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SPORTS. ONLY DOZEN SUCH FEATS - Th:pmpson of Georgetown *99-Yard Dash—McPherson of North Caro- ! lina Races 93 Against Maryland. BY PARKE H. DAVIS, . Foot Ball's National Recorder. HE difficulty of catching a kick-off and carrying the ball | through all opponents to a touchdown may be apprect ated by the rarity of the per- formance In the intercollegiate games of the United States this Fall. The ball was Kkicked off approximately 8,000 times. Notwithstanding these opportunities, only 12 instances are to be found in which the kick-off was caught and carried back for a touch- own. Tt Is possible, of course, that the searching eye of a statisticlan has overfooked a few performances of this.character, but their number can- not 'possibly be enough to alter the inference. These 12 scoring plays on the kick-off present a glorious roster of heroic players. Tie for Longest Dash. Two plavers tie for the honor of having made the longest scoring run- back with a kick-off and this honor is dpuble because their runs also are the longest scoring runs mads by any collegian on a college gridiron this Jall. Gerald A. Thompson of George- towh, affectionately known as “Jerry, caught a Lebanon Valley kick-bff and | scampered 99 vards for a touchdown. Jidward J. Melanson of Villanova simflarly caught a kick-off, standing on his own 1-vard line, and with his yrize raced and dashed through the entiye St. Joseph eleven for a touch- down, ‘The second longest run, 95 yards, presents the formidable Christy Flan- nagan of Notre Dame, who on Oc- tober 2 caught a Beloit kick-off and raced for a touchdown. Only two vards less is the brilliant dash of Rufis A. McPherson of North Caro- lina; who against mighty Maryland raught a kick-off and dashed and flashed 93 vards to a score. Two in 90-yard Class. And now two players sit triumph- antly in the 90-vard frame. One of these s from the North and the other is from the South. Fred M. Ellis «of Tufts caught a kick-off sent spin- ning down the fleld by the Massa- chusetts “Aggies” and ran 90 vards to a touchdown. Wallick of William My 25 Years on the Gridiron BY WILLIAM A. ROPER, HEAD COACH PRINCETON U} X—Teaching Myself to Watch My Players. In my early coaching days at Princeton I found it very difficult to train myself to watch the individual plave to te'! when thev were tiring _or weaken ing. T would find myself absorbed ir the game, and it took. me train myself to forgbt about the game and concen trate on the indi- vidial men. a\ll zood f:»ol ball Bcquire a sort of pluck which is ad miréble in itself but: not always gendible or dis crecg. 1remember watching one game in which a line man played through several minutes with a broken shouider, a piece of stark heroism which I would hardly beideve mysci 7 1 had not seen it. Fine as his courage and stocism were, he would have been much more useful on the e« lines. and he cost his team sev- before his condition was I'his incident serves to show ¥ things one man would Lave to watch if he tried to rely on his ‘own unaided powers of observa- tion. If- the coaching force is not large enoggh, I advise getting tance from old players who know the game, or even substitutes themselves, in keepingz a close individual watch on every man on the field—not onlv to be ipformed of his phys condition but to indee, as far as may be. of his play, and its possibilities of improve- ment. hree or four good men can eastly watch the individual play of the, eleven. but no one man ever shotrld attempt i During the first half T believe that the © h's job s ¢ through his own eves not to meddle more than he must the -leadership of the elevens on_the fleld. 1f you have not managed to teach vour quarterback and captain to think for themselves. vour team will-be very apt to be heaten before you.can wig-wag orders to them from the side lines. and will deserve it, too. . Strategy Often Neglected. Sach instructions as may properly fall to the part of the coach concerns rather the relief of wearying players and’ the choice of men to replace them. especially since the adontion of rules allowing a plaver to leave the game and then return to it, which in| themselves open up ¢ conside able field for side which | often 1s wh olly n ubst- | going out on avs be warned about reporting to | avoiding speech until en made. Even so. BiLL ROPER A rmm to satisfy anybody. In r have believed in coachini from the side lines even if the rul did not expressly forbid The more a coach can teach his players to do their own thinking the better the team | will behave. One of the best features of foot ball is that it develops