Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-12-13 | Page 19 | Grayson's Scoreboard

r I Grayson's Grayson ra son I s Scoreboard By ly Harry Grayson NEA Sports Editor I NEW YORK Dec 13 Hereto 13 Hereto Heretofore fore tore the sole requisite of a a. coach kas as a knowledge of football and andow how ow to impart it I It It begins to look however a's as as s though character builders will have to add the manly art of self defense defense defense de de- de- de rough and tumble fighting Judo and mayhap a soupcon Quick Jeeves the dictionary of commando tactics to gridiron finesse fi fi- fi nesse For Fori the For the dire danger looms that henceforth there are likely to be occasions when the coach instead ff Of getting mere tongue-lashings tongue and tad verbal erbal beatings from irate I alumni grandstand and Monday morning Kerning quarterbacks and disgruntled disgruntled disgruntled dis dis- dis- dis fans may be the recipient of complaints punctuated by a ah b bash sh h on the beezer a clout on the kisser a slam in the slats to say nothing ng of a swift kick in the pants ants The coach may also have to add adda a legal 1 legal department to the staff it n c cant can't nt happen here here Well at Jea least east one fond but belligerent parent went considers this method of protest protest considerably more mor effective than Tian an the common or garden variety Of bellyaching that has been in vogue ogue gue these many years That the new and sad state of affairs airs may develop Is made evident evi evi- dent nt by bYthe the bizarre case of Ralph v Bill Bi Stoner who was Galion Ohio hlo i highs high's star vs James L. L the coach The elder Stoner took a poke st 1 Lymper a year ago when the coach ach for disciplinary reasons did not start his son in a game Lymper LymPer Lym- Lym per had to fight his way off the ce field With dramatic suddenness sud- sud denness he discovered that he had to w develop a defense for something more nore ore than the modern T with mn motion motion in the single wing etc When young Stoner was denied e. e uniform this fall his father saw his lawyer who first wrote rote a letter demanding et d ng that the boy b be per- per matted mIned ea to play That failing y you o u uns n g sto Stoner Stoper er mn brought ought suit against Lymper to j force reinstatement and for damages for depriving him of sCholarships in colleges because of the coach's ruling In other words he e eVas wag Vas refused fused an opportunity to Sell M his ability to colleges I A A. second for t suit sit asked false ma malicious and defamatory statements alleged to have dei de- de i ved Stoner of or several scholarships scholar scholar- ships mif and u the right to receive receive a education on since he is a boy boyI of humble means means- t I W Well II w its it's amusing anyway anyway anyway-a ft t I I Player Syr attempting tol to put the te bite ite on tf the coach i. i l Alumni genuine Alumni genuine and synthetic ai talla y take care of that I e i