The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-09
RECEPTION FOR
W. & J. TEAM IS
BEING PLANNED
Perry Questions Claim OF Coach
That Fasteners We're Rob-
bed by Decision.
By LAWRENCE PERRY.


New York, Jan. ACCORDING TO
a dispatch received today from
Lawrence Stewart of the Washing
ton & jefferson touring party, the
eleven and retalners will arrive at
the college in Washington, Pa, next
Friday Undoubtedly the citizens
of the countryside will leave moth
ing undone- to show the presidents
that they approve of the vallaLt
manner in which they stroVe
against the supposedly unbeatable
Gold Digger5. All that goes or,
however, will he entirely impromp-
tn, leading up 10 formal reception
and demonstration on Jan. 10.
At this time the starry heights
will be scoped and the sunset skies
explored for trophies and metapE-
ors whereby the moral victory OF
representative of this little seat
OF learning in western Pennsyi-
vania may be duly and immemor-
tally Signalizei.
For while moral victories are
hardly as satisfactory as actual
triumps, yet they are better than
nothing at particularly When
an endowment drive is on.
Washington & Jefferson, accord
ing TO quoted remarks of Greasy
\ Gale. the coach, was robbed e
victory by the decision of Heu5el,
a western coast official, acting IN
the game at Pasadena as head line
man. His offslde decision convert
ed Brenkert's 30-yard run for a
touchdown into a penalty aga nst
his team A decision of the kind
is always helrtbreaking. Yet it
has deprived more eleVens than
Washington & Jefferson OF victor
les otherwise we'll won. Maury
Irimble made d beautiful run for
score in the Pr Eceton-Colgate game
in 1919 but was called back te-
cause Of an offslde play and many
another sim.la.' case might be cit
Cd, notably Harvard's touchdown
against Yale this last season
which was rendered nugatory be-
cause of Kane being offside.
! May Be Overlooked.
! At the Deka club today a group
of men who ofticiate in games OF
greater or less Importance were
d scuSsing this very question. The
point brought Up was this:
: suppose -O'l al Z al OilaS4dt III q
game. a score is made and in the
play that results in score mem
Der of the attacking side is off side.
But his being offside had not the
slightest influence one way or the
other upon the success of the scor-
ing play. Would you. in such case,
call the penalty and deprive the
eleven OF Its SCore?'
To a man these officials said
they would overlook the infract,on
in such a case since obviously a
team should not have its good work
vitiated by The carelessness of some
player who had no part in any &C
Invites leading up to the score.
AS matter of fact" said one
man whose services are in great
demand all over the country, YOU
could f you wished to, apply spir-
it level and d magnifying glass to
u football game call enough penal
ties to keep the cont est going all
night. But an Official should use
his judgment. Where man is
playing offside consistently, why, OF
course, he should be called to ac-
count. And in any case of offside
that affects play in any way. IN
penalty should be rigidly applet.
But where offside is paipably
harmless and contributing moth M
or taking away nothing from the
play, then | think justice is besr
served by an official closing his
( eyes"
Matter Of Judgment.
In any event ofside play is often
a matter Of judgment. and of Keen
eyes ght. A cuick charging Inc
man often strikes spectators as
being offside, whereas the Official
close TO the play knows that he is
not. But in the case of the W. &
j. penalty it would be asking pretty
much of a sectional official who
has caught an offside infractioa
while score play was IN process.
TO Keep the fact to himself. Of
course II there vas really no offsite
! play, then the case has different
aspect. But Heubel's reputation as
an official on The west coast would
not justify any such assumption.
! Intercollegiate hockey alterrate,y
( wakes and wanes. Some years il is
a keen sport; other years there is
a l'ttle lnteres: taken in the game.
But now with Harvard, Princeton
/ 1ala-whose sevens are hardy an
nuals-equipped with strong ont
fits. and Pennsylvania looming
formidably: with Cornell. Column
bla, Williams. II. l. T, Amherst and
the Massachusetts Aggies in the
+ teld-or rather on the ice. the snort
should receive 4 powerful and per-
manent impulse.
! Chicag o-Marin Dumouyich a
brother of Nick Dumouyich. Los
Angeles Pacific Coast league nitct-