Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-10-12
248,l36 HIGH
SCHOOL BOYS
In FOOTBALL
Texas Has SO College
Teams to Lead the
Southwest; Figures
Are Not
By FIELDING III. YOST
tDirector of Athletics. University OF
Michiran.1


Ann ARBOR, Mich, Oct. l2.-lP
Interest in physical education and
knowledge of what is taking place
IN the field seem 10 be two distinct
entities, at least as far as that part
Of physical education named football
is concerned.
All states OF the Union have a ply.
seal education program and thirty.
! have passed laws authorizing
physical education for its school folS
and, in general, football is a part OF
the program in each state. Recently.
however, The Associated Press can.
vassed the states in an effort to find
the total number Of teams and play.
ers taking part in football and was
unable to get accurate figures even
In the states where the state high
school association had complete con
trol of competitive athletics with q
man or men in charge of such com.
petitions.
The college situation, as IL respects
number OF teams. is slightly better
because Of the compilation each year
~pf the records of college teams. The
numbering of college players, how
cfcAs cceAuS uoL " nave hSSh ~
tempted.
The Associated Press was able "a
get figures from forty-five states
the figures representing the belief OF
the best qualified man in each state
and therefore are probably quite &C
curate. In some states accurate fig
ures were available. and ! have been
assured that accurate figures viii
be available in Michigan at the END
Of this football season. Statistics
in most Of the states that are vel
organized should be easily available
The canvass disclosed 1867 high
school teams in the United State:
with PAS, 1876 players on the squads
The most complete record Of 1922
college games shows 567 teams, eX'
elusive of all junior college teams
some few Of which appear on college
and university schedules.
One of the facts brought out in
The Associated Press canvass wa.
that concentration of population re.
suited in q small number of high
school teams. Boston with it's 500.
600 population has 10 teams. The
Detroit metropolitan section with
HllAAAOu HNOIAG mas AlAAtfH. AnaNdkU
with high schools numbering thou,
sands in student population, doubles
the numbers Of its teams by playing
heavyweight and lightweight SEIZED.
ules. In other words the high school
boy Of the large towns with thor
oughly developed education programs
has a smaller average chance 20 ex-
perience the values OF competing on
his school football team than the
youth of the smaller communities.
In only one state. Maryland, was
IL reported that football was not
sponsored by the state high school
association. Baltimore, outside OF
the rule of that state association
has fifteen teams for its soc. 900 pop.
ulation while about forty high
schools in the state play an "unoffi.
cial" schedule. In Indiana. where
football largely was under the off
cial ban for some time, 81 team.
were reported with 3.l71 players
Compared "a the 700 basketball team:
with 10000 players, football remains
the secondary game in the Hoosiel
state.
in the college RANKS. Pennsylvania
kith forty-two colleges and u%niver,
sities has the largest number, close
IL followed by Ohio with 81 and Iii.
nois with SO. Tennessee leads the
old South with 20 college teams,
| Texas, the newer southwest. with %
while California leads the wesetrr
4 coast states with IS.
The mountain states have the
smaller number of colleges. Nevads
and Wyoming each has one schoo.
recorded in the game results. il,
state university. These share with
the schools of New Hampshire. the
University and Dartmouth. the dis,
\ tinction Of being the we'll known
schools that played all their 1922
college contests against teams from
outside their home commonwealth.
IL probably is impossible TO get ar
accurate high school total of the
boys playing football on the paro.
| chial, high school, academy and in.
stitute teams that represent scholas
Atic football. but personally I woulc
like TO know the size of the army
8that is gaining lessons in coopera.
&tion and are otherwise appropriatins
the values of the game 70 their owr
good.