Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-03

1T also seems that it never was the
intention of the conference to bar Iowa
permanently from competition, but to
take an attitude that would throw the
weight of conference influence back
of a group at Iowa now making the
fight to keep absolute control of ali
athletics in the faculty of the uni
versity.
I'VE never had any intention Of
kicking Iowa out of the Western Con-
ference is the way one man connected
prominently with conference athletics
expressed it. We felt that a situation
had developed at Iowa where outside
influences in athletics had become so
strong that the university had virtually
lost control Of its own organization.
mean its athletic organization, Of course.
That is situation that no conference
could condone nj any Of its members,
and we simply took the only effectual
means We knew of clearing up the
matter
''One group is working nard at Iowa
to get things back in shape and We
believe that group Is succeeding. That
group could not succeed. though, with
out the backing of the other nine men,
bers of the conference and we are CIV
ing that group support. I personally
believe that everything points toward
an early scheduling of games with Iowa.
I might say that some of the Iowa
people realize the situation. It also
is true that the only way in which we
could bring about the changes we want,
which Is responsible institutional con-
troll that viii have full authority to
work with us, Is to refuse to play
Iowa until It eliminates the outside in
fuence and restores O faculty con-
troll that win be control, be responsible
for that control and have authority to
act under it.
I'VE. personally and the whole
western Conference, want to help Iowa,
not hinder 1t nor place obstacles in
its way"
The next meeting of the committee
which might pass on the Iowa situation,
is to be held this month, it is under
stood, but 1t is not likely that the Situa-
ton by that time will be such as to
warrant an Immediate favorable action.
However. it IS felt. by the time another
meeting Is held, which will be in time
to schedule games for the 1891 basket
BAH, base ball and foot ball seasons, that
the ban Is likely to be lifted and that
in 1891 Iowa viii be back on the other
conference university schedules.
One Of the interesting phases of quar-
terback strategy brought out by Mel
Stevens, Yale coach, in discussing that
subject at the recent foot ball coaches
meeting IN New York, might be summed
Up In the statement that "a good team
makes o good quarterback far more
than good quarterback makes q good
team" It was Stevens idea that If a
play goes, quarterback is good gen.
eral. but II it fails to go, he Is bum"
In illustration, Stevens told Of Q play
on which Yale beat Princeton two or
three years ago. 1t seems that Yale had
the ball In the middle of the field, with
less than two minutes to play, with
Princeton q touchdown to the good. The
quarterback called for long pass to an
end, the ball was caught way down the
field, and y touchdown resulted. The
papers everywhere, and foot ball experts
as wei, heralded that Is q brilliant bit
OF strategy by the quarterback.
How that brilliant" bit of strategy
was executed was explained by Stevens.
He said the signal for that play actually
was the third one called, and 1t came
about In this way. The quarterback
was somewhat confused, and indeed the
whole Yale team was, and yelled q
signal for . certain play. A Yale line
man turned around and said he did not
remember that and asked for another
signal. A second signal, for an entirely
different play, was called, and the Yale
center turned around and asked, What
the devil play is that?" In sheer
desperation, as Stevens put it. the
quarterback yelled another signal for
still another play. That third signal
turned out to be the play on which the
TOUCHDOWN was made, and for which
the quarterback got credit for brilliant
piece OF strategy. In fact, the writer
two years ago heard Roper, Princeton
coach, commend that as one of the
outstanding pieces Of quarterback
strategy Of the year.