po -- bf SEVERAL CHANGES IN RUGBY ROLES MADE Holding Penaities Modified and Others Were Tight= ened Up. Toronto, April 20.--The Canadian rughy union rules committee met at the King Edward hotel on Saturday in an effort to revise and simplify the rules governing the game of rugby for all Canada. The following members were in attendance, John DeGruchy, chairman; Prof. Malcolm, Queen's University, representing the * 'Inter-Collegiate Rugby Union; Dave McCann, Ottawa, representing the Inter-Provincial Rugby Union; Reg. DeGruchy, Toronto, representing the Ontario RuBDy Football Union; W. Foulds, Toronto, representing the 'Western Canada Rugby Union; Bob. ~ Isbester, Hamilton. : The committee made a ruling that in future. the size of cleats that a player may wear shall not be less than 3-16 sq. in. end area, and the allest dimension shall not be less than 3-16 inches. The holding penalty was modified to a three minute penalty to the of- fender and a loss of ten yards to his team, dnd not loss of the ball as is at present the rule. A penalty was provided for late starting of games as follows. Where only one team is at fault the penalty shall be the loss of fifteen yards, but where both teams are at fault the home team shall lose fifteen yards and the visiting team may be sub- Ject to a fine not exceeding $650. A penalty was also provided for An extra man coming on the fleld, being three minutes for the player ' coming on and for the player being relieved. Clause four dealing with "offside" . on & loose ball from a fumble or blocked kick was changed, and the . penalty provided was amended to read: '"Penalty--The side not of- fending shall have first down on the spot. where the offence occurred." The former penalty was loss of ten yards as well as possession of the ball. A new clause dealing with blocked * kicks was inserted as follows: Clause * flve--In the event of a kick from scrimmage, the ball before crossing the line of scrimmage strikes a play- er of the kicker's side who is offside ~ the penalty shall be loss of the ball on the spot where the offense occur- The O.R.F.U. made an earnest ef- fort to have some change made in the rule governing "Onside Kicks," which would give protection to the half back who is attempting to make the catch from having two and some- times three opponents charging him in their efforts to secure the ball, but the feeling of the meeting was that "if the wing line was alive and well- id coached, they should be clever enough to prevent many of their op- ponents from getting down under the ball that fast. Several minor changes were also made in cases where the interpre- ~ tations of offences and penalties con- flicted, these did not effect the in- * terpretation, but merely changed the . wording in order to make meaning _. clearer. Old Country Football | 3 ENGLISH LEAGUE. Town 0. ed 2. Cardiff 13, Swansea 9. Birmingham). Blackpool 3, Coventry City 1. Bradford City 0, Manchester U. 1. Derby County 1, Stoke 2. Fulham 0, Clapton Orient 3. Hull City 1, Oldham Ath. 0. Middlesbrough 1, Chelsea 1. Portsmouth 1, Wednesday 1. Portvale 4, Stockport C. 1. South Shields 1, Leicester City 1. Wolverhampton 3, Crystal Palace Third Division. Northern Section. Ashington 1, Bradford 0. Barrow 3, Rotherham C. 1. Crewe Alexandra 3, Grimsby Town Doncaster R. 2, Rochdale 1. Durham City 0, Hartlepoole U. 1. Lincoln City 3, Chesterfield 1. Nelson 2, Wrexham 4. Southport 1, Darlington 0. Tranmere R. 2, Acorington St. 1. Walsall 0, Halifax Town 3. Wigan Borough 0, New Brighton Southern Section. Bristol Rovers 0, Gillingham 0. Charlton Ath. 5, Aberdare 1. Exeter City 2, Bournemouth 1. Merthyr Town vs. Bristol City missing. Newport County 1, Luton Town 1. Northampton 1, Norwich City 1. Queen's Pk. Rov. 1, Swindon Reading 0, Plymouth' Albion 0. Bouthend United 1, Millwall 0. Swansea Town 1, Brighton Hove. 0. Watford 3, Brentford 1. Scottish League. Alrdrieonians 2, Hibernians 0, Celtic 1, Queen's Park 1. Hearts 1, Dundee 0. Kilmarnock-St. Johnstone played. Morton 2, Raith Rovers 3. Motherwell 1, Rangers 1. Partick Thistle 1, St. Mirren 3. Third Lanark 4, Falkirk 0. Second Division. East Fife 3, Arthurlie 0. East Stirling 2, St. Bernard's 0. Dundee United 2, Broxburn Unit- not Dunfermline A. 3, Albion Rovers 0. Forfar Athletic 1, Clyde 8. Bathgate vs. Arbroath not played. | Clydebank 0, Bo'ness 0. Alloa 1, Armadale 0, Stenhousemuir 2, King's Park 1. Rugby League, Harlequins 24, Headingly ». Bath 8, Bristol 5. Birkenhead Park 5, Leicester 11. Coventry 22, Old Edward'ns 10. Devonport Serv. 6, Gloucester 8. Northampton 43, Old Alleynians Torquay 3, Plymouth 8. Weston Super 6, Pill Harriers 11. Crosskeys 20, Newbridge 3. Lilanelly 17, Penarth 8. Neath 8, Newport 21. Midland Cup Final. Birmingham 8, Moseley 14 (at INSIDE GOLF By Chester Horton Maker of 51 Golf Champions. "Golf's most successful teacher," says "Chick" Evans. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG SPORTING give one. A NEWS MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925. OH BOY Everybody is getting one g Razor What You Get! RAZOR (Golda-Plated) ~ Thousands of Valet AutoStrop Razors have been sold, thousands of men have been converted to the finest method of shaving known throughout the world. Why? Because the latest model gold-plated Valet AutoStrop Razor complete out- fit may be bought for 49c. and men who have never before known a clean, swift, velvet, satisfy- ing shave have at last found a razor that will NOTE :--The gold-plated set offered is our latest model and is specially priced for this sale. 