Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-28 | Page 8 | Booth Leads Action Against Yale's Five-Game Grid Plan

Booth Boot Leads Action Against I Yale's F Game Five Grid Plan NEW HI HAVEN Conn May 28 iF- iF J- J The plan restricting Yale's varsity football program to five games and confining practice to the normal season season sea sea- son was vas assailed today by Albie Booth Edward Eward Rotan and John S S. Wil Vil Wilbur Wi- Wi bur members of the 1931 eleven cleven in p i statement published in the Yale aie Daily f News undergraduate publication The Te trio char charged ed that the report of the survey committee which outlined outlined out out- lined Yale's new athletic policy did not take into account undergraduate opinion and urged that university present football wholesome be permitted status to retain its is The News too joined in criticising the drastic curtailment in i the l sity's sUy's athletic program Booth captain of at the 1931 team Wibur Wilbur his successor and Rotan Rolan asserted as RS' the called so-called so-aled so drudgery of long grinding training periods' periods Is a vastly vasty exaggerated figment of 01 the thc minds of Relative to the game five schedule they said We feel that the players are arc entitled entitled en en- titled tied to at least seven games Yale football ll teams have been winning teams for 60 years cars the pl players players play play- lY ers who have gone before have built bui up a splendid record and n a noble heritage her henage hen heri t tage age for the players who are c to come Is this record to be discontinued to tobe be disI