 'more and more by persons who wsh to clear up cases of elgblty wthout any delay whatever: Three such calls have come n wthn the last two hours. Although the requests for rulngs on elgblty should be made n wrtng, the presdent of ths Assocaton has attempted to cooperate. wth the member schools by gvng an oral opnon based on an oral statement of facts. We know from btter experence, however, that ths s nether a wse nor_ a safe polcy. For that reason, schools. are always warned that the Assocaton cannot be responsble for an oral decson when the statement of facts on whch the decson s based s a subject of dspute. vve suggest that all telephone conversatons. relatng to elgblty should be followed_ -mmedately by a wrtten statement of facts so that a w~tten decson may be. gven to verfy the oral decson. * * * * * The Assocaton has neve.r declned to gve a decson based on a wrtten statert1ent of facts to any member of a faculty r equestng t, but n ths connecton t should be noted that Artcle XX of the By-Laws makes the prncpal of the school ultmately responsble n all matters whch concern the nterschool contests n whch hs school engages. vvhenever a prncpal chooses to rely upon decsons gven to a member of the faculty.he should see to t that no essental statement of fact has been omtted. Because of the great ncrease n the.:orrespondence wth players who want to dscuss ther elgblty, the presdent hereafter wll refer them drectly to the prncpals of the schools n whch the wrters are enrolled. The Sgnfeanee of FRENDSHP A Vanshed Frend Around -the corner have a frend n ths great cty that has no end ; Yet the days go by and weeks rush on, And before know t a year s gone, And never see my old frend's face, For lfe s a swft and terrble race. -He knows lke hm just as well As n the days when r ang hs bell And he rang mne. We were younger then, And now we are busy, tred men- Tred wth playng a foolsh game, Tred '1-v:h try11g to make a name. "Tomorrow," say, " wj)l call on Jm, Just to show that 'm thnkng of hm." But tomorrow comes- and tomorrow goes, And the dstance between us grows and grows, Around the corner!~yet mles away... "Here's a telegram, sr"... "Jm ded today!" And that's what we get, and deserve n the end Around the corner, a vanshed frend. * * * * Some Other to Befrend -Charles Hanson Towne. shall not pass ths way agan; T:hen let me now releve some pan, Remove some barrer from the road, Or brghten someone's heavy load; A helpng hand to ths one lend, Then turn some other to befrend. - Eva Rose York. * * * * f can stop one heart from breakng, shall not lve n van: -f can ease one lfe the achng, Or cool one pan, Or help one fantng robn Unto hs nest agan, shall not lve n van. -Emly Dcknson. * * * * t s my joy n lfe to fnd At every turnng of the road, The strong arm of a comrade knd To help me onward wth my load. And snce have no gold to gve, And love alone must make amends,. My only prayer s, whle lve- God make me worthy of my frends t - Frank Dempster Sherman.

5 Page Two SEPTEMBER, 1940 Vol. -T, No. 2. Publshed monthly, except June and Ju!y 1 by the Kentucky Hgh Schqol Athletc Usoetaton Offce of Publcaton, Carrollton, Kentucky Entered as second-class matter August 18, 1939, at the post offce at Carrollton, Kentucky, under the Act of Marcl 3, Edtor RUSSELL E. BRDGES 32 ndana Avenue, Fort Thomas, Kentuck'y BOARD OF CONTROL Presdent..._,..._...\V. F. O'Donnell, Rchmond Vce Presdent Russell E. Brdges, Fort Tboma.s Secretary-Treasurer Theo. A. Sanford, Carrollton Drectors - John A. Dotson, Benham; W. B. Owen, Horse Cave; J. Matt Sparkman, Benton. Subscrpton Rates... $1.00 per Year THE COVER PCTURE On the cover pcture we agan present Jack and Ryland Byrd of Shelbyvlle Hgh School, wnners o the 1940 Kentucky Hgh School Tenns Champonshp. The larger s Ryland, the smaller Jack. They arc twns seventeen years old. Ryland weghts 240 and Jack about SO pounds. For a bg boy Ryland s ex,tremely fast and actve and s not only a tenns star but also a good footballer on Bruce Danel's squad. Jack has had more tenns experence than Ryland as he partcpates n qute a few Lousvlle tournaments and wth the Junor Davs Cup squad. Jack's record for 1940 : Won C. K. C. Champonshp sngles and doubles wth Ryland. Won K. H. S. A. A. State Champonshp sngles and doubles wth Ryland. Won Falls Cty open junor sngles and was runnerup n 1he doubles. These boys have won the State Hgh School sngles and doubles champonshp n 1939 and 1940, and wll agan be elgble for competton n The Athlete s glad to pay trbute to such a fne par of boys who are not only real athletes but leaders n other school actvtes and are honor students as well. ----:---- HSTORY OF TENNS Early Tenns Called Royal Tenns The game of tenns s derved from a French word "tenez" whch means "receve t." Tenns of course comes fro1u the old handball game, whch was changed a bt-the contestants wore gloves to avod hand stngs and the French n the twelfth century called the new sport "Le Paume." t wasn't long before the gloves were strung wth a tough cord-fnally a wooden frame shaped lke a gutar was used and from ths came our present-day racquet. Kng Henry was a most enthusastc player, as were most of the Bluebloods. n fact, they were about the only people to partcpate n the new game. Lous X was found dead n Grotto, where he had gone to cool hmself after a strenuous game. ntroduced n Amerca n 1874 Durng the year 1873 an Englsh Army Offcer secured patent rghts on a game called "Spharstrke" - from the Greek word meanng "play ball"-soon t The KENTUCKY HGH SCHOOL ATHLETE w ns- 'Km;rWh as 'La,vn Te!ns. Wtnessng the frst game of Splarstrke W -S an army offcer who soon departe4 for Bermuda, where he ntroduced Lawn Tenns: ln 1874, Mary Outerbrge, an Amercan vstor to Bermuda, saw and played the new game. t was most ntrgung so she purchased equpment and set sal for home. The Customs Offcers n the Unted States.. were perplexed-they ddn't know how much ~o tax her-they had never seen such paraphernala before and refused :her permsson to take t home. After several days, her tenns materal was released. t was frst played ltv Mary Outerbrdge n Staten sland- and a new Amercan pastme was born. Tenns durng ts embryo stages n Amerca was lmted to a certan few, who had the ~me and money to enjoy the fascnatng new game. Tenns, at frst, was very popular n such places as Lenox, Mass., Newport, Rhode sland, Lakewood, New Jersey, and Tuxedo, New York. Today, tenns s played by the masses of people all over ths country. Recently ts popularty has spurted n <the Hgh Schools. Last year approxmateh 2,500 hgh schools staged organzed, supervsed tournaments. t s estmated that more than 200,000 pupls partcpated n recorded tourney play. -From a Hstory of Sports, Sports Department of Keds. ----:---- CHANGES N PERSONNEL Ads n ths ssue ndcate. several changes n the personnel of Athletc Goods Companes callng on Kentucky Hgh Schools. Paul Smth, formerly wth The Sutclffe Company, leaves to jon the staff of The Sand Knttng Mlls and The A. J. Reach Company. He s replaced by Monne Farrel. Farrel s succeeded by Joe Brdges for the Cncnnat Athletc Goods Company. ----:---- JUST KEEP ON KEEPN' ON f the day looks knder gloomy Anr your chances knder slm, f the stuaton's puzzln' An' the prospect's awful grm, An' perplextes keep pressn' Tll all hope s nearly gone, Jus' brstle up an' grt your teeth, An' keep on keepn' on. Fumn' never wns a fght, An' frettn' neve; pays; There an't no good n broodn m These pessmstc ways- Smle jus' knder cheerfully, When hope s nearly gone, An' brstle up, an' grt your teeth, An' keep on keepn' on. There an't no use growln' An' grumbln' all the tme, When musc's rngn' everywhere, An' everythng's a rhyme- Jus' keep on smln' cheerfully, f hope s nearly gone, An' brstle up, an' grt your teeth, An' keep on keepn' on. -James Whtcomb Rley.

