Evening Star Newspaper, March 8, 1927, Page 29

' DELIGHTS PILOT McCARTHY FORC SPORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1927. English Proving Sensation With Cubs : YOUNG SHORTSTOP’S SKILL May Oust Cooney as Regular With Chicago National League Club—Earl Webb Is Another Recent Acquisition Who BY JOHN B. FOSTER. VALON, Catalina Islands, Calif., March §.—Elwood English, shortstop by trade, who wr pssessed of the idea a few ago that he was a nged his mind and immediate future was with the Chicago Cubs. He boarded & trans-continental train, rode for three days, took the steamer to Cata- lina, changed to a base ball uniform and before he had time to marvel at the mountain peaks and green grass, found the perspiration trickling down his face. He discovered that the ball came to him with as many baffling hops and skips as ever and he surmounted the baffles with a .sprightliness that brought a smile about the square chin of Jos McCarthy, boss of this Chicago Club. He began to throw the hall to first base from a pivot swing 80 quick and timely that it widened the smile on McCarthy’s face until it expanded upward and downward. English Was Eagerly Coveted. This boy English is one of the play- ers for whom the Cubs set an early snare, and one of the few who were coveted cagerly. McCarthy not only had his watched zealously when Eng- lish was in Toledo, but had him watched while on the road as well. And every report that came to the Chicago manager gave him more and more desire to make him a player on his_team. English is not a_stockily built ball layer, but is modeled more on the ollocher lines, though not so rounded with curves' as Hollacher was when at his top game for the Cubs. English goes to either sile with certainty. He is both a left and right hand fielder and that is one of the first accomplishiments for which every manager asks. If he makes the team he will sidetrack Cooney, a fine infielder, but not so young as he once was. English is 20 years. Cooney is 33. The new- comer s 5 feet 10 inches wll xnd weighs 155 pounds withou: an ounce of surplus flesh. Protected Against Injury. ‘With two players of :he skill of English ang Cooney, the Cubs will — KENNEDY MAY PLAY FOR PALACE TONIGHT FORT WAYNE, Ind, March 8.— Manager Ray Kennedy probably will get into action for the Washington quint here tonight, when the Capital entry in the American Basket Ball League meets Fort Wayne in the final of a two-game series which opened last night, with the Hoosiers ‘winning, 36 to 32. Kennedy held himself out of last night’s clash, as he believed that the team was going along well enough ‘without him. Even after his charges ‘were defeated, he declared, they play- ed flawless baskeét ball, and but for ‘one-sided refereeing would have won. The Washington pilot is undecided about whom ‘he will replace, Elmer Ripley or Teddy Kearns, Both men performed brilliantly last night, each taking a prominent part in the scor- ing, while Kearns was Washington's high-point scorer, with a total of five field goals and one foul toss. Kennedy does not overrate his abil- ity, but it is to be expected that with his cool judgment and all- around playing that he could add a little strength to tHe present combi- nation. ‘Washington led at half time against the Hoosiers, 15 to 13, and held the ! lead Jor about- 5 minutes, after the second half started. Then, however, Referee. Warren began calling fouls upon the Capital men and, according t0 the visitors, failed to follow the plays closely - in “which the Fort ‘\'nyner- were doing the guarding. Borgmann's accuracy at the foul line was the deciding factor in Fort Wayne's victory. He caged 10 out of 11 tries from the 15-foot mark. Wash- ington outpointed the victors from the field, 11 to 7, but made 10 out 11 foul attempts to 22 out of 26 for the ‘home team. SANDLOTTERS BUSY WITH SEASON PLANS Three base ball meetings are sched- uled for tonight to enable local sand- Jot diamond candidates to discuss ¢ plans for the season. Manhattans will meet 7:30 at the home of Manager Wood, 313 Fourteenth street northeast. Members of the Yorke A. C. Louje Jewett, 329 Yorkes will remain in the senior class and will also play in the Petworth League. Moose A. C. diamond candidates will meet at 7:30 at the home of Manager Nally, 1254 Eleventh street southeast. Practice will be held tomorrow after- noon by the Sisler Insccts at Seventh and O streets, They will meet the Windsalls Saturday in a double-head- er. Robert D. Polen, former Washington sandlot star, has been signed to play with tthe Martinsburg club of the Blue Ridge League. Polen, who is 18 vears of age, starred last year with the Mount Vernon team in the Sun-| a ay School League, Washington