The Washington times., 1930-11-08
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$4,000
ONLY

ClarGn fOOthalb father than re-
sOlvifts Itself into q ''racket,"
was establishing itself on q
souHtier basis each year.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. s.-The
criticism launched against mod
ern-day football as played al
the leading universities of the
nation brought d quick reply to
day from Knute Rockne, famous
Notre Dame gridiron coach, and
Lud Wray, head coach Of the
University of Pennsylvania, whose
teams meet here this afternoon
In an intersectional contest ex
pected to be witnessed by 10000
persons. Rockne said:
II make $4,000 a year, win.
lose or tie. / never heard OF
this side money which they
say comes to coaches, and /
wish the report had been more
specific and named some real
instances.
"Any. one can draft q report
without being specific, but let
R coach put q team ON the
field without telling the boys
specifically how to play, and
see where that team winds up:
IA report on this subject which
As not specific will end up the
same way. Let them say who
is getting this side money Il
they want to talk about 1t at
alI.
1.-THE boys who play on my
teams are well above the
average in their studies. There
are more brains In my squad
than in a large part Of the
student body"
-Wray said:
.rssPeople seem to feel that be-
cause there are $4,000 students
At the. University Of Pennsyi-
vaTia we should have 1900 on
the. football squad. As mat
ter. of fact there are only 5000
In the undergraduate schools
eligible to play football and
many of these are not capable
because Of some physical or
other defect.
''ThOse on the outside, how
ever, should realize that foot
bail as any other sport Is q
great developer of character
and q boon to all who take
part"
sCFIICAGO, Nov. 8.--Amos Alonzo
Gtagg, veteran football coach of
the University Of Chicago, ex-
pressed disagreement today with
the report Of the University of
Pennsylvania alumni committee
In its assertion that rich finan-
ciai rewards reaped by football
coaches besides regular salaries
were threatening to make a
veritable racket" Of the present
college game.
Certainly, have no sinecure
rs. coach ut the University of
Chicago" Stage, veteran Of
39ayears Of coaching, said.
football at Chicago is only
o. part Of the university's physi.
caIgeducatiOn program. / never
mike anything out Of It on
the side, except for an article
for q magazine. My salary is
$1,000 q year, the. same as pro-
fessOrs are paid. / have per.
sistentIy. turned down offers to
I11ake money on the side."
Stagg said that with few ex.
ceptions he believed other foot
ball coaches rarely cashed in on
their prominence. He further as.
serted that football Is not being
pverenphasized at Chicago.
WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 8.
The startling charge that college
football has become a racket"
and advocation Of return to the
system Of student coaches with
ab olitio o n Of highly-advertised
coaches and systems, was dis
cuSSed over and over today by
alumni of the University Of Penn.
sylvania at the annual meeting
Of the associated clubs Of the
university here.
The assertion that the big uni
versities Of the country should
return to the old system of hav-
ing q member of the previous
team coach each succeeding team
was made by Sol Metzger, cap
tain of the Penn football eleven
of 1903. He signed the document
In his capacity as chairman Of
the committee. The Penn alumni
committee on athletics also took
o slap at the present day system.
Football should be re-
turned to the undergradu. i
ates," Metzer said. II think
the captain-any boy in fact
can pretty well choose his.
team. He is In. there to
fight. He knows the boys
who will fight with him to
the best Of their ability.
That is what makes q great
team.
"The really great teams of
Yale were all 'student-cOached'
eIevens," he said.
The committees report was pre-
sented at the opening session of
the two-day conference. It was
signed only by Metsger, who now