initia- tive. A well coached eleven goes on the* fleid prepared for every emer- gency. There 1s one and only one way of stopp!ng a coach from trying to cap- tain his team during games, and that is one, beautifully effective, which re- quires no officials and no rules. It is: The team which is run from the side lines will lose every time against fairly even opposition trained to do its own thinking. The quarterback has too many things to watch on the field to keep his eve on the side lines, and no coach can get the close view of fhe playing positions which is es- sential to sound fleld tactics. Getting Istently beaten will cure any bad hablts a coach may acquire. * Rest Interval Invaluable. Iialso learned In those first years| at Princeton that the l5-minute In- terval between halves is pure gold for the coach who knows how to use it and a time of trouble and defeat for the man who has failed to realize its possibilities {n sach direction. All the 1rials of the relininary suspense are uuitiplied here. For every DURING 1926 CAMPAIGN | noongin mid-November, starting from N Ties for Top Honors With and Mary duplicated the rerformance against Wake Forest. \'‘tor Gus- tafson of North Western richochetted through Chicago one Saturday after- is own 12-yard line with a kick-off and touched the ball down behind the goal line. And now we come to three great players, all of whom achieved scoring runs from the Kick-off of the same length. David R. Fall of Willlams in this manncr against the Massachu- setts ‘“‘Aggies’”; Sheldon Hecker of Niagara similarly scored against Canisius, and Ray Jones of Syracuse contributed the third such dash against Johns Hopkins. Rosengrant of Hobart covered 75 yards with a caught kick-off against Buffalo, and Leland Lewis of Northwestern, famil- iarly known as “Tiny,” brings up the rcar with a 72-yard race through In- diana. Run Punts to Score. A mental plcture nursed by all en- thusiasts excepting the bookkeepers of the sport is that of a player catch- ing a punt and running back through all opponents to a touchdown. Only the statistics of the sport reveal the rarity of this play. It is the con- spicuous character of such a score that faisely creates the notion of fre- quency in our memory. Two players share the honor of having recled off the longest scoring run back of a punt. One of these comes from the East and one from the Far West. In the battle between Colorado Agricultural team and Den- ver, Glenn Davis of the ‘“‘Aggies” caught a punt standing on his 5-y line and ran through all opponents for a touchdown and the winning score. Two weeks later Arthur Kalen of St. Joseph's team duplicated the achievement against Manhattan. Joseph McKinney of Boston College comes next in point of distance cov- ered with a dash of 85 yards through Gettysburg. Edmund Decker of Yale wins a place in foot ball's ledger by a run-back of 55 yards against Bos- ton University. ‘Mally” Nydahl of Minnesota made a 60-yard scoring run through Wisconsin, and Paul Kittredge of Holy Cross made a 50- vard flight through the team of the Newport torpedo station. VERSITY who tried to break in before the game there will be three at the door be- tween the halves, and the man who would be merely disorderly in the first instance is apt to create a riot now. The old player has smelled blood and powder during the first half, win or lose, and there is no stopping him | once he gets past the gate. Bedlam is peaceful compared to the dressing rooms if the door is not double barred and triple guarded. The small boy ind the merely inquisitive spectator, reinforced by the amateur Napoleons, each with an unstoppable play, and the small army of throat-itching re- vivalists all gather hungrily at the gate, and it takes not only watchful waiting and armed neutrality, but a downright rupture of diplomatic rela- tions to avoid their inrush. (Copyright, 1926.) HILLTOP GRID CAPTAIN TO BE SELECTED SOON Georgetown University’s 1926 grid- men will choose a leader for next yea eleven at a meeting to be held or tomorrow. Sanction by the Hilltop athletic board of participation by Harry Con- naughton, all-America guard, ani Capt. Frank McGrath, end, in a Paci- fic Coast game with an Eastern a! star team has been refused. Class room work needs the entir: aitention of the athletes, university officials say. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Notre Dame, 51; Armour Tech, M Minnesota, 27; North Dakota, 2 PRO BASKET BALL Washington Cleveland . Lhiladelphia Wayne Ehlcagy Rochester Baltimore Detroit New Yorlk. coswunnand L ASKS SERVICE CLASH EVERY OTHER SEASON By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 7.