New Britain herald., 1930-12-31
FRAMES CODE OF
 SPORT PRINCIPLES
Princeton President Makes Recommendations in Report

| New York, Dec. 31 LPl-A shorten i ing of football schedules, elimina- 1 ton of early fall and spring practice,
 and & return of authority to the | player was recommended to the National Collegiate Athletic associa- 1 ton today by Dr. Charles W. Ken nedy Of Princeton, it's president in code of principle and procedure he | has framed.
 ITO all friends of football who properly believe in the potential value inherent in that fine game" Dr. Kennedy said in his annual ad- dress, T would recommend, so soon as existing scheduled engagements permit. the most careful considera- ton of the following principles for application in the scheduling of in- tercolleglate football games:
 "1-Reduction in the length of football 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 sufficient ly after the opening of college not to require the beginning Of football training in August or early Septem- Der.
 3-The scheduling Of these games so far as possible with institutions of similar standards, ideals and edu- cational purposes.
 "4-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.
 "7-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 in all athletic councils.
 "8-Tne elimination of spring football practice.
 ITO all friends Of football I re- commend consideration of the fol- lowing principles for application in administration of the sport:
 "l-An administration of the game that recognizes the authority and prestige of the undergraduate captain and under him the initia- tive and independence of the under graduate players.
 ''2-An adjustment of the duties and authority of the coach that will make him teacher. a counsellor and a friend, but not ring master.
 T am aware that the program l nave outlined probably would result in a reduction of the gate receipts of football and that, in the average case, the money accruing from foot ball supports all college sports. But if the things l have discussed ir football are wrong the fact that it contributes to the support of other teams cannot be used to justify that wrong"
 Dr. Kennedy, referring to criti cism of the sport, said he believed the game was "one of the fine games of amateur sport
 But there has developed around .l,o ,+ea1f r-a SiTicul h q ' he continued, conditions of over extended schedules, over-extended training periods, over-extended travel, unnatural rivalries, and un- due influence of the coach"
 The N. C. A. A. was born 25 years ago of a movement to purge foot ball of "evils which at that time seriously threatened to bring about a discontinuance Of the game pr. Kennedy said, and the members ot the association can do no greater service to college sport than to meet this new challenge as effectively as the old was met
 Dr. Kennedy's suggestions are along the same lines as those adopt cd unanimously Monday by the Football Coaches associa- tion, and stand as an earnest Of the serious way in which the coaches, the graduate managers and the ath- letic directors are moving to correct from within certain admitted evils | which have brought criticism from without.
 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. Kennedy and found less to criticize. The general tenor of their | reports was that of Dean $. V. San ford of the University of Georgia. | who said that much criticism he had 1 heard and read was inaccurate and | "half-baked" and that, as to tn" | sport itself, Lit has been most , pleasant year.