onditions, and the crowd. If the writing of the
story includes a discussion of each of these points in more or less
detail, the game will be covered in all of its essential phases. The
three kinds of stories differ, from one another, not in the facts that
they include, but in the length at which they expand upon these facts.
One rule should be noted in the writing of all these stories or of any
athletic story--avoid superlatives. To a green reporter almost every
game seems to be "the most spectacular," "the most thrilling," "the
hardest fought," "the most closely matched," but a broad experience is
necessary to defend the use of any superlative about the game.

=1. The Brief Summary Story.=--This is the little story of a stickful or
less, which merely announces the result of some distant or unimportant
game. Taken in its shortest form it gives only the names of the teams,
the score, the time and place of the game, and perhaps a word or two of
general characterization. As it is allowed to expand in length it takes
up as briefly as possible the following facts in the order in which they
are given: the scoring, the comparison of play, the star players or
plays. It is a mere announcement of the result of the game and no more,
for that is all the reader wants. The line-ups and other tables are
usually omitted, and nothing is included that goes beyond this narrow
purpose. Here are a few examples:

| IOWA CITY, Ia., Nov. 25.--Sensational |
|end runs by McGinnis and Curry near the |
|end of the final quarter of play gave |
|Iowa a 6-to-0 victory over Northwestern |
|here this afternoon. |
| |
| Fort Atkinson High School defeated |
|Madison High today in the final moments |
|of play when a punt by Davy, fullback |
|for Madison, was blocked and the ball |
|recovered behind the line, giving Fort |
|Atkinson the game, 2 to 0. |

| INDIANAPOLIS, June 3.--Indianapolis |
|started its at-home series today by |
|defeating Kansas City, 3 to 2. Robertson |
|was in fine form, striking out five men, |
|permitting no one to walk and allowing |
|only six hits. Score: (Tables.) |