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Show FOOTBALL IS NOT A GAME OF TIME Coach Would Decide Games by Number of Plays. "Koothiill in not a kuiiih of time any more limn liiiNetmll," saiil Uet'lnnM W. P. P.rown, iiKHlKlant cohcIi of foot-hull foot-hull of lUmlon uijlverKlty. He ex-prfRsoil ex-prfRsoil the opinion Unit fixing the lime of a gHine hy plnys rallicr tluin hy the wntiti would miiterliilly rrgu-lule rrgu-lule f he fortvnrd uihh. Conch Itrown tried nut the play nyHieiii in xeveriil of the lloston unl-vei-Mliy Kiimt'M luxl full uml this season, sea-son, ninl Ix lliiirntiKhly convinced of, lln iichsm. In liln tiiieiiiciit. he snid I lint iiiemhcri of the foothiill cominlt-tce cominlt-tce ttn it I ice n Invited to lliee games hut Unit none hd attended. "The Kimie of f'x'llinll." lie xnid, "Is a ciiinc of pln.vw four dotvns to gain a Kpeclllc iIImIhikc. It in not a game of time any more lliiin IihkcIihII. "The rules cominlltep had administered admin-istered playing foothiill hy plays for six vcnrn. hihI this yeiir iniide It op-tionnl op-tionnl wltli tlie teHiilNv This Is on record, rec-ord, iiltlioiich It In not In the hook. "I -l a I in football hy plnyn will ins terlHlly regilnte the hiuch (litMiiHscd forward puss, hn by time the Incompleted Incom-pleted forward pnmt Ktops the watch and thei-chy exlcmht the actmil play-Ing play-Ing time iihotit :l hccoikIh, while by plays the incompleted forward pan conntu a piny. This Is a big difference differ-ence ninl it stops the drugging out of a game. "Tennis can go fro.o the time game to the piny gnme or tlee versa with practically no Inconvenience, as the execution of the plays Is unchanged. It loen away with all Inaccuracies of the timing. "All thut In needed is some good Mixed iiumherK such as bnHket-ball numbers and the words '.More plays.' |