The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-27
POP WARNER
WOULD DISCARD
FORWARD PASS
Makes Football MOngrel
Cross With Basketball,
Says Famous Coach

SprinYville, n. ", Sept. 2s.--tP)
Glenn S. lPop) Warner, Leland stan
ford's famous football coach, would
like to see the forward pa $
strapped.
.'The forward pass Is all wrong
tho veteran mentor and writer told
The Associated Press shortly before
leaving his old home here for Palo
ALTO. Calf. to take up his full duties.
1T has changed football from q
thoroughbred sport into monErel
cross between basketball and the
genuine thing.
Suggests New Kicking Rales
The kicking rules, properly chang,
ed. wonid give the results the for.
ward pass was supposed to produce
..t latest edict Of the rules com
niittce shows the aerial game is not
get satisfactory and look tor more
drastic changes a year from now. Ny
teams have made their shaH. OF
touchd6wns by the basketball method
aud We will continue its use until the
end. But I'd like to see it ruled out
and go hack 20 nndiluted football"
Recalling. how. in 1906, the rule
makers realized that in order to open
up the game, ball carrying would re.
quire something like the forward
nass as an added weapon of attack.
Warner went on:
1T has always been my contention
that the same reforms could have
been attained by improving the
kicking rules. The same men could
be eligible to receive the kick who
now receive the pass, giving the game
more football and less basketball.
but ns public opinion must be re-
spected think it would be out of the
question to abandon abruptly or cur
tail seriously feature Of the game
that has become SO popular
The Stanford coach fired his YER
bal grenade at football as it is played
today while reclining in the shade OF
the old apple tree on his farm here
The pleasant shade Of the tree moved
Pop" to cay something Of climate
and sport
Pacific coast athletes can work
outdoors IL months in the year." was
his answer TO q question as to the cf-
fect OF climatic conditions.
!. That's why Washington's crews
predominant. That's why coast uni.
versities sweep through. eastern
track and field opponents. That's
why most Of the best football teams
Of the east are defeated on the coast
"rhe eastern athlete trains out-of-
doors only when weather permits, the
rest Of the time in the gymnasium.
On the coast gymnasium is chiefly
! place to take u shower bath. There
you have the keynote and what
IONS der the reason for athletic
dominance in the west.
Best FOOtball In Went
Il think the best football in the
country is played out there" he said.
MOT because of better coaching or
because the boys know any more
about the game. The first reason is
material. There are fewer colleges
and therefore the high schools kee d
them well supplied with well train.
ed props. The second reason poes
back to climate. Without snow and
with comparatively little rain dur
ing the football season, a coach and
team generally get good fields for
their big games.
Double and triple passing PLAYS
are rhearsed with the confidence that
good weather will permit their use.
In the east coach may have 10
change his entire attack every Sat.
urdAy and with little warming"
Warner has only praise for pro.
fessional football. "It's all right" he
said. "They made major move in
pntting Big Bill Edwards at the head
Of the American League orRaniza-
ton.
individually hut not collectively. !"
was the coach's reply to a question
as to whether the professional is
superior to the college player.
Two high grade college teams will
ordinarily put on much better ok
hibition Of football than two pro
. teams composed of former college
stars. Pro teams never develop the
came nicely and precision, the snap.
.Aash and daring Of well coached
undergraduates"
Il think pro football will continue
70 grow but 1t will never injure or
even compete with college football.
The general public is backing foot
ball today where at one time sup
port came from alumni and student
bodies only. By the time these two
groups gobble up their Share Of
tickets the public is nearly eliminat.
ed. Tvs that overflow demand on the
part Of the puolic that should make
professional football U paying prop
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