Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1926, Page 31

SPORTS. College Foot Ball DR. SANFORD IS LEADING GRID GAME SUPPORTERS Georgia Dean Advocates Fall Sport in Debate With Prof. Wilkins of Chicago at New York Meeting of Collegiate Athletic Association. BY H. C. BYRD. EW YORK, December 30. Judged on a basis of com. ments here, the most inter. esting part of the annual meeting of the National Col- Athletic Association tod: 1 discussions of ewpoints of foot ball by the University of Chi; 8. V. Georgi he opposite Prof. Wilkins ¢ nd Dr. iversity of sions are to be nothing more or less than a debate on the relative merits and demerits of foot ball between the mentioned men, with other advocates of each side ready to back up their cases. Prof. Wilkins, chairman of the com- tee of the Association of American University Professors which formu- Jated some time ago a report against Toot ball, is to take the side against foot ball, and Dr. Sanford is to take 1he side for foot No doubt the coache nd ap y a great ma- ority of faculty membe are ready 10 - up the cudgel in favor of the game, but others probably will follow the lead of Prof. Wilkins in decry- ing it. Ready to Defend Game. I'ne coaches, members of the American Association of Foot Ball ready to do battle in cussion in defense of the zame, as was indicated yesterday, when at the meeting of the assocla- tion all coaches who could talk were requested to be present today to speak on any phases of the question, in which they felt especially inter- ested. A good many persons seem to think that the question of bringing out a Yot of criticisms of foot ball at the Sanford of the The discus. is | |nature. It was the consensus of opinion that all coaches, in order to protect themselves and their schools, | should maintain high standards and regular members of faculties and thus stabilize their positions. It was brought out by a report of the stabilizing committee, of which Stagg of Chicago is chairman, that the_average life of foot ball coaches heen just about two and onefifth vears, an amazing mortality which s not in any sense reached in any sther teaching profession. Stagg's ceport also excoriated alumni and sthers who demand a coach's scalp when he does not win the desired wumber of games. Reveral addresses were made at the meeting of coaches, which dwelt al nost entirely on the important part coaches play in the life of each in- stitution and the wonderful oppor- tunities they have for doing construc tive work. A good deal Was said in {*hese addresses about the ethics of The question of possible changes in the rules was discussed in open meet- ing and late in the day in closed meeting. It was the general opinion “hat the rules as they stand are about right, with the exception that some- hing should be done about the shift play. Two Against Change. After considerable arguing, in which Cavanaugh of Fordman and Jones of Army defended the shift and almost everybody else opposed it, a resolu- tion was adopted putting the associa- tion on record to the foot ball rules committee as favoring insertion in the rule governing the shift a statement that after a shift every man be re- end of each season, thus more or less putting foot ball on a basis of de- fending its existence, is not good noliey and is not justified. One man prominent in college ath- tics, who is not interested in coach- ing, but is a dean of a university, made the unqualified statement that I fail to see the necessity for put- ting foot ball on the defensive as if © were a thing to be attacked at all times and for any whimsical reason whatsoever. It seems to me and to most of us interested in administra- tive and teaching work in the col- leges that foot ball has found its place in the colleges, is not usurping the place of the educational curricu- lum, and that whatever problems confront it are nearly entirely admin- istrative problems for each univer- v to settle in its own way. So far as 1 know, there is not one so-called evil of foot ball right now that cannot be settled by the administrative authorities of any uni- versity in which any such evil is supposed to exist. In my school our difficulties are almost entirely elimi- nated and we are having practically quired to be motionless two seconds before the play could be started. After long arguments pro and con this was modified to the extent that it was not to be considered as effect- ing the rule relative to a man in mo- tion when the ball is snapped; that is, a man in motifon toward his own goal. Three prominent coaches were not present at the meetings because of illness. Gilmour Doble, president of the association, was detained at the bedside of Mrs. Doble because of a serious operation; Bob Zuppke could not be present because of a death in his family, and “Fats" Spears of Min- nesota was absent on account of a serious operation whigh he himself has suffered. Resolutions of sympathy in all three cases were passed by the association. Fun at Banquet.’ & The ‘night session, or banquet, of | Rty the association developed a lot of fun, alse several very good, serious talks, by far the best of which was by Prof. Charles Kennedy of Prince- ton. Prof. Kennedy's talk dealt en- tirely with the serious side of college no trouble with any phase of the re- port.” Should Keep Standard High. The meeting of the coaches yester. day developed nothing of a startling MARYLAND U. athletics, from student and alumni and faculty viewpoints; brought out some excellent thought, and was in reality a fine exposition of college athletics, and especially foot 1, and the' place they hold in college life. BASKETERS BATTLING FOR POSITIONS University of Maryland basketers who are prepping energetically for a Westera tour next week that begins Tuesday night when Michigan is met at Ann Arbor were to scrimmage this afternoon at College Park with Bert loggins’ Central High passers. Coach Shipley is expected to be in- sluenced considerably in his choice of the men he will take on the jaunt by the way they shape up against the Plue and White tossers. Donald (Ham) Adams, rangy center, who has just joined the team after 1eing kept on the sidelines because of n injury received in the foot ball me ~ with Hopkins Thanksgiving day, is rounding into shape and may start at his position against Michigan. Forwards will be picked from Capt. Boyd. Linkous, Hale and Snyder, and ds from Faber, Dean, Zahn and <rosthw: Stevens may get a chance at either forward or guard. Nine players will make the journey 4n addition to Coach Shipley. The ¢ilt with Michigan Tuesday night will Ve followed by games with Michigan state on Wednesday night at East Lansing and Kentucky on Saturday t Lexington. On the return trip Vir- winia will be met two nights later at Charlottesville. A contest also may be lwoked for the night preceding the Xentucky encounter with another Western school. Coach Johm D. O'Reilly is working hard to develop a strong Georgetown relay team, and indications are he will be successful despite the loss of Vernon Ascher and Franklin McLain, stars of last Winter's quartet. Jimmy & BOY = BY J. CRAIG RUBY Basket Ball Coach, University of Ilinois.) T will attempt to tell you what is good form in center jumping. The jumper leaves the floor at €x- wuctly the proper moment, springing upward, and when his body Is at sts greatest height his tipping arm should be extended to its greatest tength. The free hand alds you in the jump #nd in keeping the proper balance. The e are focused on the ball. FINGERS Bl 'ne tipping b \nder half of the ball, as indicated' is very ;n the sketch below. This roportant. centers place their tipping Many s | proxi- sinocs ly decldes and about midway the ball. | iose thelr tipping ability ap ,nately two or three inches, an (weo or three inches genel Burgess and Eddie Swinburne, vet. erans, are certain of places on this year’s four, but a merry fight is on for the two other places among Eddie O'Shea and Eddie Semanski, last year’s Freshman and Clarence Dus- sault who heretofore has devoted him- self to the half-mile. ‘The Hilltop team will match strides with Notre Dame in a speclal race at the Millrose A. A. games in New York City on February 2. In their last meeting in 1923, Georgetown handily vanquished the South Bend four, and in 1922 and 1921 also turned back the Indlana men. A number of other engagements are to be arranged for the Hilltop quartet. Coach O'Reilly will start his pro- teges upon a stiff training course with the reopening of the university on Tuesday. University of Maryland’s track squad will resume preparation for the cam- paign next week. With only one mem- ber of last sesson's combination, Joe Endslow, lost, the O1d Liners probably will have a fast relay team. Veterans of last Winter’s combination at hand are Andy (Gump) Matthews, “Knocky” Thomas, Leroy