Evening star., 1920-01-14
NEW COACHES DUE
FOR 1920 ELEVENS
Tutoring Systems in Force at
Some Colleges Also to
Undergo Change.
BY WALTER CAMP.


No foot ball season in the history
of the game has had a longer con-
tinwed aftermath than the season. of
1919. The interest which followed
the war in all sports seems to have
tional fact that Harvard journeyed
clear across the continent to play a
match game with Oregon at the tour
nament Of roses in Pasadena on New
Year day, 1920, kept the foot ball
enthusiasts at a high tension and led
to the gridiron game being extend
ed into a new calendar year.
The season of all-America teams
and their selection has not yet died
out and many will be the discussions
before open fires this winter as to
the merits OF the many high-class
PLAYERS who contended for this honor
throughout the year. A direct result
of this has been to confirm the opln-
ion many times expressed tnat tne
year Just passed brought out more
high class backfield men than any
other season, nor was the line with
out it's stars. and stars. too, OF the
first magnitude. but it was In the
backfield that the quantity as wen
as the quality of men was pest II
Illustrated. Rodgers of West virginia
was the most generaaiy gei.;an ef efoseI sniiback %
and we'll did he deserve it. for ne was
not only a strong. powerful runner
but he was also a high-class genera,,. ,.
He gave all the signals from 1uiipaok ot
nosition. thus really assuming all ina.
work which is usually performed oy
the ouarterback He could also KICK
well and had a low drive Wnlcn ne
could place with great accuracy Al
toeether this man Thoroughly oe
served all the encomiums heapeo upoh
him.
Changes in Coaches Due.
The coaches and coaching systemo
Of several of the universities ao9
will undergo changes on account o!
the Mi season of 1919 Cornell viii put
in another man, Yale is making
changes and many of the other co..
ieges have the matter unoeI co
sideration. Never has the a.;dirnu asiu@nu
ZANE been more insistent and the
salaries are mounting up until col
Iere authorities are beginning "
worry. .~o. IN this
point of view arising at MinnesT;sa sa.;sa
1actorily Settled. 1t is the old aues-
tion Of paying a coach more than
college professor Unfortunately. the
good old law of supply and demana
seems to be entering into TINS LOO.
bali situation quite as strongly as
It does into all other affairs of lie.
NtWrauv II seems almost ridiculous
TO think of offers made to Dempsey,
the boxer. at a quarter OF Hil,iion
dollars for one fight. and tnen 70 tnihk
how many teachers ana sac vsars
But human arrangement has never
heen able to supplant or very ma
terially interfere with the action OF
that natural law which goes on stead
fastly defeating legislation TO .e9uCe 9ot
winning out against all efforts OF
human pigmies to alter 1t.
Tendency Toward Longer Trips.
A yery marked development that
has come about in the foot ball worid
is the tendency of teams. even the Dig
ones, to consider longer ana more
extensive trips. 1t is said that even
the service teams. which, py the way,
have received the concession OF at
ast one game away from the home
grounds thing practically unheard
Of before-may, in the long run re
ceive further opportunities Ior pay
outside the home grounds. .;,
Rumor has it that Harvard VIII
nerha ans-not this, next season. but
before long-take on return game
with Michigan; this would heal the
sore which has been rankiihs III .ne
breasts of Yost anG the Ann AIoor
people for some time. Michnsa1I
on 10 SdUuOi AueS
tIanv.rd and there was belief that
Michigan, il it gave Harvard good
would be placed Whstner on the this senfn in-
yolved a trip out to Michigan on mar
Yards part was another matter But
ward a hard game, one so close ina.
Harvard barely won; out MIcnisan
did not again appear on the Harvard
schedule. ;aa1a
A trip by Harvard to- to the ds,,1nt mIdaee ooe
oniv 1,y Michigan, but by all the con
@ ference @ teams. In the case, of the
service teams, there is much ~ reepu,te TO te
said from the standpoint OF recr ~
sort s Of men the Army and Navy are
bringing up. This phase OF the na.- MAJ
ter has never made sufnclent llhple pre-
sion. but it comes to the fore more
and more and is really being recog-
nized by those most directly inter-
ested. ,o.o