—Officials of the United States Military Academy would be glad to come back to Chi- cago for another Army-Navy game, sald a letter received today by R. J. Kelly, president of the South Park Board, which controls the Sold!er Field Stadium. A similar letter was received a few days ago from the Naval Academy. Washington dispatches indicated that representative Fred E. Britten of Chicago, who arranged- this year's contest here, has started a movement to have the service classic played somewhere in the West every other year. “We can stage a secorsl game,” said Kelly, “for less than this year's ex- pense, which was $300,000, and we can handle a considerably larger crowd the next time by @xpanding the seating capacity. ST. MARY’S CELTICS TO PLAY STRAYER'S ° ALEXANDRIA, Va., December 7.— With victorles over two Washington quints already in the bag, the St Mary’s Celtics will meet the floormen of Strayer's Business College here to- morrow night in the Armory gym- nasium at 8:30. Saturday night the Celtics play Cal- vert Hall Medical School in Baltimore at the 104th Medical Regiment Armory. The Celtics last night trimmed the Montrose Club, 44 to 20. Alexandria High School’s five will nlay the medical detachment, Quanti- co Marines, Friday night at 8:30 o'clock. The game will open the 1926 season of the scholastic tossers. Their game for last Sunday post- poned because of inclement weather, the Virginia A. C. and Alexandria A. C. foot ball teams have decided to play next Sunday for the city un- limited championship. Another game between the Fire Department Preps and the Pirate A. C. may also be played Sunday. WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1926. Few Kick-offs Are Run to Touchdowns; Foot Ball Is Mighty Popular in Utah TECH HAS LONE REGULAR FROM LAST SEASON’S FIVE Coach Lowrey, New to Job, Must Build Team Around Capt. Terneack, Guard—Talent Is Promising, Although Lacking in Experience. TTH just one regular of the nitely arranged matches, besides those 1925-26_campaign at, hand Coach J. J. Lowrey will be hard put to develop a formidable Tech High bas- ket ball team in his first season as tutor of the Manual Trainers. Capt. “Augle” Terneack, a guard, is the lone survivor of the combination that boasted such capable tossers as Harry Councilor, Bill Werber, Ray Johnson and Dominick Ciango. Aspirants for the vacancles, who are prepping energetically at the ‘Washington Bovs’ Club gvm, include Henry Wiegel, Gaskins, Edwin Smith, Bill Leyking, Kopp, Irving Cohen, Pat Rooney, Ed Hiess, Henry Pickett and Dan Gallotta. Although a likely looking bunch it numbers not a single really seasoned player. Coach Is Experienced. Coach Lowrey, although naturally not expecting a great deal of his pro- teges because of their inexperience is confident of putting a five on the floor, when the public high cham- nlonship series begins that at least will show plenty of fight. Lowrey, who succeeds J. Leo Kriz as Tech court mentor has had considerable experience in tutoring varfous sport teams and appears to be the type able to get the most out of his ma- terial. Besides coaching Y. M. C. A. basket ball teams at Nashville, Tenn., and Chicago he developed a number of sturdy soccer elevens at the In- dian Head, Md., High School, of which he formerly was principal and an Army foo: ball team tutored by him achieved distinct honors among service elevens during the World War, ‘Tech dribblers will play their first real game Friday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock with the Woodward School of the Y. M. C. A. on the Y court. ‘While the card has not been com- pleted the manual trainers have defi- WOODLOTHIAN BASKETERS START CAMPAIGN FRIDAY ‘Woodlothian basket ball five of Woodward & Lothrop will open its season Friday night, tackling the Junior High fiveat the Wilson Normal School at 9 o'clock. The Woodlothian team includes: Capt. Hal Bartlett, Bob Lonke, Bo Penningtan, Jack Austin and Dick Harvey, who played last vear on leading teams of the city. W. . Harvey, manager of the Wood- lothians, is anxious to arrange games with teams both in and out of the city. . He may be reached at 3554 Warder street. Eight teams swing into action in the Washington Basket Ball Loop, within the next few days. Tomorrow even- ing at Washington Barracks, Calvary Seniors and Park View clash at 7 o’clock. An hour later Epiphany Roses will tuke the floor against a time- honored rival, the Kanawhas. Tommy Ford will referee both games, and will handle all the league games ex- cept those at the Arcadia. The teams that will clash tomorrow are unde- feated and are rated among the best in_the senior division. Friday night, Boys