Sheriff, Charlie Pugh and Capt. Roger Whiteford. Mary- land will be represented in the Miil- rose games and may face Harvard and Massachusetts Tech in the Boston Athletic Assoclation meet. Other matches also are planned for the Old Line team. Both Georgetown and Maryland have a promising group that will be drilled for participation in events other than the relays. {}]{ other points, and would me; S CLUB |a tip this becomes the most impor- tant angle of center jumping. The tipper spreads his fingers to gain better control of the direction of the tip. Note thls point in the sketch, too. » If the jump center walts and catches the ball on his tipping fin- gers near the halfway mark his op- ponent who may not be able. to stretch quite as far will then have an equal chance of getting the tip. And, on the other hand, if your opponent can outreach you and vet doesn’t use the right form in tipping you can, by using the correct form, overcome the handicap of his supe- rior jump. So in either case it is well to learn to tip just right, and that means tip- ping on the under half of the ball. (Next—Eyes in the basket.) (Covyright. 19°6.) aiririatind- ol A8 PRO COURT LEAGUE. STANDING OF TEAMS. Cleveland Washingt, Philadelohia New York . | Fort Wayne . Chicago . and should be on the | Rochester Haltimore LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS. New York, 35; Cleveland, 20. GAMES TONIGHT. BT TS, GAMES TOMORROW Cleveland at No York. Sernerrer ‘a6 Urtoager™ should in every case possible become | n 120 universities since the war has | | coaching, sportsmanship and sv on. | NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1 Finds M;jny Defenders : Coaches Vote to Cha PINS NOW ARE BARRED IN GIRLS’ BASKET BALL FALLS CITY, Nebr.,, December 30 (#).—It may be ethical to stand off an annoyine male flirt with a hat pin, but ubing pins on an P, ponent in a basket ball game is quite different, members of Hum- boldt High School girls’ basket ball team complain. e gl age teams from Falls City and Humboldt played recently and the Humboldt girls said their victory was made difficult becauso Falls City girls stuck them with pins. Athletic relations between two_schools were broken. The Chamber of Commerce got busy, patched up the differences and hat pins are out of style dur- ing games. HUDDLE IN BASKET BALL RULED LEGAL By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 3v.—Con- troversy over the use of the huddle signal system in basket ball has called forth an opinion on its legality from Oswald Tower, editor of the Official Guide and Rules Interpreter. Tower holds that the huddle plan is within the rules “provided the game is not delayed by its usc.” “When the center gives the signal him hesit: side the circle. the huddle the same concession should be made, but & team should not be permitted to use a couple of seconds in the huddle and a few sec- onds more to get into position after the conference,” he holds. KENNEDY STILL TOPS PRO BASKET SCORERS Averages through Tuesday show that Ray Kennedy, doughty player- manager of the Washington team of the American Professional Basket Ball League is still the leading in- dividual scorer of ‘the circuit. In 13 games he has accounted for 142 points including 40 goals from court and 62 from the foul line. Passon of Philadelphia has arnered 150 points but has played in 15 game “Rusty” Saunders, also of Washing. ton, is runnerup to Kennedy with 110" points in 13 games. He has caged 32 court goals and has cashed 5 foul shots. Leading scorers are: Player—Club. G, F. Passon. Philadelphia.. . Kennedy, Washington.. 1i Washingtor b bt ot colm ew Yori echan, "Philadelvhi - Millér, Ft. Wayn WESTERN HIGH FIVE ROUTS G. W. FROSH ‘With Pee Wee Walker and Buscher do'ng most of the scoring Western High basketers routed George Wash- ington Freshmen in a 58-to-16 tilt yes- terday, but Coach Dan Ahearn’s hardy tossers were expected to encounter stiffer opposition today when they were to face a combination made up of former Western court stalwarts. Roland Dulin, Ray Garber, Henry P Pietr et oyttt see were expected to represent W alumni. 01d grads of Central High will strive to avenge defeats of the past few Winters when they engage the Blue and White varsity Saturday afterndon at 2 o'clock 'n the annual alumni- varsity game in Central gym. Play ern’s will start at 2 o’clock. Eugene Casey, | treasurer of the C Club, is assembling a strong team in an effort to humble Bert Coggins’ present hopefuls. There will be no admission charge. After tralling. 