"Even in England, where the recent developments of paleontological botany have opened up new lines of research among the plants of the coal measures, the zeal of the followers of Scott and F. W. Oliver has led to the commercial exploitation of a coal mine in Lancashire where fine specimens of Lyginodendron, the Cycadofilicales, and the fossil seeds of the earlier tree ferns are to be found in abundance."
"COLUMBUS, OHIO - A proposal that college and university authorities furnish certificates to players who are no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition and that professional football teams engage no college players without such certificates, was made here today by Joe F. Carr, president of the National Football League. Clubs forming his organization, Carr said, would be glad to abide by such a ruling which, he believed, would stamp out the practice of college men playing on professional football teams."
Fossil hunting expanded into near-industry proportions with both commercial mining for paleobotanical specimens in England and financially backed American searches for dinosaur remains. Lancashire coal measures yielded abundant specimens of Lyginodendron, Cycadofilicales, and fossil seeds of early tree ferns. American expeditions from the Rocky Mountains returned nearly two carloads of material representing nearly 500 extinct animals, including fragments of Diplodocus. Joe F. Carr proposed that colleges issue certificates for players no longer eligible for intercollegiate competition and that professional teams require such certificates to prevent premature professional play. Estimates warned U.S. oil supplies could be exhausted in twelve years and coal supplies would also end.
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