Club Celtics will play at the Barracks gym against the Columbla quint at 7 o'clock, to be followed an hour later by a game between the Auths and Clovers. Petworth Basket Ball League teams get into actlon tomorrow night with the Cardinals meeting the York Preps and the Tremonts meeting the Park View quint. The games will be played at the Wilson Normal School gym at 7 and 8:15 o'clock. Ace basketers handed the Anacostia Eagle Preps a 45-to-22 trimming last night. Montrose A. C. barely nosed out basketers of the Elliott A. C. on the tter club’s floor last night, winning, 28 to 24. The visitors led at half time, 14 to 12. Smith of the winners, with seven fleld goals, was the individual star of the contest. Winning its seventh straight game from the Pullman quint last night, the Columbia five today Is looking for more worlds to conquer. Ellis and Clapp were the leading scorers for the winners. Regular and reserve basketers of Company F, National Guard, of Hyattsville, who vanquished Parkway Motor Co. and Peck Memorial Senior quints, respectively, last night on the armory court at Hyattsville to be- gin their campaign in impressive style, will strive to repel two more Capital City fives, St. Stephen's and Arrows, that will invade the armory Thursday. Kanawha's star quint enlarged its Last Night's Results. No games scheduled. Tnnl(hl'l Games. Detroit PhiTadeibhia at Fort Wayne. Tomorrow’s Gumes. Washirgton vs, Celtics at Bry Bultimore st Cleveland ©* Drockia: Philadelphia at Fort Wayne. winning streak, downing the Avon five, 87 to 12. Abramson, for the winners, was the star of the game. Palace Juniors fell before the Inde- pendent Juniors in a game in the Hines Junior gym, the latter winning, 89 to 34. Fureno and Wood starred VY NOT DIS BY LOSS O POLIS, December 3 Thux:m the Navy foot ball team will lose by guduation, 26 of the 46 mem- bers of lts varsity squad and elther 8 or 9 of the first string, depending pon whether Goudge or Schuber is {included in that list, there is no dis- couragement at Annapolis. Already | steps are being taken to organize the materfal that will be on hand, and Lieut. Comdr. W. A. Richardson, one of the coaches, 1s making up a list of those who will take part in Spring practice. First string players who will be'| graduated next June are: Wickherst and Eddy, tackles; Born and Cross, guards; Hoerner, Warren and Os- burn, centers; Hardwick, end, and Hamilton, Caldwell and Goudge, backs. This leaves only Hannegan and Schuber, backs, and Lloyd, end, as regular players who will be avail” able. However, Ransford and Coffman, both extremely clever backs, and | Morse, Hubert-Jones, Parish and Mil- | ljcan, also ball carriers of ability, re- | mai uch._also. is hoped from the re | GENERATCR TROUBLE? WE REPAIR ALL MAKES CREEL BROS. | 1811.17 14th St. N.W. Potomac 473 Representing 48 Leading Mfrs. of Auto Electrical Equipment and Motor Party 1 COURAGED F GRID STARS cruits from this year's plebe eleven. Much s expected from Clifton, a slashing lad who was the muln!u)’ of the plebe offense. Weighing 180, he is one of the hardest line-hitters ever seen here, and.a splendid player on the defense. Another fine prospect {s Sloan, who as and end at Drake was classed as all-American Other players on the plebe backfleld who made good im- pressions were Whelchel, Bauer, Cass and Spring. With Lioyd, 'l‘aylor and Bagdano- vitch, of this year's varsity squad, and Maret and Fjot, the strong plebe ends, the Navy should be resonably strong. on the flanks At tackle, Woerner, Wilson and Aichel, reserve this season, and Chaple, of the plebes, form a nucleus. Burke and Plerce are the best men in sight at guard, while Hughes played an excellent game at center for the plebes. RADIATORS, FENDERS S MADE AND_Ri BODIES MADE AN EPAIRED wri"'r"'s'A' sn&'l-’"\‘i’xs SALES & SERVICE “HANDLEY | for the victors, while Henderson shot ;’llne counters from scrimmage for the osers. Tossers are wanted for the Park View team and the Calvary Eagles. The latter team averages 120-130 pounds, while the Park View quint is a 110-pound aggregation. Manager Niles handles Park View, and may be reached at Adams 762, while Manager Breithaupt directs the fortunes of Calvary and may be reached at Columbia. 