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Show COACHES APPEAL TO PRES. WILSON Chicago Oct 22 Football coaches and enthusiasts at Northwestern university uni-versity are anxiously awaiting remits re-mits from an appeal they sent to President Wood row Wilson yesterday a-sklnK that Carrol Dwlght Hale be permitted to resign from the Evan-ston Evan-ston Life Saving Crew so that he can Join the purple eleven. Besides being in I he government life saving service, Hale is a tenlor in the college of liberal arts at the university. He also is a heavyweight and fast and is said to have had football foot-ball experience. Following the defeat of Northwestern North-western bj Illinois last Saturday Hale went to Coach Grady and offered of-fered to resign his job with Uncle Sam to aid the team The life saving position pays $74 a month for eight months in the year, the off time coming com-ing after the football season Coach Grady was elated. Captain Peter Jensen of the life savings station objected, however, and told fhe conches that he would not accept HaJofc resignation and that if Hale played football the government gov-ernment would consider him a deserter de-serter and would cause his arrest. The appeal sent to President Wilson asked that Hale be permitted either to quit the government service without with-out danger of imprisonment or tak a leave of absence during the football season. |