8 to 17, at the half, Tech High basketers rallied sharply {in the closing half, and with Berger, | their big gun, swept to a 25-to-24 triumph over Hyattsville High yes terday afterncon on the National Guard Armory floor in the Maryland town. The Manual Trainers uncover-: ed a superior passing game to over- come thelir rivals. Berger, who scored a total of 15 goals, caged the court =oal that gave his team victory near the end of the battle. Jenkins, center, with 10 points, was Hyattsville's high- est scorer. MUCH POLO PLANNED FOR D. C. NEXT YEAR | Washington will enjoy its most suc- cessful season in polo in 1927 if plans of the War Department Polo Asso- ~fation carry. Efforts are being made by the as- sociation to secure the Southeastern ircuit tournament for this city. which would bring here teams from Philadelphia, Rumson, N. and that {'ocal devotees of the game that are 'ast increasing would probably see he best brand of polo ever exhibited n_the oval in Potomac Park. Col. Nelson Margetts, one of the most experienced as well as skiliful nlayers in this section of the country, a8 been re-elected team captain of ‘he association for the coming year His efforts have been a signal factor in the success of the league during he past few years. A number of new nonjes are now in training for next season, which will begin about April 5, and these are expected to improve the quality of play Officers of th that the future suc depends largely upon corded by the public is charged to any games played, all funds for conducting the sport being raised through the annual polo ball | held each Easter Tuesday at the New Willard. Hearty support for the ball is urged fon the part of the public, that suf- ficlent money may be raised to bring the intercircuit tournament to Wash- | ington. During the past season civillan teams from Baltimore and Middle- burg, Va., returned for competition here, and in 1927 it is expected that more outside fours will be here if suf- ficlent funds are provided. COLLEGE BASKET BALL. Marquette, 15. 29; Rochester, Butler, 24. 35; Greensboro Y, fon point out s of polo here the support a No admission Tufts, 27. S The completion of two new golf eourses at Pinehurst will give that {mection eight full mized lnks, _ | was felt by the authorities of the fed- with his arms, it is customary to let | couple of seconds out- | To the team using | Lamar, Heagy and Hugh McDiarmid | SPLIT LIKELY NEW YORK, December 30.—Just at a time when all the amateur ath- letic bodies in this country should be united in an effort to maintain—in fact, to enhance—the prestige of the United States in the Olympic games of 1928 comes the withdrawal of the National Amateur Athletic Federa- tion from the American Olympic As- sociation. This is the direct result of the con- {vention of the Olympic Association last November at Baltimore, where 1t {eration minority control was exer- lecised by the Amateur Athletic Union. | May Be Significant. What the results of this division will be are difficult at the present time to forecast. They may well be significant if only because of thes fact that the federation, with Stand- ard Ofl influences, financial and oth- erwise, back of it, might cause em- barrassment by remaining aloof from the Olympic project. Again. something more than an in- timation that the federation will ac- tively fight the A, A. U. next year is contained in the announcement of a federation program for frequent athletic meets throughout the coun- iry next year and a more intensive development of the work of this or- ganization along State lines. Question arises, just what this W(}l mean with respect to the A. A. U. and the colleges of the Nation. It was claimed that in the last Olympics 90 per cent of the American athletes were college men, hence, affiliated in large part with the National Collegiate Athletic Association, of which the federation is an outgrowth. It is quite true that this large percentage of Olympic athletes in 1924 were college men, but the fact should be borne in mind that a lot of them were graduates and hence not under collegiate or N. C. A. A. con- trol, It is not at all likely, according to the writer's information, that the In March of my senior year at col- | lege I contracted inflammatory rheu- | matism and was very seriously sick | for two months in the college in- firmary. Before 1 was taken sick I had intended, when I graduated from college, getting a job with some steel company_and had made one or two trips to Bethlehem to see certain offi. cials whom ‘1 knew, with a view of getting a position in the Bethlehem Steel Co. They kindly promised to give me a try. I was to go right in the steel mill and learn the busl- ness from_the ground up after col- lege_closed. : Of course, my sickness made this | impossible. T could just about walk | in June and my doctor told me I} would have to go easy for another | year at least. This wasn't a very pleasant prospect. 