The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-01-16
LONGER HALVES
WANTED BY PENN
= Football Management Sends
Out Its Official View of
What's Needed.
FORTY MINUTES SUGGESTED
Coach Torrey Says That Would Be
About Right--Wants Head Lines
man TO Keep Time.

The new rule shortening the playing
time i'm college football games from
thirty-hye- halves as heretofore,
10 thirty minutes last season resulted
IN many tie scores. including twenty-slX
important gimes in which neither side
tailed so much as a single point
These unfinished games were naturally
very unsatisfactory, and quite number
of propositions have been made 10 pre-
vent So many Tie scores next season.
One Of the best suggestions IS that IN
case OF "A tie al the conclusion OF the
TWO thirty minute halves the teams con
tinue TO play until one has scored, lh9
game 10 end as soon as a score is made.
This is the plan followed I'm baseball,
and has been found very satisfactory,
since darkness alone can cause a drawn
game.
Time Much Too Short.
The University OF Pennsylvania foot
bah authorities, however, favor longer
halves. according 10 clifford Pemberton.
IT.. who yesterday sent 10 The Times
the following communication credited
10 Coach Bob Torrey. with the footnote
explaining that the interview expresses
Pensylvania's views on the needed
changes:
.sThe playing time of the important
football games was certainly much TOO
short this year. and this fault should be
corrected before We start another sea-
son" said Pennsylvania head coach
Dr. Robert g. Torrey- The playing
lime for the early games cannot safely
be made longer. partly on account OF
the weather and partly because the con-
diJiOn OF the players, or. rather. the lack
OF condition OF the players, wlA not war
rant 10.
Linesman for Timer.
"A thirty-minute half this year. in ac-
tual playing time. was shorter than a
twenty-m!nute period last year, as in
staneed in the Army-Navy game Al
Franklin Field. where a JhIrty-minute
half in fast game showed less than
seven minutes of actual playing time.
The playing time might also be mate
rally lengthened-in fact. should be, in
nv judgment-by having the lmesman
take out time without signal from the
referee whenever the ball goes out OF
bounds. whenever the whistle is blown
for penalty and whenever there Is any
argument with either official
These are points which viii take up a
large part of the time which is wasted
and are potent methods OF killing time.
Suggests Forty Minutes.
The referee at present has so much
and the linesman comparatively so little
10 do that the Luesman is Ia a better
position 10 take entire charge of the
question OF time The above change
and a fOrty-five-minute half might be
rather long, but even with this change
the halves in large games should be not
less than thirty-fve minutes and forty
minutes would, / think. be better
This year has certainly seen many
games which were unsatisfactory IN
their result. that is. iudCClsiVe. owing 10
the eurJaiied time which prevents a full
working out of any organized plan OF
attack. the contest frequently stopping
with only preliminary skirmlshes- A
forty-minute half, with time out as sus-
gested, would offer none too much play
ing time in which 70 decide uDOn the
merits OF two teams which were fairly
evenly matched"