Evening star., 1925-09-04

Some men are so constituted tn
and accept the good and the bad
who last. And even so, they must !
forget foot ball, or at least not VIC
look fate in the face without nerve
Foot ball probably killed Jumbo
Stiehm Of Indiana. At least 1t is
arguable that his work brought about
conditions that resulted in his death.
Percy Haughton passed on in the
heat of loot ball season. in which
he had just begun to see within his
grasp the fruits of unstintcd mental
and physical labor. Fred Dawson
broke down physically while coaching
at Columbia.
1t is, as said, only the few who can
weather the responsibilities. the
mental ana physical strain of teach
ing foot ball I'm these modern days.
Educators, firmly fixed in their posi-
tions. Eho do not have to stand or
fall upon the ability of those whom
size of. salaries which foot ball
coaches receive. but the truth is they
| earn all they get, and at best they
do not earn that very long.
| Rockne Overworked.
| AS for Rockne. he piled lot upon
himself. In addition to bringing
|
season, he wrote two books on foot
/ ball and conducted Spring practice at
| South Bend and a Summer coaching
| school at William and Mary.
One may fancy that vacation trip
| in some aloof spot where he could
recruit himself would have been in
| dicated even had not nature become
| insistent on this point.
From the man who has done much,
I'll Ns<..al ll.-
his entire 1924 eleven lost through
graduation, Rockne has a stupendous
task ahead of him and above all
things, 1t is not a job for coach
who is below par in point of health.
The entire foot ball world viii pull
for him to return to Notre Dame mt
and ready for the work he has to do.
No Cooperation i'm East.
One trouble with Eastern foot ball
as compared to the gridiron game in
the South. Middle West and Far West
is the lack of cooperating agreements
among the various colleges.
This thought comes as a result of
the announcement of the University
of Pennsylvania authorities that the
foot ball squad will assemble at Sea
Girt, n. j., on September 10 for pre-
liminary practice.
Now one of the most important of
the October games is contest be-
tween Yale and Pennsylvania at New
Haven. Yale is prevented through a
Big Three regulation from assembling
her squad for practice earlier than a
week before the opening of college
| Penn, of course. has no interest
whatever in agreements among Yale,
Harvard and Princeton. At the same
time ii may easily be seen that the
Quakers cannot expect an enduring
foot ball relationship with the Ellis
under conditions which give Penn an
undoubted advantage in the meeting.
Dartmouth met Yale with a similar
advantage last Fall. Yet, il talk one
has heard in recent years means any
thing, both Dartmouth and Penn
would not be displeased If regular
association with Yale and Princeton
on the gridiron could be brought
about.
Agreement Is Needed.
If the leading foot ball institutions
of the East were TO enter into some
such agreement as binds the teams of
the Big Ten or the Southern Confer
ence or the Pacific Coast Conference, a
much more wholesome condition than
now prevails in this section would be
effected. There would be an ever
closer drawing together in the teams
involved and the influence would be
widespread.
out West the salutary effects of
Western Conference idealism upon
colleges not included in this organ,
ization are signal, and as years have
gone on more and more institutions
have either entered bodies built upon
lines similar to that of the Big Ten
or else have taken over the stipula-
tions that obtain therein.
Notre Dame some seasons ago
adopted the Western Conference rules
and in eYer-increasing degree the
South Bend institution Is entering into
relationships with conference colleges.
And it certainly seems as though the
time will come when the Christian
Brothers will be included in this body
if they so desire.
Ever more complex and arduous
grows the schemes and practice of in
tercollegiate sport.
The latest development appears at
Marquette where Frank Murray, the
foot ball coach. has ordered members
of the basket ball squad to report to
Lake Beulah, Wis, the preliminary
| season training camp of the Golden
foot ballers, with the candidates for
the eleven.
Murray has no idea of co-ordinating
basket ball, and foot ball. Both
squads will be kept intact and Murray,
who is also basket ball coach at the
Milwaukee University, will look after
| both.
Marquette has a very heavy basket
ball schedule next Winter, including
games with such strong conference
quintets as Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Iowa. and Murray thinks that by
1oIr "a, III IA-
| tensiye preliminary workout the men
will be ready when the time comes to
step into action.
So far as the writer knows, this
| establishes precedent and many
| basket ball coaches throughout the