Show Death Takes Takes- Famous Grid Game Author Football Loses Loyal Critic as Parke Park H. H Davis Dies Dies Articles Widely Read EASTON Pa June 5 Parke JP-Parke P Parke H. H Davis football pioneer coach and andor for or years nationally recognized statistician stalls stalls- of ot the game died Tuesday at athis atlis hL his lis home here herc He would have been 63 years old July 16 A player at Princeton 92 1890 coach at Wisconsin In 1893 at Amherst 1894 and Lafayette 97 1895 he maintained a close contact with the game until his ils death and was the outstanding historIan his- his brian orlan of the sport Davis served on the rules rules' committee commit commit- tee ee from 1915 1909 and had much mucho to o do with the thc evolution of the modern mod ern era game Among innovations with which he is credited are the division of the game into quarters numbering of ot players abolition of Interlocked interference in in- and creation of the end zones He was author of the articles on on football in the Encyclopedia Britannica ca author of ot a glossary of of- football terms and for years had kept the records records records rec rec- and written a history of the game for the Football Guide Davis was one of footballs football's most loyal adherents and arid always took pride prida in n pointing out the distinguished men Iwho who had played the game or had contact with it il I He boasted that he was taught football foot ball by one president Woodrow Wilson Wil son and had another as a consultant coach during his time at Amherst Calvin Coolidge Several years ago he made an imposing im im- posing compilation of football greats listing three presidents the presidents the other be bc- ing ng Herbert Hoover who was manager manager manager man man- ager of the Stanford team teim in his Undergraduate undergraduate undergraduate un un- days several days several cabinet members ambassadors congressmen ranking army and navy officers prelates prelates prel prel- ates college presidents presIdents' and nd industrial magnates who had played or had some connection in college with with game |