The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-07

ball Coaches Association, which
 he founded. Both as player and
 coach, Majcr Daly has exerted
 constructive influence on football Tor many years.-Editor's Note.
 Athletics are the glory of our American colleges. They constitute broad, purifying stream flowing about the youth of the nation. They rescue the college lad from the weak fndolences of the flesh and they con- stitute character building discip- linary agent during the youthful years when the control of higher au- thority, to put it very mildly, is not of the strictest. It is my opinion that in college curriculum that has many defects, athletics in general stand out as the eminent posi- tive agent for better citizenship and for better manhood.
 A War Game.
 Football is the greatest of our athletic sports. It is war game answering to all the great technical principles of war. Morale, will, and discipline are its watchwords and they spread their powerful influences broadcast through college life, or ganizing, controlling, and inspiring the undergraduates and the alumni alike. The games fill the student body with an esprit de corps that no other game played by college men can do. The ready suberdination of American youths to army team play during the World War, their spirit on the offensive, their high morale and good discipline. may in no small part be attributed to the great game of American football
 Coach Dominates Football
 Fer all practical purposes the game or football Is controlled by the coach. It Is he who vitalizes the playing rules. It is the coach that determines the character of the morale, will, and discipline to which the player and in- cldentally the spectator is trained From countless personal experiences, anu observations of the methods used by other coaches and instruc- tors in the American colleges today, It Is no exaggeration to state that In character building in so far as it Is known in our American coIleges) the football coach has d most pro- lound effect, direct and indirect. on all the undergraduates.
 The Association of Footballs coachers has been formed Cor the purpose of promoting the best in- terests of the game It is to be hoped that the ethics of the sport may be improved through discussion and mutual agreement. Scouting. un- necessary roughness, and similar items should receive consideration and constructive changes should fol- low It Is hoped that good sports manship and fair play will be revel- oped. and extended through the as- sociation of the various coaches. It is expected that the best expert thought will find expression at the annual meetings.
 To Clean Up Football
 In this way 1t is hoped that those dangers which have been threaten ing the life of college football will and that any new problems that the coaches will have to face in the future will be dealt with in the same manner. Already the recommenda tions have been the basis of the more important recent legislation by the Rules committee.
 The personnel of the various com mittees of the association justifies the expectations that American foot ball will receive helpful and con structive support from the Coaches association. On the rules committed of the association will appear the