Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-07-04

TO court defeat Is to merit and to get
1t. The Arm determination and calm
confidence that the battle can't be lost
Espires the right and healthful way Of
undertaking the preparation or train
ing.
AT Yale It used to be the policy Of
coaches and captains to tell the men
continually that they were mo good"
and couldn't play little bit, until the
very eve of a contest, Then, closeted
in the council room, they were told that
they were all kings, that no men played
as they played, and that victory was
certain. But only remnant
remains now Of such fool
ish policy, the idea Of which
once got 1t into their heads that "all was
over but the shouting they would loaf
and not try to improve their play. The
sensible contention Is, however, that
given young fellow Of healthful mind
and a fair share of common sense, that
fellow will reason out the true import
ance Of his work and act accordingly
Hickok, the giant football guard and
champion intercollegiate shetland
hammer man, was all but ruined last
year by this inane policy. Indeed, he
was driven nearly crazy by the repeat
ed assaults upon his faults, which never
failed of being magnifed many times
their actual size But toward the last
OF the season there came to New Haven
n man of level head, and he that is the
old-time war horse Of the grldlron, Ray
Tompkins, quickly grasplng the situa-
ton, advanced the opinion that what
Hickok needed was slap on the back
and an encouraging word-not the lash.
And the slap and the good word Hickok
got from that day on, and his play Inn
proved greatly. After the humiliation
Of almost season OF woodworking
about, the change Of air, as 1t We're,
eased and refreshed the mind, and the
blonde giant cavorted like a two-year-
old.
But to return to the Harvard crew.
1t appears to be the wish of nearly two
colleglans out Of three that they lower
the colors of Yale this year. Repeated
victories Of any one man or team be-
come monotonous If nothing more, and
enthusiasm GIBBS very fast. Whereas
another Yale victory would hardly be
recognized beyond few cheers by Yale
undergraduates, a win for the crimson
would act as wildhre to take hold Of the
concourse of people and drive them
joy-mad. Then, the following, year,
thousands almost Of those who had
stayed away from want Of interest,
would return, feeling little certain
that they were to be repaid for their
time and outlay Of money by witness
Ing close anybodys race.
AT this time, while 1t is not safe to
say too much concerning chances" be-
cause crew Is so likely to make rapid
advance strides during the last few
days, showing in the interim work Of n
very mediocre nature, this much may be
written: Firstly, that the Yale crew will
be as fast, IL not faster, than last years
crew. Further, they are men who Will
row a desperate race to the end. But
good crew as 1t undoubtedly will be-on
account Of the heavyweights, Cross
Longacre, and others in the waist of the
boat--the men will be incapable of run
ming the stroke up high and keeping II
there to advantage. should Judge thai
they might sustain thirty-four and &c
their fastest-forced to run the stroke
up and the shell would lose rather thar
gain speed. Squirting with this Yalt
crew means simply more beef on tn
thirty-four stroke, while with lighter
crew 1t would mean running the strokt
up to forty and more. Now the crew
to win from Yale is the crew which can
by quick stroke, place their shell II
the lead right on the start, then jus
hold the advantage until near the finisl
when another squirt may be made.
The Harvard men are going to show
faster stroke than Yale without doub