The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-16
PURPLE WANTS
A HIGH-MINDED
GRID TEACHER
Ideals Essential Part
of Football. Is
Claim.
BIZ LAWRENCE PERRY.

New YORK, jan lo.-ftepOItS Ihdt
Charles FL Brickley, the former
Harvard football star, had been en-
gagged to coach the Northwestern
university football eleven, were de-
MED today by a representative OF
that institation now in New York.
The Evanston gridiron authorities
have not yet come to agreement
with any coach but in short time
it is expected that an announce
ment will be made which will in
terest the east as well as the west.
Northwestern holds ideals as to the
sort of man IL wants to teach foot
ball That is to say, that the auth
critics there take a large view of
the functions of a coach. They
want him qualified, of course. To
teach successful football-which is
by no means to say that they ex-
pect him to produce teams capable
of defeating conference leaders
year after year But what they
would like would be elevens worthy
of the material of which they are
composed, teams honored in their
victories and in defeat respected.
In addition to that they want a
meet with the faculty on common
grounds of idealism and inter
change of thought, as with athletes
on the field of play. They want a
man from whose hands football
players will pass into the world
better and bigger men, because OF
their association with him. 'Tis
pretty tall order. But the signs
are that eventually it will be met
Colgate. it was stated today, will
shortly reach a decision as to Ell
lery Huntington successor. Who
ever is named is thought will have
to get along without the time-hon-
ored advice of Larry .Bankhart, as
the man who put the Maroon on the
football map-with the assistance
of lot of fine players-is now the
graduate gridiron advisor of his
Alma Mater, Dartmouth. Larry has
been up in Hanover talking with
the football candidates. He told
the linemen to prepare for their
work next fall by throwing the
hammer as much as possible in
doors and out. This, he said, was
ideal off-season exercise for line
men. The ends and backs viii
spend the winter and spring fo--
ward passing and boxing.
Amherst, by the way. has been
looking for a coach and now has
several men under consideration.
Her great rivals, Williams and
Wesleyan, will stand pat Speaking
of Williams, Joe Brooks the former
great guard Of the Williamstown
institution and now line coach At
Columbia. limped into an uptown
club today.
Il tried to give a little demon
stration of line play last fall" he
explained. land got clipped on the
leg. tearing everything loose. Looks
as though the doctors will have to
work on it"
Brooks added that hereafter he
was going to confine his football in
structio ns to mere words or to mere
shadow playing.
In its fine work of unlocking the
winter among northern universities
the Dartmouth Outing club this
year will broaden it's scope, sending
teams of ski runners and ski jump
ers to carnivals at Williams &
Middlebury college.
Princeton basketball authorities.
it was learned today, have decided
to shorten their basketball court
from 80 to so feet. The coach,
Zahn, believes that a shorter court
will make for a better passing game
with short, quick passes rather
than long ones wherein individual,
rather than team play seems to de-
velop. Apparently the Tigers have
taken side glance at the uni
versity court, which is rs feet in
length. Cornell and Princeton /
have always represented the maxi !
mum under the rules, 80 feet. The
rules give the minimum length as
60 feet. n
in the basketball rules why would
it not be good idea to bring about {
some uniformity in the length of the |
playing surfaces at the various uni
versities holding membership in !
the inter-collegi league? Ger
tainly it would seem that teams !
obliged to play various games on
courts varying in length cannot |
show to- best advantage. unless. as ,
in the case of the Quakers. they I.
stick to the game as taught on the !
home floor no matter upon what |
court they happen to be playing.