6 for SEPTEMBER, 1940 From the Seeretary~s Offce THE NSURANCE PROGRAM Numerous schools have wrtten for ther examnaton and permt cards to be submtted to the secretary's offce n nsurng ther football p1ayers for the current S"eason, although comparatvely few sets of completed cards have been receved. Prncpals and athletc drectors are urged to complete the cards at once n order that ther players may be protected durng the practce season. FOOTBALL EXAMNATONS FOR OFFCALS Under a rulng of the Natonal Federaton, ~he 1940 football examnatons "for offcals are not to be dstrbuted untl October 7th. The examnaton wll probably be gven on the followng Saturday, October 12, at varous locatons n the state where regstered offcals are concentrated. Offcals wll be notfed drectly from the secretary's offce concernng the exact date of the examnatons and the places where the examnatons may be taken. For the frst tme, "certfed" offcals wll be desgnated by the assocaton. Offcals who wsh to work for ths ratng wll study assocaton By-Law XXV, Sec. 3. EMPLOYMENT BUREAU FOR OFFCALS By drecton of the Board of Control, the secretary has establshed sxteen employment bureaus for offcals, to be used for both foot_batl and basketball. All regstered offcals wll please send ther schedules to the bureaus n ther respectve a_reas. Prncpals who need competent regstered offcals for football or basketball should aval themselves of the servces of the bureau. The bureaus are as follows: Regon 1-W. T. Sledd, Jr., Murray. Regon Z-Lous Ltchfeld, Prnceton. Regon 3-Fred C. Creasey, Sebree. Regon 4-E. E. McMulln, Letchfeld. Regon 5-W. M. Baker, W. K. S.T. C., Bowl'g Green. Regon 6-James W. Bravard, Sprngfeld. Regon 7-L. P. Fra~k, 449 So. Fourth St., Lousvlle. Regon ~Jack Dawson, Buechel. School Phone, (Fern Creek) 73; Home Phone, 62. Regon 9-John Deaver, 1137 Ann Street, Newport. Regon!~Darrell C. House, Carlsle. Regon 11-~. K Potter. Unver'y of Ky., Lexngton. Regon lz-h. Edwn Allen, Somerset. Regon 13--Buford Clark, Barbourvlle. Regon 14-Roscoe Davs, Hazard. Regon 15-Robert Montgomery, Pantsvlle. Regon 16-Ma.'{ L. Spray, 100 Central, Ashland. REGSTERED FOOTBALL OFFCALS of the K. H. S. A. A Alcorn, M. H., Jr., Hazard. Allen, A. D., 26 Holmesdale Ct., Covngton. Alley, Clyde, McAndrews. Arnold, Joseph L., 11 Mentell Pk., Lexngton. Bach, Stanley, R. No. 2, Lexngton. Baley, Maurce D., Pantsvlle. Baker, George M", 201 N. 12th St., Murray. Baker, W. M., W. K. T. C., Bowlng Green. Bathany, Rchard, 119 Center St., Southgate. Blersch, George, 3008 Auten Ave., Cncnnat, Oho. Branham, Frank B., Prestonburg. Bruce, J. Charles, 829 Melford Avenue, Lousvlle. Buchanan, W. H., Court Sq., Barbourvlle. Butler, Chas. E., 44 Barrngton Road, Ft. Mtchell. Can, Paul D., 3960 Belmont, Cncnnat, Oho. Carrolf, ]: B., 33 Brompton, Greenhlls, Oho. Chnery, Frank L., '3217 Lookout Drve, Cncnnat, 0. Clark, Buford, Barbourvlle. Cark, Charles 0. Jr, 18 Oho Avenue, Fort Thomas. Colston, Rchard, 1443 Thrd Street, Lousvlle. Covngton, W. E., 1428 Lexngton Avenue, Ashland. Creasey, Fred, Sebree. Cronn, Charles vvm., No.2 Gardner Pl., Cncnnat, 0. Danel, Oval, Jenkns. Davs, Charle, Barbourvlle. Davs, Roscoe, Hazard. Dawson, Jack, Buechel. Deaver, John, 1137 Ann Street, Newport. Dunng, Carl, 3314 Lookout Drve, Cncnnat, Oho. Durkn, John, Box 118, Huntngton, W. Va. Edney, V. ]., 414 Berry Avenue, Bellevue. Ellngton, Russell, 236 Castlewood Drve, Lexngton. Ells, Chas. C., Erlanger. Ernst, Ray C., Hebron. Funkhouser, Gene, 1426 Park, Paducah. Ganes, Wlfred, Bradfordsvlle. Galbrath, Mlton A., Box 56, Wallns Creek, Ky. Gvden, George M., R..6, Lexngton. Grause,]. Ben Jr., 711 Elberon Ave., Cncnnat, Oho. Green, Tom; 612 Jackson, Georgetown. Greenwell, Sam, Morganfeld. Hacker, Henry, McRoberts. Hale, Wm. Lndsey Jr., c/o Lowe Apts., Mayfeld. Hall, Joe M., 104 Pe~rl Vllage, Fulton. Head, John W., 225 South 4th Str~et, Lousvlle. Hel, John H. Jr., 1623 So. 3rd Street, Lousvlle. Hembree, George N., Rchmond. Henthorn, Conrad, 543 El_m Street, Ludlow. Herb, Pete Jr., 3044 Wnchester Avenue, Ashland. Herndon, Raymond, Box 2, Cumberland. Hckey, Robert, Lexng!on. House, Darrell, Elm Street, Carlsle. Hughes, Chas. T., Westover Avenue, Rchmond. Johnson, Wendell, Dxon. Jones, Cloyde C., 701 Center Street, Corbn. J uergensmeyer, Charles \V., South Shore. Karsner, M. G. 251 East Hgh Street, Lexngton. Keen, Edward E., 213 Rochelle Street, Cncnnat, 0. Keth, Wllam E. Jr., Box 326, Hopknsvlle. Kennedy, Chas. H., Lynch. Kng, Roy, Evarts. Kost~r, Fred C., 3917 Nanz Avenue, Lousvlle. Kraesg, Raymond, 3417 Duncan, Lousvlle. Lanman, rvne, 1004 Harrson, Paducah. Lawson, H. Bentley, Loyall. Leathers, J. A. J r", 1714 Harvard Drve, Lousvlle. Lpscomb, Davd, Hazard. McBrayer, Sherman, Worthngton. McClurg, Charles, Box 72, Harlan. McDonough, Thos. "E., Rchmond. McMllan, ]. N", 420 Eghteenth Street, Ashland. McMulln, E. E., Letchfeld. Maddox, C. L. "Cap", 112 Eddngs, Fulton. Mayhew, "Happy", Barbourvlle. Messer, James B., Barbourvlle. Mller, Reed S., 16?1 Edensde Avenue, Lousvlle. Mracle, Andy, Jenkns. Montgomery, Robert, Fourth Street, Pantsvlle. Moremen, Lucan Y., Valley Staton. Ncholson, S. Rush, 710 Republc Buldng, Lousvlle. Nman, W. K., 207 Erlanger Road, Erlange_r. Peak, Bart N., 118 Unversty Avenue, Lexngton. Phllps, Lowell, Van Lear. Pot.ter, M. E., Unversty of Kentucky, Lexngton. Powell, Lee F., Box 271, Paducah.

