The Phoenix index., 1941-09-06
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Football Changes for l94l 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 AStars, consisting of college
stars graduating last June sort of prevew of how
the pasme will look this fall with the rules in effect
In the big dream game the other night the ball
handed forward behind the line of scrmmage by backs who
no longer were five yards back. The incom-
pee fourth down forward behind the opponents goal
line longer resulted in touchback. There drOves
of subsutions throughout the gamethe player
ing in and out of the in the period his coach
cared to substitute him. There penalty commun
cation of or between players lust entering the game.
The only times substutions resulted in penalties
those occasions when the insertions resulted in illegal de-
lay of the There were several penalties for this IN
fraction.
The most penalty of the game made against
the AStars when after it ruled that of their
players rouphed the passreceiver behind the goal ne
incomplete forward pass dsalOwed interference
ruled Referee Fiessell put the ball in play the
ward line with first for the team which had put the
hall in play In two plays, the Bears for touch
down.
Typicaly professional football was played by the cham
pion Bears, who displayed terrific walop down the mid
die and deadly deceptive aerial game lhelr uactlon
was simply the AStars they held the ball
for spells three minutes at various stages of the
contest.
With the Bears leading 1913 the indicating
anybodys ball game the ASars lost their best chance to
go ahead for the first time when promising drive was
with untmey inerception by the pros deep In
their own territory
Prior to that foiIed drive the A-Stars sparked by
CLAs former balIcarryng immortal Jackie Robinson had
corked pass plays aggregang 81 yards and their second
touchdown that narrowed the count from 1876 to 1913
The average football game generally runs around two
hours but if Thursdays alsar contest is to be deterl-
the future, 941 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 game Otl-
cias will find themselves heavily taxed this in making
absolutely certain the lmitless substutions don't Illegally
delay action
The Southern Coaches and Officials Association holds
its annual fall meeting in Chattanooga Tennessee next sat
urday and Sunday afternoons September 67 and the body
of in white" should find themselves assembled in one
Df the most significant sessions of their history
The revolutionary nature of the 1941 rules changes
increased emphasis bow games during 1910 wnen
three such contests were staged in Atlanta Orlando and
Birmingham, and the growing feeling, especially on tne
part hgherups of the Southern Intercollegiate Ahet
Conference that the officials should be in separate ana
distinct organization from the coachesa guarantee live
1y session.
In fact Dr. Brady, by calling upon Prof. B. T. Harvey,
most seasoned the active abters in the loop and rated
dean of STAG football officials established Che fact that
the socaed Southern Coaches and Officials Association
(SCOA has been anything more than an attate OF
the Southern intercollegiate Athletic Association (SlAC
DR. Brady asserted firmly the STAG has no Jusocon "ha
ever over the SCOA.
The STCA president following brief speech by Coach
of Morehouse in which the Maroon athletic
director pointed out the advantages of officials organ-
control jurisdiction legislation of the
coaches expressed the opinion that the football ocas
should form organization separate and distinct from the
coaches He said the fellows need not give up the e0w
ships of odthat he coaches could continue to meet when
the officials do but in separate chambers.
The prevailing opinion that an organization OF OIL
ficias should and egislate for itself In fact 1t was
pointed that most 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 in thei respective regions On the other han
it was pointed the officials know from working expert
the good and the uncooperative ones.
Notwithstanding separate officials organization,
coach wouldn't be dutybOund to the men holding top
ratings the officiating positions rated by the
said body particular coach could of course stick to his
policy of usin officials he holds in highest respect
But It is almost cnch that in majority OF cases. tne
preferred officials of the conference coach will be
Lo1Jsp fhotO
by the official organization Officiating efficiently stl
calls for honesty accurate Of observation proper position
upon the field speed and accuracy of obsevaton Ihose
are points upon which the coach would be expected to
Judge the quality of officials Any rating body going to
Judge the points The Odds then pretty heavy
that the coach and the rating body will arrive at virtually
the conclusions.