Show L WITH wit ITH footballs story told it might be just as s well for or all colleges to move over just a trifle more to tb the sporting side ohio states charges against carl snavely were ridiculous for two reasons 1 it was francis schmidt the ohio coach who broe braxe two rules in the pardue game tha that at were largely responsible tor for 10 of ohio states 17 11 11 V points his double II 11 illegal substitution of tackle mang maag had a V vital effect on the game a e 2 if st john and schmidt were so certain that snavely was directing most grantland ati of the signals als their ear first move should have been to notify the officials at once or at least between halves it Is to pursues Pur Par dues credit pursue purdue which had bad a legitimate squawk that george ades alma mater made to DO official protest of any sort ohio state could have made a neat sporting gesture by refusing to accept credit tor for a double illegal victory out ol of print not all the squawks reach the headlines I 1 have heard from many sources 0 ur ces that certain winning plays uch such as passing the ball forward on laterals literals late rals have been on the alleg illegal side this wits was the charge made against both michigan and columbia in the penn and georgia games A georgia gia photographer dug up the he first protest but the angle a camera takes can make a difference of 10 or 12 feet so that ones out the officials after all are in charge of the game and doing the best they can football is a completely impossible game to judge or handle perfectly looking down on the field with no obstruction ive seen many penalties that should hive have been bee called but were overlooked in the action of 22 men who often shut oft off an officials vision but no good comes from any post game squawk especially on the part of the loser in regard to illegal forward passing most laterals literals late rals are hairline decisions cis ci it Is impossible to pass a ball backward to a runner in front of you so more than a few of the laterals literals late rals are technically illegal but they are matters of double split seconds difficult to 0 o follow another angle it has gotten so today that most co colleges illges with winning football teams are immediately thrown under suspicion not long ago I 1 ran across two well known yale and harvard men they told me the squawks emanating from their campus reservations was largely due to the fact that cornell and pennsylvania were digging up soft courses tor for certain stars star a who last two weeks in in har yard vard yale columbia etc the ivy league one of them said was supposed to belong to a group playing under exactly the same conditions especially those conditions regarding and a d scholastic requirements today harvard yale dartmouth army navy princeton columbia and brown be far apart you know what happened when cornell met army and penn met yale and princeton all ali they scored was points in the three game gadea I 1 mean penn and cornell too much aluch guesswork in the first place yale and harvard rd and the others who believe they have a squawk coming should first be sure of their facts As it is now n ow they are merely guessing for example there Is the course in physical education bo be mcmillin tells me that at indiana this Is one of the harder courses involving a good part of the training n needed ceded to finish in a medical school these are things that for the good of football can be ironed out back of the curtain tn in place of vague charges that carry no proof of any sort A cornell or a pennsylvania degree still ranks with any that I 1 know about the id iden a today in too many seems to be that all winning teams must be made the targets tor for the beaten C ollege college football in iiii many places could use more of the sporting side there is no law forcing any institution to schedule football games with any suspicious rivals the main purpose of tooth football all was supposed to be recreation and sport for sports sake it was never intended its as a part of neros schedule lo in the old roman coliseum it is a great garne game one 0 of I 1 the greatest but it is also a game that is gradually ra dually develop developing ing entirely too many term itle habitats in its own cyst system em I 1 still say it would be a far better game if every student in every college and university were treated exactly the same as every other student in regard to scholarships ar ships jobs and financial handouts then wed have a true test of college football ranking I 1 believe that this would prove itself a real boon to the game fame I 1 |