Show FOOTBALL AIDED I IBY BY RULE EXTENDED SAYS ECKER SA SAI I More Interest t and Less pense Figure i in Near Nea Games Game Suggests t I Follow Rule to Let Lett By Walter Eckersall Eckersall Sept 25 The The action I C CHICAGO the war department committee I y i education and special training curtail extended trips trip of ot foot elevens representing universities andro andt leges with army students' students co training o coi s should meet with the hearty approval those closely identified with th the gailand gail gam and may ultimately lead to a football championship series beti representative teams In the diff differ ri 1 sections of the country The games which have been pIA play between elevens from various part parts 1 the country have been unsatisfactory far as de tha national Is concerned The International cla clai h scheduled this year will nave have little or oF bearing on a national other clashes should be substituted wi wM l teams In the sections same These Thue c co tests will prove m more lr interesting Ty f to the average football fan 11 Just as It Is doing in ery enry line IlM business the government will place foe foo fool ball on a sane basis Of course the f foot ball players cannot be blam blamed d It they given opportunities to make Ion long I trl and In many cases such trios are areas as a lure to s secure cure football material Thi athletic directors and coaches es n hesitate to heed the governments government's quest In this matter and they shout s sot not att attempt to use Ulle any ony influence on commandants at their respective Jnet to secure permission to take trl tri longer than those thole favored by the war wardt d 4 committee The expenses Of ot football teams I take long trips pro arc paid by the ho hot horr teams Chances ChanceR are taken with weather and if It rains or snows theja thea falls falls' below expectations wit the result the home team loses mOlton mainon mOlt main on the game gae If It such a contest played e with a team e In the same ral it is a certainty t enough o money 1 realized to pay all aU expenses and also fat fatten ten the athletic treasury treasur 19 When a team from th the Central We West We journeys East for an Intersections intersection clash at least three days of ot work are missed mi The visitIng tean generally leaves on a Thursday not return until the follo folloWing Monday In the great majority of ot cases the visit visitIng visiting Ing team Is beaten and the trip bardl is worth the expense and trouble 4 Instead of ot the Intersectional clash game could easily be scheduled with an another another another other In inthe the same section The team would not be further than a a. night ride away and the pla players ers would not loan loi lo an hour of their scholastic work The Thc games would prove far more Interest to the students of the combating naive slUes and also aiso to the athletically public As far as Western teams are concerns the war department committees committee's rulin rull will not have any effect Instead of ta taIng tak takIng Ing hg their teams to the battle scenes I ii day In advance the coaches must no arrange their schedules so they will ar jar arrive rive nyc on the morning of ot the contest anc an leave for home immediately after tt struggles |