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Show FOOTBALL RESTORED L. D. S. CHURCH SCHOOLS-OPENS SCHOOLS-OPENS WAY FOR SPORT Investigation Committee Shows Grid Game to Have Changed Considerably During Past Few Years; Action of Board Assurance of Greater Interest and Competition in Athletics Throughout State. BECAUSE football has been modified so that it is now more scientific and a less rough game than formerly, for-merly, the board of education of the L. D. S. church rendered the decision yesterday that football can now be played in church schools. This is welcome wel-come news to the entire western athletic district, as It will mean that the B. y. U. of Provo can participate in college football, and the many church high schools, including the L. D. S. U. of Salt Lake, the Weber academy of Ogden, the Brigham Young college of Logan, can participate in intercollegiate games. Football in church schools has. been banned for a number of years, following fol-lowing several serious accidents which occurred under the oldtime method of playing. In its place, basketball was featured, and church schools made an excellent showing in that sport. Their athletic program was. however, rather hampered without football, and the incentive in-centive now offered will greatly add to the athletic facilities of all schools. The L. D. S. church has always stood for athletics, and the building of the Deseret gymnasium, as well as other gymnasiums adjacent to church Bchools, show the interest the church manifests toward clean sport. Committee Put to Work. For some time past efforts have been made to have football again established. A committee was appointed to make a thorough investigation and study of football foot-ball as it is played today and report to tile church school commission. Recently the report was completed, and David O. McKay, head of the church school commission, com-mission, presented it before the church board of education yesterday. The report outlined and showed that, with the new rules, football is vastly less dangerous than formerly. The church board of education consists of President Heber J. Grant, Anthon H. Lund, Charles W.: Penrose, Rudger Claw-Bon, Claw-Bon, Orson F. Whitney. David O. McKay, Stephen L. Richards and Richard R. Lyman Ly-man of the council of the twelve. The last three constitute the church board commission. 'mara With the exception of Apostle Richard-who Richard-who Is absent from the city, and Apo"i Lyman, who Is ill, the entire board v,' present and unanimously save their c sent to the proposition. The meeting m held in the church office building It was also explained to the board that the present rules, which are consider,! ,. changed from the former Rugl.v style or football, are followed bv colleges' -i,,, high schools throughout the nation ii 2 church schools, therefure, will follow t present rules outlined, and will he.,, with the commencement of school In the fall a most active year for aihleii? sports. They will lay plans for carrvW off future honors and pennants, and' the old standbys will have to look out for their laurels. L. D. S. U. Coach Busy. The L. D. S. university recently engaged en-gaged "Tlllie" Olsen, former University of Utah football star, as coach. He is one of the happiest coaches in the stale t0. day, and, though he has said but little he has been laying plans for an all-star team in hopes the football ruling would go through. With the recent completion of the L. D. S. university campus, a Rood opportunity is opened for playing football. foot-ball. The East , and West high schools the-university the-university freshmen and the Granite and Jordan high schools, who have long want-ed want-ed to play the L. D. S. university in foot-ball, foot-ball, as they have in basketball, will at last have their hopes realized. It is believed the new action will enlarge en-large the athletic program of the state as well as outside the state conslderalily' for many universities in other states enter en-ter games against Utah colleges, it i3 expected the B. Y. IT. at Provo will have a speedy squad of players In the field, as in olden days they showed up strong in football contests. Another man who is greatly pleased and who has been working hard for foot, ball in church schools is the new superintendent super-intendent of church schools, Adam B.-n-nlon, who himself Is an athlete o( note. Superintendent Bennion said he would lend his every effort to help put the athletic program of church schools on a par with any other schools of the west. |