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Show MIND SHARK TO ASSIST COACH 'Mysteries of Headwork on Teams Will Be Delved Into at College T'RBAXA, III.. March ?4 The increasing in-creasing impoitnncM of psychology In athletics Is indicated by the recert addition of S representative of the department of psychology to the fnc-tiltv fnc-tiltv advisory Mff of Coach Zuppko it the University of nilnols, and t'.ie establishment of a research organization organiza-tion to dehe Into the mysteries o2 ' head-work" on the gridiron diamond, dia-mond, and trak. Dr. Coleman R. Griffith, associate in psychology at the university, hai : undertaken the task of exploring tho i ev. mhj which promised to have .in impdrtanl hearing upon fvitnro Coaching pi icticej Results already have demonstrated the value of tho work, in ih view of Ulinl athletic of- I ficials Following a full year's experimentation ex-perimentation on the local campus, ; in which psychic aspectgvof all tho i major sports will bo stunted, a text ! book on the subject will Ire compiled, and a course for future roaches and I athletict developed for inclusion in the university curriculum which will attempt to explain the psychological phenomena of competitive games. HELP IN l'l a The work of Dr. Griffith will be seen first as a factor In the gridiron clashes of the Illinois team nexi Ii i son, win u the athletes, who for yehx have appeared in dark blue jrsii -, will be attired in blending combinations combina-tions of orange, canary yellow and white. The cr.onge is ordered by tho simple physiological fact that In looking look-ing from the corner of the eye only certain colors are visible The football foot-ball star, In picking a man for u pass j will be greatly aided by the rainbow-like rainbow-like dregs of his teammates. Tin: baseball pitcher. basketball player and track entrant, all of whom also are forced tft rely to a great extent upon indirect vision for the success of their play." Will be helped by 'he new uniforms One of the most Interesting4 of a series of experiments will bo made this spring when Dr Griffith wilt subject every member of the football squad to an exhaustive series of tests through which he will attempt to s f the personnel' ,,f die 1 conference eleven. mil I'. M IN I s REAI HON . Another plan of interest LQ the coach is thai lo filter mine reactions in the players. F?v combining the data on n large number of athletes Dr Griffith has established an. average aver-age reaction time for competitions In the various departments of sports, as :n index of relative mental ;im. muscular mus-cular spped. The tests ire rrttdo! with a unique Instrument, the Vernier Chi onoscope, which measures timo in thousandths of a see.,nd and may he made visual or tacluul to lotermlno tire various types of reaction A'jmcr-ous A'jmcr-ous experiments arc plinnod to de-' velop other phases of psychology i related to athleifce. The- bourse which Dr fi'tfiibh Is! formulating will prcs.iit dala t-jveal-J ing cross sections Of the player s i mind at various moments in t ii game, and will urge the PfactiCAl ap-j plication of psychology to the coaches i everyday problems. Such questional action, attention, iaatlnc, emotion,! memory and personality will b1 treat- ed and tho problems of fight, selection selec-tion morale and men: 1 Ueal'h up- 1 proached from a new : ng. L'nill he can make an exhaustive study of athletes under all conditions, i Dr. Orilfith refuses to call nis find-1 ing science, but to'tlate his prophecies have checked ao well wltd tho results! obtained on tho gridiron that Direc-' tor of Athletics Huff and his staff' have great hopes for the future of "The Psychology of Athletics," |