Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-31
URGES SCHEDULES
OF 5 OR G GAMES
Against Early Fall, Spring
PraCtice-AISo Suggests
Player Authority.
YEW YORK, December 81
II A shortening of foot ball
y schedules, elimination of

N GW 4OIbfAy OCCCulUCI O1s-
M A shortening of foot ball
4 y schedules, elimination of
early Fall and Spring
practice, and a return of author
ity to the player was recommend
ed to the National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association today by DR.
Charles w. Kennedy of Princeton
its president, in a code of prin-
ciple and procedure he has
framed.
ITO all friends of foot ball who prop
Aerly believe in the potential value in
herent in that fine game" DR.. Kennedy
Psaid, in his annual address, II would
recommend so soon as existing Sched-
uled engagements permit, the most
careful consideration of the following
principles for application in the sched-
uling of intercollegiate foot ball games
"a reduction in the length of
foot ball schedules to not more than
five or six games.
"2-The scheduling of these games
(and with the diminished number
this would be poSsible) so that the
first game shall be played sufficiently
after the opening of college not to
require the beginning of foot ball
training in August or early Septem-
Der.
"3-The scheduling of these games
as far as possible with institutions
of similar standards, ideals and edu-
cational purposes.
1.-The scheduling of these games
with institutions with which there
exists natural, friendly and often
traditional basis of rivalry.
''5-The scheduling of these games
as far as possible with institutions
of similar size and geographical
propinquity.
"6-The scheduling of these games
to be played on home grounds In an
atmosphere Of friendship and hos
pitality.
1.-THE scheduling of all inter-
collegiate games with recognition
that sports exist for the under
graduates and that their desires and
point of view should receive ade-
quate and effective representation i'll
all athletic councils.
''8-The elimination of Spring
foot ball practice
ITO all friends of foot ball I recon-
mend consideration of the following
principles for application in admins
tration of the sport:
81. An administration of the game
that recognizes the authority and
prestige of the undergraduate cap
tain and under him the initiative
and independence of the under
graduate players.
%. An adjustment of the duties
and authority of the coach that
will make him teacher, a COUNSEL
or and a friend, but not ring
master.
''I am aware that the program I have
outlined probably would result in a
reduction of the gate receipts of foot
ball and that, In the average case, the
money accrui1g from foot ball supports
all college sports. But If the things
have discussed in foot ball are wrong,
the fact that it contributes to the sup
port of other teams cannot be used to
justify that wrong"
DR.. Kennedy, referring to criticism Of
the sport, said he believed the game
was "one Of the fine games Of amateur
sport"
But there has developed around the
game itself parasitical growths. condi-
tons of overextended schedules, over
extended training periods, overextended
travel, unnatural rivalries and undue
influence of the coach"
Sees a New ChalIengr
The N. c. A. A. was born IS years
ago of a movement to purge foot ball
of "evils which at that time seriously
threatened to bring about a discon-
tinuance of the game" DIR. Kennedy
said, land the members of the associa-
ton can do no greater service to college
sport than to meet this new challenge
as effectively as the old was met"
Vice presidents of the association,
reporting on the year just past in their
respective districts, painted a more rosy
picture, in the main, than did DR.. Ken
nedy and found less to criticize.
The general tenor of their reports
was that of Dean S. v. Sanford Of the
University of Georgia, who said. that
much criticism he had heard and read
was inaccurate and half baked" and
that, as to the sport itself, "it has
been q most pleasant year"