Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-12-31
BY III. G. BYRD.

The National Collegiate Ath-
VI letic Association may meet
4 next year on the Pacific
Coast at Los Angeles. We'd
ncsday the executive council voted in
favor of the action, but when the mat
ter was brought before the general
assembly no decision was made eX-
cent to leave il to the executive com
mittee, which is a subcommittee Of
the council, to determine. Such a
= meeting would DO the first west of
Chicago.
Proponents of the meeting on the
Pacific Coast are very urgently re
questing it because they claim such
a meeting would do much TO help col
lege athletics west of the Mississippi
River Several years ago the organl-
cation met at Atlanta, and 1t gener-
ally was felt that the South derived
considerable benefit from contacts
thus made and that considerable adj
Vertising favorable to college ath-
letics developed from the meeting.
Another reason advanced for
meeting in Los Angeles is that the
Western representatives feel very
strongly that they should not be the
ones compelled TO pay the expensive
railroad fares every year in order TO
attend the annual meeting. Western
people feel very strongly that at least
once in every few years the meeting
should be held in the West. Ihey
seem to think also that if the annual
meeting were held in the West more
persons would be encouraged to come
from the West to the East when the
meetings are held in New York.
As far as the Association of Amer
lean Foot Ball Coaches is concerned,
there already is something Of a split
in that organization, with practically
all the Pacific Coast and Northwest
coaches holding their own meeting
each year Some of those that are
members of the body which met this
week at New York regularly attend
the far Western meetings. 1t may be
that the colleges in the far West also
will begin to do the same thing to
, discuss the same questions that are
; discussed by the National Collegiate
Athletic Association. As a matter of
fact, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association is losing it's effectiveness
anyway, because the regional confer
ences. like the Western Conference
and Southern Conference, are making
it more or less impotent except for
actions in relationship to rules com
mitteeS.
citation, the organization which con-
controls Americas participation in the
Olympic meets is of little significance,
although it may sound pretentioUs. II
the action were carried little farther,
as has been contemplated by some of
those that are back Of the action
taken yesterday, and the colleges
were TO refuse to allow their athletes
to compete, then, undoubtedly, Ameri-
&c & TpYoth fha int jnF4u1
games would be impaired greatly. But
that is something that will not be
done, and inasmuch as college athletes
still viii compete in the Olympic
metts, yesterdays action of the
N. c. A. A. i'll Withdrawing was of
little actual significance. Practically
the entire membership of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association cares
nothing about the Amateur Athletic
Union, one way or the other, and SO
chances out of 100 win pay no fur
Their attention to the action passed.
Great interest was shown yesterday
In the report of the foot ball rules
committee, and it was with general
satisfaction the statement was heard
that the committee considers the rules
as they stand practically all right. +.
X. Hail. chairman of the committee,
committee that the shift play and the
huddle system of giving signals would
be examined to ascertain whether
some system could not be devised that
would prevent starting before the ball
is snapped and prevent teams using
the huddie to kill time and slow play.
The Western Conference, the Asso-
citation of Coaches, and the Associa-
ton of officials all have gone on
T-Qnnrd ian of q CI7Pi shift
plays, the latter two organizations
having followed the lead of the
Western Conference in asking that
a tWo-second stop be made after
each shift before the passing Of the
ball.
Since the victory of Alabama over
Washington last New Year day, opin-
ions favorable to a victory for the
Western eleven are not being given
so freely. Everybody expresses doubt
about the outcome of the contest, as
last years game seems to have con-
WINGED everybody that the South pro-
duced a stronger team than anybody
thought possible
One fact became known here,
though, which should have consider
able weight in considering a possible
victor tomorrow in the Stanford
AidDdIld contest. 1leu W aIlct, hISta
coach at Stanford, watched Alabama
play Georgia Thanksgiving day, and
the fact that he did watch Alabama
will be of great benefit to Stanford
and great detriment to Wallace
Wade's team. No doubt that War
ner's being on the side lines Thanks
= giving day will have considerable in
fiuence on the result of the game
And. what is more. that Will be an ad-
vantage for Stanford. inasmuch as
all Wade knows about Stanford is
what his scouts learned, aud no mat
ter how good the scout may be. sec
ond-hand information of this kind is
not as good as irSt-hand information.
How viewpoints do change. Just a