1 had been unable to do any studying during my _sick- ness, so it was impossible for me to | take my final examinations in June and get my degree. There always | was more or less excitement around Princeton during the graduation week, so I decided to go home as soon as I could safly leave the college in- firmary Urged to Try for Degree. I spent the Summer at the seashore and in the Fall felt so much better that I decided to try and get a job, which I succeeded in doing with the Bell Telephone Co. of Philadelphia. After I had been working a couple of months I went up to Princeton to see my brother,” who' was a sopho- more, and during the course of my visit called on the Dean of the college. He urged me to come back and get my degree, saylng it could be arranged so that I would not have | to attend classes, but only take my | examinations after a couple of months of study. | seemed to me a shame not to get | it if T could do so without much extra | expense to my mother, who already | had made tremendous sacrifices to |send my brother and me to college. When I got home I talked it over very fully and finally decided to take the dean’s advice. I gave up my job and | went back to Princeton, where I studied very hard for about two months, at the end of which time I | succeeded 1n passing all my examina- tions and got my degree. 1 believe my college diploma was the first one signed by the late President Woodrow Wilson, who had just be- come president of the university, as 1 received my degree in February, which was four months ahead of the time of the graduation of the senior class. Z : | i Seeks Coaching Position. 1 felt rather tired out after my work at Princeton and my doctor advised me to keep out-of-doors as much as possible and stay away from a desk job. This was not so easy as it looked and I tried without success for several weeks to get something to do. Finally, the idea occurred to me, why not get a coaching job? This would keep me out-of-doors and pay me enough to support myself, with some- thing left over. It was one thing to decide to coach and another to get a congenial posi- { tion. While foot ball was popular in those days, there was nothing like .he present-day demand for coaches. It seemed to me the best way to locate a job was to write to the treasurer of the athletic association at Princeton and find out if he had received any inquiries from schools or colleges in regard to coaches for next Fall. 1 made up my mind that while I wouldn't haggle over salary, 1 would not go anywhere where I didn’t think the surroundings would be congental and where the eligibility rules were not in accord with our own ideas at Princeton. I believed then and I am more firmly convinced today that there is a real sentimental appeal in foot ball, provided it is played under the proper atmosphere, and when it is not, it is not worth the time and energy given to it. This is the reason why I ! seriously question whether profes- ! sional f8ot ball will be a permanent success. The one thing which the professional team lacks and which the college or school team has, is the spirit which stands behind the insti- tutional eleven and does not and can- not get behind the other aggregation. Player and spectator alike feel and show the lack of it. Gets First Job at V. M. I. To my way of thinking, the old | game with its imperative demand for courage and heart, and the new game | with no less démand for these, and | the added requisite of lightning in- telligence, fail alike when the men | are playing for pay instead of some- | thing less tangible but more com- pelling. A few days after 1 had written to the athletic authorities at Princeton, T received a letter from them stating that the Virginia Military Institute ut ’ TO AFFECT Eastern collegiate track body, the I C. A. A. A A, will