7 , Pace Four Prtchard, R L., Man Street, Hazard. Reece, Alfred M., Transylvana College, Lexngton. Reynolds, ]. D., Greenvlle. Roark, James, Prestonburs-. Rosenthal, Gov. L., 1626 ] efferson, Paducah. Sack, Leo, 1609 Ruth Street, Cncnnat, Oho. Sacks, L., Washngton Court, Evansvlle, ndana. Samuels, Tom C., 266 Sunset Avenue, Rchmond. Schmtt, Karl, 680 So. 38th Street, Lousvlle. Schrm, Jame.s Douglas, Baker Hll, Hazard. Schuette, Frederck, Route No. 3, Henderson. Schwarberg, Bll, 604 E. 20th Street, Covngton. The KENTUCKY lllgh SCHOOL ATHLETE Sledd, T., 712 Poplar, Murray. Smth, Troy H., \Northngton. Stafura, Ralph, Twla. Tehan, Dan, 1437 Calforna, Cncnnat, Oho. Thornton, D. L., Box 45, Versalles. T homasson, Case; Box 24,.Mddlesboro. Tucker, Cla renc~, Flemng. Vettner, Charles J., Kenwood Vllage, Lousvlle. Wade, Larry, McRoberts. Wagner, Pete, Hanson. Weber, Edward H., K M.., Lyndon. \Vlson, Robert R., 111 Boone Avenue, Wnchester. Report on Football Offcals Clncs September 5, Mr. T. A. Sanford, Sec'y-Treas. Kentucky H gh School Athletc Assocaton Carrollton, Kentucky. Dear Frend Ted : The "clnc tour" has been completed and may take ths opportunty of expressng to you my sncere apprecaton for the opportunty of servng you and the State Assocaton as conductor of the football clncs. t was a pleasant and happy experence; learned much, enjoyed the frendshps and acquantances establshed, and feel that some good was accomplshed. am enclosng, herewth, somethng n the way of a report whch wll perhaps serve the needs of your offce ; f you desre any addtonal nformaton, please advse me accordngly. You wll note that the report s dvded nto two man parts. Part gves the names of persons attendn~ each meetng and some specfc nformaton regardmg each; a summary for each clnc locaton s ncluded and also a general aummary whch gves total attendance at all clncs. Part s concerned wth comments and recommendatons based largely on my personal reactons and deas whch, of course, are detern!!ned by my past experence, the observatons made n conductng. the clncs ths year, and the comments made by vanous ndvduals attendng the respectve clnes. was dsapponted n the attendance, as magne you wll be. Probably ths s partally accounted for by the fact that was substtuted for Mohney at the last mnute, however, do not thnk ths to be the man reason, as s brought out n Part of the report. * * * * * SUMMARY OF ATTENDANCE Lexngton, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance Coaches n attendance... 6 Players n attendance... 0 Others n attendance... 2 Total attendance Barbourvlle, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance... Coaches n attendance... Players n a ttendance Others n attendance... Pkevlle, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance... 5 Coaches n attendance... 3 P layers n attendance... 0 Others n attendance... 1 Total attendance... 9 Ashland, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance Coaches n attendance... 3 Players n attendanfe... 0 Others n attendance... 5 Total attendance Covngton, Kentucky Football Offcals n a ttendance Coaches n a ttendance P layers n attendance... 2 Others n attendance... 4 Total attendance Lousvlle, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance Coaches n attendance... 1 Players n attendance... 0 Others n attendance... 0 Total attendance Murray, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance... 7 Coaches n attendance... 3 Players n attendance... 7 Others n attendance... 2 Total attendance Madsonvlle, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance... 9 Coaches n attendance... 8 Players n attendance... 0 Others n attenda nce... 5 Total attendance Bowlng Green, Kentucky 7 Football Offcals n attendance Coaches n attendance Players n attendance Others n attendance... 1 Total Attendance Total attendance... 8 Benham, Kentucky Football Offcals n attendance... 9 Coaches n attendance... 0 Players n attendance... 5 Others n attendance... 2 Total attendance GRAND TOTAL Football Offcals n attendance Coaches n attendance Players n attendance Others n attendance Total attendance

8 for SEPTEMBER, COMMENTS an.d RECOMME NDATONS 1. Locaton and managershp: Apparently the locaton of the 1940 football clnes was satsfactory. There mght be some advantage n changng the locaton o the clnc n each area to a dfferent locaton each year, however, ths would necesstate a dfferent local manager each year and the advantage of retanng a satsfacto1-y manager year after year would probably off-set any advantage ganed by change n locaton. Wth the excepton of the Lexngton clnc all managers apparently functoned.entrely satsfactorly. n the case of Lexngton nadequate local publcty, plus uncertanty of locaton of the clnc, obvously r~duced attendance. John H eber, local clnc manager d1d not attend the Lexngton meetng. t s recommended that some attenton be gven the matter of loca l publcty for each clnc; local publcty s extremely valuable n stmulatng attendance. 2. Tme for holdng clncs a nd examnatons: Proba)>ly the clncs s hould be held about o~~ week later ; s1nce most schools begn football practce on or shortly af.ter September frst t mght be well to start the clncs not earler than September frst or perhaps Labor Day provded ths date s not later than September fth. t s recommended that the examnaton be held not later than one week after the date of the last clnc. The examnaton should be prepared n advance, a nd the elate, locaton a nd all other examnaton detals should be a nnounced at each clnc. T hs proc.edure would make possble the gradng of examnaton papers before most hgh school games are played and offcals engaged. t s further recommended that an offcal who has made a satsfactory grade on o ne examnaton not be requred to take the examnaton for the succeedng three years provded he has worked n a prescrbed number of games the precedng year and attended the annual offcals' clnc. n the event the oa1cal faled to work the prescrbed number of games or faled to a ttend the yearly clnc he would be requred to take the examnaton. 3. Att endance at clncs: t s to be noted that the attendance at the football clncs has probably shown an apprecable decrease each year; there s evdence to su.'\'gest that unless defnte and adequate steps are taken to enforce the "attendance at clncs" phase of regstraton for football offcals, that wthn the course of one or two years the attendance a t these clncs wll not justfy the expendture necessary for conductng them. T he fact s evdent that many men are offcatng hg h school football games n the state who have not reg!;tered as an offcal and who dd not attend one of the clncs ths year. P robably wth the excepton of the Madsonvlle area clnc, few f any schools are makng any attempt to requre a ll football offcals to be regsteded; n the case of schools represented at the l:vadsonvlle clnc t was evdent that prncpals and coaches were nsstn g- on foo~ba ll. offcals. beng regstered and meetng all reg1strat10n requrements. On the other hand t was es_p~ c a lly ~ otccable at the Ashland and Lexngton chmc meetmgs that many (probably w ell over 50 per cent) of the football offcals n each area dd not attend the meetng. and further many of those not attendng dd not take the examnaton last year, have not regstered ths year, and yet the wrter has actual knowledge that many of these men are scheduled to offca te n hg h school games ths fall. t s the f rm convcton of th'.! wrter that unless the state assocaton and all member schools take mmedate steps to correct ths stuaton that the whole plan aod program of the state offcals organzaton s due to break down. t s recommended that mrnedate steps be taken to enfo rce all requrements pertanng to the certfcaton of football oncals by the State Assocaton and Page Fve the member schools employng football offcals for ther respectve games. f the standard of football o ffcatng s to be rased to that plane where t obvously should be and f a satsfactory degree of state-wde organzaton s to be establsred for football offcals there must be no exceptons to the present regulatons pertanng to clnc attendance, annual examnaton and annual regstraton. 