May 9, 1978 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 13105 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS WHO IS HEISMAN? of more than 16,000 Rotary Clubs in over Alaska National Interest Lands Conser­ 150 countries) will hold a big, civic Reisman vation Act. Da.y in Cleveland on Thursday, Ma.y 11, 1978. Our decision on this legislation will HON. MARY ROSE OAKAR The State of Ohio started Reisman on his have far-reaching significance for all OF OHIO 36 years of college coaching ( 1892-1927) at 8 different colleges-his first jobs being at Americans, for it is truly a test of our 1N THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Oberlin and Buchtel (now University of Ak­ commitment to intelligent oversight of Tuesday, May 9, 1978 ron). Then followed Auburn, Clemson, Geor­ our Nation's natural resources. I feel gia Tech, University of Pennsylvania, Wash­ that H.R. 39 is a balanced bill, which • Ms. OAKAR. Mr. Speaker, on May 11, ington and Jefferson and Rice. not only protects the natural beauty of 1978, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, will His most noted successes were achieved at Alaska's wilderness for future genera­ hold a day of celebration for a man Georgia. Tech where he was head coach for 16 tions but also provides for intelligent whose name has become synonymous yea.rs. His celebrated Golden Tornado teains use of its abundant resources. with collegiate football: John W. Heis­ of the South, in the second decade of the century, reached their peaks in 1915, 1916 Recently, I had occasion to read an man, father of the Heisman Trophy. article in Science magazine relating to John Heisman was born on the near West and 1917, when the teams won 25 games with­ out a loss. During that time, his teains rolled this legislation which I found useful, Side of Cleveland in 1869 and went on up the astounding total of 1,129 points-an and I want to take this opportunity to to become one of the greatest football average of 45 a game-while their opponents share this article with our colleagues. coaches the game has ever known. As a were scoring only a total of 61. The article follows: tribute to his unique and outstanding One of Heisman's Georgia. Tech tea.Ins set (From Science magazine, Apr. 7, 1978) achievements, I would like to submit into a record that probably will never be equalled the RECORD a biographical sketch of as a record high, when it swept over Cumber­ AN ALASKA LANDS BILL To PLEASE John Heisman, written by Earl R. la.nd-220 to O. ENVIRONMENTALISTS Hoover, senior vice president of the Worth noting is how Reisman became (By Luther J. Carter) Shaker Savings Association, Shaker "Father Of The Forward Pass". In the early The environmental legislation that holds days, the forward pass was illegal-verboten! top priority this year with the Carter Admin­ Heights, Ohio. In 1895, when Reisman was scouting a game istration, and with the national environ­ The biographical sketch follows: between Georgia. and North Carolina., he saw mental groups theinselves, is the Ala.ska. WHO Is REISMAN? something that gave him the idea that the lands blll. So far, prospects for passage of a (By Earl R. Hoover) forward pass should be made legal-and he strong measure that would give protected The elusive answer to that question still became the leading apostle espousing such a status to vast new areas a.re still looking up, baffles most Americans. change. A North Carolina punter-being a.s was demonstrated on 21 March when the Most perhaps have heard of The Reisman overrun by rushing Georgia ta.cklers­ House Committee on Interior and Insular Football Trophy-but that is about all. couldn't get off a. kick-and instinctively did Affairs reported legislation which the en­ Most, too, can't tell what the Trophy is­ something illegal-he threw a pass forward. vironmentalists' Ala.ska. Coalition regards as or who awards it-or to whom it is awarded­ A teammate caught it and ran 70 yards for a "good bill." or anything about Reisman the man-or his the only touchdown, winning the game. Enactment of legislation in 1978 to com­ first name--or where he was born--or his Georgia. screamed protest, but the referee plete the "four systeins"-tha.t is, the sys­ life work--or what he did that merits such said, "I didn't see it". tems of national parks, wildlife refuges, na­ a famous Trophy being named after him. In that illegal forward pass, Reisman saw tional forests, and wild and scenic rivers­ This lack or knowledge is strange because