The Washington times., 1924-12-26

CuGuScS III Tic IuIG6.
Hollenback, captain of the unde
Pennsylvania Of 1908, was one of a
officials.
Discussing the rules We're Bob
Folwell, a running mate Of Hollen-
beck on that 1908 team and at pres
emit coach of the Navy, and Eddie
Dennis, an official and also a for
mer Penn star.
Coach Lou Young. of the unde-
feated team of this year the first
time Red and Blue eleven had
gained such an honor since 1908
also held an impromptu discussion
with Shorty" O'B91en, former
Swarthmore backfield star and at
present coach Of Drexel Institute.
Young is having his, hands full
these days putting on the, finish.
ing touches Of the Penn team for
its game with California on the
Coast, New Year Day, but he
stopped long enough to emphasize
his ideas on the present-day
game.
The five former football players
had varied ideas on the kickoff; the
return Of the tee for kick-offs and
the awarding of additional points
Tor the try after touchdown, but
they were unanimous in their oppo-
sition to any tampering with the
forward pass.
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kickoff brought back" declared
Young as he finished a strenuous
half.hour soccer game with and
against his players on the frozen
sod of franklin Field.
You've got to consider the spec
tators in this game" he said
Sticking the ball on the ground
without any tee makes the ball
travel low and sometimes results
In a fluke touchdown Take, for
instance, the game with Columbia
and the opening kickoff from mid
field. The ball went low, bounding
along, and Pease, the. Columbia
back. grabbed it and before we
could get going he was past mid
field and couldn't be stopped, going
for a touchdown.
Now, il the ball had been teed
up and kicked from the 40-yard line
instead of midfield, the ball would
have perhaps taken a graceful arc,
gone to the 10-yard line, been
rushed back and given US a chance
to meet the opposition.
''The spectators are all set TO
watch that opening kickoff and .
subsequent kick.Offs, but often the
bah goes over the goal line and is
brought out to the 2O-yard line.
There is a let down in the fans
and they have to get all keyed up
again. That seldom happened I'd
other years.
Another thing the rules CON-
mittee should do is to eliminate the
shift play entirely. 1t may be a
help to some teams, as played by
the elevens in the Middle West, ca.
pecially Notre. Dame, but there
aren't five officials IN a hundred
who can tell the play when it IL
not right. The play puts too much
responsibility on the officials and
thew don't want to be responsible
for inflicting penalties.
Instead of inflicting fifteen
yard penalty for coaching from the
bench, they should make a rule
which would remove the coach from
the field for such an infringement.
II think it's all wrong for a coach
to instruct his team from the bench.
We don't do it here. We find out
how a player is going, and if he
isn't playing the game. we send in
n substitute. We tell the substitute
what to do, but that's as far as 1t
goes. It's up to the players and
It's known we didn't make many
changes during the season.
1.-THE attack against the forward
pass isn't a just one, and those
radicals who lost game because of
the air game are doing all the
Kicking.
zone must bear in mind there are
two phases to football offensive and
defensive, and if team isn't fitted
both ways then it must suffer. In
flicting penalties for incompleted
masses is foolish and would only
slow up the game and rob it of its
attractive and sensational features.
"This stunt of getting two
points for a try after touchdown
6y use of the forward pass or a
line play might have its advan.
tages. But whether you kick,
rush the ball or pass it, It's all
the same.
1.-THE spectators want to see an
open game with line charging
mixed in. Why change it so its
features will be robbed?"
Here's a good reason for NOV
ing the kick back to the 40-yard
line," exclaimed Hollenback, as he
reached for list of statistics pre-
pared on the 1924 series Of games
PLAYED by Rutgers.
"This fellow Pop Hart knows the
game and he's been keeping the
dope since Rutgers started playing
football.
''F'or instance he shows that out
OF s:xty-five kickoffs during the
season, Twenty-Five went over the
goal line and we're brought to the
20.yard line. Thirty-four kickoffs
were run back and tho average
stopping point was at the twenty
and a half yard line.
Opposing baCkfield players of
Rutgers only came back on an
average of four yards on q kickoff.
while the Rutgers backs only ran