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Show MAKE NEW PLANS FOR GRID TEAMS Noted Expert States That Stalling Is Ruining Popular Sport 1 Major Frank W- Cavanaugh. football foot-ball coaQh at Boston college. Is not entirely satisfied with the present foot-hall foot-hall code. Cavanaugh says them too much stalling in tho present game, and thai unless ?he codemakcrs d Rome serious revaniplng the autumn game will lose its following as quick - 1 1 ttm it wna ffn inn.l In tl-ir. nncf fftti years, or xince ihe forward pass was adopted. The Boston college mentor's Idea of Ja football game may not lino up with the ideas of some of the other h ading eastern coaches, but there are none who can say Cavanaugh is not a veteran vet-eran of tbe gridiron, and therefore in a position to voice an opinion on the sport. Cavanaugh was half inclined lo give whole-hearted support to the plan of 1 1 K Coffin, of Harvard, who wanted want-ed lo do avvav with the vvaleh and operate op-erate football gams as per the num-I num-I her of plays Th? Coffin plan does not entirely suit Cavanaugh as to the elimination elim-ination of stalling. otherlsc it Is thought he would have personally backi d t lie pis n. U ',,l ) cos 1 ON The Boston College team, coached bj Cavanaugh the last season, could not be classed as 0 stalling team, yet they won the right to the title of national na-tional champions, according to their thousands f followers in the cast, Cavanaugh explains that many times his team got the Jump on the opposition opposi-tion through quick work, and the advantage ad-vantage gained, though small, did much to strengthen the confidence of the Boston College players. Of all the eastern coaches, Cavanaugh Cavan-augh has perhaps been more bitter In 'his attack on present d.iv football than all the others. He has several t times declared the rule maker ' thought too much of some of the larger lar-ger schools, and not enough of the game Itself, during their conferences on rule changes He has also attacked attack-ed what he calls football rulemakers "weakness"' Is holding too fast to the old stuff without trying the new Although Al-though It was generally supposed Cavanaugh Cav-anaugh would have some propositions to place before the rule eommittee, he apparently Ignored their session, and displayed but little interest In their proceedings after the session had adjourn ad-journ e,l |