4. S.ummary: From the observatons o f the wrter n conductng the football offcals clncs ths vcar t s evdent that the general plan, establshed by th~ Kentucky State Hgh School Athletc Assocaton for the sponsorshp of au offcals assocaton s au' excellent one. Beyond reason of doubt, the efforts of ths assocato n, partcularly ts board of control and secretary-treasurer, have rseulted n an apprecable ncrease n the effcency of offcatng a nd also n the stablzaton of organzaton for football offcals. F urther,t s evdent that the tme has now arrved for specf1c acton to be taken by the "over-head" organzaton n enforce-ment of the varous oblgatons and requrements placed on offcals a nd n1ember schools; tmless such acton s soon taken there s evdence to suggest that the nterest and purpose of th~ State Assocaton efforts regardng the sponsorslup of an offcals organzaton may well go for naught. Respectfully submtted, M. E. POTTER, Conductor of 1940 Football O ffcals Clncs. ----:---- SO-WHY WORRY? Do n't read ths artcle, taken from an eastern publcaton, unless you have the jtters-unless you want to have a complete confrmaton of your worst fears. And, above all, don't read t unless you begn at the begnnng and read straght through to the end, wltllout skppng a word... now, read: "t s a gloomy moment n hstory. Not for many years-not n the lfetme of most men who read ths -has there been so much grave and deep apprehenson; never has the future seemed so ncalculable as at ths tme. n our own country there s unversal commercal prostraton and panc, and thousands of our poorest fellow-ctzens are turned out aganst the approachng wnter wthout employment, and wthout the prospect of t. "n France the poltcal caldron seethes and bubbles wth uncertanty; Russa hangs as usua l. lke a cloud, dark and slent, upo n the horzon of Europe ; whle all the energes. resources and nfluences of the Brtsh Empre are sorely tred, and are yet to be tred more sorely. n copng ~vth the vast and deady dsturbed relatons n Chna. "t s a solemn moment, and no man can feel an ndfference- whch, happly no man pretends to feel - n the ssue of events. "Of our own troubles (n the U.S. A.) no man can see the end. They are, fol-tunately, as yct manlv commercal; and f we a re only to lose money, and bv panful poverty to be taught wsdorn-t he wsdom of honor, of fath. of sympathy and of chart, -no man need serously to despar. And vet the vcrv haste to be rch, whch s the occason of ths '~dcspread calamty, has also tended to destroy the moral forces wth whch we arc to resst and subdue the calamtv." \\l'here'd we get ths prze reprnt C"f g loom. tl1 s perfect specmen o f concentrated fear a nd pessm sm? From t~at ultra conservatve magazne, "Harper's vveckly: Maybe you remember t? And under what date dd the edtoral comment appear? Oh. well. f you must know. t was October 10, 1857! And our reacton. on readng t? :\bout the same as yours. Thngs have a wav of levelng off, as ou1- a ncestors of 80 years ago should have r<'alzed, too!

9 Page Sx The KENTUCKY TllGH SCHOOL ATHLETE NATONAL FEDERATON NTERSCHOLASTC FOOTBALL RULES From 1he standpont of the hgh schools, the outstandng sports development of the last decade has been the g rowth n actvty of the state hgh school athletc assocatons and ther natonal organzaton. They have gven orderly and well organzed drecton to a scentfc study o the spor ts as they are related to the school program and to mprovng game admnstraton. The ncreased attenton to these matters has been a stmulant to good organzaton and a healthy athletc program. The 1940 code of rules s another step n ths prog ressve development. ts provsons are as modern and useful as the automatc gear s hft on current model au tomobles, or t he new basketball backboard or the chemcal dscoveres whch have produced synthetc products whch are revolutonzng t ransportatou and ndustry. The new factors of t he code are lsted n a set of Natonal Federaton bulletns whch arc avalable fo r local groups of athletc offcals and coaches and for sports admnstraton classes n t he teacher colleges or n hgh school a thletc departments where sports admnstraton classes are offered. For the convenence of rtaders, the major dfferences from last year are ncluded n ths artcle Provsons to be Emphaszed Fundamentals: For most students of the rules the openng of a new season necesstates a careful revew of ponts whch must be kept clearly n mnd. Here arc a few fundamentals of the nterscholastc code. Every etort s made to permt a team to retan a gan whch has been made pror to an nfracton whch could not have had any nfluence on the advance. Also. every effort s made to elmnate.he n ecessty of declnng a penalty. (See 4-4-l, 6-3-6, and Pcnalty (a).) The ball s a lways consden :d n possesson of on e team or the other. Durng a loose ball (durng a kck, pass o r fumble) t he ball s not n possesson of any pl<lycr but ~ con~dered as stll n possesson of the t.:am whose p layer performed t he act. Conse <t u ~ n t l y that team s stll the offensve team. A fun1ble mples possesson and control. \'Vhen a loose ball s juggled wthout t he player havng had possesson, t s a muff. Every effort s 111ade to avod tactcs desgned to wear down the resstance of a star performer through makng unnecessary tackles and blocks such as after a passer has passed the ball, after a runner has touched the ground wth some part of the body other than hands or feet or after forward progress has stopped. (See 5-A-1 4-Kotes and 2 and Page 78.) F ouls occur ether durng a do\\ n or between downs. The perod.. between downs' starts as soon a s the ball ~ out of bound~ o s dead for any other reason. Player acton, such as crawlng or unnecessary roughness, whch occurs after the ball s d<'ad s not consdered part of the prevous down. t s ' between downs" and s so treated. Tt could not have had any nfluence on the pont to whch 1 he hall was advanced hcforc bctomng dead. Pla,.s are classfed as e h ~ r "runnng plays" or "plays n volvng a loo~e hall.".th e classfcaton s sgnft'ant when a foul orcurs smcc the spot of enfcrcemcnt s clcpc:ndcnt on t. For foul durng runnng play see Rule 2-:\2 and 4-4-l. For foul durng p lay nvolvng loose ball see 6-3-6, 6-5-6, , and l. Foul Durng Runnng Play (2-32 and 4-4-1): By nterscholastc rules, the ball s always n possesson of a team even when not n possesson of a player When a player s n possesson, he s termed a "rtulner." n most cases when there s a runner, the play s desgnated as a runnng play. The only tme ths s not the case s when the play ncludes a kck from scrmmage or a forward pass from behnd the lne. For several years t he rules have desgnated these two types of plays as plays nvolvng a loose ball and, f a foul occurs durng such plays, the penalty s n early a lways from the prevous spot. Thus A l mght receve the s nap and run wth the ball before makng a kck or forward pass. n such a stuaton, Al s a runner but t he play s not consdered a runnng p lay snce t comes under the head of a play nvolvng a loose ball (the kck or pass). Of course, t doesn't make any dfference unless a foul occurs durng the act. There may be several runnng plays durng the same down. Ths mght happen n case there s a change of possesson due to a fumble. n s uch a stuaton, the fr!)t runnng play ends whe n t he runner loses possesson. 18-Mnute ntermsson and 3-Mnute Warm-Up P erod (3-1 and 3-2-2): Teams must appear on the feld at the end of fteen mnutes of the ntennsson between halves. The last three mnutes are for lmberng-up actvtes. The offcals have no authorty over the actvtes of the teams durng these three mnutes but they must nsst on the teams beng on the feld. The coach may be on the feld durng ths tme. but f he s, hs actvtes should be confned to encouragng the teams to get n good physcal condton for the start of the second half rather than for the purpose of dong some last mnute coachng or gong through the varous voodoo maneuvers whch h;we come to be common n some of the other sports. The new rule s a safe!.