Show Notre Pilot Piot Not in inI I f Favor of Abolishing Pass Knute Ro Opposed to Forty Play Per PerI I Period Ruling HOUSTON Tex Tea Dec 25 Knute Knute I Rockne mentor of ot the Notre Dame football ll team expressed his opinIon opinion ion Jon of proposed changes change of the grid rid laws taws yesterday esterday Although in favor or ot Qt some some of the minor changes In Inthe Inthe inthe the football rules he spoke in no uncertain term tea when the abolishing abolishing abolish abolish- ing of the forward o pass was was brought ht up The driver of the Four Horse Horse- inert made it plain that he lie was against any rules that would cut down the open game and that he lie believed that when whets a rule of or this kind was pass passed d it would be the I 1 first step toward killing grid contests con- con tests l It If the they will wi glance back through IF the pages they will find that In 1906 the forward pass saved the game and anTI now isow the they are trying to toI I put it out he said Until the thEl overhead gape game was all brought into play pia ever everybody bod was wal about the game being too brutal and it I was vas Then the forward pass pass came cameo It ItI cut down the flying wedge and au authe all air the style of pIa play It I brought football back and p pushed shed It to a 11 front rank s in th the sporting w world orld antI and now no the v afo art are talking about robbing the gaThe he of pC the st style leot le of ot pla play that has made mad football what it is Is Rockne said Harvard is hi anxious to ha have the I P. P puss pass abolished sIl They ha have hae e been sinking before belore the other members of ot their conference season after atter season and now they want to to eliminate dim elim mate the style of play which h has s been beating them The They are re merely n j trying Ing Jo get geL rid ot oL the thing they dont don't understand stand I Another rule that the Notre Notie Dame coach opposes I la is the one I which will do away alvay with the allotted al- al 11 time Ume for periods and during during dur dur- ing lag the use forty pla pays plas s. s Each period Willie De made up up of forty plays and I when these are complete the pe period period pe- pe nod is over regardless of the time It takes to execute that number Our Out lives live are made up of tine time and why should we ve change from using that thau system In football Rockne asked v S I Rockne seemed a bit 01 ato as a asto asto to the outcome of ot tho the battle on the coast a a. week from Thursday but would not not make a statement a as to what he thought the outcome of it would be |