Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-12-28


meeting tomorrow.
Directors OF athletics and profe
athletics from Oregon to Florida
\. {. A. a. meeting TUESDAY.
Probably of more general interest
than anything else are the recon-
rnendations that may come from the
coaches meetings on changes in the
foot ball rules and the report of the
foot ball rules committee. Some
newspaper prominence has been
given to interviews with more or less
prominent coaches about certain
changes they might advocate, but
there is not one chance in a hundred
that the present game will be altered
in any of its aspects.
Major Changes Unlikely.
Possibly the kickoff from the 40
yard line may be restored. but as far
as any radical changes in the scoring
OF points or in the forward pass are
concerned such are decidedly I'M
likely.
coaches, who. by the way, are the
most successful, seem content to
stand pat on the game as it now is
The general feeling of the strong
conservative element is that in their
essential features the rules should
not be tempered with: that. the game
as 1t now exists is just about as near
perfect as is possible for rules to
make it,
II is true that some minor addi-
tons or alterations may be made but
no change of any real consequence is
contemplated by those who usually
hold the balance of power in such
things Relative to minor changes, it
might be mentioned for instance that
there Is nothing in the rules at this
time which permit or prevent officials
from taking out time as often as they
please in allowing towels to be
brought on the field to wipe off the
balls in games played in mud. Prob
ably matters OF this kind will occupy
most of the attention of those who
really figure on what should be done
to make the rules help the game and
not what should be done to help some
coach who does not believe in the
worth of some particular feature of
the game.
Sentiment in the rules committee
itself is against any changes, and
that sentiment is backed by the bulk
or feeling among the coaches. And
II is the foot ball rules committee
which has the final say in any altera-
tions that are made in the rules.
Coaches to Lecture.
Several interesting features are
scheduled for the coaches meetings.
besides the routine reports and gem
eral business that usually come up.
stage of Chicago is to make an ad-
dress on Some Observations on How
10 Make a Success of Foot Ball
Coaching" and with the BACKGROUND
that he possesses for that kind of
talk. Stages word ought to be well
worth while.
The same is true of Meehan of
Syracuse, who after taking his team
TO the far West several times, is to
give his impressions of intersectional
foot ball. A talk by Bezdek of Penn
State on forward Pass Defense" and
by Griffith, commissioner Of athletics
in the Western Conference on THE
Future of Foot BALI will find recep-
tive listeners.
The coaches association meetings
are different from those of the Ma
tional Collegiate Athletic Associa-
ton in that the banquet at night is
given over to what amounts almost
to q jollificatiou. A funny story tell
ing contest, won last year by Cava-
naugh of Boston College, and talks
by prominent sport writers, most
often in humorous vein, are almost
as good as a vaudeville show. The
funny stories and jokes usually are
better
While the National Collegiate Ath-
ietio Association is purely and solely
an educa tional body, as far as eff
forts to build up better athletics is
concerned, no doubt its influences
have been far reaching. Perhaps it's
efforts to help athletics by putting
athletics. on a high plane throughout
the entire country have been more
-
agencies combined, and, thereforaa
whatever it does and whichever way
it tends to throw itsNinf1uence is i'm
portant. For that reason. it's meet
ings have become the mecca OF all
those interested in athletic develop
ment.
Committees to Report.
At the morning session Tuesday
two addresses are to be given on
1.-THE Administration of College Ath-
Ietics" by President Ira N. Hollis of
worcester Polytechnic Institute and
Prof. Charles w. Kennedy of Prince
ton University. The remainder OF
the morning and most of the after
noon are to be taken up with re-
ports Of representatives of districts
and chairmen of committees. Rules
for all sports in the colleges are
formulated by committees elected by
tn, National Collegiate Athletic AS
sc citation.
Special interest will attach to the
reports of committees on the Ma
tional Amateur Athletic Federation
ana the use of photographs in foot
ball scouting. Considerable question
has been raised from time to time
as TO the relationship the National
ColleSiate- Athletic Association should
maintain with the other national
body and there is a good deal of
general interest on the part of almost
everybody con ,ected with foot ball
70 know to W vt extent motion pic
lures and othf photographs are used
in foot ball futing and their real