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Show MANY CHANGES TO BE MADE IN FOOBALL H By TOMMY CLARK. H J300R Johnny Pigskin is again in the H i merciless hands of old Doc He- H . form. Writers, coaches and players are Hj all taking a hand at the patient, and if H ' '- one-half the proposed- changes are Hj j made Johnny Pigskin won't be roeog- Hj i nlzcd by his own friends when ho trots Hj 1 out on the gridiron next fall. Four Hg downs in ten yards, three downs in K eight yards, elimination of the forward B i pass and legalized assistance through B the lino when within the twenty-live HBVJ I yard zone are but a few of the modl- H Qcatlons proposed by the football medi- j One point Is admitted by all football H ' needs a radical change. From the H . viewpoint of both spectators and play- ere, the gridiron gamo was a failure the past season. The preponderance of H ' tie scores and fluke victories, brought about by the Impossibility of develop- lng a consistent offense under the prcs- H ent rules, has robbed football of lt,9 old Hl J time dazzling attraction. Unless new Hj life Is Injected Into the game it is a H . certainty that next year's attendance will suffer materially. I There Is one fact that holds out an Hll Iota of hope for the moleskin clad war- I'. rlors. In previous years the clamor '- for changes has come from the outside ' ' of the fence, from profeasora and oth-" oth-" ers, whose solo knowledge of football came from the glaring headlines an- H nounplng an occasional accident. The H changes forced by these ignorant out- H ; 'nlders have resulted in ihe present H brand of football. H Just now, however, tho coaches and Hi players are themselves undertaking the H Job of reconstructing tho gridiron gamo. H This means much for football. In com- Hl potent hands there Is a prospect that H tho gamo on the checkerboard field will Hj next, year come into its own. H When the question of who Is the Hl present middleweight champion la H a3kcd It usually receives as many dlf- H fcrent answers as there aro claimants H of that elusive title. Ono thing Is sure. Billy Papko is out of it. Pupke re- llnqulshed all claim to that honor after Bob Moha recently mado a show of him H in Boston. Mo ha definitely settiod tho H question thnt Sailor Burke had raised ' " as to the present form of tho Thundcr- H bolt that was, H I With PapUc out of it tho moat promt- H ncnt candidates are Frank Klaus, Hugo I Kelly. Harry Lewis, liuck Crouso. Bob B Mo ha, Rddle McGoorty, Leo Houck. H i . . Johnny Thornpson and Walter Coffey. B There aro several others who may havo B a chance. . One of the most promising HBI of those named is Buck Crouso. who H has the advantage of youth L his fa- H vor, while many of tho others are at H the top of their form or have seen their ' beat days. Albert (Buck) Crouae of H Pittsburgh Is but nineteen years old, H He has only been fighting a Bhort time, H , yet ho shows many of the attributes B ' 'of a Erst class man. H Connie Mack still contlnuos to pick H i future stars off tho lota. His latest B. acquisition Is Roland Chose, a achool- H I boy first baseman of Orange. Mass. H' Mack has signed him and will prob- H ably take him south In the spring. He B i may not even farm him. but carry him K I along for a couple of years to develop ' him. Mack signs theso young players Hi " .Bt small salaries and can well afford to H Scarry them until ttu-y 'ivf-!np |