}' measure and teams should be coached to observe the sprt of the rule. Ball Remans Dead f Shft s llegal (4-3-1 and ) : The trend n.t he rules s toward k llng the ball as soon a s an nfracton w hch s ordnarly called by the R eferee occurs. n a number o stuatons t he ball s consdered as not havng g-one nto play when t here s a foul connected wth the snap or free- kck. 'When a team fals to pause one full second followng a s hft. the whstle should be blown mmedately so that unnecessary player acton wll be avoded. Snce the ball s not consde red as havng gone nto play, Team B can not declne the penalty n case the opponent s thrown for a loss or n case play contn ues and there s a change of possesson. f ths s properly admnstered, much waste acton wll be avoded. Pass Rule Smplfed ( , and 8-5) : The forward pass rules have been smplfed because of a couple of $gnfcant changes n procedure relatve to passes. The table of passes on page 59 s wonh careful studv. Ths should be followed by a studv o the entre secton and l hen by a more detaled study of the pass table on page 97. 1\ote that there are two knds of llegal passes and that the penaltes are dfferent. The second forward pa>.~ from hc:hnd the lne seldom occurs but t must be provded for n all consderaton of pass plays. Here s a ~pot where t s probably possble to make further smplfcaton n the rules and at the same tme mprove the game. The matter of elmnatng th,:,erond t)jh of llegal pass or of makng the

10 SEPTEMBER, :aalty the sal)le as for the pass from beyond the me should be consdered. Ths year there s no prohbton aganst the touchng o f a pass by a second elgble player o f A A pass mght be touched by elgble Al, batted by elgble A2, completed and advanced by elgble A3. T hs gves elgble players of A.the same rghts w hch have always been g ven to all players of B. n past years the prohbton aganst completon by a second elgble player was nssted upon because t was felt that the stuaton would gve rse to d ffculty on the part of offcals n determnng whch players are elgble to complete the pass. Under present r ules o rgnally n elgble players are not permtted beyond the lne and the play whch results n a player becomng nelgble because of havng gone out of bounds s so rare that t s scarcely worth the space and complcatons whch are caused by havng to nclude the stuaton n all pass consderatons. T he new rule ma kes t possble for a pass recever to delberately attempt to bat the pass n such a way that a less closely g uarded teammate may make the comple.ton. H owever, such a play s so dangerous that t wll not be wdely used. f a recever s n such a stuaton as to defntely control the drecton the ball s batted, he s also n a poston to complete the pass hmself. The latter would be the safer procedure. n case the ball s batted, both teams have an equal chance to make completon just as they have an equal chance to complete the pass before t s touched. T he new rule has been t red expern1entally for several years n ndvdual games and conference play. E xperence ndcates that there s nothng revolutonary n the change but that t does offer some nterestng possbltes and t permts consderable smplfcaton n t he rules and n admnstraton by the offcals. The touchng of a pass by an nelgble player (other than one accdentally touched on or behnd hs lne) s merely one form of nterference and s so classfed n the 1940 rules. Heretofore s uch a n act was t reated as entrely dfferent from other forms of nterference and ths made t desrable to classfy ncompletons as m nor (those whch d rew the mnor penalty of loss of down) and major (those whch drew the major penalty of loss of ball n former years and more recently loss of down and 15). The change n penalty n w hat was termed the major ncompleton made such a n ncompleton the same as nterference wth one mnor excepton,.e., when t occurred n the end zone on frst, second or thrd downs. Ths was a useless complcaton and a slght change w hch has elmnated the excepton has made t unnecessary to contnue to classfy ncomplctons as m nor or major. The penalty for nterference s the same whether t s by an nelgble player or by an elgble plaver. T he mprovement along 4hs lne has made one other slght change necessary. Heretofore, the ball was dead as soon as touched by an nelgble player. However the play nearly always went through to completon because the umpre usually s responsble J or watchng for ths act and he carres no whstle. On the other hand, durng other forms of nterference. the ball was not dead as soon as the act occurred Ths seemed a rather nonsenscal dstncton. The 1940 rules have elmnated t and the ball s not klled as soon as to uched by an nelgble player. Tt s treated exactly the same as when an nelgble player advances beyond the lne before the pass s thrown or as ;vhen any other form of nterference occurs. t goe.; w thout sayng that f the act occurs n the end zone, t s a touchback only durng fourth down, the same as for a ny pass nterference by A. C orrectons n F ootball P ublcatons nterscholastc Football Rul!'S : The frst and second lnes of are nterchanged. Ads to nterpretaton Leade rs (Bulletn ) : On page 3, the reference should be '8-5". Page Seven Test Yourself H ow many "runners" can there be at one t me? (See ). A 1 carres the ball before throwng a legal forward pass. s ths a runnng play? (See ). Team A does not pause one second a fter a shft but ball s snapped, fumbled and B1 recovers. May they declne.the penalty a nd keep the ball? (See P cnalty). Elgble A 1 muffs legal forward pass. t s then batted n flght by e lgble A2, caught by elgble A3 and advanced. s adva nce legal? (See a). A muffs legal pass. t s touched by nelgble A2 after whch B catches the pass and adva nces. s advance leg al? (See (a ).) P ror to a snap, A enters the game llegally. The nfracton s dscovered at the end of t he down after A has scored a touchdown. s the touchdown allowed? (See 3-5-2). A s n possesson on hs own 5. He throws a pass w hch s batted by Bl so that t goes nto the end zone where A2 or B2 fa lls on the ball. To w hch team s the mpulse attrbuted? (Sec Note, b and a). APPROVED EQUPMENT Through the coopera tve efforts of the varous s tate hgh school athletc assocatons actng through t her Natonal Federaton, valuable servce has been rendered the schools through the nspectng, testng and approvng of athletc equpment such as basketballs, football helmets, shoulder pads and other equpment. T hs work has been supervsed by the Equpment Commttee of the Natonal Federaton made up of P. F. Neverman, vvsconsn ; E. A. T homas, Kansas; C. W. vvhtten, llnos; P resdent E. R. Stevens, Kansas; and Secretary H. V. Porter. The work whch has been dqne by ths commttee has resulted n many benefts to the schools. ts work wll become ncreasngly mportant. Safety and economy have been promoted. T hs work has been made effectve through the fne cooperaton of the bette r organzed ndvdual school athletc departments whch have g ven ther hearty support to ther state assoca ton recommenda tons along t hese lnes and whch have nssted on ta kng advantage of the protecton whch has been offered them t h roug h usc o f the Natonal Federaton approval stamp. Approved Basketballs Proba bly the most sgnfcant development along the lne of more economcal a nd more satsfactory equpment s t hat connected w.th the molded basketball. Extensve studes and tests of the Natonal F ede raton were mportant factors n the contnued development and perfecton of such balls. Last year ths laboratory work of the Federaton resulted n the approval of three types of balls. The experences of last year convnced the Federaton authortes that these three types contnue to be satsfactory and such that they can be used nterchangeably. f::.or these types were approved for any hgh school use. They are :. Balls bult under the vvntark patent and whch bear the Natonal Federaton anprovell stamp. Such ba lls are produced by the Dubow Manufacturng Company, the Rawlngs?v!anufacturng Company. and the Denkert Manufacturng Companv. Note that ths approval apples only to balls whch bear the approval stamp. One or more of th,.sc com panes wll probably prodnce cheaper type balls whch a re not approved for offcal game use.

