Show SPORTSMANSHIP IS IMPROVING Southern Officials Submit Figures Giving Evidence of Cleaner Football ATLANTA Dee Dec 23 28 Football JP-Football JP Football officials say southern college athletes played cleaner football foothill last fall than thanin thanin thanin in 1931 and were better sportsmen Evidence of this was found as disqualification dis qualification and conduct penalties dropped from 46 in 1931 to 12 during the past season This seems to indicate a mar marked ed advance ance in the quality ty of sportsmanship sportsman sportsman- ship among players says A. A R. R Hutchens of Lake Wales Fla secretary secretary secre secre- tary of the Southern Football Officials Officials Officials' dais dais' association This is still further further further fur fur- ther emphasized by reports from officials officials officials of of- who with very few exceptions commended the sportsmanship 01 of both players and coaches Hutchens' Hutchens annual report made up from summaries of officials in every game shows the new rules on striking striking ing hacking and clubbing by linemen linemen linemen line line- men may be largely accountable for forthe forthe forthe the decrease in disqualification and conduct fouls Briefly here are the penalty comparisons com corn with 1931 listed first Clipping 30 and 38 holding and unnecessary roughness and 79 piling up 45 and 69 like conduct 21 and ond 6 disqualification tion 25 and 6 offside and forward pass penalties and crawling 0 and 33 |