The Washington times., 1930-12-15
SEE.
SHIFT RULE
IGNORED
BY KIRK MILLER

Washington Times has asked the
leading coaches of the country.
The answers thereto as well as
the answers to a score. Of Other
more detailed queries as to the
general health Of collegiate foot
ball are briefly this:
Football needs q uniform ell
Kibility code, preferably pat
termed along the line Of that
i'm vogue throughout the West
ern Conference. Such code
should be strictly adhered TO
and rigidly enforced through.
out the land. Otherwise COM
parsons mean nothing.
Too little emphasis is being
placed on kicking in the mod
ern trend of football. Some Of
the coaches would change the
point scoring so that there
would be greater incentive to
develop more and better knick-
ing.
There is a strong tendency
among the coaches to establish
q player limit somewhere In
the vicinity of 30 or IS players
for each game.
The coaches are divided as to
the use Of the huddle, whether
Il is a time-Saver or time
waster or whether noise from
the stands makes IL essential.
There is a distinct inclina-
tiOn to violate the pause in the
shift play and an equal ten
dency on the part Of the Of
ficiais to fail to penaliZe these
violations.
The coaches want to do some
thing to eliminate tie games,
hut are divided on just how to
decide contests which end that
way. A few Of them favor the
number of first downs as .
means of such decisions.
A popular plan is to place the
bali in midfield and give one
team five plays to advance the
ball and then give the OpOsing
side five plays to bring 1t back
beyond midfieId if possible.
The coaches, with few excep-
tiOns, like the goal posts where
they are now.
Opposition is rife to the prac-
tice Of giving players two years
of football between prep school
and college in what are termed
':juniOr colleges.
$50 Coaches Queried
In a nutshell, such is the gist
of expressions received by The
washington Times as a result OF
a QUESTIONABLE mailed to over 15O
college coaches two weeks ago, re-
plies to which have been tabu.
lated and digested for readers OF
this newspaper, and complete and
detailed results of which are to
appear herein during the ensuing
days.
North, East, South and West,
American coaches were asked
what, il anything is wrong with
football.
Numerous very pointed questions
were fired at these coaches and
they have been remarkably frank
and open in discussing the vital
issues of the game, issues which
affect their jobs and which affect
the reputation of the foremost In
stitutions of learning in the coun'
try.
From Judge Wally Steffen,
famous jurist and coach OF
the Carnegie Tech eleven
down to the coaches Of the
smaller colleges, they seemed
glad of the opportunity to ex-
press their views on the con-
duct Of the game.
One coach called The Times
uuestiSnnaire the most complete
and interesting he had ever OBJ
served and said he believed the
symposium of thought created
therefrom would form a composite
picture Of the present pulse OF the
game.
Famous Coaches Reply
Among the outstanding coaches
who have taken advantage OF
this chance to express themselves
as to the sport in which they are
mostly interested are names
which are as familiar to you foot
ball fans as the very game itself
Here are some of the men,
other than Wally Steffen, who
will tell Times readers their
views on the game during the
days Immediately to come: R. E
Hanley, Northwestern University;
Charles w. Bachman, Florida; w,
A. "Bill" Alexander, Georgia
Tech; Gwinn Henry, Missouri; Bob
Zuppke, Illinois; Doc A. Sharpe,
Washington University; Ray Nor
riSon, Southern Methodist: Cur.
ley Byrd, Maryland; H. J. Parker,
N. Y. u: Burton A. Ingwersen;
Lud Wray, late Of Pennsylvania
w. w. bill" Roper, late of
Princeton; Herb McCracken, La
fayette; Andy Kerr, Colgate;
Heinie Miller, Temple; Ray Van
Orman, Johns Hopki1 Is, and Ted
Hughes, Gallaudet.
Tomorrow Sone ideas to benefit
football by Dick Hanley, famous
mentor of the Northwestern foot
ball team, will be given and the
remainder Of the series viii fol
OpW along.