Show SULLIVAN RAPS SOCCER POLO princeton water coach terms sport a mollycoddle game urges uniform collegiate rule rules soccer polo Is a mollycoddle game according to frank J sullivan Su lliran swim ming coach at princeton university uniform rulea rules should be drafted and approved by the collegiate body ot of the west conforming with the code now in vogue in the eastern intercol interpol Int ercol leplate association said sullivan only a few months ago the chicago athletic association and the illinois athletic club boasted two of the strongest water polo teams in the country it s true and unfortunate that a particularly rough game be tween the C A A and the N Y A C players at pittsburgh last march resulted in the abolishing of the sport among organizations enrolled in the A A U now that the A A U has frown ed upon the game of water or rugby polo the western collegiate author ties have fallen in line and the result ie Is princeton the eastern champion team at water polo is unable to make a western trip that was planned sev arar months ago certain changes have been made in the playing of water polo and the ad of an umpire to the staff of of tends to lessen the roughhouse work where in the old das a ref aree had absolute charge of the game it was almost impossible to call fouls and impose penalties now tow you hear of fouls but they occur with less tre fre quency than before it its s too bad that two local clubb can t get together and hit upon a happy medium in water sports at the C A A water basket ball has been attempted but I 1 understand the game isn t classed with water polo in the matter of excitement at the I 1 A C steps have been taken to popularize soccer polo while the big dig 9 officials seem to look with favor upon water ater basket ball water polo was a bit rough in spots when goals were counted only when the goal was touched by the ball handled by some player A lot of the danger and battle royal spirit has been taken from the game how ever by the adoption of a two point score which counts whenever the ball is thrown into the basket which li Is at the goal end |