Athlet| with virtually all of last vear’s regulars back, plans to place another strong team in the senior class. The club was District champion in the junior class last vear. McGuire and Madden of Gonzaga Stevens of Central, star pitchers, have leen joined by John Curtin and Bones Corson of the Devitt Preps. An array of outflelders includes Garner, Swan, Jean, Scanlon, Curtin and Purcell. and also with the Convention Hall Seniors will map their diamond plans at a meeting Saturday night at Convention Hall howling alleys. Mrs. Longo has been clected manager of the team, and M. Chaconas, former Knickerbocker stal- wart, will coach. All y asked to attend Saturday's meeting, wnd the following are requested to- telephone Eddie Hutchinson at Frank- 64: ( Bailey and Wright st season’s Comets, and Vi meyer, formerly of Benning A. C. GOPHER COACH GOES. MINNEAPOLIS, ‘Minn.,, March § #).--Harold Taylor, for thrce veacs head basket ball coach at the University of Minnesota, will not be retained next vear. Tho poor show- ing af the Gorners this season in |the institution’s history that a second | Trinity on Tuesday, tosIng 11 out «f 1 Big Ten starts cansed a demand for a change, tonight at| will | gather at 8 o'clock at the home of | o Webster street. | May Make Good. ] not stand in fear of the pugaboo of | injury to one of them. it is the crip- pled infield which so often puts the plans of a manager awry. English is a right-hand battersand a good onme. Last season his forte | was knocking out three-bagszers and the first thing he did at Catali to hit a sharp speeding liner that would have carried for thrce bags on any man’s ball yard. Another new player fo is Earl Webb, outfielder Louisville c¢lub last year. product of Tenncssee, § feet 1 inch in height. He can bat and he can field. He goes back after a fly ball with certainty and he traps a ground | hit_accurately, He throws well and easily and if the signs are not turned | topsy-turvy, he is likely to ‘be play- ing left fleld for the Cubs when the season begins. Others to Be Considered. Should Webb play left and Wilson center, Heathcote may be in right, and there also are Floyd Scott, sprint- the Cubs with the Webb is a s Joe Kelly, who hits one for sland ‘every time he gets |a chance. Stephenson has lost none of his driving power. If he had the speed of Heathcote, he would be one of the best outfielders in base ball. If McCarthy has succeeded in strengthening his team by annexation of two players for positions of which he was not so sure as he wished to be, he may have put the Cubs in the race to better advantage than others have succeeded in doing by shifts in their playing scheme. If the newcomers bat .300 as they have batted in the minors, the Cubs are’ dangerous. There never will be a time when they are easy to beat, except in the occasional game which breaks wrong at the start for every base ball nine. If the newcomers drop back about 20 points from their minor league batting skill, Joe still has a better team than he had be- cause his batting strength even then will be up to the standard. The Cubs no longer are a submis- sive team, but have acquired the knack of stepping into the ball and meeting it without fear of the conse- quences. well Manhattan (Copyright. 1927.) SAME OLD CELTICS WILL APPEAR HERE You will see the same old jersey and the same old play when the New York Celtics engage Washington next Sunday and Monday nights at the Arcadia. The New Yorkers have re- fused to discard either the familiar faded green shirts, in which they have appeared here before, or the trick “feed” play which Joe Lopchick and Dutch Dehnert execute so ex- pertly. Returning this time the Celtics will spare no effort in an attempt. to de- cisively whip the Palace quint and thereby annex the second-half cham- pionship of the American Basket Ball League. Basket ball cynics claim the Celtics can win when they are pleased to do so. However, they are not invincible and they lose games when they tackle teams as strong as Washington s at present. Here's the record of the Shamrocks since 1916-17, when they into first-class professional cofupany: - » 1916-17, won 50, lost 15; 1917-18, won 45, lost 18; 1918-19, won 55, lost 16; 1919-20, won 70, lost 12; 1920-21, won 78, lost 10; 1921-22, won 85, lost 8; {1922-23, won 102, lost 6; 1923-24, won 110, lost 12; 1924-25, won 104, lost 10; 1925-26, won 88, lost 14. rvations for tickets to the Celtic games may be obtained at the Arcadia box office, the Willard, Ham- ilton and Mayflower hotels and Spald- ing's. ATHLETICS “CASUAL” IN BRITISH COLLEGES By the Associated Press. was | jer and good batter, and John Riges | 1y, Stephenson to be reckoned with as|L SPORTS. Grid Changes