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Intercollegiate football is in iminent danger of being dropped from the athletic programs of the better colleges, in the opinion of Walter R. Okeson, chairman of the Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee and a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
...sorts of criticism has been levied against the officials and every conceivable remedy has been offered for consideration. Walter Okeson, the "Big Boss" of football came to the defense of both men and was particularly lenient with Dr. O'Brien. The rules on blocked kicks are not clear in the records, says the head man, and thus O'Brien may be excused a lapse of memory. We'd like to add our little bit of comment to the flood that has already appeared even thought it is a bit late. The trouble seems to lie in the rules committee...
Carrying out the idea expressed in Bingham's speech of acceptance the meeting granted an increase of powers to W. R. Okeson of Lehigh its "commissioner of officials," which permits him to make irrevocable appointments from the list of approved officials. Formerly these appointments were subject to the approval of the colleges involved...
...list of officials selected by Walter R. Okeson of Lehigh, Commissioner of football officials, for the Harvard football games next fall was announced yesterday by William J. Bingham. The officials are as follows...
...game, in which "Florida" again triumphed, this time by a score of 2 to 0, was explained throughout by W. R. Okeson, commissioner of Eastern football. He distributed among the coaches sheets describing all the new rule changes and then explained every rule as an illustration occurred on the field. A new system of signals for the officials was also tried out. Under this arrangement, when a penalty occurs in a game, the referee or the umpire will immediately flash a signal which will let the men in the press box know just what penalty was exacted...