4919. Games are being sought by St. John’s 100-pound tossers with other Catholic teams. For engage- ments telephone Manager John Ker- shaw at St. John's. Anacostla Eagles will open their Aoor season ton'ght, meeting the Frederick, Md., semi-pro aggregation 1t Frederick. Chevy Chase Centrals will clash with Peerless A. C. tomorrow night at Central High School at 7:30 o’clock. Saturday night at 9 o'clock the Centrals will meet Woodside A. C. at the Woodside gym, Water and O streets. Chevy Chase wants games with teams having floors. Telephone Cleveland 3696. Clover Club floormen will hold their monthly stag party at 7:30 tonight at 198 F street. All club members are expected to attend. Another new basket ball loop will swing nto action December 15, when the Jewish Community Center clrcuit will open its season. Details of the schedule are to be thrashed out at a meeting tonight in the Jewish Com- munity Center at 9:15 o'clock, which all managers are expected to attend. F.ve teams have entered the loop They are Kanawhas, Temple Alumni. Y. M. H. A, B'nai B'rith and Les Amis. of the public high title series, with Strayer's Business College, American University Reserves, Hyattsville High, Emerson, Episcopal High and Univer- sity of Maryland Freshmen. Here's the way the list now stands: December 10—Woodward School at the Y. M. C. A, December 14—Strayer’s Business College at the City Club. December 22—American University Reserves at American University (preliminary to American University Varsity-Bridgewater College game). December 29—Hyattsville High at Hyattsville. January 4—Emerson at Boys’ Club Jammry 7—Business at Arcadia. January 11—Central at Arcadia. January 15—Evlscopal High at Alexandria, Va. January 18—Western at Arcadia. January 21—Eastern at Arcadia. January 25—Business at Arcadia. January 28—Central at Arcadia. February 2—University of Maryhnd Freshmen at College Park (preliminary to Maryland University Varsity-Stev- ens game). February 4—Western at Arcadia. February 8—Eastern at Arcadia. Indlcations are that the District Junior preparatory school basket ball league, comprising 130-pound _teams, will be considerably enlarged this sea- son. Teams alreday in line for member- ship, according to G. L. (Jerry) Hughes, coach of the Woodward Y. M. C. A. School five, who organized the league two years ago, are Devitt Preparatory School, Episcopal High, Friends, St. Alban's, Central and Western High “lights,” and Woodward School Juniors. A meeting will be held to- night at 7:30 o'clock at the Central Y. M. C. A. to adopt rules and a schedule. Woodward School took top honors in the league last season and St Alban’s was the winner the first campaign. An attractive schedule is being ar- ranged for both varsity and junior quints of Woodward School. In addi- tion to their opening clash Friday afternoon with Tech, the “big” five will engage Business at the Y De- cember 13; invade Hyattsville Decem- ber 15 for a crack at Hyattsville High; tackle Western on the Georgetowners® court December 17, when the Wood- ward 130-pounders also will face the Western juniors, and appear against Central at the Mount Pleasant gym on December 21, with the 130-pound- ers of tne schools again furnishing an added attraction. January 20 Coach Hughes will send his varsity charges a second time against Business on the Stenogra- raphers’ court and on January 27 will line them up against Strayer's at the €ty Club. Return games will be played with Tech, Central and Western by the Woodward Varsity, that also has an ‘\ncounter pending with Frnnk!ln School of the Baltimore Y. M. C. A. If Coach Hughes' proteges show creditably he may enter them in the University of Pennsylvania tourna- ment, in which they have been invited “a participate. Gonzag: after “cleas “‘cleaning up” on the | gridiron, is now getting ready for the | court season and the Purple passers | were listed to work this afternoon for the first time. The squad of up- ward of 30 that was expected to re- port includes these veterans: Capt. Johnny Bozek, Jim Farrell, Gaghan Fitzgerald, Mealey and Tom Farrell. Newcomers of note are Dugan, Al Farrell, Nolan, Byrne and Kane. Of the 156 engagements booked for the I Streeters, all but four will be played at home. Strayer’s for the Gonzaga gym on December 13 will be the Purple’s first game.' Other dates are: December 16, Baltimore Poly, Balti- more; 20, Business, Gongaza gym. January 5, Eastern at Eastern; 8, ola at Baltimore; 12, Eastern at Gonzaga; 13, Western at Gonzaga; 15, Leonard Hall, Leonardtown, M 29, St. Mary S Oeltk“h Alexandria, Va. February 2, Leonard Hall, Gonzaga; 8, Hyattsville, Gongaza; 10. Western at Western; 12, Loyola, Gunz-ga gym; 16, Business, Business gym; 25, Balti- more Poly, Gonzaga. The Coening Star BOYS CLUB BY FRED TURBYVILLE. BoYs who have played foot ball probably are In pretty good shape to start the Winter season. Foot ball is a bit rough, but it's a great body builder. It comes in the cool Autumn months, and a boy likely will put on some weight, but it's good weight to have in athletics. You can't measure