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Bromwich A. 9 Sheffield U. 3, Notts County 0. N 'West Ham, U. 4, Everton 1. It is so ndcessary in the back Second Division. swing to get started slowly because same rule if the beginning lacks rhythm this elusive necessity is not likely at all to be picked up enroute in the swing. Next, the slow start rids the back swing of the troubles that will accrue from a quick start after the quick start is made. The Quick start leads to jerkiness and an almost certain lack of control of the club at the top of the back swing, where it must be nicely and thor- oughly under the player's command. OLD HIDDEN BALL TRICK STILL GOOD, Barnsley 1, Southampton 1. a slow and flowing start does two » neh FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN | The goloshes came in mighty handy on Sunday for those who had not You never can tell how long winter's going to last and it might be well to take the tip for next winter and hang on to the Overshoes a little longer before throwing them in the ash heap. On Saturday night tow or three baseball adherents were getting 'warmed 'up to working it so that the Ki 8d agaln. Here's hoping Sunday's wintry weather did not chill their thrown theirs away. Those changes made in the rugby rules made on Saturday were dus. penalty for holding, that of the offending player being given five ntes and his team the loss of the ball, was too mighty strict, and the by heads made a wise move when they modified this ruling and made & penalty of three minutes for the offending player and a losst of ten for his team. 2 The death of George A. Jack Adams says he's going to take another winter at hockey instead a-------- i Little of Lindsay, a former well-known Kings- 07: 18 Ifiectad bi his Srisnds in, Kiaqeton. Mr. Little was one of | 'most curlers in the province and was known for his curling It in Manitoba as well as in Ontario. Mr. Little had intended com- to Kingston in August to take part in the Old Boys' celebration. "The Arena's closed a moaih-now and here's hockey weather starting In again," remarked a hockey fan on Sunday when the little flakes n City League could be ' UHI flow the sami. Why not? Many others are getting away EVEN IN LEAGUES THE"NIDDEN BALL PLAY 1S DULLED WHEN BASE RUNNER IS ANINRING OF SOMETHING ELSE --- one of the most {irritating for the victimized player, coach, and team. Babe Pinelll, third sacker of the Cincinnati Reds, has been unusually successful in pulling this play in the major leagues. While with the Chicago White Sox in 1918, he caught George Har- per of Detroit, Manager Jennings, coaching. Playing with Detroit in 1920, he caught "Stuffy" McInnes of Boston, Oscar Vitt, coaching; just three days later, he caught Same Rice of Wash- ington, Manager McBride, coaching. With Cincinnati in 1922, he caught Ray Schmandt of Brooklyn, Manager Robinson coaching. Cubs in Bad Luck. Chicago, April 20.--The Chicago Cubs were dealt another blow when it became known that Art. Weis, utility outfielder, is suffering from an attack of scarlet fever, and will be lost te the club for four or five weeks. © In addition to Weis, the Cubs are still without the services of Captain "Rabbit" Maranville, who is suffering with a broken ankle, and Outfielder Denver Grigsby, who is out 'with a broken collarbone. s Tomorrow ought always to be taken conditionally. To Work, Later. ASEBAL SCORES When President Johnson of the American League announced the um- pire assignments for the opening series, the name of Chief of Staff National League. R New York .. oo eo oo oo 4 Brooklyn .... .s 3 se so Pittsburg .... ¢.ccvo oo 2 Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago ees 0 "ee oe Sts, Baltimore Rochester Syracuse Jersey City .. .¢ oo ou. B H 9 8 7 9 cece se se ss ae 811 4 "vse ee ee seas 311 1 Buffalo .... .. «s so os 5 12 cs se as se we T Newark .. {Toronto at third; rain. S------ American League. Chicago.... St. Louis as asd csv sw Cleveland at Detroit, rain. ton at New York, rain. Reading--called 1 st moni Billy Evans was missing, causing not a 'little speculation. Johnson later announced that Evans was still on the staff and would get his regular assignments later. Evans, who has been writing sports. all winter, said that the omission of his name was due to the fact that his signed con- tract probably went astray ia the mails and did not reach the execu- tive in time. Olympics in Holland, New York, April 30.--Brigadier- General Charles H. Sherrill of New York, a member of the international Olympic committee, told the Ameri- can Olympic Association that the committee had "definitely and de- sisively" decided to hold the 1918 games in Amsterdam, Holland, and the 1932 games in Los Angeles. General Sherrill deptored recent press reports that Holland would be unable to finance the next contests, and asserted that such rumors were without foundation. 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