swerve in its alleglance to the American Olympic Association, and incidentally the A A. U, and so with the Intercolleglate Swimming Association. If the college situation is affected at all the break will come in the declaration of alleg'ance to the federa- tion by several, if not all, of the large Middle Western universities. There are some who question even the solidarity of the National Amateur Athletic Federation, in proof of which they point to the fact that at the Baltimore convention the organization with which Col. Breckenridge—presi- dent of the federation—is most closely affillated, the Fencers' League, failed to_support his cause. If financial aid which the federa- tion can bring to the Olvmpic funds is withheld—and it amounts to an ex- tremely important sum—it is main- tained that the Olympic Assoclation will not be embarrassed and that the money can be obtained from other sources. Prout Is Optimistic. Willlam €. Prout, president of the Olympic organization, expresses him- self optimistically concerning the de- ‘ection of the federation, holding tha patriotic sentiment among the ath- letic organizations of this country will | rise supreme above partisan politics. 2very one not involved In this crisis | will certainly hope that Prout’s read- ing of the pulse of the country is cor- rect. In the meantime meetings and conferences are being held in New York, Boston and in the West, and when the returns are in we shall have a clearer idea as to what the future holds. In the showdown at the Baltimore convention, at which, so the federa- tion claims, minority rule in various important matters was wielded by the A. A. U, the vote was 52 as against 21 cast by Col. Breckenridge and his associates. It is thus quite evident that the allegations of minor- ity rule must have some basis other than figures. My 25 Years on the Gridiron BY WILLIAM A. ROPER, MEAD COACH PRINCETON UNIVERSITY XXXIII—My First Coaching Job Secured. =) HOBEY BAKER, Who died in France, after starring at Princeton. Lexington, Va., had written asking them to recommend a foot ball coach and that they would be very glad to nd them my name. lelight when 1 received this reply. This was just the sort of.place vould like to wo to. In about a week I got a letter from the graduate man- ager asking me if I was open for am engagement and if so he would come to Philadelphia to talk the matter over with me. This meeting was ar- ranged and we quickly came to terms nnla;l I had obtained my first coaching o Y = (Copyright, 1026.) $25,000 000 IS WAGERED IN 1926 SPORT EVENTS NEW YORK, December 30 (#).— New York betting commissioners have contributed a new chapter to 1926 sport reviews with an estimate of $25,000,000 as the total of this year's wagers on athletic events and elections. The Dempsey-Tunney fight, on which they claim $5,000,000 changed hands, led the list. HUSKY MATME?EE)MW. ROCHESTER, N. Y., December 30 (#)—"Toots” Mondt, the Colorado cowboy, and Joe Malcewicz of Utica, hffl}‘:'yweighlu, wrestled to a draw last night. I jumped with | 926 MASTER FEW PLAYS By the Associated Press, SAN FRANCISCO, December 30.— “ollege foot ball stars from the East ind Midwest, who meet a_Western sleven in the annual East-West ‘harity game here New Year day, 10pe to win by mastering a limited | number of plays rather than through | a series of complicated formations in | which many of them figured as key | men last Fall. Eight plays, including two pass formations, comprise the FEastern: offensive, it was indicated yesterday when “Navy Bill” Ingram of Annap- | olis, organizer of the squad and head ceach, arrived from Chicago and immediately ordered an intensive signal drill. The team went through | more than three hours of hard prac tice as evidence of its efforts to retrieve honors lost i year ago when the West won v a touchdown. Coach Orin E. Hollingberry also sent_his Western eleven through a long “session and from the number of | plays rehearsed it is apparent that | the West will have a more varied attack than the East. Following the practice the Western team selected “Wild Bill” Kelley, Mon- tana star, as captain for the game. | Kelly was the leading point scorer |in the Pacific Coast Confere: this | ¥ A leader for the [ not be chosen until s | game time. PALACE FIVE PLAYS IN AKRON TONIGHT Touring the Midwest in a series of exhibition games, George Marshall's Palace Club, professional basketers, | will engage Akron