Fail to Impress in Big Ten 'PAIRINGS ARE MADE OURT TOURNEY | in George gymnasium, ontests for the U. basket ball | will be played tomo | Washington™ Univer | marking the opening | South Atlantic A. A. | championship. | Pairings in the |last night, find many strong teams | opposed’ for the several titles. The | winners in each class will meet the Baltimore city title holders late: Pairings for the opening_games to- | morrow: 100-pound class, Boys' Club Optimists vs. Rex, 5:16_o'cloc pound class, Boys' Club Standards Atlantics, | St. Martin ow bus classes, made s. St. John's Celtics, 7 o'clock; 145-pound class, Arrows Aces, o'clock; unlimited class, Columbia Heights vs. Calvary M. E., 9:15 . The drawings in the various classes have been made as follows: UNLIMITED CLASS. Upper hracket—Columhla Heights ve. Cal- vary M. Capital A. C_vs. Bond's Whirl- Takoma Park vs. Express. Company F Hyattsville drew a bye in_the first round. Lower hracket—Company C District va. Bliss A A W H. West ve. Warwick Collegians: Wonder Five vs. Montrose. The Roses drew a bye In the first round: 5-POUND CLASS. Al Tremonts _vs. Eastern Celtics vs. Fort ket—St. Martin's ve, St. John's evy Chase Hoboes vs. St. Peter's. 0sets drew a bve in the first round. Jower pracket—Roye' Ciub Flashos vs, Car: onders: Wyomings ve. Calvary Beds The Powell Collegians drew a bye in the first round. 115-POUND CLASS. Jaomer. bracket_—Hoxs' Club Standards bracketSt. Martin's. vs. Defaxe vs. Epiphany Chapel © 100-POUND CLASS. Coper bracket—Boyy’ Club Bex. Lower bracketesRugsel Viotors. e "Siantons. drew” & fret Foiund: CONNAUGHTON, GRID STAR, TO BE FETED Tribute will be paid Harry (Babe) Connaughton, the first Georgetown foot ball player ever to be universally selected for all-American honors, to- night at a testimonial dinner at the Hamilton Hotel, starting at 8 o'clock. Fellow students in the Law School are giving the dinner. Connaughton will be presented a gold foot ball in recognition of his gridiron attainments and of the re- gard in which he is held by his class- mates. Frank J. Hogan, president of the Georgetown Alumni Association, will be toastmaster. Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, Lou Little, Georgetown director of athletics, and Rev. Vincent S. McDonough. S. J. faculty advisor of athletics at the Hilltop, will be among the speakers. Floran Boland s chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. o ALOY MEN IN MARATHON. A trio of harriers will represent Aloysius Club in the annual Laurel-to- Baltimore marathon run on March 26. ‘They are Mike Lynch.and James and Grattan Montague. i | Five games—one in each class— HILE there is a possibility 7 of them seeing a bit more action, it is probable that Central High School's bas- ket ball tossers will not again show their wares this scason, it was announced today by Coach Bert Coggins. ' It has been a stirring campaign for the boys in Live and white, Starting the season with but one member of the 1925-26 team at hand, Coggins de- veloped a combination that for smart- ness, speed and allaround play was outstanding. The Centralites were setting the pace and virtually were “in” as public high champions when that series was summarily halted fol- lowing the disturbance at the Arca- dia. Coggins' proteges attained the heights when they achieved the high school crown of ths Penn tourncy inst bang-up opposition. “&¥hen the Blua and White quint takes the floor for another season threo stalwart members of this Win- ter's team will be missing. They are Capt. Warren Swift and Bill Crouch, just about as capable a pair of guards as a schoolboy team could hope to have, and Pete Nee, sensa- tional shooting forward and court mechanic extraordinary. Devitt basketers, who made a fine showing in the recent interscholastic tournament at Washington and Lee University, will face the crack Tome Institute five at Port Deposit, Md., Friday night in the local team’s open- ing game in the schoolboy tournament at St. John's College at Annapolis. Tome has just completed a schedule, during which it lost but one game of 12, and is certain to furnish Devitt plenty of opposition. The game will start at 7:30 o'clock. Joe Barklow, keen-eyed Devitt for- ward, was awarded a silver loving cup as the result of having been adjudged the most valuable player to his team in the Washington and Lee tourna- ment. In three games he counted 68 points. Barklow also was selected a member of the all-tournament team and for this received a gold watch charm. Augusta Military Academy brought a big, clever team to the city yester- day that conquered Central, 37 to 29, in the afternoon and then at night succumbed to Eastern, 28 to 32. Ja- cobs, Runnels and Lynch gave strong allround exhibitions that went far toward bringing about the defeat of Central. The Blue and White held a 15-14 edge at the half, but apparently worn from their strenuous play dur- ing the past several weeks, faltered in the final half and the Cadets went ahead to stay. In Eastern the invaders found a host that was set for them. However, the Staunton combination forced Coach Charley Guyon’s to an extra period to triumph. Baskets by McAl lister and Depro’ carried the Lincoln Parkers to victory after the regulation game had ended with the count at 28 all. It was a great battle all the way, with Eastern holding a 16-15 ad- MICHIGAN, IN By the Associated Press. HICAGO, March 8.