Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-12-05 | Page 8 | Nation's Grid Coaches Divided on Subject of Revising Kickoff Rule

Nations Nation's iu Grid 9 on Subject of l Revising mi Kickoff k fL R Ru 1 M m. m m m m. m K m A. A MA Mm m iki m fe A fe W fc u u fc i. i m k k m 1 fc m B Formation Cause Of Disagreement nt New Nc York Group Fa Restoration of Tee Tec t Many l Object By Herbert W. W Barker r Associated Press Corr Correspondent NEW YORK Dec Dee On 5 the wt disputed d subject of ot the kickoff Iii Its iu possibility of ot dang dangerous rous muc fa the nations nation's f coaches have arrayed CI two camps widely diver divergent gent la In n of view On one point however there to be general agreement That Thins Is tJui the 32 f fatalities reported so fa far tS season will wUl force later this mo serious discussion of th the particularly as it involves the kf off oft and the w wedge e formation r Comments obtained by the A sited Press from represent coaches developed In general two db dI schools of tho thought One of oft would retain the kickoff os liS It H lg- lg Ie other would alter aUer the rules In K manner so that the wedge either cither could be legislated out ut tl or oi H. H or or- at least be given less ch tb chatt to organize Virtually all coaches ift vor or retention of ot the kickoff In form or other I KICK FROM TEE TEEThe TEEThe The suggestion advanced by I I York group including Lou Little Co lumbia Frank Cavanaugh Fo and Tom Thorp official that kickoff be made from a tee as u It ud to be drew responses in about eq measure of approval and I The argument was that by use of t liu tee the ball would describe a Jo Ic arc nrc and give the kicking side men time to get et down the field and br bred up a wedge formation before It get Itself properly organized I Approval either cither complete or modi lied fled of this idea came from Harry Villanova Heinle Heinie III Mil DI ler len Temple Tuss Bron A. A A. A Tate Lehigh Dan Vanderbilt Jim an nn Elmer Henderson Tulsa miss MI Bj Amos Washington Jefferson Wil ter Mahan West Virginia Overend Carnegie Tech William J. J Calvin Galvin Trinity and others In opposition on one ground or la- la other were Dr F. F A. A Lambert aid Sam Sara Ohio State WalLs Wall t Wade Duke Jimmy Crowley dieM gan State Harry Mehre Ce Georgia ri Harvey Harman Harmm Penn Bill BUl AJ Alexas der Georgia Tech Bernie ic Biern-ic Tulane Mat Mal Stevens ens Yale Ba Washington State Jock Sutherland Pitt and others WOULD E THRILLS Much of the opposition wason was was- bai d don on the fact that the kickoff ont often I would go over the goal line and b put In ploy play by the receiving t team a aits its yard 20 line thus depriving th the P game of ot one of ot Its most spectacular R features the runback of Glenn of Wisconsin suggested that the rules be preserved until authentic statistics are to show how football injuries If II W. W H Hargiss r of Kansas retention of the wedge and the kt i oft off suggested that better belter j jand and conditioning would reduce po is- ja-AJ ja juries and fatalities It R. M. M C. C DIFFERS The Rocky Mountain confereEs took a little different nt attitude altitude Hury Hughes of ot the Colorado Ag AggI t Kl Jd forth opinion there when he said iii The rules properly enforced new i little change However I would be J ba m l favor of safeguards to the kickoff t g The Southwest conference f f f lined up solidly against the idle aa l there was similar agitation In theTen the B Bij Ten so far tar as ns Dick Hanley of Northwestern Northwestern North North- western and nd Burt Ingwersen ol 01 Ia 10 I n r were concerned Thus the matter stands now Deli efi Der I nite action or at least discussIon a 1 JJ t expected when ollege beads heads gather p here herc for their annual convention ns law this month