tonight and Canton tomorrow evening. Palace will not return to Washing- ton until January 9, when the pro basketers stack up against the Balti- more Orloles at the Arcadia. In the | interim they will meet the Cleveland Rosenblums, who dropped a game last night in Brooklyn to the Original Celtics of New York, winners last week over the Pa e five. little doubt of their superior Cleveland, winning by administer their first d to the Rosenblums. Next Monday night the Washington five will meet Youngstown clash with Cleveland, Janua: 3. Cleveland’s defeat last night put | Washington in a strategic position to | | near first place, if the local five trims ! the Rosénblums in their scheduled | zame. 1 FOOT BALL SEASON IS BEING EXTENDED Foot ball, child of the 19 son, will be carried into next {Sunday when Mohawk Preps and { Northern Juniors clash at Union Lea-| igue Park at 2:30 for the 115-pound| { District title, | The teams met two weeks ago and | i | even will w hefore | { | { I sea- neither was able to score. ‘The Hawk Preps annexed the 115- | pound championship last season and the juniors are eagerly awaitingsa !chance to prove the The juniors also |basket ball field and are secking | the shift. |games with 115-pound team 'SHOOT T0 BE HELD T0 HONOR OFFICERS | | i Ia honor of newly elected officers | {of the Washington Gun Club, Inc., a | | shoot will be held at the traps at | { Benning New Year afternoon at 1| o'clock. The contest will be under | ! auspices of the retiring officers, who | | Will donate the trophics. A feature jof the afternoon will be the installa- | | tion of the new offic who were | elected yesterday to serve for 1927. | They are Dr. Alfred V. Parsons of | Takoma Park, president; W. C. Blun- | don, vice president; Dr. A. B. Stine, | | treasurer (re-elected without opposi. | tion), and Robert R. Welsh of the 1928 University ind a the club as its president one of its original and most popular membe: and one of its best shots sumption of team races hetween ‘ashing | of Baltimor | ment Janua ston and Oriole Gun Clubs irts with an engage- 2 the Benning | range. The 192 series is now | deadlocked, each club having won once over its home traps. The races will be continued monthly until May on a home-and-home bas S {GRID GAME OFFICIALS ARE “TOO FAT AND LAZY | By the Associated Press. YORK, December 30,—F wre getting “too fat and opinion of Maj. Frank | ‘avanaugh, Fordham gridiron coach. | xander of Georgia Tech, | SUppOrting Cavanaugh with a recom- memdation that they Keep in better physical condition, has told the Ameri- can Foot Ball Coaches Association that “in many cases they have been ‘out on their feet’ hefore u game was {over.” | | e = Hii ANTLERS PICK MANAGER. | Mike Di Bella will manage the! Jolly Antlers’ A. C. base ball team in | 1927. The nine has already orsan-| «2ed and is impatient for Spring. ! | ALABAMA-STANFORD FRAY MAY BE. AN AERIAL BATTLE By the Associated Press. PASADENA, Calif., December 30.— Practice of the Stanford and Ala- bama foot ball squads forecasts an aerial duel of brilliance, perhaps un- precedented in Rose Bowl gridiron history for the tussle here New Year day. Alabama perhaps has an edge in this department of the game, for the Crimson Tide has two heavers of note, Hoyt Winslett and Raymond Pepper, both ends, who can toss a foot ball well over 50 yards if necessary. Stan- ford has one mighty passer, but one who is tireless, “Biff”” Hoffman, giant fullback. Seldom since 1922, when California, with the peer of passers, Harold “Brick” Muller, defeated Ohio State, have two teams been matched for a New Year day game at Rose Bowl fleld boasting of men who can pass so far and with such accuracy as those who will perform in the forthcoming contest. Pepper is a substitute end. Al though it is said that he can throw a ball farther than Winslett, experts declare he lacks the accuracy of his .teammate, who has been named by several as an all-American wingman. It is belleved Winslett, usually alter- nating short, well-directed tosses with long throws, will be Hoffman's groat- est foe In the forward-passing duel, Two more days of practice face the aggregations before they o into bat. e. An incoming traln today will dis- | gorge a large contingent of rooters | from below the Mason and Dixon line. | The first delegation of followers ar- | rived with the team several days ago. | Stanford still is the favorite in the | betting. WALLACE MotoR Co. NASH New and Used Cars l | ! SPORTS. nge Shift Play 200 TUTORS ASK CHANGE ISERIDTEAWSPLAN: AS CAVANAUGH PROTESTS Would “Murder”” Mo |Fordham Athletic Mentor Declares Action Sought dern Game—No Stop Watches Necessary for “Hesitation” Rule. EW YORK, December 30 (#).