gSi JlbnFORD fAILTRTBUyE. SfEDFORD. OREGON, jTRHXAY, DECEIBER 30, 1932. PAGE FIVE
rid TolStill for Saf ety Rules to Continue
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f BE CHECKED
NEW RULINGS
jncerting Number of
!rious and Fatal Injuries
1932 Says Annual Re
rt to Rule Makers
fluted Press Sports Editor.)
YORK. Dec. ox.
, .. with a "tlisconooruns
lte . Inlnrlns
0( wriOUS una j
for the secona ssi-hik" y.
u for a solution qi me
U of 8PPlyln Kreater saf
, for tne ooys w
iccordln? to the annual report
Mrtnni rules committee.
Edited today to the oonventlon
National uoucgmi
iltlOn oy n"
William S. Landlord, the report
for suspension oi
the rul maKero oi me b
with coaches, omciaia anu
college leaders In their con
torts to locato the remedies
Kir-found hazards and make the
j safe a is humaniy possim.
Too Many Posses,
report also decried the oon
m discriminate use of the for-
niu to ft oolnt where now rules
h needed to chock It, dwelt on
UompHshments made under the
changes of 1932. poiniea out inn
learned irom economic uc
and paid glowing tribute to
Ulevements of Edward K. Hall,
time chairman, wnose aeatn cms
uta described as an "Irreparable
m football."
ttough noting the Impossibility,
rams involving bo much phys-
(ontact, or eliminating accidents
Juries entirely, ov by tht moci
of the rules aione, ine repuru
tit number of serious and fatal
". which have been reported by
jreis as occurring during the se&
at 1832 Is disconcerting at the
Unt, as it was confidently expect
Hhat the changes in rules which
effected last February would
k about a much lower average.
ilthough there naa been a ma
ll decrease from- last season, the
tslty list as reported must be
Md as a problem qi -serious
iort.
Few College Fatalities.
mm the preliminary information
hud it appears that by far the
Rtt prcentage of these accidents
U7M in high school and sandlot
-ln direct ratio to the lack cf
vrfsion exercised and that but
it cases resulting fatally occurred
alleges holding membership in
usoclatlon.
h the meantime, it is only fair
Judgment should be withheld
after mature and deliberate
federation of the facts, proper so
ns may be reached."
The report by Langford was Dre
pared in advance of publication this
week of the detailed analysis of 1033
football accidents, showing at least
32 deaths attributable dlrectlv to
football on the sandlots, in the hurh
schools and colleges. This compared
with over 40 deaths in 1031.
The report charges, nevertheless,
that an analysis of the 1831 acci
dents, made last winter, "showed that
the so-called fatality list charged to
football was more than 50 per cent
misleading and Inaccurate and that
there were but 31 deaths which could
be at all properly chargeable to the
game, with three of these doubtful."
Mortality Hate Low.
Continuing, the report says: "It
has . been estimated that at least
750,000 played In the game In 1931.
and if this be accurate It means
that the mortality rate was less than
three one-nunaredths of one per
cent. While the death of even a
single player la most regrettable, It Is
felt that the arraignment of football
on this score has been too severely
drawn in some quarters."
The report's only specific hint on
further rules revision is based on "a
growing tendency toward the further
employment of the forward pass, the
desirability of which Is open to question."
"Suggestions made and at times
urged upon the committee to
strict the use of the forward pus
have been postponed in the hope
that this would adjust itself," the
report continues, "but unless some
other way is found to curb the in'
discriminate throwing of the ball, it
Is probable that some future com
mittee will have to find a solution
In order to restore the balance of
offensive strategy."
Tickets Cheaper.
Discussing the season's effects gen
erally, the report says:
"Lowered incomes have forced I
healthy reduction In the price of ad'
mission tickets, which the imposition
of taxes by the government has par
tially offset. Expense budgets have
had to be pared by the elimination
of unnecessary and luxurious prac
tices, some of which had had a de
moralizing effect upon the players
and followers of the game. It Is to
be hoped that football will have
learned Its lesson from the rise and
fall which has occurred and that it
will not only place but keep man
agement upon a sound economic basts
hereafter and avoid inflations which
have taken place in the past decade."
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KLEIN HARDEST SLUGGER
BIG LEAGUE DATA SHOWS
By HUGH 8. FULLER TON, Jr.
Associated Press Snorts Writer.
NEW YORK. Dec. 30. (AP) Chuck Klein hit the ball the hardest; Hack
Wilson missed them the oftenest and Lloyd Waner and Randy Moore the
least often. Bill Terry drove in more than 100 runs for the sixth consecutive
season and Mcl Ott drew 100 walks. The Phillies were the best slugging club.
The Cubs did most of their winning at home, while the Pirates led the way
on tne roaa.
