The Washington times., 1932-10-18
HEADS.
OPPOSED To
SYSTEM

NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-Further
development in the International
News Services nationwide poll on
the question of whether the small
college should follow Swarthmore'
lead and refuse to play the big
teams uncovered sharply contrast
Ing views today.
Howard Jones, famous coach at
the University of Southern Califor.
mia, seemed to feel that the con.
test was not too unequal. though
he did say that there was no point
in the small college taking beat
ing year after year." On the other
hand, L. w. st. John, athletic di-
rector at Ohio State, sees no harm
and some good in the little" YER
Sus "big" meetings. So do Arthur
Bergman, coach at Catholic Uni
versity, and Capt. J. w. Wilcox,
athletic director at the Naval
Academy.
Opposed to the system are H. C.
CCurly'O Byrd. head coach and
athletic director at Maryland; Tom
Mills. head coach at Georgetown;
Jim Pixlee, head coach at George
washington, which scored upon
Alabama last week, and Walter
H. Young, athletic director at
American University, which has
an enrolment of 800, half of
which is coed.
The opinions follow:
Howard Jones, Southern Califor.
mia:
GAS a general rule, I do not
believe it is a good idea for
small colleges to go on taking a
beating year after year from
big institutions. However, if the
small college is in good physical
condition there should be no III
effects from such occasional
contests.
"The big institution doesn't
bear down nor does it pour on
the man power as would be the
case against important OppO-
nentS. This, in itself, mitigates
against too many injuries"
Curly" Byrd, Maryland:
Teams should play in their
own class and we have even
suggested to one of our very
much weaker opponents that
they discontinue playing foot
ball against us, since they have
practically no chance of win
ming"
p Captain Wilcox, Naval Acad,
semy:
"The argument that modern
football has developed to
stage where there can be no
equality between the man-pOwer
teams and the small school,
believe, is not true. 1t may have
been the case with the former
style of football years ago but
not now"
Tom Mills, Georgetown:
81 believe it is better for both
the team and the student body
of small college to have the
team play with opponents of
its own quality"
L. w. st. John, Ohio State:
"Under the new 1892 rules,
the small school can play the
large school in football with
greater safety and freedom
from injury than ever before.
The small school comes out of
such games with well-thOught
out lessons which make it bet
ter able to play teams of its
own class"
Arthur Bergman, Catholic Uni
versity:
II heartily disagree with the
viewpoint expressed by Swarth-
more. In answer to the charge
that teams with 20 players risk
grave physical injuries by play
ing the big fellows. 1 cite the
known fact that the majority
of our gridirOn injuries come,
not from the games that run
into enormous, One-Sided scores,
but from those games in which
two teams of equal strength
are fighting furiOuSIy for every
inch Of ground"
Jim PiXlee, George Washington: !:
"a small institution, meeting
the large, man-pOwer teams, is
given a chance for Over-em-
phaSiS, the root of all trouble
in the athletic world today"
Walter H. Young, American
University:
81 am definitely opposed to
small colleges stepping out of
their class. We have only one
complete team and a handful
of substitutes. You can imagine
what would happen if we played
one of the big-pOwer teams"