— Less scouting, less huddling and no more ‘heat"” shift- ing are Indicated for intercol- | leglate foot ball next yea Over the vigorous protest’ of Maj. Frank Cavanaugh, newly coach at Fordham University, who asserted that the actfon would “mur- der” the modern game, 200 members of the American Foot Ball Coaches' Assoclation have voted to recommend a_two-second “hesitation” on all shift plays to the rules committee. An amendment added at the sug- gestion of Coach Bill Roper of Prince- ton would retain the present practice of allowing one backfield player to be in_motion when the play is started. Jt was the opinion of the experts that no stop-watches will be needed to enforce the ‘“hesitation” rule, vhich conforms to sentiment in the ern Conference. The plan for officials to toll off the seconds mentally during the period between the shift and the snapping of the ball. | Sponsoring the crusade again scouting, Roper said that the Yal Princeton agreement of last season worked so well that the Tigers next year probably would not scout any of their opponents. He volced the con- viction that a better team could be jeveloped without scouting. The men could be taught to think for themselves, he contended. Roper Likes Huddle. Reports of the coaches also indi- _ated general dissatisfaction with the huddle, the advantages of which will be greatly curtailed by curbing of Roper contended, however, that the huddle has proved a wel:ome addition in the East. He critivized attempts of some teams to use too nany plays. Overemphasis, the predominating topic of foot ball discussion last Win. ter, was aimost forgotten until the coaches filed into the banquet hall to hear Prof. Charles W. Kennedy of Princeton and Parke Davis, authority and writer on foot ball, announce that “no such thing existed. Restriction of practice to two hours daily, fixing of $75 with expenses as a suitable fee for officlals, and stabili- zing of the coaching professsion were other favorably received recommenda- tions. As_the meeting adjourned last night, the National Collegiate Athletic As- i sociation prepared to move into the forum today to pass final judgment on the game. Reports before the Branch No. 1 1724 14th St. N.W. 3 . one-piece, Although non-leskoble. hard rubher | case. The battery is fully guaranteed against all de fects for one year. The | price inclutes “an aflow. ance of $1 for your old which, | soul find Ford Kelly-Springfield appointed | is | the amount of heat very comfartabie- the meeting Indicated that intercoli | sport is in “the best of health.” | Prof. John €. Adams of Yale, sub mitting & survey of athletic condi |tions in New gland, expressed tification over the growing oppe tion of scouting and the increasin desire of athletic dlrectors to prot | competition for all students. Coaches Elect Officers. Willlam H. Cowell of the Universt of New Hampshire was elected presi dent of the Coaches’ Association, suc ceding Gilmour Dobie of Cornell. W W. Roper of Princeton was automati cally advanced from second vice pres: dent to first vice president, and Hug Bezdek of Penn State to second vie president. John W. Wilce of Ohl | Btate re-elected secretary and treasu | _Trustees chosen Yost of Michigan ander of Georg of the University John F. M 1, giate e were Fielding ¥ Willlam A. Alex . Ben G. Owe of - | sity. Eight of nine district represent. tives were elected, the first distric place not being filled, as the nomink tlon offered by the nominations ~or mittee was of a coach not now active | This place will be filled by presidentis | appointment. District representatives named ware Charles F.- Crowley, Columbla Un versity, William Raftery, Virginic Military Institute; David B. Morey Alabama Polytechnic Institute; H. O Page, Indlana_ University; O. M Solem, Drake University: Ray Mo rison, Southern Methodist Universits | E. L. Romney, Utah Agricultural co |lege; W. H. Spaulding, Universits | California, southern branch. ! — .- COURT GAME SOUGHT. | Boys' Club Senators are‘after game for their gym tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock with a 115-pound team. 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