Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-12
OFFICIALS WILL
ASSIST SYRACUSE
Big Bill Hollenback Plans
New Method of Develop
ing Football Team
TO ELIMINATE FOULS

Football omcla,lng will play an i'm
portant part IN the coaching OF the SYRIA
cuse University football team next fall'
william NJ Hollenback, who has been re-
,alned to take charge for one more year
Ia OF the opinion that the arbiters can help
him considerably and will ask their aid
from the start This does not mean that
Iollenback will corner the referee ana
umpire after each game 60 get the dope
on the systems OF the other teams instead
he Will sit ON the sidcllnoa, watch tho ON.
ciala during the game and make a note OF
each penalty inflicted on his eleven, IN
other words he will DO on the lookout Tor
weaknesses on the part ot his players ana
viii correct them between games, tootOhll
official who Ia strict and not afraid 10 call
fouls early In the season viii be OF lnesu-
mahle value later IN tho year II he innicts
many penalties for ofHaidc. holding and un-
necessary roughness. tho players soon VIII
realize that all OF that sort OF stun must
be eliminated or the team VIII sufor. rem
nlties have won and lost many games In
the past, and will do 80 In the future
nftceu-yard loss for holding or hvo yards
for 'ulTalde at a critical junction done more
10 take the heart out OF tho men than any
thing else Big Bin realizes this and his
plan TO stop Illegal play from the start is a
good one.
Best Officials In East
But In order 20 get the best results. ottl-
Client and experienced officials must be
used. These men are hard 10 get for the
early games, IA tho compensation Ia too
small TO attract them. II must be remem-
bered that football officials arc drawn from
business and professional men-men VINO
are not dependent on tho gamo as a means
OF livelihood. They are doctors, lawyers,
college professors and some are heads OF
big business concerns, They sometimes nnd
u moro profitable to remain at homo than
to make long trip for small fee. As an
example Bill LanRford is head OF tho PEN
sion department Of tho New York Central
Railroad and has several hundred men un-
der him. Nato Tufts In prosecuting attor-
rey near Boston. Billy Morice Is head OF n
big paper bag mill In Philadelphia; Charley
McCarty, Jim Moffntt and Eddie Bennls are
In business here Fred Gillender In n lawyer
and Bull Tyler IL professor OF mathematics
at Haverford School. There are many
others, but the list Is too long TO be taken
up here. II Just goes 20 show that tho foot
ball official Is not an ordinary Individual,
but one who stands high in the community
and cannot be cassod with other officials In
sportdom. Hollenback also realizes this, and
in order to attract these men the fees In
the early gnmes win bo materially In
creased.
Three Men Enough
william tho Big says three capable men
are enough to run n football game, and
the fourth man will be dispensed with, In
that way the salary Of the fourth man can
be divided among the other three and the
fees Increased. However, Hollenbaok wants
II made clear that no Ii In no way work.
ing against tho Central Board OF Ofticlals.
He still win be under lts Jurisdiction and
expects Its hearty support. The officiating
In most OF my big games could not be I'M
proved upon" says Bill, "and the Central
Board selected tho best men available, II
was in the early games that did not get
entire satisfaction, and ] am trying 20
alleviate this l believe tho colleges send In
too many names of officials to be selected
from, and l shall first cut down this list,
Instead OF having fifty names. shall have
not more than a dozen. and shall Insist
that these men be appointed. And 10 make
sure OF It, l shall have the fees placed so
| high that they cannot refuse. / want men
to point out the weaknesses OF my team nj
| the start OF the year and not overlook on
side and holding as has been done in the
| past. II tho players are penalized strictly
| early in October they will not repeat their
ofensss in November"
Unanimous Vote
After tho disastrous season many OF the
wise ones predicted that Hollenback would
not be retained by Syracuse next year.
However. at the meeting recently, the foot
| ball committee and tho board OF directors
voted unanimously TO re-engaBO the coach.
| This mark OF tribute was well deserved as
Bill tolled very hard to turn out cham
plonship eleven. He was handicapped, how
| ever, as he had veteran team and there
was little time 10 install new system this
year Next fall he will show results. Hol-
| ienback is quite popular In Syracuse and
has the entire college behind him, After the
first reverse-in the Pittsburgh game-the
followers OF the team were broken-hearted,
They did not express much grief for the
team, hut felt sorry for Hollenbaek They
knew Bill had been working from early
morning until late at night and wanted 10
see his efforts rewarded. They expect big
things next year, and the chances are that
they will not be disappointed. Hollenbaeks
contract shows how they feel about II. Bill
has signed up for one year and at the end OF
the season, N both sides are satisfied he
will sign for two more years.
A great injustice has been done Albright.
| After looking over the seasons scores, the
| college was awarded the championship OF
| the steerage class but Il Is not true. The
| WORST team In the country halls from
| Lebanon. Tenn. and plays under the name
| OF Cumberland University. Cumberland
played two notable games last fall Georgia
| Tech won the hrst by the score OF 222 10
| o and Sswanes trimmed them l07 10 o. This
record may be tied some time, but you
cannot beat H.
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