ROGTJE RIVER, Dec. S0 (Spl.)
The high school basket ball team and
Coach Pesula returned Friday even
ing, December 23, from a trip north
where they played St. Mary's academy
at Eugene, Oregon City high scnooi,
Benson Polytechnic high school, Port
land, and Drain high school. Although
not very successful at winning they
report a wonderful time. Those mak
ing the trip were Gordon Hatch, Wil
bur Milton, Walter Reynolds, Jim
Ray, Al Smith, Orpheus Swtteer, Arty
Laws, manager, and Coach Pesula.
These are the high spots of the
group of miscellaneous official rec
ords which the National league made
public today to clean up the winter
statistical season for major league
baseball.
The young Phltadelphian. Klein,
third in the batting averages, led In
slugging by a wide margin. Going to
bat 650 times, he hit for 420 bases to
compile a slugging percentage of .646.
Ott of New York, with 340 total bases,
was second with a -601 mark, and an
other Giant, Terry, with 373, third at
.680.
Although Don Hurst of the Phillies
led in runs batted In with 143, six
ahead of Klein, Terry's 117 gave him
the only record on the list. It was
his sixth straight year above the 100
level, equalling the mark set by Jim
Bottomley of St. Louis.
Wilson, who did some heavy hitting
for Brooklyn, found himself in a fa
miliar position at the top of the
strikeout list with 85 whiffs. L. Wa
ner of Pittsburg and Moore of- Bos'
ton fanned only 11 times each. George
Watklns of St. Louis was hit by
pitchers eight times.
As a club, the Phillies hit for 2438
bases and a slugging percentage of
.442. They batteuTn 780 runs and
drew 446 walks. Brooklyn recorded
the high mark of 574 strikeouts and
Pittsburg the low of 385.
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rule was made, that there was no do It without taking so much sway touchdown, Because there can be no
need for the present dead-ball rule, from offensive football. object to his crawling aftor he Is
I still think that a rule saying 'no "If the present rule la left In I over the goal line and no object In
defensive player shall let his knee think It cou'.S b changed so that a a defensive player falling on him. A
or knws come in contact with the ball carrtw who hit the ground be- rule against kneeing, not leaving It
ball carrier,' with a 16-yard penalty, fore reaching the goal line and slid up to the officials whether it was
would absolutely stop kneeing and over the line should be given the Intentional or not, would be better."
Old Master Gives Pet Pro
posal in Letter to Dobie
Public Likes Kree Scor
ing Game, He Asserts
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SA.ORA.M ENNTO, Oal., Dec. 30. )
En route home, Oregon's hoopsters
stopped off here last night to trounce
Sacramento Junior college, 31 to 18,
here last night.
The perfect defensive work of the
Oregon guards completely bottled
up the Jaysees' fast forwards, who
failed to threaten at any time.
Cap Roberts scored 12 points to
lead the parade.
By A I. AN GOULD
Associated Press Sports Editor
NEW YORK, Dee. 30. ( AP) Glen
Scobey (Pop) Warner was not able to
complete his migration back to the
east in time to augment the football '
coaches' discussion of the new rules '
but from Palo Alto the voice of the
old master could be heard today in f
advocation of one of his pet propos- j
Bis a change in the gridiron scoring '
system to give one point for each 1
down, in addition to the present
method of scoring. He also urges a
change In the new "dead ball" rule.
Warners views were contained li;
a letter to Oilmour Dobie of Cornell,
who presented the coaches report
on rules at the convention "st clos
ed, and urged more simplification
and more safeguards In the rules,
rather than any other changes In
the code which he found satisfactory ;
for 1032.
Like Free Scoring
"The public likes a free scoring
game, wrote Warner, who soon will
transfer his work bench from Stan
ford to Temple. "Baseball men rec
ognized this when they began to
use a livelier ball. The change (1
suggest for football) would make tie
games less common and would make
the best team more likely to win.
It would provide many more thrills
look at the cheers that go up now
when the stakes are moved forward.
"The whole idea of the game
would be to advance the hall and by
scoring & pont for each down it
would make it advisable to take
more chances on third and fourth
downs, instead of always punting. 1
have advocated bhla change before
and some have said. 'Oh, yes, Warner
wants to score first downs because
he gains all his ground in the middle
of the field but I have no selfish
motive in advocating this change. 1
firmly believe It would help the
game and we all know the game
needs ne;p t:i;r.t io..
"It would be advisable to accept
first downs resulting from a penauy
of more than five yards and not
count a first down made Inside the
opponents' five-yard line, if a touch
down was scored on the next series
of downs. This would prevent pur
posely downing the ball, say six
lnohes from the goal line on a long
run.
Dead Ball Rule Useless
'I also believe, as I did before the
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