Evening star., 1924-04-29

to handle their games.
Some of these colleges themse
that the central board appoints the /
central board to appoint men outrig
out question; others have the cent
no agreement can be reached.
Charges are brounght that officials
accept appointments then cancel them
10 accept other appointments not
made by the central board but which
carry with them larger fees. Col
Ieges at times raise objections to Of
hcials for no apparent reason and the
central board fails to see the reason
and sticks to its original appoint
ment.
Also it is claimed that at times of
hcials put in expense accounts that
are entirely out of all proportion to
what their actual expenses should be.
Complaints Are Many.
Officials do not take time to study
the rules and do not know them,
colleges make no effort to see that
oJcials are extended the courtesies
or guests; coaches pan officials un-
Necessarily.
Officials get too much money for
their work or not enough money, Of
hcialS fail to call what they see, and
so on ad infinitum almost goes the
series OF complaints lodged pro OF
con by one side or the other with the
central board
)hiLlIL ILldil bdDDlII OIL the central
BOARD said at Il meeting last Tuesday
night you do not realize Of just how
hlmSy a texture the central board is
woven nor how frail the base on
which it stands" and after listening
70 year of complaints, objections,
and counter objections it is small
wonder that he felt that way
OF course, both coaches and Of
metals got up to voice their confidence
in the central board and to speak a
Of &c frt-
And. as matter Of fact, the board
has been doing good work, ana under
the circumstances has handled it's
job we'll. Considering everything IL
truly is remarkable that the board
has functioned so effectively and with
such little friction between the two
parties, to which it acts as a kind of
'go-between."
Huge Task for Board.
Consider just one thing the central
BOARD must do in preparation for
next season: More than 300 men have
applied to have their names placed on
the list of accredited officials main
tanned by the central board. Each
of these men must have his foot ball
record investigated and passed upon
py at least three persons who must
ficiaIs "
:, And whether or not to place any of
tne names of these three hundred on
the list IS something of a problem in
itself, inaSmuch as the board already
has more than 500 names on its list,
OF whom only a few more than 200
received appointments to games last
rail-. Are more officials needed on the
list? Should new men be appointed
ana some of the men already on the
iist not appointed to games last fall
dropped?
To get help in determining what to
do in regard to some of these was
why the central board asked the
coaches and officials to get together
last Thursday night at PhiIadeIphia
Did the central board get help5 II
did not If the coaches had been to-
gether at one place and the officials
at another each party might have ex-
pressed itself freely about the other.
but as it was the meeting sounded
something like a mutual admiration
society.
All Fear to Offend.
VIII the coaches say anything to
onend the officials? They will not.
WI! the officials say anything to Of
@ @aenu the coaches? Answer is the
same as to previous question Each
depends upon the good will of the
other. The officials names must he
approved by the coach before ne
works in game for that coach: and
no coach Intentionally or unintention-
ally desires to have an offfciai work
ing IN a game for him who may feel in
the least unkindly toward him.
human nature is human nature in
= root ball coaches and foot ball off,
Gals as well as in other men. Prob
apIy human nature is a little more
human nature among foot ball men
tnah elsewhere because they are
closer to it.
The central board must make it's
own deductions, and arrive at its own
conclusions. At least that is what
one gets as his opinion after sitting
t.hhrougn .h two hours of discussion of
hp-fs.
foregoing paragraphs. And that it
mas been able to maintain a place of
integrity, strength and necessity
among the colleges and universities
OF the east is sufficiently good cri-
: terion of the success with which it's
work has been handled, even under
trying conditions.
Catholic University entertains Johns
Hopkins University tomorrow at ba Sc
ball The Brooklanders understand
that the BalttmoreanS have team of
/ only fair strength, but an exception
ally good pitcher
MaryIand's tennis team goes to An
napolis tomorrow for a meeting with
the Middtes, and the Maryland Fresh
man nine has as its guest the Balti-
more City College.
Through some misunderstanding nm
known the North Carolina base hall
team failed to make its appearance at
College Park yesterday for the game
1t had scheduled there. No word was
received from the TarheeIs.
Georgetown "came back, with a
vengeance in the base ball game at
the Hilltop yesterday and walloped
West Virginia II to o. Kenneth
Jones good pitching, backed by the
heavy hitting of the Hilltoppers, was
entirely too much for the Mountaineer
nine. Jones yielded but six safeties
and contributed homer to his teams
lot of fifteen hits off T,itley and Toll
man. Frederick and Murphy also
slammed for the circuit
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