Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1941-09-06
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Football Changes for 1941 Get Preview In
All-Star Classic; Talk Of Separate Body
For Grid Officials Looms at Chattanooga

THE ALI-sTAR game Thursday night at Soldiers
Field Chicago between the Chicago Bears professional grid
champions and the College ASars consisting college
stars graduating last June sort pre-vew of how
the pastme will look this fall with the new rules in effect
In the big dream game the other night the ball was
handed forward behind the line of scrmmage by backs who
no longer five yards back. The incOm-
pee fourth down forward behind the opponents goal
line longer resulted in ouchback There were
of substtutons throughout the gamethe player
ing in and of the in the period
cared to substitute him. There penalty for communi
cation of or between players Just entering the game
The only times substtutions resulted in penalties were
those occasions when the insertions resulted in illegal de-
lay of the There several penalties for this in
fraction.
The most severe penalty of the game made against
the Al-Stars when. after ruled that their
players rouehed the passrecever behind the goal ne
incomplete forward disaowed interference
ruled and Referee Fesse put the ball in play the
yard line with first down for the team which had put the
ball in play In two plays the Bears for touch
down
Typcaly professional football played by cham
pon Bears who displayed terrific waop down the mid
die and deadly deceptive aerial game. Their traction
simply too much for the AStars they held the ball
for spells of three minutes at various stages of the
contest
With the Bears leading 1913 and the indicating
anybodys ball the Astars lost their best chance to
go ahead for the first time when promising drive was
ruined with untimey ntercepon by the pros deep in
their own territory.
Prior to that foled drive the Al-Stars spanked by
UCLAs former bacarrying immortal, Jackie Robinson had
touchdown that narrowed the count from 1876 to 1913
The average football game generally around two
hours but if Thursdays asar contest to be determ
rant for the future 1941 tits will require about two and
half hours on the average.
Free substitution in all periods will automatically step
up the amount of time required to off Off
cals will find themselves heavily taxed this year in making
absolutely certain the mess substitutions don't Illegally
delay action.
The Southern Coaches and Officials Association holds
its annual fall meeting in Chattanooga Tennessee next Sat
in white should find themselves assembled in one
Df the most significant sessions of their history
The revolutionary nature of the 1941 rules changes
the increased emphasis bowl games during 1910 when
three such contests staged in Atlanta Orlando and
Birmingham, and the growing feeling, especially on the
part hgherup of the Southern intercollegiate Athletic
Conference that the officials should be in separate ana
distinct organization from the coaches-a guarantee Ve
ly session.
In fact DR. Brady by calling upon Prof. B. T. Harvey,
most the active arbter in the loop and rated
dean of STAG football officials established Che fact that
the so-caed Southern Coaches and Officials Association
SCOA) has never anything than affiliate of
the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAC
DR. Brady asserted firmly the STAG has jurisdiction what
The SICA president following brief speech by Coach
Frank L. Morehouse in which the Maroon athletic
director pointed out the advantages of officials organ
zaon under control jurisdiction legislation of the
coaches expressed the opinion that the football officials
should organization separate and distinct from the
coaches He fellows need not give the fellow
ships of odhat the coaches could continue to meet when
the officials do, but in separate chambers.
The prevailing OPINION was that an organization vi VI
fcials should and egislate for itself In fact 1t was
pointed out that of the coaches weren't really aware
of which the best officials because they did not for
the part attend football officials skull sessions an
meetings the respective regions On the other hana
it was pointed out the officials know from working expert
ence the good ones and the uncooperative ones,
Notwithstanding separate officials organization, a
coach wouldn't duty bound to the holding top
ratings i'm various officiating positions rated by the
said BODY particular coach could of course stick to his
policy of usfng lie officials holds in highest respect
But tis almost cinch that in majority OF cases. the
preferred officials of the conference coach VIII DE
those nen in white" holding the top ratings as established
bv the official organization Officiating efficiently still
calls for honesty accurate Of observation proper poson
upon the field speed and accuracy Of Observation nose
are the points upon which the coach would be expected TO
Judge the quality of officials Any rating body is going to
Judge on the same points The Odds then pretty heavy
that the coach and the rating body will arrive at virtually
the same conclusions.