—Victor in 10 games out of 12, the Uni- versity of Michigan basket ball five today held the West- ern Conference title. An overtime -victory ove! Iowa, 81-29, last night. closed the Michigan season and put the Wolverines in first place beyond reach of the Indiana and Purdue teams, which have games yet to play to decide second place. Capt. Chambers of the Michigan five, coached by E. J. Mather, obtain- ed his team’s first Big Ten basket ball title by some fancy shooting in the closing minutes of the game and also in the overtime period necessitated by a tle. Chambers dropped in two field goals in the extra period. The new champions broke even in games with Indiana and Purdue and won both games of the home-and- home series with the other teams. They did not meet Ohio, Northwest- ern and Wisconsin this year. Michigan piled up the highest total OVERTIME BATTLE, CLINCHES TITLE of points this season and was second in rank in guarding its own hoop. The Wolverines scored 414 points to 302 for their opponents, only Wiscon- sin having a lower score registered by opposing teams. Bennie Oosterbaan, the Michigan scoring ace, sank 50 field goals, giving him a mark which is likely to stand %or the rest of the season. He made but 12 foul shots, so that Cummins oY Purdue and Hunt of Ohio State are llkely to pass him in total points scored, but not in fleld goals. Cum- mins has tossed in 40 points from the foul line, to Oosterbaan’s 12. Purdue pulled into a tie for second place with fellow Hoosiers at the University of Indlana, each with eight victories and three defeats. Purdue last night had little trouble in 3:‘1!\!1"!‘ from Northwestern, 43 to v Indiana plays its last game at Ohio Wadnesday, while Wisconsin and Towa on Friday and Chidago and Pur- due on Saturday finish out their schedules. NEW YORK, March 8.—At all Bri- ish ‘universities sport “is essentlally cosual,” and while personal athletic prowess is highly esteemed, the repu- tation that victories can bring to insti- tutions counts for comparatively lit- tle, according to Dr. Howard J. Sav- age, staff member of the Carnegle Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. 7 Dr. Savage, who spent several months in Great Britain gathering material for what is said to be the first American descriptive study of |athletics in British educational insti- tutions, says the foundation is at pres- ent engaged upon a study of American school, college and university ath- | letics. Most comparative considera. tions, accordingly, have been deferred in the present study. “Very few persons,” he says, “are dependent upon British school, col- lege or university sport for their liveli- hood, and no such person, whether {coach or trainer, depends upon vic- tory for his living. “Few persons know that at Oxford and Cambridge there are professional coaches in cricket, track and fleld sports and boxing. Coaching in row- jing, ‘rugger,’ ‘soccer,’ field hockey ]nnd other games is in the hands of | undergraduates, staff members and {a few unpaid graduates. { “Half of the Oxford and Cambridge undergraduate bodies take part in | rowing and three-fourths in all sports, {while 75 per cent are doing special |work leading to an honors degree. 1 From these facts there would appear {to be no conflict between athletics and | studies at these older institutions, and (still less at the newer English and «Scottish universities, where only from ! and Bits |8 to 20 athletics.” ILAMAR’S RING PROWESS i IMPRESSES HUB FANS BOSTON, Mass., March 8.—Hub | boxing fans bellevéd today they saw |in Henry Lamar of Washington, D. IS i ki Bob Mills, former New England ama- teur heavyweight title holder, in an eight-round bout at the Boston arena per cent participate in eavyweight championship. Lamar, even though he lacked the “!last night, | LEADS COLUMBIA CREW. NEW YORK, March 8 (#).