Show Roper Claims Football Needs More Praise for lor Team Less for Stars NEW YORK Dec Deca 31 AP What AP-What What football needs is less publicity for its stars and more about its teams as a 0 whole In the opinion of ot W. W VV W. W Roper newly elected president of or orthe the American Football Coaches' Coaches as as- as v Princeton's lao football than mentor at the annual banquet of the coaches coaches' as association association association as- as last night declared himself him him- sell self opposed to the practice o of some sports writers who devote long columns columns columns col col- col- col of space to the accomplishments accomplish accomplishments ments of or some backfield sensation and dismiss the remainder of ct the team with bare mention Some o of these fellows that get In the headlines he said possibly may have done less than any other man on the team to win the gan gasie e. e What I should hould like to o see in those these sensational stars put in their proper place Consideration should be he glen given given gl en to the guards tackles and ends who are clearing out the opposing line Une so that the backfield man can get away on his long runs There still Is plenty of or room fo for forthe forthe the development o of football Major ajor John L. L Griffith commissioner of the tile Big Ten and and executive secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the National Amateur Athletic Athletic Ath Ath- Athletic letic federation told the coaches citing the growth in college coIle population lation ar and ard the abundance of mon money y yas as two o factors factora which led him to to toI I believe that the peak peal has not yet yete been e reached t I LL r r c L-f L W Commenting upon the de decrease rease In public criticism o of the game durIng durIng during dur dur- ing the past season Mr Griffith said he believed these former critics had come to realize that the tile so 50 50 called evils of or football are not in inherent inherent inherent in- in herent in the game but are arc the re result result re- re sult suit o of Football has become a 3 greater ter game gama be because ause it is a a. game which does not belong to any one no lassI class lass I have a notion that men get Jet more fun out o of football today than they did twenty-five twenty years ago Even Eyen f if it were not fun tun It would be worth worthwhile worthwhile worthwhile while as a check cieck on the danger anger of the youth of America becoming weak and flabby The banquet climaxed a busy day I which had seen the association go goon goon goon on record In favor of eliminating this tIlls years year's new rules affecting the use tise of the lateral pass and recovery recovery ery cry of the tho muffled ed punt and appointment appointment ap ap- al- al of three observers to sit during deliberations of the national rules committee Appointment of the observers was done on invitation invItation invitation tion of Edward K Hall chairman of the tho rules committee after altel the coaches had asked for greater consideration consideration con eon when the rules are made The observers will be Rockne Hugo Bezdek of Penn State and Bill Bm Spaulding ing of the University of Cal Cal- Of or the ten actual members on the rules committee five live arc are coaches coache i t r. r |