The Washington times., 1930-12-23
GALLAUDET'S
COACH LIKES
MAN LIMIT
By KIRK MILLER

Der of football players to a squa
and thereby let the teams sta
no matter how they en-
Such is the advice Of Coac
Ted Hughes, affable and enc
getic coach of Gallaudet Colleg
Responding to The Times que
tiornaire as to the needs Of tt
game, both as to playing rul'
as well as player eligibillt
goes into some deta
with regards to many phases
the game and his comments al
by far the most elaborate su
mitted by any Of the hundre
c coaches who responded. M
Hughes declares:
"The rules of the game
any game-Say that the num-
ber of men on the floor or
on the field or of cards in
the hand to begin with, shall
be the same for both sides
or all parties.
'tIt seems to be that real
sportSmanShip would imply
that the number available to
be drawn upon Iater-Of men
or of cardS-Shall be the
same for both sides or all
parties. In fact such is the
case in all games Of cards,
or dOminoeS or any other
game / can think Of. Why
should it not be the same in
the game Of football?
Helps Bigger Fellows
without impunging the
motives of anyone, it seems
that some of the changes in
the rules, for instance the
one not permitting the de-
tense to run with a fumbled
ball, is to make the game
safe for the side with the
biggest and most men.
"The desire of some to fur
ther limit the forward pass
is still another step towards
making the game safe for
the heaviest and the largest
squad.
81 think that the advant
of the forward pass has done
more to make the modern
game as popular as it is.
Therefore, any t a m pering
with it should be done with
great care. In fact a for
ward pass is just as apt to
be a boomerang as a success
full coup.
"Any further limiting done,
two incomplete passes be-
tween first downs are now
penalized, would only be
making the game further
safe for those mentioned
above.
Gave a Pretty Play
I'm regard to changing the
rule about the point after
touchdown, / leave that
alone. 1t is a possible way
of breaking a tie. Besides,
1t is a pretty" play. The Op-
pOrtunity to make this point
after touchdown is, in fact,
great. The scoring team has
the choice of trying to make
1t by q drop or placement
kick, a forward pass, or q
line play.
"HOw can one then insist
y is a highly specialized in
dIvidual play? 1t may be,
but that's up to the team.
Surely no team can hope to
be very successful If it doesn't
have a specialized kicked
or a specialized forward
paSSer, or a specialized line
plunger.
More Field Goals
"The game might be the
gamer by more attempts at
field goals. This is another
waytO break these 'IamentabIe'
ties. / have often wondered
why those bent goal posts
that came into vogue before
the posts, both uprightS and
cross bar, were moved back
to the end line were not
adopted in the rules"
"That would have put the
cross bar right over the goal
line where it always was and
have invited more attempts
at field goals. This arrange
ment kept the uprightS away
from the goal line on the
ground where they were con-
sidered dangerous.
II understand that at the
time the goal posts were
moved back it was because
they were considered danger
GUS where they were and not
because the number of field
goals had been too great. 1
do not think the game of
football can be hurt by re-
tanning the foot drop and
placement kicking as well as
punting) in the game"
(TnnnrrOW. Judge Wallace