Evening star., 1926-04-08

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Western mentors can be taken at t;
it cannot
Coaches seem to have. accordr
letter. distinct feeling that some
rules committee. 1t was the unanm
in New York that nothing be done
way to an almost certain feeling II
when f. W. Hall. chairman Of the
other member Of the rules committe
the rules should be left as they were
tampering
This Middle Western coach now is
sounding sentiment in his section,
seeking to ascertain whether or not
all coaches out there would he willing
I" play under the old rules. and GER
tain Eastern coaches are doing the
same thing in the East In other
words. there ia = distinct sentiment
being formulated 10 ignore the changes
effected by the rules committee and
play under the old rules.
Whether or not this viii lac done
depends entirely upon the prevailing
opinion among coaches but whatever
results from this il is certain that n
determined onslaught on the present
makeup of the rules committee will
be made next Winter at the annual
, meeting of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association.
4 good deal more than a little dis
satisfaction exists in the WAY National
collegiate Athletic Association is con
ducted. and it may he that the foot
hall rules committee which Is prod
net of that body. may prove one of
the factors to cause some changes
that ought to he made in that body.
After dissertatinc at length on the
action Of the rules committee. the
writer of the letter referred TO con
cluded:
The foot hall rules committee. as it
Is made un. is wronS in principle and
In fact. We have got to work next
year to effect not only changes in its
personnel. but also to see that its
membership is more equitably dis
trihuted. II we are going to continue
the present makeup of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association. then
We are going TO change the foot hall
rules committee so that every dis
trict of the association will he equally
represented.
In all probability there will he no
playing under last years rules. The
foot hall rules committee is a commit
tee Of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association. duly elected by the asso-
ciation-eVen if the election. or selec-
tion as more truly is the case, is
huge joke-and the colleges are duty
bound to stand by their findings. Next
Fall. unless the rules committee meets
before then and reverves itself. which
is very unlikely, all coaches will be
playing with the changes in effect.
What all the coaches Of the country
should do is to use the wide influence
they have in the institutions with
which they are connected 40 see that
REPRESENTATIVES of their institutions go
10 the annual meeting of the y. c. A.
A. in New York with instructions to
attend the meetings. and especially re-
main through that part At which Of
ficers Of the association and commit
tees are elected Then something can
Re done In the right way and in the
way that things should he done.
II is true. though. that not foot
hal coach in the country. except per
haps those on the foot hall rules com.
r1ittee. believes that the change in the
forward pass rule will prevent the
helter-skelter last-minute throwing Of
pa sseS by desperate team in the last
few seconds Of play. A team that Ia
king long chances with victory at
stake is not going to give much con-
Sideration to the loss of yards.
What will the loss of yeards mean
anyway. unless. it takes the 1o0.to-1
chance of a touchdown on a long,
more or less, haphazard heave.
II is not probable that either of the
two base ball games scheduled today
will he played. University of North
Carolina is listed at University of
Maryland for the first of two contests
and Boston College is booked to meet
Catholic l.. II is doubtful if the fields
will he in shape.
Catholic University seems to have
developed a we'll defined instinct for
runs in the ninth inning. Monday the
Rrookla nders astounded everybody by
trimming Vale by virtue Of scoring
i've runs in the ninth and Yesterday
they heal North Carolina. by counting
two in thar inning after two were
cut. The score was 6 to :.
North Carolina broke 4-to-4 tic in
Tho eighth by getting one run and
then il was that c. t. got on ts ninth.
inning clothes Foley pitched good
hall for c. l.. holding North Carolina
TO seven hits. Bailey led the Brook.
landers a nat with three hits out of
as many trips to the plate.
Georgetown started out early in It's
game with F'ordham. scoring four
runs in the first inning and two in
the second. The Blue and Gray won
by 8 to 8 Burch again pitched well
for Georgetown. making his third con.
secutive victory. HaSgerty and Dom
ovan did the best sticking for the
Hilltoppers.
Brayton pitched well and Murray
used his stick very effectively for
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