—Eric | Lambert of New York City, stroke of Columbia’s all-sophomore varsity crew, has been elected 1927 captain of the rowing squad. It is the first time in accorded this classman been honor, rockout punch, won a decision over | QUINTS WILL CLASH FOR LEAGUE HONORS ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 8— Championship of the Nautical Basket Ball League will be at stake tomorrow night when the teams representing the Old Dominion Boat Club of this city and Washington Canoe Club meet on the Armory Hall floor at 8:30 o'clock. The clubs are now on an even basis. The winner will receive a silver loving cup, emblematic of the |league championship. Cardinal ‘Athletic b will hold a meeting Thursday night to organize for the coming base ball season, at the home of Sylvester A. Breen, presi- dent of the organization, 1332 King street. Business Manager DeVaughan has started work on the schedule and announces that the season will open early in April. | Dreadnaught Athletic Association | base ball team will stage its first prac- tice next Sunday at the Dreadnaught ipark, and all candidates are requested to report. The team will be repre- sented by veterans in the majority of the positions and is expected to be strong. Virginia A. C. would like to Arrange a game with some junior basket ball club for Thursday, to be played in the jarmory. Phone Manager Jack Allén, at Alexandria 424, between 5 and 6 p.m., for games. -.“Bussy” Brenner has been elected captain of the St. Mary’s Celtics, fol- lowing the resignation of John Pier- point. Plerpoint is now playing at forward for the St. Mary’s Senjors and will compete in the South Atlantic tourney with that quint. 1 Alexandria High School tossers en- - & coming contender for the light- | trained last night for Bristol, Va., where tonight the team will face Vir- ginia High School in another elimina- tion game for the State title. The winner of tonight's game will play the victor of the Maury High, Nor- folk-Lynchburg High game for the ¢ “crown. _ Capt. Bernard Cohen; Leon Riley, William Travers, Marshall Smith, Pefe Williams, Garland Sisk, Bottles” West and Paul Travers | made the trip, accompanied by Coath Howard H. Jones, ‘During the 1890 fot ball geason, Cornell played Union on Monday, Wesleyan _on Wednesday, Williams on Thursday and Harvard on Saturday. |GOOD COURT GAMES ARE LISTED TONIGHT Stanton_tossers, victors over Ana- costia Eagles a few days ago, will clash with the strong W. H. West Co. floormen in one of twp important basket ball games carded for tonight. The game will be played in the Busi- ness High gym at 8 o'clock. | In the other game carded for| tonight the American Railway Bx-| press five will meet St. Mary's Celtics | in the Terminal Y gym at 8§ o'clock. Eastern Lightweights downed the St. Peter’s Preps last night in Eastern High gym by a score of 31 to 20. Lightweights launched an offensive in the last quarter that brought them victory. Independent Insects trounced South- east Insects, 10 to 9, last night in Hine Junior High gym. Aces won their sixteenth straight game last night, swamping the Northern Juniors at the Y. M. C. A. 8ym, 76 to 8. General Accounting Office basketers had little difficulty with Calvary Drakes last night, winning, 40 to 24. Company F tossers of Hyaitsville are looking for games with strong teams, following their 33-t0-30 victory last night over Camp Meade. Community A. C. floormen downed the Manchester quint at Twelfth street gym last night, 31 to 26, LITTLE THINKS CHA_NGES WILL BETTER FOOT BALL Louis Little, Georgetown Univer- sity director of athletics, belleves the changes just made in the foot ball rules will help the game. He points out that the sport will {be aided as to the offensive depart- | ment and that the changes are timely, |as there has been an inclination for {the past several seasons to pay most attention. to building the sport from a defensive standpoint. Incidentally, Little has a real job to fill the shoes of a number of mem- bers of last Fall's Georgetown eleven that will not be at hand the coming season. They are Capt. McGrath, Gormley, Waite and the all-American guard, Connaughton. OTHER SPORTS ON PAGE 30, IS CENTRAL HIGH BASKETERS | ' HAVE MADE FINE RECORD However, Losing Game With Augusta M. A. May Be Last of Campaign—Eastern Scores Over Vis- itors After Blue and White Fails. rflowe\'er, vantage at the half. The whole Light Blue and White team showed well, while Jacob and Lynch were the most consistent for the Virginians. The game was Eastern's final for this season. Triumphing in five of the seven | events Devitt swimmers vanquished Loyola High of Baitimore in the lat- ter's tank, 34 to 24. Those to win events for Devitt were Morris, 50-yard dash; Oliver, fancy diving; Johnson, 50-yard backstroke, and Brown, 100- yard free sty Johnson, Jeffries, Brown and Morris comprised the vic- torlous Devitt relay team. Coach