11 Page Eght 2. Balls bult under the Last Blt patent a nd whch bear the approval stamp ether n the form of a stamp burned nto the leather or of a specal gwmned and cellophane protected stcker provng nspecton and approval by the school organzaton. Such balls are beng manufactured by A. ]. Reach, Wrght and Dtson, A. G. Spaldng and Bros., Wlson Sportng Goods Company, and P. Goldsmth Sons. 3. Balls bult under the R ddell patent and whch bear the Natonal Federaton approved stamp. Such balls are bult by the John T. Rddell Company. Further nformaton relatve to these balls s to be found n the supplcm~ntary sectons of the Natonal Federaton rules books. Natonal Federaton states wll usc only such balls n the varous state sponsored tournaments and t s to the nterest of ndvdual schools to follow the same procedure. Ths cooperatve work has resulted n mmeasurable savngs to the schools, both n dollars and cents and n satsfacton n use. School purchasers should gve some attenton to these facts when they place ther orders for ths season's requrements. Any athletc admnstrator should be mpressed wth ths fact when he goes to hs supply room ths fall and fnds that ns tead of a bunch of pumpkn shaped, scarred and overszed basketballs whch would have g reeted hm a few years ago at the begnnng of the season, he has a group of leftover balls from last seoason whch are stll of the same sze as w hen purchased and whch are stll good for consderable practce use. Anyone who s nformed on these matters s ndeed ungrateful and unapprecatve of the jont efforts of the school organzatons f he docs not ndcate a wllngness to work wth those school organzatons to retan the advantages whch have been bult up through ths approval work. The KENTUCKY HGH SCHOOL ATHLETE NEW BASKETBALL BACKBOARD Snce the legalzaton of the smaller streamlned basketball backboard by the Natonal Commttee. there have been sgnfcant development. Correspondence durng the summer ndcates that most of the gymnasums whch have been completed durng the past few months and many of the older gymnasums wll use the new type backboard. Equpment manufacturers have made a contrbuton to the game by bendng ther efforts toward constructon of such boards of durable and rgd materal at reasonable cost. One of the factors whch nfluenced the Natonal Commttee was the matter of economy n constructon. The frst steel backboards of the tradtonal rectangular desgn presented many problems and t was not uncommon for such boards to cost one hundred dolla rs or more per par. Several e.:-<cdlent steel boards are now beng s tamped by mammoth stampng machnes and the boards are avala ble at a cost of consderably less than half of the stated amount. Several relable manufacturers are producng the steel boards at a cost of forty dollars or less per par. Such boards are announced n the Natonal Federaton Basketball Rules Book by frms such as the :\.edart ~fanufacturng Company, St. Lous..Mo., and the ]. E. Porter Corporaton, Ottawa, llnos. For those schools where t s dcs.rcd to have the boards made by the ma nual tran ng depa rtment, plans are avalable for proper constructon. One of these plans s fumshcd by Schutt Manufacturng Company, Ltchfeld. llnos, and s shown n the accompanyng dagram. F ootball Equpment The work connected wth the nspecton and approval of football equpment has been less publczed because t has been less spectacular but t s nevertheless of consderable mportance. Relable manufactttrers have worked wth the varous nsurance agences of the state hgh school athletc assocatons, wth the Natonal Federaton Football Commttee and wth the Natonal Federaton Equpment Commttee to perfect economcal and safe equpment. Such frms ndcate n ther catalogues the artcles whch have receved the approval of the l:\atonal Federaton. Purchasers wll be actng n the mcrests of all the schools f they wll nsst on usng only equpment whch has been thus nspected and approved. These supples arc helmets, shoulder pads and football pants. No attempt has been made to actualy stamp these artcles wth the approved ns gna. nstead t he nformaton s to be found n the varous descrptve cata logues whch are ssued by the manufaclur~rs who ha; e been actve n the ckvclopment of ths better type equpment. Further nformaton may be secured n the supplementary sectons o the Natonal Federaton publcatons. nfo rmaton relatve to addtonal equpment such as proper lghtng equpment for feld and gymnasum, basketball a nd football shoes, gymnasum supples and rqupmcnt can also be fo und u the same p ublcatons. T he artcles whch are thus descrbed are. n th..: opnon of the Equpment Commttee. accura1 ely descrbed and bult to satsfactorv standards. ln the case o many of these. valuable nformaton may b~ secured by wrtng drect to the companes for booklets and descrptve materals. Such materal should prove to be an ndspensable part o f the lbrary of any school athletc department.

12 for SEPTEMBER, 194;0 Page Nne GoaJs to ft the 11ew boards have b.een construet~d n such a wav that there s a mnmum obstructon of vew and of nterference wth actvtes behnd the plane of the :backboard. Such goals may be secured at a reasonable cost from any of the above mentoned manufacturers and from smlar manufacturers. Reasons for Change Snce. the orgn of the game, backboards have been rectangular n shape, sx feet wd_e and four feet hgh. The basket was attached one foot above the lower edge of the board. Durng the early years of the game, ths sze and shape were desorable. The space below the level of the basket was necessary because the old style basket braces were fastened to the board about one foot below the basket. n recent years developments n gymnasum equpment constructon have made these cumbersome braces unnecessary. Consequently the chef use for most of the space on the backboard below the level of the basket has dsappeared. Another reason why the space at the bottom of the board was n use was because the early ball was consderably larger than the present one. The maxmum sze for such balls was 32 nches n crcumference and because of the dffcultes n the then known ;methods of constructon, most balls stretched to the maxmum sze soon after beng placed n use. n recent years the sze of the ball has been reduced to a mnntu1j of twenty-nne and one-half nches and a maxmum of thrty nches. mproved methods of constructon have resulted n a blal whch can be made any gven sze and whch wll not stretch durng use. Consequently au balls are now made almost' exactly twenty-nne and one-half nches. The balls also have a ~lghtly faster reacton due to mproved methods of consrtucton whch has elmnated all sewed seams and consequently all dead spots whch were nherent n balls made by sewng panels of leather and cloth tpgether. Ths change n type of ball s related to the new type backboard. A slghtly dfferent technque s used n bank shots. Ths change n technque has resulted n the lower part of the backboard beng waste space. The smple rectangular shape was adapted to unsklled methods of constructon. t was not uncommon for country schools to construct backboards by usng the bumpboard from a corn huskng wagon or some smlar contrapton. The smplest type of carpentry s requred n the mak ngof a rectangle. t merely requred a hammer, a saw and a square. n ffty years many changes have occurred. More care s gven the accurate constructon of playng equpment and nexpensve boards made of steel, plywood, bakelfe or other synthetc materals have been developed. An mproved type of basket wthout projectng brace rods has been perfected an.<! engneers have desgned flanges whch made attachment of baskets to the backboard a smple matter. There s no dffculty n producng any shape and,t here seems no good reason for not elmnatng the waste space whch s found at the corners anj margns of the old rectangular board. Changes n the locaton of the backboard wth reference to the end wall and the end lne and the development of new sklls n throwng feld goals from behnd the plane of the backboard have made the waste space on the large board a detrment. t also nterferes consderably wth the vson of spectators who may be compelled to st n parts of the buldng whch are not between the planes of the two backboards. The game has developed n such a way that t s a real problem to provde a suffcent number of seats from whc hthe game may be vewed. Basketball courts have a maxmum of only eghty-sx feet for seats on the sdelnes between the planes of the 'two baskets. There s almost no other game that has ths handcap n vsblty. Anythng that can be done to releve ths dffculty s worthwhle. The Transton Perod The transton to the smaller backboard may be gradual. As far as expense s concerned, there should not be a great deal of waste n makng the change. Very few schools, clubs or playgrounds have a suffcent number of backboards. n case new ones are to be nstalled, the old boards can be ll)oved to a cross court to permt addtonal use of the playng space by greater number of players. Players adjust 'themselves quckly to the slght dfference n appearance and a few mnutes practce s usually suffcent to allow the players to make porper adjustments. n order to make easy transton from the rectangular board to the smaller board, the Natonal Commttee recommends that where boards of the rectangu.lar sze are used, the space whch s not to be found on the smaller type board be panted wth a dark pant so that the whte porton on the large board s the same sze and shape as the entre smaller board. Ths wl gve the boards somewhat the same appearance and should remove any handcap whch mght develop through playng on courts equpped wth boards of dfferent szes. All n all, t looks lke a great season for the greatest of ndoor sports. The game s keepng pace wth developments n related felds of endeavor. Progressve athletc departments are makng plans to brng ther equpment up to date.