your physical perfection by weight alone, but it helps. If you want to know whether you are well bullt and In shape the first thing to do always is compare your weight with the table of normal weights. Stand with back to wall (in stocking feet) and use a rule or box to catch your height. Get your height in Inches and then compare it with the schedule given below. AND CLOSE wWALL N OCIKING FEET The table of weights is given with the idea of meeting the various ages. Some boys are tall at 15 and some are short. An older boy will be heavier WALLACE MotoR Co. NASH New and Used Cars 1709 L Street N.W. Just East of Cabn. Ave. — ALL LN 'EISEMAN'S, 7th & F at a certain height than a younger boy. If your weight, however, is the same as any figure given for your height you are not far off: This table first shows height and then weight: luc:el Welght. SATAARAGA T S3AISARIR St If you're not sure about your welght and height write in and give your measurements. Next—Luck in Basket Balll Copyright, 192 TROUSERS To Match Your Odd Coats I PALACE PRO QUINTET AFTER NEW TALENT Although Washington Palace bas- keters are tled for first place with Cleveland in the American League, uch team having won all flve of its Manager Ray Kennedy of the lom.l entry is looking for more sea- soned talent. He is reported to be angling for Tillle Voss, a center. now playing pro foot ball with the Detroit Panthers, and Benny Borgmann, regarded as one of the cleverest shots in big-time court circles. The Palacemen will show their wares tomorrow night in Arcadie Hall, Brooklyn, N. Y., agalnst the Original Celtics. game for the Celts, who are carrying on for Brooklyn, that left the loop. It will be the first league Nat Holman and Johnny Beckman are bright lights of the Celtic combi- nation that promises to cut a consid- erable swath, although starting under a handicap of five defeats in as many starts suffered by Brqpklyn. Basket Bqll Tips BY SOL METZGER. Unless a five knows how to shoot baskets it cannot win games. It is the allimportant art both with the team and the Individual. And to shoot baskets correctly the player must be guided by one principle. It is that a high-arched ball has a much better chance of getting in than a low-arched ball. Further- more, the high-arched ball gives the team trying a much better chance for a follow-up shot in case it misses, as such a ball will re- bound true more often than the low-arched ball, which so often strikes the rim and bounces off a sharp angle. Mike Sweeney, Penn's greatest scoring forward in 1919 and 1920, at the time the Red and Blue won three straight Eastern League championships, always used a high- arched ball when shooting. Coaches today stress the high-arched ball, some going so far as to be most reticent about correcting their pu- pils if they overemphasize the high arch at the start. It is easier for a player to reduce the arch by practice than to break himself of the fatal habit of low-arched shots. In time they get it down to a point where they just merely miss the forward rim with their lobs. Practice, and plenty of it under game conditions, soon pounds home to the individual player that an arched shot is necessary if he is to get his share of goals in the course of a game, (Copyri; BELGIAN BIKEMEN TIE. NEW YORK, December 7 (#).— The Belgian team of Goosens and Stockelynch, tore away on a wild jaunt in the six-day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden that carried them into a first-place tie with Mc- Namara and Linari. ROBERTS TO BOX IN EAST . SAN FRANCISCO, December 7 (#). —Eddle Roberts, Tacoma welter- weight, who jumped into fistic prom- inence Saturday with a first round technical knockout over Joe ‘Dundee of Baltimore, will leave for the East shortly after the first of the year for a pugilistic whirl. 1926.) SPORTS. THREE SCHOO LS IN STATE TO BUILD BIG STADIUMS Utah University, Champion This Season; Aggies and Brigham Young to Construct Plants Having 30,000 Capacity by Next Fall. BY LAWRENCE PERRY. OWHERE in the country has foot ball had a greater pop- ular acceptance this year than on the Great Salt Lake side of the Rocky Mountain conference. Concrete expression, both lterally and figuratively, of this enthusiasm is being evident In the construction of three stadiums, all of which will be ready for the 1927 season. Think of three steel and concrete ampithea- ters, each with 30,000 capacity. going up in Utah alone! Utah Univer: Utah Agricultural and Brigham Youhs are the sponsors for these structures. Each of these institutions will rear the stadium walls on its own campus in natural bowls situated at the base of sno capped_peaks of the