S. T. Kimble ggt his Central High diamond candidates outdoors yes- terday for their first drill. Upward of 30 were in the squad. It appears that the Blue and White will have a fast nine and will be particularly strong in the box and behind the bat . Coach Dan Ahearn will not begin earnest base ball practice at Western High until next week. The boys in Red have just come through a strenu- ous basket ball season and Ahearn believes a rest advisable for all hands. When Western takes the court next Winter two regulars and one sturdy reserve of the 1927 team will be miss- ing as the result of graduation next June. They are Sam Coombs, center, and Alton Buscher, forward, and War- ren Rabbitt, reserve center and guard. Coach Ahearn will have such stellar players remaining as'| Charley Walker, guard and captain during the season just closed; Bob Wilson, guard, and Don Garber, for- ward, Elmer P. (Hap) Hardell, director of the physical training, department at Technical High School, said today that a boxing team to officially represent Tech has been organized. He said that" authorities of the school are not fa- vorable to the idea and that the school PRO COURT LEAGUE. 500 400 Rochester Chicago i e Last Night's Results. Fort Wasne. 36: Washington. Philadelphia. 43: Cleveland, 40. Games Tonight. Philadelphia at Cleveland. Washington at Fort Wayne. Games Tomorrow, Baitimore at New York. Washington at Chicago. Games Thursday. New York at Baltimore, Washington at Chicago. Games Saturday. Baltimore at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Rochester. Games Sunday. Baltimore at Cleveland. New York at Washington, 1 ONLY CURB PUT ON SHIFT IS BEING WELL RECEIVED Much Displeasure Expressed at Moving Goal Posts Back—Protecting Fumbled Lateral Pa - Also Is Called Weak Step. By the Associated Pr HICAGO, March 8.—The latest revisions of foot ball have found little faver with coaches of the Western Con ference, except for the agree- mant on timing of shift pla The Eoening Star BOYS CLUB 22 miles back to the main- land from Catalina Island. The Chicago Cubs are too busy training for the base ball season to do much swimminig. Joe McCarthy, the young manager of the Cubs, wants to say something to you, so forget the scenery and absorb some base ball knowledge. “Every boy knows some base ball and every boy can play the game,” says Joe, “but look at this club of mine—some are men who have been learning about base ball and have been improving in their play every day since they were just your size. And most of them will continue to improve. “The point is that you must never JAT a swell place this is!|think you know it all nor think you \Ar No one would want to swim 4 S, T055 *LOOPERS ~ AT FIRST will not give official recognition to a team. 2. Aroma.- Your 3. Taste. The How the 1. Burn. Even, uniform, free burn and fine long ash such as you find with a La Palina—these are the ex-* pert’s first consideration. first whiff of La Palina’s supremely fragrant aroma provesthe qualityofitsfine tobaccos. richly mellow, smooth taste of every La Palina is “ a joy to the seasoned smoker. 4. Color. 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If you loosen | up gradually, don't get cold in the | arm. and refrain from ‘burning’ them over for at least a week I don’t think | you will have any trouble with sore | arms. ““And then, too, if you start speeding | the ball the first few days each of you will have sore hands from catch. You must toughen up Next—Paso Robles and the Pittsh- burgh Pirates! % perfect cigar. rules | which | the Big Ten pioneered last Fall Particular exception is taken to thd rule moving the goal posts back 10 {yards from the touchdown line, to |lengthen the distance of the goal Kicker. Robert Zuppke of Illinois and Jimmy Phelan of Purdue wera especially disple: with the effort. to minimize the importance of the goal after touchdown. “If they wanted to legislate the point after touchdown Zuppke, “why didn’t they move the team from the 3 to the ard line”" Phelan, Glenn Thistlethwaite of Wisconsin and others said they re. garded the regulation protecting the fumbled lateral pass as a weak move “It looks like they were trying t | make foot ball over into basket ball said Thistlethwaite. “American foot ball has proved that the direction to move is forward, not backward or laterally,” was Phelan's, comment. “Reviewing the course of the foot ball rules committee over several years,” Zuppke said, “one cannot but |feel that its legislation has been |erratic. Sooner or later they must stop tinkering with the rules. Per- haps the best plan would be to per- mit the committee to meet oniy once in three years. 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