something that would save the game. He ad­ would represent a final major step toward the Trophy has been awarded annually for vised-let's make the forward pass legal­ dividing up Ala.ska.. The Statehood Act of more than 40 years by New York City's Down­ i t will open up the game-eliminate the ex­ 1959, which allowed the new state to select town Athletic Club-to the nation's out­ ceptional brutality that could destroy foot­ 103 milllon acres ( or a.bout a third of Alas­ standing football player-and has been high­ ball. ka) , and the Ala.ska Native Claiins Act of ly touted by the news media. Accordingly, when the Rules Committee 1971, which allowed the natives to select 44 Just within this decade, some Clevelanders was cha.ired by the immortal Walter Ca.mp, million acres, represented ea.rller steps have awakened to the fact that Reisman is Reisman hounded the Committee to make toward deciding what is to become of the a part of Cleveland's heritage. So far as is the forward pass legal-but he couldn't con­ United States' la.st great undeveloped fron­ known-no Ohio or Cleveland history book vince Ca.mp. Finally, Heisma.n went over tier region. (until 1977) ever noted that Reisman was Camp's hea.d-a.nd convinced other members There is little doubt that a. bill will be born in Cleveland-or what he did to war­ of the Rules Committee who ma.de the for­ passed, because final selection and pa.tenting rant his name being immortaliz-ed by such ward pass legal in 1906. of most of the state's and some of the na­ a. Trophy. That 1977 book is: "Cradle of Worth noting, too, is how Reisman in­ tives' land cannot proceed until Congress Greatness: National & World Achievements vented the center snap with which most plays acts to complete the four systeins. The real of Ohio's Western Reserve." a.re started. At the time in the 1890's, Reis­ question has been how Congress will deal This oversight is astounding when one man was coach a.t Buchtel. Then, the way the with potential resource conflicts, a.s in defin­ learns the facts that: center got the ball to the quarterback was to ing the boundaries and the degree of pro­ 1. The Probate Court records in Cleveland roll it on the ground. Unfortunately, Heisma.n tection for new park and refuge areas that show that John William Reisman was born had a Buchtel quarterback, Harry Clark, who may contain significant mineral deposits on October 3, 1869 at 183 Bridge Avenue was as tall as Abraham Lincoln-6 ft. 4 or oil and gas reserves (Science, 4 November inches-too tall to bend over for the ground­ (now No. 2825, due to number changing). 1977). It's the southeast corner of Bridge and West ers. By the time he did, he'd be smothered. 29th Street. Reisman overcame the handicap by telllng The Interior Committee bill, reported out 2. Reisman was one of the great college the center just to toss the ball between his on a 32 to 13 vote, would place another 95 football coaches of all time, and as such, is legs-and the center snap-now a pa.rt of mlllion acres in the four systems. Counting enshrined in the College Football Hall of every ga.me-wa.s born on Ohio soil.e the some 48 million acres already so clas­ Fa.me. sified, there would be a total of about 143 3. Along with such football giants as million acres in these systeins altogether. Of Walter Camp, Alonzo Stagg and "Pop" this total, a.bout 73 million acres would be designated a.s wilderness, from which a.11 de­ Warner-Reisman is one of the great in­ THE ALASKAN NATIONAL INTEREST novators of the game, a.nd velopment would be excluded except where 4. No football game is played-whether LANDS CONSERVATION ACT valid mining claiins or oil and gas develop­ college or professional-in any staduim or ment rights have been established already. bowl or anywhere-without the spectators HON. ANDY IRELAND A proposal by Representative Lloyd Meeds seeing some play or other things originated (D-Wash.) to cut the wilderness acreage by by Reisman. OF FLORIDA 40 million acres ha.d the support of mining In order to correct this neglect-and to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES industry and oil and gas lobbyists and failed by only four votes. awaken Cleveland a.nd the nation-to their Tuesday, May 9, 1978 rich heritage in Reisman the ma.n-the The environmental lobbyists did not pre­ Rotary Club of Cleveland (which is the •Mr.IRELAND. Mr. Speaker, the House vail on all of the issues put to a vote. For second largest Rotary Club in the World out will soon be considering H.R.