Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-26
FAVOR NUMBERING GRID MEN
Leading Foot Ball Men of the East
Approve Of System to Number
Players.
Players,
ARE AID TO THE SPECTATORS


One by one the leaders in foot ball
throughout the country are realizing that
the numbering OF foot ball players Il a
perfectly logical result OF the develop
ment OF the game Few OF the big col
leges still hold out against the practice.
among them being Yale and Harvard
Princeton. Penn. Cornell and the western
colleges are all using this method Of
making the game moro attractive to the
spectators. Below will be found the opin-
ions Of many of the leading former play
ers and some coaches, among them
star group OF Harvard and Yale men,
who heartily favor the numbering. This
can be taken as an Indication that these
two colleges win soon fall into line;
BY Edgar N. Wrightington. Harvard
Captain OF 1881 approve OF the system
OF NUMBERING ,II,!Ss players lt makes the
/ tetors. II we are going to build big
| bowls and stadia and have elaborate
gcoreboerd information. all for the bene-
system complete and Identify the players
accurately. 30 we can see what they are
| doing"
by Daniel ]. Hurley, Harvard Captain
! OF 1904 and lS05-"The innovation OF num-
berng players during the foot ball con-
| tests will be a great help TO the game.
This innovation makes errors more obvi-
Gus and therefore more easily eradicated,
| BY this means the player the play and
/ the team will be improved
BY Hamilton Fish, Harvard Captain OF
| 1907 believe II pleases the spectators
| and consequently look on IT favorably.
does no harm to the game 30 far as
Of isi5 e"i heartily n concur Win the theor!
that the public Is entitled to identify foo
ball players The colossal size OF moderI
nettes whose Identity is indlstlnguishabI,
even TO their best friends.
BY Charles Brickley, Harvard Captain
yor OF numbering players, because this
feature has proved OF vast benefit e
spectators in understanding what is go
ing on and who actually is doing the
work. The option should be vested In
each coach and captain as to their use.
Vincent stsyensoni . FSTme sh Gres'
owe II to the spectators TO provide some
such means OF Identifying players on the
gridiron. ] know Of dozen good reasons
ment against Il. anu not o"e 'sA' su
BY Charles Gould. Yale Captain OF 1901
players should nc not be numbered, and az a
least ono good reason why they should bt
numbered-namely. that OF making It pos
sible for spectators to follow not only the
play. but the individual-I strongly favor
| It's adoption
BY s F. b. Morse, Yale Captain Of 1906
do not see any possible objection e
numbering players. Do not feel com
petent to fudge In the matter, as hav,
not seen a foot ball game for nine years
veniece to spectators Do not understand
how. 1t could affect players In any man
BY Fred DAILY. Yale Captain of 1910
am in favor OF numbering players. sine
Il affords 20 much pleasure TO spectators
sm hSSs oesn 1 oRRSe1 70 Instead az team
The rule should read players must b.
numbered instead Of recommending tina
players be numbered. as in the presen
BY Coach Rush OF Princeton-''The day
have passed when those who came 10 Sc
and easily distinguish the players, wit
is very desirable to have The men mum
bered for the benefit OF the public"
BY Coach Metcalf Of Columbia Univer
sity-"I believe strongly In the number
: ing system from the standpoint OF u
BY Al Journeay, Captain Penn Team o
1Sif-"By all means number the players
: 1t ls certainly no dstriment 10 the tear
and a source OF great satisfaction to tn
people whose patronage makes the gam
BY "A Kelly; TG5Her q, Great eat P I 70
, system should be adopted is because .
[ many persons attend the games who. d
EnoS tss os aG the players 90
numbered these persons can identify eac
! man on the field merely by looking a
u By Tom Tom rhorSe, ceiHmbia's Forme
Great Tackle-"The colleges should NEE
4 the public demand for the system an
adopt II. officiate at many games an
find It easier TO settle contested point
5 and TO fix In my mind the players eligib
? to receive a forward pass when the nun
bering system Is used"
. BY Carl Flanders, Former Yale Star
J The numbering system adds 70 the en-
p poyment OF the game from the spectators
, standpoint. At first ] was opposed {
the system, but ] see now that " Is
good thing. look for the numbers my
self. which I guess IL pretty good tes
OF my feelings on the question.
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