Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-09
|ouch Heisn,un, OF Penn,
Sees Nothing Wrong With
Present. Day Football, Ex.i
cent Tan,pering With
Stars by Pros
rNCLlSH RING RULES

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\ yoHN W. HEIsMAN, coach Of the
|IJ University Of Pennsylvania football
Es.n and a close student Of the game
~ thirty years, thinks that college
,tb6ll Is not as bad as It is being
4 ,sinted at present ns result Of the
A Enclosures in the West that prominent
4 slaysrs have engaged in professional
n amss.
aEvery once In a while players are
ir,sdsd as professionals" said Hcis-
n this morning. "and the only way
Z ursyent tampering with college play.
~ BY professional teams is to make
!. example of q player who INDUCES
= mo football while still at college and
-. him from all athletic activity.
VA number Of the professional teams
md united against the practice, and
4 Vlhey al, follow this rule there will be
sdihins like the scandal now going the
\ rsnds. Usually the player who proves
.,Ieeptible to the wiles of the profess
i2nai promoter Is man who needs
( ncney and apparently he only does SO
sfar he has secured promises that his
4 psus will never be mentioned. If the
sKyer would only realize that he cannot
7 "a away with such tactics there would
g On abrupt end to the professional
nnpering.
4 & "FootboU today Is not in bad
n Oosdition any more than u euer
vSs. Natter of foot, the stondards
1 plov arc better, and il tho pro.
4 iessionoI promoters could keep
Svsy from the college player zoe
EouM neper haze any such scandals
o. orc being aired at the present
fine.
The only change that have seen In
iWllese football is the playing of the
Deorer boys and not the rich ones.
George Brooke's statement that the
'e3eh man S son INDUCES in golf. automo.
Ming and other sports that need but
hHls physical cxertion about hits the
nGl on the head. Whether this is one
IL the reasons for what is wrong in
lsStbal cannot say positively.
l1Sre Poor Boys Today
"In my day and after it for eolne
tine coach usually found In his squad
Suns Of Weather men, but not so today.
1ske the average football player and
you will find that he comes from the |
hnily Of average means and that he
Wv often needs financial assistance to
20 to college. He is usually found
saiting on tables in the fraternity
houses or doing odd jobs around the
ompus. And he makes a mighty 6ne
slayer, too. for he knows what work Is. |
. THE rich mans son usually spends |
hs time in other sports, although now
ead thenSa coach gets player from d
flmily OF much means who has all the |
lblhty Of the other man. It is in the
PIP and high schools that this is par
ucularly noticeable, for it Is from these
cAoo's that the football player selects
" college and receives the Influences
that make him choose this one or that
-. Out Of forty or fifty prep school
myers I'll wager that four.fifths of
mem need assistance when they enter a
u1ivernty. They must have work of
0ne sort or they cannot spend four
Ssers In college.
"Iho rich mans son and tho
Ioor mans son have an equal op-
eertsn1ty to make tho football team
o. Penn, bgt hove noticed that
Most OF tho players and usually
70 best are from the latter class.
re poor man usually beats out the
or o. toealthy parents In the final
se'ecfion tor team.
No there IL nothing radically wrong
.a football. We must have the muck
1 'scAlng every once In a while, and as
resuit OF 1t suspicion turns to every
..M usn who plays in any sport outside of
Svsge. It's an old story"
veteran followers of the famous col.
~ port agree with Heisman that the
~ VI tne rich mans son on college
s.ms ~ seems to be virtually at an eni
Az =. .nat the poor boy usually makes
81 Is Dest player. The Mahans. Brickleys,
~ r1Ilshans and other outstanding
y ~ OF recent years have all been sons
y poor parents or those in only mod.
R,te circumstances, they saw.
Fifty to 5000 n game looks bip n ~.
0uegian who has to get along on a
@au sum week during his under.
.taouate days. And when the tempta.
on ~ mt in the way of a player with
vsry limited sum he usually proves
!usceptible. ' ''''''
~w Boxing Rules
!, according to DR.. Il. TAFT McKepzie
wv Eng'ish boxing rules will he IN
Sse when Penn opens the season Satur-
~ night against the University of Viz.
s'1 sS.a mlttmen. The referee under the
y s'ss remains out Of the ring, the coach
y tne sldclines, the seconds must be
sudsnts and not professionals, cheer.
- tabooed. the rounds to be of two
saIes Ies with one minutes rest, and the
'siut. u,s OF OF the bout to be decided on
~ ~ I tne reieree and two judges.
. ss ne referee who sits at the ringside.
n Ta! lose a point. Clinching will be
s'o @ minimum as result of this
~, Dr. Mckenzie thinks. The rules
saSSessful here will be recommended
q oil intercollegiate contests,
Navy Makes II Eleven Str.Ioh&