The Washington times., 1937-02-15
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BY HARRY COSTELLO

intercollegiate football in 1897
will be the same identical game
it was in 1886.
The rules committee, which
met recently at AhSeccn, near At.
lantic City, made no changes in
the rules.
The rules committee did, how.
ever add a number Of footnotes
to clarity various grid laws.
The forward pass interference
rule remains the same as it was,
but has been clarified considera.
bly,.
Players next year will wear
numbers both front and back, to
aid spectators and the press.
All the foregoing information
today was CLEAR from Francis
A. Schmidt, Ohio State Univer.
sity'S fotball coach and a mem
ber Of the rules committee.
Coach Schmidt is in town for the
Ohio State Alumni Clubs din
ner tonight.
The man who put Texas Chris
tlan University on the map be-
fore he moved to Columbus to re-
viVe o. S. us spirit thinks that
the Southwest teams throw the
ball around more than tie: ms in
other sections but looks for teams
in all sections of the country to
go in more and more for wide
open football.
Said Coach Schmidt:
"There will be development in
the wide-Open style of play.
Teams will take to it more and
more. The open game permits
the smaller player to put HIM
self on an equal basis in i'm.
pOrtance with the big man.
Open play makes for q better
game, too, a factor in the de-
velOpment.
eve expect to learn quite a
bit in our first game next year.
o. S. u. opens it's schedule with
Texas Christian. We know the
T. C. U. can throw that ball
around. The Texans play wide
open football. Whenever you
play q team which uses wide
open football you learn a great
deal about that sort of play.
"There is very little differ.
ence in the grade Of football
played in the various sections
Of the country. In the South
west, they throw the ball quite
q bit more than they do in other
sections.
michigan should have a
much better team in 1887 than
the Wolverines had in 1896.
Indiana, too, will be better, and
Northwestern will be right up
there with Minnesota again.
Wisconsin will improve, The
Big Ten, as usual, will have
close, hard competition in 1887.
1--WE are not supposed to talk
about what happened at AbSe-
con, but I'll indicate to you that
there were no rules changes.
1 think that players will have
to wear numbers front and back
starting next season. The COM
mittee added a number Of foot
notes to clarity various rules.
The pass interference rule re-
mains the same except that
fOOtnOtes have clarified what
constitutes interference.
Coach Schmidt. bit grayer
than when he was at T. c. u,
manages to get quite a kick out
Of football.
He says:
'Tt's a great game. It keeps
you young, for you've got to
think young in the game. I'm
greatly in favor of keeping the
smaller men playing football and
therefor I'd like to see the game
develop the wide open attack.
'T think the defense has
shown the greater improvement
but 1 look for new development
for the attack. The lateral pass
will be used to greater advan-
taEe, / think. At least, I hope
SO. Andy Kerr at Colgate has
done quite . bit with it. We've
done quite bit with it at o. s. u.
and hope to do more with each
year."
Coach Schmidt will leave for
Columbus after he addresses the
o. s. U. alumni tonight at Wesley
Hall.