The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-26
Scientific Playing Has
ReUOlutiOnised Football
As Recent Battles PrOue
BY ROBERT EDGREN.

EpOtDAll NetilS lOuhy with tnPlr
b could trim the giant, bruislng
elevens Of 90 years ago.
some of the old timers won't ad-
mil this but Big Bin Edwards isn't
one Of them. The former Princeton
captain, who year after year never
misses game the Tigers play, con-
fessee that prescnt-day teams could
outsCore the old giant combinations
that yale, Harvard and Princeton
, turned out.
y Edwards made this assertion
when recalling the good old days
when real giants ploughed over the
gridiron.
said william. ut is much better
gamp for spectators as modern at
tendance records show For the
players, the same has become more
scieutifiC. Brains count more than
muscle power. There are many
more ways to score. An average
team now will have from 35 to so
, PLAYS. When was at Princeton
2 our eleven didn't have over 20,
at that time it was mostly
case Of Drawn and stamina. We
lnesmen really only saw the ball
when 1t was Kicked. The forwards
only had to guard their own terri
tory and look out for their. lives.
Now guard or tackle must roam all
over tho field making plays"
Edwards said he tipped close to
270 when at Princeton. This Is suf-
ficient reason why the old boys
were not so speedy. A guard or
tackle In those days of mastondons
were deveiIped for steam roller
service and not for sprinting abil-
ity
Big Bill, while admitting the SUI
4
sista that If the old five-yard rush
ing game was played the teams Of
20 years ago would successfully bat
ter their way through the lighter
but fresher elevens of today whose
style of game has been consider
ably modified by basketball"
methods.
lie Made Peace.
The dove or peace didn't lose
any feathers during the baseball
meetings in New York. Rum bles of
baseball war and threatened re-
volt stopped the minute Judge Lam
dis read the riot act to the mag
mates
In the past most baseball crup-
tions were caused by nothing more
than petty politics and jealousies
among club owners. Same thing
undoubtedly would have happened
this time II Judge Lands hadn't
been on the Job
One of tho best investments or
ganiZed baseball ever made is the
s42,50oI every year for the president
high commissioner.
No Oslcrization.
Notice that Harry Vardon, dean
Of English professional golfers,
plans a comeback that will carry
him to the United States next season.
Why not?
There's really no age in golf.
Vardon, now So should be vastly
superior to the youth of 22, because
golf requires more mental than
physical effort. In this respect golf
is similar to billiards. In both
games the real action is above the
eyebrows. Tennis, baseball boxing
every other sport, demands heavy
physical toll and champions don't
often last past 80 years,
But at 80 a golfer really only be-
books are full of golfers winning
both amateur and professional hon
ors when in their forties.
In this country there's the case of
Walter j. Travis, the only American
who ever won the English amateur
classic. Travis never held a brassie
In his hands until he was nearly az
years old.
AS for Vardon there's no reason
why he shouldn't be good" for
years TO come. Unlike the great
army of golfers his style Is so easy
and perfect that he only needs to
use minimum physical power. He
saves himself where the less fortu-
nate player tires himself with un-
necessary strain.
The Old BugDear
When things get dun in tennis
they begin to thresh out for the
steenth thousand time what consti
tutes an amateur. Seems that some
culprits are suspected of crossing the
4 line that divides the two classes and
} that the tennis association officials
II are hot in pursuit
Might Just as we'll have a show
down now as any time. Any sport
which charges admission for It's
competitions will always be con-
ironted with the bugbear of pro-
tessionalism.
Tennis is steadily growing in
popularity. Big crowds watched the
last Davis cup finals between the
United States and Japan. At the
present.day clip an attendance OF
$4,000 will see the feature contests
on the courts.
This is something for the tennis
association TO think about. Now Is
the time TO perfect the amateur code
land then enforce It.
Can't Rest Forever.
The populace will soon get the
impression that Benny Leonard's too
proud to fight unless Billy Gibson
ADJUSTS his troubles with promoters
~f. III. AfFNNl