Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-09-23
stage THEORIES.

A. AlonZo Stagg, Professor Of Ath-
letics in the Iew Chicago university,
gives some good points on the subject
OF amateur athletics in which he de-
clareS that he will stand up for pure
athletics. Contrary to the custom pre-
VailinS in many colleges he will not
hire men to come to the university
because they ale athletes nor will he
pay their expenses there because they
are athletes.
Professor Stagg says ''this custom
is unfair and not in accord with the
spirit of true amateur sport. All the
colleges realize it and sentiment is
against it, but the desire to excel is
so strong that the rule is constantly
violated. However, it will not be SO
i'll the case of Chicago university. We
Will c"ntlne our athletic teams to our
own students, and to the students, too.
who come to the university for the
purpose of bettering their education.
would Ike to see the same resolu-
ton adopted by other western colleges.
and | believe that in time it will be.
IL you only consider, there is not much
credit i'll a college victory if it is OBJ
tanned by the secret help of outsiders
OF the Chicago University football
he says Il do not expect to have \
very good football team in the uniycr-
sity this fall, for l do not know of q
single experienced player who is GO
ing to enter. In fact, I do not know
anything about the material we will
have. Besides, we will get a late
start and it will be impossible to get
into very good form this year. Never
theless, we will go to work earnestly
end hope to play Il few games this
season.
What may be accomplished by sys-
temauc training can be seen from the
following account of his recent team.
The dangers of the game are over
estimated. Nearly all the accidents
You read about happen early in the
season when the muscles are soft. The
body can be hardened so as to endure
great deal and if football candidates
are careful to train gradually they
are not likely to get hurt. AS an ny-
ample, during the last two years nv
I. NJ. 9. A. team in the east played
many games, meeting nearly all of
the big university elevens, vet in alI
that time only one man was disabled
They were light men, too, weighing
on IN average of thirty pounds less
IMAM Their opponents. 1t is the raw
player who gets hurt He does not
Know how to fall. An experienced
II
length, taking care that his limbs are
not crossed. A new man falls in a
cranped position and gets up covered
with sprains and bruises"
HOW TO WRITE ITO THE
EDITOR"
Occasionally people while reading
their newspapers in the street car. saws
the New York Tribune. come upon re-
marks which rouse their opposition.
Indignation or approval to such a de
gree that they feel impelled to
write to the editor and ex-
press their feelings at once
out comes the memorandum book and
on tO1n-Off leaf Il letter is scrubbed IN
the way which extreme haste and the
joilting of the car will permit. 1t is
mailed that day. and the writer is often
0stoniShed at not seeing it published
the next morning. Here follow a few
hints to correspondents, which, if OBJ
served, will go far to insure publica-
eiOn.
If your communication refers to
something already published don't
bother to mention that fact; just give
Unconditional news and let the editor
write an Introductory sentence or so
explaining what YOU are talking about
lie has the files handy, and likes to
search through them for day and date.
If you want to use word you don't
know how to spell the is no use in hunt
ing it UP in the dictionary; spell it in
Artemus Ward style and put quotation
marks on it. That will look as if you
were joking and editors love that kind
of a man.
AS for grammar, why worry about
that? Grammarians differ so among
themselves that the editor will prob
ably disagree with you anyway. So
let him attend to the grammar; he has
loads of time.
Make each sentence as long and as
much involved as possible Then, if
YOU decide at the latter end of one to
change the construction and end the
sentence somewhat differently from
your original intention, do so without
hpSlt9tl0n 20
ing the first part of the sentence con-
form with the last; the editor can easily
see that you are driving at and alter
it at his leisure, of which he has so
much more than you.
With regard to punctuation. do it
prOfuSely or not at ALL in the former
case the editor can anuse himself
scratching out the supert1uous marks,
and in the latter will find gymnastics
for his mind in determining where your
phrases connect. He needs something
like this to keep him from sleeping at
his desk.
Write on both sides of the paper.
so the foreman of the composing room
will be unable to cut into takes
which he foolishly thinks necessary for
rapid work
Don't write legibly, or the editor will
take you for mere beginner. man
of little Importance. Illegibility in their
handwriting is assiduously preserved
by some of our most distinguished men.
Ii you send typewriter matter, run
the lines so closely together that no