The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-28
'ClEAN FOOTBALL BEGINS At HOME
GRID COACHES HEAR At NEW YORK
WAYS AND MEANS TO BXPREsS
GOOD sPoRrsMANSHIF ENUM-
GRATED By SPEAKERS
Coaches Asked TO Refrain from Actions
That Would Hurt the Grid Game.

New York. y. Y. Doc. 2T.-Football
coachs. OF tho court IN session at the
Hotel Aston yesterday, staged an inning
OF intro-spect!nn during which the dis
cusscd what they IA coache. might do
to Improve the health. OF Intercollegiate
and intcrschola%tlo FOOTBALL, Manners,
consistently ana uniformly rractlccd,
Will cNalt tho scale Of football las they
do tho social position Of men. was tho
text Of n trlfurcated program with sep
urato plarks on fair play" good
spurtsmaa.hlp" and coaching ethcIs"
ethics" urged upon members of the
American Association OF Football
Coaches by It's Committee on Sportsman
ship, Of which a. A. Etasg OF chicago
was chairman.
Under fair play kcrupulous ohser-
vance var urged Of such fundamentals
az using only student, strictly eligible
under amateur and institutional rulc',
selection OF competent officials start
Ing Of games at hours certain to permit
completion In ample daylight. non-en-
croachment by stands or spectators up
on the playing field and provision OF
the fairest playing field possible includ-
INK protection against freezing with hay
straw or other suitable covering.
WAYS and Means Enumerated
Enumeration OF ways in which good
sportsmanship" cal be expressed In
cluded: "by providing comforts and con-
vcniences TO the visiting team ana lts
friends: by ceas!ng cheering while Sig
nails are being called; by a~pplaudlng
outstanding plays, demonstrations OF
personal pluck and acts OF fine sports
manship on the part OF opponents, by
combining scouting. to Legitimate study
of regularly played games, entalllns re-
fusal to spy on an opponent prnc'ice'
scout his signals or secure by secret
means information concerning the style
of play Of a team; TO be met later; oy
endeavor,ng to settle questions OF eiS-
Ibllity contidentially rather than by pun
IL, discussion: by active encouragement
OF cordial reations between teams and
student bodies OF rival institutions; ana
by going out Of the way to congratu.
late the coach and captain OF the WIN
ming team
Refrains for Coaches
A ethical practices coaches are
urged .to refuse TO teach sIdelino coach
ing, clipping, Intentional roughness ana
other methods oF violating the letter or
suIrjt NJ rules; TO encourage respect TO-
word officials and discourage abusing
talk between opposing players during
n game; to elevate Ideals above the de-
sire to win ut any price to Work In mar
mony with the academic purposes or In
stitutions: and to discourage rroselyt-
Ing. recruiting. betting. professional
football. the spirit Of commercializat!on
and other influences tending to suoStl-
tute for such character-hu!lding quail
tiles In players as loyalty. self-sacrl-
fee and devotion. .
Appended 10 the code az mbcr OF
| the committee rescnting II are sucn
familiar names throughout the realm or
football as: A. \. Stagg, Chicago; Ma
inr &. II. DAILY. West I"!nt J. w. llc!s-
man. Pennsylvania; Or. J.. w. WHce.
ohio State; r 7. Fisher. Harvard: T. A
d, Jones'. Yale: NJ. J. Donohuc. Alabama;
W. A. Alexander. Georgia Tech; {. J.
Hunt. Carleton College; A. l.. Smith
California: y. y. Bible. Texas; A. X NJ;
II. w. Hughes. colorado AgE!cs: Oar
r. McGugin Vanderbilt. G. q. Owen.
oklahoma: L. G. Buppke. Illinois; 5. W.
Finger. cornell. +. T. Dawson. NSoras-
ka: and Joseph PiHal, Occidental Col
lego.