13 Pace Ten NCOME TAX STATUS OF STATE ASSOCATONS Good news for state hgh school athletc assocatons has recently come from the nternal Revenue Department. t s to the effect that state hgh school athletc assocatons organzed n a manner smlar to those of llnos and owa, the two states for whom decsons were rendered, are educatonal organzatons are enttled to exempton from federal ncome tax and from the flng of captal stock returns. Ths news s contaned n communcatons whch were sent to Secretary C. W. Whtten of llnos and Secretary Geo. A. Brown of owa under date of August 5, Here are excerpts from those communcatons: TREASURY DEPARTMENT Washngton, D. C. Srs: Reference s made to Bureau rulng dated November 15, 1939, n whch t was held that you were not exempt from Federal ncome tax under the provsons of secton 101 (6) of the Revenue Act of 1938 and the correspondng provsons of pror revenue acts, and secton 101 (6) of the nternal Revenue Code.. After careful reconsderaton of all the evdence submtted, ths offce s of the opnon that you were organzed and are beng operated prmarly for educatonal purposes wthn the meanng of secton 101 (6) of the nternal Revenue Code, the Revenue Act of!938, and the correspondng provsons of pror revenue acts and are therefore enttled to exempton from Federal ncome tax as an educatonal organzaton. Bureau rulng of November 15, 1939, referred to above s hereby revoked. Accordngly, you wll not be requred to fle returns of ncome unless you change the character of your organzaton, the purposes for whch you were organzed, or your method of operaton. Contrbu~ons made to you are deductble by the donors n arrvng at ther taxable net ncome n the manner and to the extent provded by secton 23 (b) and (q) of the nternal Revenue Code and correspondng provsons of pror revenue acts. Respectfully, (sgned) \(_M. T. SHERWOOD Actng Deputy Commssoner. The varous state assocatons are ndebted to llnos, owa, and Pennsylvana for the excellent work they dd n acquantng the Treasury Department wth the exact nature of the state assocatons and n thus securng a reversal of an earler decson whch would have worked a great hardshp on t he varous hgh schools of the country. For several years Pennsylvana has employed legal servce to assst them n presentng matters of th.s knd n the most effectve manner. Followng the decson of November 15th, owa and llnos appealed for further consderaton of the status of the state assocatons and through correspondence and work of state senators and representatves such as Scott Lucas of llnos, Bob Goodwn, Karl Lecompte and Ben Jensen of owa, have gven detaled nformaton relatve to the educatonal nature of the state assocatons. The result s the decson outlned above. whle ths decson apples specfcally to llnos and owa, t s qute evdent that practcally all of the other state assocatons have the same status. n case any assocaton s asked by the local nternal Revenue Department to fle ncome tax returns, reference should be made to the decsons The KENTUCKY HGH SCHOOL ATHLETE sent to llnos and owa and at an earler date to Pennsylvana. t wll be noted that ths decson apples specfcally to the problem of ncome tax. The status wth reference to socal securty taxes s stll beng consdered and there s some doubt as to whether the assocatons are subject to these taxes. nformaton relatve to ths partcular matter s expected n the near future :---- SAFETY MEASURES By F. R. WEGNER, Roslyn Heghts, New York. Durng the 1939 season the Safety Commttee of the nterscholastc Rules Commttee obtaned comparatve statstcs coverng njmes for over 51,000 boys. A study of these statstcs shows that, for every 1,000 boys playng 11 man football, 30 of them receved one of the varous types of fracture accdents. Of the 1,552 accdents reported, by far the greatest sngle accdent (471) was broken front teeth. Of course, n addton to the fracture accdents there were other types of accdents such as sprans, dslocatons, laceratons and concussons. When njures Occur Blockng 13% 28.5% 20.0% 23% Beng blocked... 16% 9.0% 11.5% 9% Tacklng... 42% 28.5% 42.0% 47% Beng tackled... 15% 24.5% 18.0% 19% Unclassfed 14% 9.5% 8.5% 2% We must constantly strve to reduce these accdents to ther very mnmum. N o state has done more to become safety conscous than Wsconsn. The results of ther contnuous work are seen when we study the statstcs. Ther accdent rato s at least 5 per 1,000 less than the norm for all of the other states studed. The nterscholastc Football Rules have been drafted wth partcular attenton t o safety factors. There may not be any actual playng stuatons n the nterscholastc rules whch can be defntely proved to be more or less safe than the game played under other rules, but the rules demandng the compulsory use of headgear, the lberal substtuton rule, the warm-up perod before the begnnng of the second half, the ncreased attenton to good rules admnstraton, and the efforts of the Equpmen.t Commttee have had a pronounced effect upon the safety, of th_e game. One of the most mportant factors s the condton of the feld. Boys are stll beng hurt by runnng nto players' benches, water buckets and other extraneous objects. Many states have started athletc protecton or nsurance plans. The regulatons bult nto these plans wll result n better safetv measures. n each plan. some control n regard to the number of days that a boy, havng been njured, must refran from practce or games, wll be exerted. njures, whch heretofore were lghtly held, wll now requ_re some enforced dleness and consequently better healng. We, who coach, admnster and referee ths grand game of football, have a dstnct oblgaton to protect not only the game from unthnkng crtcsm, but the boys who play the game aganst unnecessary ha=rds. - Reprnted by permsson from 1940 nterscholastc Rules Book.

14 :for "SEPTEMBER, 1940 Page Eleven States.. Represented: South Ca-rolna, Kentucl~y. Mssour,, Rhode sland, Oho, Texas, Florda, Delaware, Vrgna, llnos, ndana, Mnnesota. 1. Anderson, Tom... Cedar Sprngs, S.C. 2. Addngton, Dean... Whtesburg, Ky. 3. Ashmor.e, Ben 4. Baer, Ray... Lousvlle, Ky. 5. Baln sky, Johnny 6. Burnett, J anes 7. Boswell, W. E... Carlsle, Ky. 8. Burton, Don 9. Burns, G. J. 10. Caudll, Fred 11. Chatte.n, Erne... Ashland, Ky. 12. Cocanougher, Larue 13. Comer, Hubert 14. Corner, Huels 15. Cooper, H. T... Erlanger, Ky. 16. Doyle, Donald... Lexngton, Ky. 17. Duford, W. ]... St. Lous, Mo. 18. Felds, Fallace... Whtesburg, Ky. 19. Geyer, Don... :... St. Lous, Mo. 20. Gles, Hersche Fulton, Ky. 21. Gother, Lee 22. Grau, E. F... Mam Beach, Fla. 23. Grone, Fayne... Ashland, Ky. 24. Haney, B. G... Portsmouth, R L 25. Heber, John... :... Lexngton, Ky. 26. Hem, P. K Allance, Oho 27. Hellard, Cec Emnence, Ky. 28. Henderson, J. A... Stone, Ky. 29. Herndon, Raymond... Cumberland, Ky. 30. House, Douglas 31. Hyden, J oe... Prestonsburg, Ky. 32. Jones, Evan 33. Kazmaer, Carleton... :... Troy, Oho 34. Kennedy, ~C. R... Lynch, Ky. 35. Klenck, Robert St. Lous, Mo. 36. Knght, Robert Palestne, Texas 37. Lowdenback, V. C... Fullerton, Ky. 38. Lucas, Ralph 39. Manuel, Rchard... Troy, Oho 40. McClurg, Charles... Harlan, Ky. 41. McCroy, C. A.... Krksvlle, Ky. 42. McClaskey, Booker 43. McGOW<!