New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-09

may learn with advantage TO themselves ana "
their favorl,e outdoor exercise.
After the great commoton which has followed the
present football season it is interesting 70 ho's
what Mr.. Whitney says in one pace:
There is a tlme-honored that tells us Eng
lishman take their pleasures sadly. but my STUDIES
~ the English universities have inclined me 10
the opinion that as touching comparative uni
ycrsty athletics We Americans take ourselves ana
our sport too seriously. One does not find at OK
ford nor at Cambridge that all-aDsorbing interest
which makes the outcome Of the football match
uppermost in every athetically inclined American
graduates thoughts Though you VIII see the Eng
sh student body game, rarely Is II repre-
scented at practice. except in straggins numbers Ok
its enthusiasts.
II YOU talk with the average man at oxford or
Cambrdge on the teamwork and its prospects, ne
will evince interest to be sure but 1t Is lukewarm
compared with the spirit with which a Harvard
Yale Princeton undergraduate VIII discuss MS
eleven and grow eloquent the brilliant rushes
OF the hafback or sOrrowfuy deprecate the slow
ness with which An end rusher gets down the field
under "A kick. Tradition and years OF experience
and too. possibly the less nervous. active
disposition OF the native EngIshman, have
persuaded him that, after all the WIN
ming or losing of football match VIII neither
lengthen nor shorten his earthly career. He Is
human enough to wish to win. TO use his best en-
deavor to that end, and TO rejoice in his victory
but he is not going to lose any sleep over it. Too
much store is not set on the mere winning; the
and to do i the best OF your ability" .s,r
acterstics of the peoples
Il am sure" says the author. no situation in
which / found myself on the entire trip seemed
men. all apparently keen on the match and YET
he e SHT oi amen on h e this
lack of enthusiasm throughout all English uni,
cheer given except at the boatrace, when each
crew pulled away from It's landins-stage for the
Mr. Whitney is inclined 10 think better Of Ameri-
can footbsh players than their British cousins
Their ackng does NOT compare with ours, In
the rs paee is hs a b kaae Yon % %sa if
he gets him about the upper part OF hs BODY ana
their man down when they tackle him One play
er riding anothers back in an unskilfui effort to
my Spi ia They appear to Know nothing
whatever OF the science OF tackling. as We nave
"Perhaps what impressed me most in the oxford
and vSrsty me c no fhre was
great deal of fumhng. and could easily nave
aYe pu to- have or on seond team Then
the do not go into the play lust az our n1l,
have h9 been stopped by determined tackle. They
do rot seem 70 have the resolution OF our loor
not to be OF much moment. whish. OF course, 70
explained somewhat by the difference OF our
There is consolation for those who are alarmed
p the loud OutcrleS against tIe III
Try al present In Mr.. Wh,reys explanation or
the former opposition to football n England: "
was he SAYS on account Of its roughness, ifowrea
on by the nobility and discouraged. ana even Ior'
hidden by the ruling sovereigns. hltteriy op'
ceniing the trOne. issued proclamatlons agans,
football while the merchants In the cities appesiea
~ the local authorities against the play or the very
bows in the streets Probably no other game ever
struggled through and prospered under sueh o'''er
opposition. -, 49,. nc, -
the American game may be saved. MT,
Mr. Whitney's chapters golf are also likely
to attract attention, for there are many innrapRons
that this country Is the point or suocumnlne
10 the epidemic which has been ravaging the brit-
ish Islands His explanation OF the undouptei Ias-
II rests he declares in the fact that II beats me
PLAYER who. in his perversity. strives the nar'e'
10 secure the unattainable .<,, ,,,...x.,.a
"A Sporting Pilgrimage - peau'i"hs ""S"