Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-14
TITLE ROUND FOR 4
TEAMS SUGGESTED
EIevens Picked as Best in
Geographical Sections
Would Compete.
BY H. C. BYRD.

coach. This plan would provide f
dividing the country in sections, AZ
from each section to select the be
team to meet teams of other section
in a short series of elimination contest
In this way, HeiSman holds, re
eridiron champion could be found.
Here is HeiSman's idea as expreSSs
in his own words in letter TO Il
writer:
Briefly my plan consists Of divid-
ing the entire country into four
geographical divisions.
A. The States east of Ohio and
north of the Mas0n-DiXon Line
die Atlantic States--Maine,. New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts,,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware and possibly West Viz
ginia.
"B. The Southeastern States
south of the Mason Dixon Line and
east of the Mississippi River---to wit:
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Maryland and Louisiana.
&c. The Midwest States between
Pennsylvania and the Rocky Noun
tains, or extending Ton the eastl !,
from the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers
to the Rocky Mountains, to wit:
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois,
Minnesota, Wisconsin, I0wsS Mis-
souri,. Arkansas. North Dakota,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Texas.
I'D. All the Far Western States, to
wit: Montana, Idaho, Washington,
Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, New
Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and
California.
Next, let each division set up
committee of its own sports writer's,
similar to what you already have in
the Southern Conference, and i'm
mediately at the end of each season
let each committee get together and
designate which team in their Sec
ton was the best for the season, or
could most fifty represent that Sec
ton. That would give four teams
one in the East, one South. one
Midwest and one far West.
Then let the two Western teams
get together for a semi final game
on the second Saturday following
Thanksgiving day and on the same
day let the Eastern and Southern
teams get together, wherever it
might be deemed best, for their
semi-final. One week later let the
winners of these two matches clash
for the final.
Locations of semi-finals and final
could be changed from year to year
If desired.
After all expenses of all three
games have been deducted from the
gross receipts. set aside IS per cent,
or whatever percentage might be
deemed right, for scholarships for
deserving boys, not necessarily ath-
letes, at some institutions agreed
upon-like the Rhodes scholarship
at oxford, for inStance-the remain
der OF the funds derived from these
games to go equally to the, particle
pating colleges and the. American
Foot Ball Coaches Association.
ST am sure need not explain how
highly the entire country would ap-
prove such a plan, nor what ZeSt
1t would add to the entire season In
each section and in the country as
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to continue poSt-SeaSon games with
certain institutions there is no rea-
son why they should not, so long as
they had not been selected by the
committees of their territories as
the champion team of their territory.
For, Of course, to make the plan
practicable all teams would have to
agree that in the event their COM
mittee selected them for the honor
they would have to play in the semi
finals and forego any other post
season game for that year.
ST suggest the geographical boun-
diaries above because, first, they
seem rather natural boundaries,
and, second. because in each terri
tory so outlined there are about an
equal number of colleges and about
an equal number In each Of insti-
buttons that are now playing high
grade foot ball; the four sections
would be about on a par with one
another. The more you study this
statement the more firmly, I think,
viii you be convinced of its verify.
"At present all we have along that
line is the Pasadena game. The
shortcomings of that arrangement I
need not detail here. Those final
games, under my plan, could take
place In New York or Washington
in the East, in Chicago or st. Louis
in the Midwest, in Atlanta or New
Orleans In the South, In San Fran
cisco, Seattle or Los Angeles In the
Far West, or any other places.
IF 1t be argued that this would
entail too long a season for the four
semi-finalist teams, the answer Is
that 1t would be for four teams only
out Of a total of 500 colleges and
teams involved in the determination:
and that those three post-season
games would not constitute nearly as
many post-season games as are now
being played anyway by various
teams the country over, without any
such arrangement.
ut may take some time to put
over some such scheme as this to
decide national championship in
foot ball, but believe that it will
come before long. 1t seems to me
that this is a suggestion that the
American Foot Ball Coaches Asso-
citation might take up and possibly
find some way to work out details to
put ~ III eUecC.
University of Maryland goes to Chal
1ottesville tomorrow afternoon to pla
Virginia in basket ball. The Old Linel
have lost two of the three contests /
which they have taken part. The
bowed to Pennsylvania and to Rar
after defeating Willial
and Mary. And, rather unusual thong
it Is, Randolph-Macon also beat VII
ginia in the latters opening game, {
actually when Maryland and Virgin
meet tomorrow they viii meet as tv
quints that have been whipped by
small school Of less than $50 student
Maryland's main trouble seems to
lack of speed. The team as a who
probably is the slowest the Old Line
have had in years. Several of the me
know basket ball and can play bask
ball. but simply are not fast enoue
to break clear. Coach Shipley Is d.
veloping his offense with this fl
knowledge, and it may be that the tea
will get going and do far better ths
anybody expects it to. There Is l
of potential and actual basket ball abb
ity in the squad, and If it can
brought out and made use Of by an
body it can by Shipley.
Catholic University Is feeling great