Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-11-03
Personal Touches in Sports

Herbert in the New York Tribune, contends
mat the football season is all too short and
what he has 10 say about the situation is
ABOUT the most interesting bit OF comment we
have noticed for some time: "The football
season is all too short. The schedule Is SO ar
ranged that It Is impossible to see as many
teams In action Is necessary to get fully
acquainted with their merits, individually and
co9eclively for the purpose OF a proper rank
Ing when the fun Is over and for the purpose
OF building that mythical all-star team which
mas como to be quite part OF every football
season In order then, to get better acquainted
with VIZ r az least three teams Williams Amherst
@ @Mhleh l VIII not be able TO see in actual
6aInes, 6. y IS my purpose TO visit them their
@ S@an pc seen. Barring accident. williamstown
SeIst 20 on me ne SGo1eetEe point on Thursday, Am
HnIchys Tor the Harvard Princeton game, and
FToVidence on the following Monday"
, II Is generally agreed among football writer's
mat great trouble Is experienced IN their EFFORT
ably the dependence upon newspaper informa
ZION lhat most predictions fail 70 come true.
led the proEnostcatoTs merry S ebass same Was RSs
would have though Michigan would hold HaT-
ever have lieved that Williams would & "1Iya bsyl
held the ne % Princeton Tigers to III score ?
Now tina the newspapers have won another
great MOI victory so far as the numbering
or footba'. players Is concerned, II Is to be
hoped that they will put their shoulder to the
wheel and start another crusade Tor the LOYAL
players is all right in it's way. 1t cannot be
said however, that II has brought about the
each player had a nice. big number on his
back. Once IN a while the numbers came IN
handy, In the main, however, the majority
OF the spectators soon marked some pecullarty
IN each player and used that as an idenunca-
As an example, every one Of the 5000 people
that witnessed the game knew that Ghse was
me Dartmouth player without head guard.
y is question II more than dozen specta-
Der, although he wore a big on his back.
Sun every one Of the spectators remembers
guard who made that wonderful fo-yard run.
How do we know that It was TO-yard run ?
sure. And that leads Up to the new reform
rhat is badly needed Ia football Every grid
iron should not only he marked with 5-yard
be painted plainly the number OF the yard line.
II the Loyal Legion OF Football Fans has a
right 10 know which player made run, it
certainly has right to know the length Of
the dash.
Il has wonderfully helped the spectators. A
year ago az the Polo Grounds there was a
number 70 each one Of the b-yard lines. Again,
a was q common enough custom AZ HarFara.
However, the rules do not make II necessary
ana untE CLAUSE Is Incorporates, into ths
make wild guesses regarding the length OF
punts and the distance covered by players Ia
sensational runs upon the gFidiron'
This enc Is SO good that We cannot help but
print Ia. Here goes; Parental objection" covers
many q pair Of cold feet.
Johnny Kllbane. the worlds featheFWeight
champion fighter. Is not content with his lau-
reia h his class but is going to try out Ia the
lightweight division: Can Il ha that Johnny
has heard that KID Willlans the ''F1ghtias
tsntamsG
A secret but determined EFFORT Is being mads
b. tha undergraduates q Columbia UniyeFsity
10 have football revived AZ the metropollian
instisutian ~ learning II has been nine geans
aince Columbia had team IN the held, and
iha student body feels that the time has come
when tha han should BE- lifted Columbia is
UeH represented in every branch Of sport ez-
ccpt f9athall AMI there q little reason nov
trhy q team should not bo put iH the hela 20
couuata with the larger cQiisees of the ee4n-
~ Xsith ifa enrolment Qt almast 40. QoQ atu-
dents Columbia co2i4 put az eirYen "a ne