beautiful Wa. satch Range. Each has a lake and valley of rare scenic attractiveness to overlook, a_beautiful and typical set- ting for Rocky Mountain intercol- leglate struggles. ; Utah took the conference title, win- ning all its games, an extraordinary record In_these days of well matched elevens. The Beehive team had a 190 pound line which spread hav through the conference, and a back, Jack Howells, who is entitled to stand among the great ball carriers of the country. Howells Is Great Back. Howells in fact, made a recod that is not only unique throughout the land but probably has never heen eaualled by a single backfield former in an ason. average of 135 yards from s in every game this Fall, and this against some of the best teams the Rocky Mountains have ever produced. He forward passed well and his work on secondary defense was unerring. if ach is Ike Armstrong, for- tant to Casle Solem at month he will take the mmage | teams developed under this restr altitude and the climate affect the team as serfously as the University of Colorado eleven was affected in Hawall last Winter, the present con- ference champlons will have a tough time. The men from Boulder, in 1925, simply wilted on the vine in the lan guorous climate of that lovely island Earlier Start Essential. The project just broached at Har vard relative to giving foot ball play- ers an additional week of preliminary practice in September Is the one ex- cellent result of the dissolution of the “Big Three" which has materialized to date. Yale. Harvard and Princeton initi ated many reforms designed to mit! gate over-emphasis on foot ball. Most of them were excellent and proved i1 fluentiat] throughout the country. The rule concerning preliminary practice was ail right in theory, but practically It worked an injustice to the teams, Inasmuch as, ‘hroughou: the on, they were called upon to meat elevens which had had the ad antage of perfods of preliminary practice ranging from a week to a month earlier This was neither fair to the players or to the prestige of the Blue, the Orange and Black and the Crimson With such a rule in vogue the chvious purse would have heen to play only ction this was out of the ques elevens of caliber, qualified to vield satisfactory gate receipts, would not have been met The “Big Three' authorities wanted the gate receipts all right, and so year after ear teams of the organization, inade quately coached and {nsufficiently wrdened, were called upon to play October games against outfits which had enjoyed all the henefits of longer preparation In the Western Conference teams may not report until September 15, and, where Big Ten are concerned. no hardship is worked, since all meet this stipulation in common. But when Of cou tion, sin team to Hawaii for a game against the Island university. If the changed outside teams are played the handi- cap shows. FOOT BALL DATE TANGLE TO BE IRONED OUT TODAY ANDLOT gridiron moguls were to confer today in an effort to straighten the tangle that has arisen among Mohawks, fending champions; and Waverlys in settling city suprem- acy. Mohawks and Apaches were to meet Sunday, but bad weather re- sulted in postponement of the battle until the coming Sabbath. ] v, that plit_even with in two games this season, a prior date with Mohawks for Sunday and appears to be determined to hold the champs to it. Waverly clubmen will meet tonight at the McGill Building at 7:30 o’clock. A drill will follow. | s and Crescent eclevens are drilling vigorously for their 135-| pound titular clash Sunday on the Monument Grounds. The teams fought to a 6-to-6 tie for 125-pound honors two seasons ago. Wintons, winners of the 150-pound Capital City League grid title and Clarendon Lyons, ranking eleven of Northern Virginla at the weight, are to come to grips Sunday afternoon on Lyon Village field. Snow prevented the game last Sunday. St. Stephen Marked success attended the foot ball series participated in by five fraternity elevens of Mount Pleas- | ant. Delta Sigma Nu took first honors and was followed in order by Beta Sigma Sigma, Pi Phi, Mu | The in fraternity cireles, w started by Beta Sigma Sigma to bring the frats closer togethe A game for Sunday Renroc pigskinners, the 13 und crown. ment be is wanted by contenders for ‘The manage may reached at Lincolr last Sunday, and National Preps, 125-pound teams, have decided to meet next Sunday to force the is of suprem: between them arrangements were concluded st ht. In the game last Sunday neither team was able to come near a score, Ithough Mercury threatened when field goal went wide in the second period. 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