Show Re Rewe ewed Attacks Will Be e Made ae Against Grid P Pays ays Huddle System and Shift Plays Opposed by Football High Minds I By Dy HENRY L. L FARRELL U United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK Dec 14 United Press Press Renewed Renewed a attacks against shift plays and amI the tho huddle system of giving signals will be bo made when the high minds of football get together in their annual winters winter's meetings here herc The controversy about shift shUt plays Is purely a technical matter of sole interest to the coaches and the pla players ers involved and of practically no concern to the public But the arguments for and against the buddIe huddle huddle hud bud dle dIe are of more public Importance The ers of of football find In the shift controversy a problem very ven very similar to baseballs baseball's Intentional intentional intentional pass They admit that it is somewhat of an evil but they dont don't know what to do about it The Western Vestern conference coaches have been fighting about shift plays ever since Minnesota introduced them and it was largely a sectional problem because not many of the tho Eastern teams went in so much for them The point finally reached the Is Issue Issue issue Is- Is sue where the co coaches ches would not schedule games with Minnesota and tie the climax came camo with a local in interpretation interpretation interpretation in- in of the rules that a full two second halt would QuId have to be observed It Is not nat an official rulIng ruling ruling rul rul- ing but the coaches agreed to ac accept accept accept ac- ac it v vAs As long as the tile coaches live o up to their agreement the problem will be solved as fa fat far I as the Big lg Ten Is concerned but In Intersectional sectional games a n tough job be Imposed upon the officials against the tIle huddle comes largely from the stands or 01 Is made mado in the Interest of the public The huddle it is stalling and needlessly delays the game Incases in incases incases cases where a quarterback may want to employ It as such When hen the huddle loused by Ismart a I smart fast and we well drilled team it itcan itcan itcan can speed up 01 the game but o p the theother other hand it pan jan dela action ex- ex When a quarterback I doesn't know what to do da or when the players disagree with him the delays could be brought braught about just justas as long and a as well weli under the old system of calling the tile signals I Knute Rockne who has come to tobe tobe I be an accepted authority on football football foot foot- ball says that the huddle huddie may mayor or ormay ormay may not be ah ab Important bit of strategy depending entirely upon the the offensive offensive system of the coach He lie said his Notre Dame teams very seldom used It and those thase who have seen the Notre Dame players using It know that it is a a. thing of beauty Rockne is one of the coaches who put everything In the hands of the quarterback It is la his idea that the quarterback In his ills orthodox position post post- tion can detect at a glance any opening on n the defending fending line and call for a n play fitting that particular lIar lar chance When th players buddie huddle hud bud die dle they ha hurry huriy to their posItions positions po po- po- po and jump the play piny Princeton coaches d defend lend the huddle and they think s so much of It that they are using It this year eal ealIn In basketball Bill Roper the head Princeton coach said he wl was s forced to use it In football because th the noise made by crowds made mado it Impossible Impossible Im Im- im- im possible for the linemen the quarterbacks quarterback's signals Maby other Eastern coaches are of the same opinion There Is no doubt of the dramatic value of a quarterback e ac calling his r l dg l signals and d it Is an accepted f fact that a quarterback with a good snappy voice can put a lot of spirit Into a team but he cant can't if the tile crowd Is hll him Several times during the recent Arm Navy Army Navy game where th the two teams were using the huddle the quarte quarterback had to motion to the the stands to let up so the they could hear heal ach each other ather even with their heads together When it Is used properly th huddie hud hud- die dle Is a a. spectacular play but its worth Is d destroyed when It H IS iii apr up- piled for stalling |