~ ]. S. 44. Mller, R. H... Georgetown, Ky. 45. Mracle, Andy... Jenkns, Ky. 46. Mlls, Ralph... Hopknsvlle, Ky. 47. Mtchell, P. H Portsmouth, Oho 48. Mtchell, Harold... J)elmar, Delaware 49. Mtchell, Paul B. SO. Neu, Wm... Lousvlle, Ky. 51. Olver, James... Sturgs, Ky. 52. Organ, W. C... 1faron, Ky. 53. Parker, B. F... Charleston, S. C. 54. Prce, Walter... :... Prestonsburg, Ky. UNVERS.TY OF KENTUCKY Prchard, H. L..... Morehead, Ky. 56. Range, J, C... Coeburn, Va. 57. RanRo, Rome... Rchmond, Ky. 58. Rees, J. W... Mllersburg, Ky. 59. Rce, A. T...,... Frankfort, Ky. 60. Roberts, Clff... Lawrencevlle, ll. 61. Roettger, H. L... Lockland, Oho 62. Russell, Allan... Lovngton, ll. 63. Schaefer, Howard... Cornth, Ky. 64. Sherman, E. H. 65. Shelds, Lews... Elzabeth, nd. 66. Shropshre, W. N. 67. Sorensen, Sd... Staples, Mnnesota 68. Smth, Charlc... Decatur, ll 69. Stecher, Charles... Norton, Va. 70. Stover, Jackson 71. Taylor, Rhea 72. Terry, W. L... Bowlng Green, Ky. 73. T)lorn, A. E... New Albany, nd. 74. Wheeler, Hallard... Belfry, Ky. 75. Wlson, Barney... Barbourvlle, Ky. 76. Wlson, E. }... Lancaster, Oho 77. Wtten, Stay G... Carkson, Ky. 78. Woerlen, George ----:---- "The secret of patence s dong somethng else m the meantme." ; : Centre College ~-D-J>...u_D_ Q _ Danvlle, - Kentucky FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Sept. 21-Boston College... Boston Oct. Nov. 28-Msssspp Coll... Clnton, Mss. 5--Hanover Here 12-Cncnnat U. (nght) Cncnnat 18-U. of Lousvlle (nght) Lous'le 26--Permanently open 2-Davdson... Davdson, N. C. 9-Chattanooga U... Chattanooga 16--V. P.. (homecomng)... Here 30--Transylvana... Here

15 Page Twelve Tle KENTUCKY HGH- SGllOOL._ATHLETE Dgt School ~FootbaJ' Rules.. -By :J_ R. MpUN'fjoy --_- The 1940 football season s well under way. Perhaps a dscusson of possble rule changes of t he -future wll be of nterest to coaches and offclals.at ths tme. At the end of the season t wll be my duty to ma-l each of the coaches n Kentucky a Questonnare concernng the present rules and prospectve rule changes. t s my sncere wsh that every coach n Kentucky fll out and return that questonnare. Last year only 26 coaches returned ther forms. t was embarrassng to realze that we coaches had so lttle nterest n our own affar. There wll probably be several mportant proposals n the questonnare, some of whch are almost sure to be ncorporated nto the rules for the fol lowng season. t wll help the coaches make up ther mnds f they wll thnk about some of the proposals whle the football season s stll on. Let me suggest that you gve the followng deas some thought: 1. Why not allow any mm1ber of forward passes, n any down, provded they all start behnd the lne of scrmmage? t w ll save the offcal a Jot of worry. 2. Why place a lmt on the number of tmes a player may enter the game? Tme out _penaltes wll prevent excessve use of Subs. 3. Why do we not play 4 quarters wth a long rest perod between the 2nd and 3rd quarters. and let the teams start the Jrd quarter, after a change of goals, just lke they start the 2nd and 4th quarters now? T he way t s now you mght say that we arc playng 2 short games n one afternoon and addng the scores. 4. Why do we keep the goal post 10 yards off the playng feld, nstead of on the Goal lne? Some say w.e do.t as a s<!fety measure. njury statstcs of the Pro leagues fal to prove the Goal post a hazard. t would belp kckng a lot to_ ha'ce them_ on the Goal lne. n the recent A~Star Pro game n Chcago, nether sde mssed a kck of any knd out of 11 tres. Maybe our Hgh School boys would try more kcks f t were not so hard to make one good. Some say that the "post on the goal lne s a hazard to the team that uses the forward pass often. t does not seem to hurt the Pro's passng game much. 5. Would t help our boys play better ball and gve the spectators a more nterestng game, f we lmted the defense to a set number of men on the lne of scrmmage? t sure would save an awful lot of work for coaches and make the offense clck better for both teams. f you have an dea that you would lke to see n the rules, send t to me and wll forward t to the commttee for consderaton. Many, apparently good suggestons, cannot be ncor-porated nto the rules because of the EXCEPTONS they cause to the present rule. The Commttee s ever tryng to smplfv a nd remove _exceptons from the rules. T hey a re t ryng to make the game easer to play, easer to offcate and easer to understand. Try out some of the above suggestons n games ths fall. You wll fnd that some of your opponents wll be glad to. cooperate wth you. Ask your Physcal Educaton Department to try them. Send me your conclusons. Let me suggest that you coaches study your rules more. There are many thngs permtted under the rules that ::oach~s have not developed. The possbltes have hardly been touched. ~ : UNVERSTY of KENTUCKY Saturday, October 5, 1940 WASHNGTON & LEE STO L L FELD 2 :00P. M. Agan the Unversty of Kentucky takes pleasure n nv.tng Hg h School Boys and Grls of the State to the Ffth Annual HGH SCHOOL DAY at Lexngton, Kentucky October 5th. An elaborate program s beng arranged wth a Varsty Football Game n the Afternoon. Tckets wll be 25c each. Ths gves you a seat to the game and a Souvenr Program.

16 r t Do You Kno"W The Sueeess Famly?. ~ e The father of Success s work; ' The nother of Success s Atnbton. The oldest son s Co1nmon Sense; t - j Some of the other boys are Perseverance, J Honesty, Thoroughness, Foresght, Enthus- 1, ' asm, and Cooperaton. 1 :! 1 The oldest daughter s Character; 1-1 Some of her ssters are Cheerfulness, Loy- 1 1 " alty, Courtesy, Care, Economy, Sncerty, J ~llrm~ 1 The baby s Opportunty. j Get well acquanted wth the "old n1an" 1! and you wll be able to get along pretty well wth all the rest of the famly. 1 t - F rom SUCCESS TALKS l By Roderck G. Stevens. '. t e ' - = ~,-_._[ ~~~- 1-tl_t_l~~~ -~..-.c~..-.(l~f.._.l~.l._,._.)_ l_f--c--11-t-l~~~~._...:4 t t

17 -= -l- )- )-~) -~)_..),.._..,_.,_~.._..._.,..-.,..._..~ t ~,_..._..._..~..._..~.._, ""'"" 1 They wll be seeng you 1 j ' HARRY BLACKBURN MONNE -FARRELL "BUTCH" SOSNN Representng us n the Representng us n the Central, Representng us n _.. South Central and Cumberland Western Kentucky - Bg Sandy 0 tstrtct Valley Dstrcts f 1 PAUL SMTH, who has represented us n Kentu cky for the past 5 y ears s now connected wth,- the SAND KNTTNG MLLS n Chcago and wll contnue to have some contact w th you for us on ''Sand" Knt Goods... n order to serve our Kentucky schools bette1 we are now placng n t he feld t l.je three men pctured above a nd now t wll not be so long between vsts. 1 3 H ot Specals Whte Canvas ' Basket Ball Shoes f No A $5.00 retal ~~ shoe rom last season whch j has been dscontnued by the actory. ~ H ere s a Super Value n 1 a fn e Basket Ball Shoe. 1 Specal Prce, pr. $2.45 j No Converse R ubber Co. "All-Star Basket No A. }. Reach Co. "Last Blt" full moulded,, - Bal Shoe wth black leather u ppers. Dscon- Basket Ball. Pe1 fect n every respect hut tnned by Converse on account of slght ac- a dscontnued number. Last vear's School f 1 tory change n constructon. L ast year School Prce was $ ~~~ p,;~;; ~~ ;;:~L ;;~OWCO~ ~" ncorpor ate d LOUS\JLLE~ KENTUCKY : - -o--c~~~l-)_l_,_ l-~~,...c~..._.(~~~.._...-,.._c.._.c._c._,~~'--c-.-o--c--( '