Evening star., 1926-11-22

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a colorful time is had by all
during the Western Confer.
l.. ence foot ball schedule max.
ing session on the eve Of the
Army.Navy game at Chicago next
Saturday most of the vivid verbiage
probably will be supplied by Robert
Zuppke, the artist coach Of the Uni
versity Of Illinois.
.'Zup," whose fayorite pastime of
the gridiron Is found with his palette
and easel. has been using some sweep.
picture of the evils Of the shift play.
The Illinois coach has made eyn.
phatic avowal that he will fight for
the elimination of the shift play when
the rules committee meets in New
York this Winter, and he Is expected
10 make his declaration Of war at
Chicago. Among those present as
listeners will be knute Rockne of
Eotre Dame and DIR. Spears Of Minne'
sota--two of the most notable de-
vclopers of shift plays.
Proponents Are Silent.
Rockne will attend the Chicago
meeting to arrange two or three
games with big Ten" teams, as is
his annual custom. Neither Rockne
nor Spears. however, has commented
publicly on the impe pding attack on
the shift play.
Not only the. Shift, but the rules
committee itself, is the object Of
Zuppkets ire. He may even seek a
concerted demand by conference Of.
,icials for q realignment of the rules
committee on a basis Of equal repre-
sentation by sections.
Coach Zuppke would have all plays
start from set position. He sees too
great an advantage to the offensive
team employing the shift. He con.
tends that the momentum gained In
the shift. despite the rigid body rule
and the penalty against beating the
ball, places the defensive team dis.
tinctiy at q disadvantage.
Another bit of legislation will have
to clarity the out of bounds rule ef.
fected last year, particularly that
phase of play which permits Sum.
bio touch down such as Murphy. the
Pennsylvania quarterback, scored in
The game early this season in Chi
caGo.
The Murphy Incident.
On a wide end sweep, Murphy was
tackled yard from. goal at a cor
ner of the field. AS he fell the ball
bounded from his hands, rolled over
the goal line into the end zone and
. then out of bounds on the end zone
sideline.
Now, the new rule, designed to pre-
vent the former scrambles ove~ the
line for the ball and the numerous In.
iuries resulting, says that ball roll
ing out OF bounds shall go to the
side Of the player last touching 1t
after being brought In 16 yards from
the point on the sideline where 1t went
Tlit Yr, oaS 10 g
ball because Murphy was the last to
touch il and II was touchdown be-
'ausc when brought in Is yards it
was <tifl over the goal line.
Alhon Holden, the Chicago critic
of. Western Conference foot ball,
pointed ont that there is nothing to
prevent q runner rolling the ball
ahead of him and out of bounds when
tackled close to the sideiine, especially
10 he can see he is q yard or two short
uf first down.
Many Intersectional Games.
The virus intersectionalism appar.
entity has taken a firner hold on
Western Conferen.~ foot ball institu.
ttons
The schedule makers will have to
take into consideration dates already
made with Eastern teams, three of
them with two teams of the late Ia
,nented big Three
Both Purdue and Indiana will play
Harvard next season. Ohio State will
play Princeton in the East, occupying
Harvards usual place on the Tiger
schedule. The Princeton date once
spoken of for Michigan has been
given by Harvard to Pennsylvania
Chicago again will play .Pennsyi.
vania in the West. and Navy will re-
visit Ann Arhor for the first OF an.
ether two-game series with Michigan.