The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-17

doctor. want you to til tals yovng
man fun OF athletics and good health and
II there Is any rocm afterwards give him
some education"
This rcmark 1 have never forgotten and
when | met this same boy few weeks ago
although he WAS not a leader IN I Is class.
he was filling q good position and Was in
the pink Of health. Then recalled those
days and | remembered that We avsd On
our football team and our baseball team
and 1t was that training that nal la'G the
foundation for his excellent ply Siuue.
] saw in the New York World the ether
day an editorial In which tho writer said
that 1t had come to point where The col
lege that was most successful v: It's ath-
letics had the largest number Of stu
dents. This is untrue. The NJ ,ssachusetts
School Of Technology has the largest en-
rollmant, and yet Is not n leader of ath-
letics, and Cornell has as large an engoll
meny Of students as Yale. but her reputs-
ton as IN athletic university Is rot tho
Same by far.
This editorial goes On further to state
that there VIII be a day In the near future
when the colleges will not have any aih-
aetics and when the whole time IA be
devoted to study. Woe tho day! can not
but picture every student in our schools
and colleges as puny. senseless ccea.ures
such as Dickens pictured in bis charc cter
Of Snike.
But this Ia not true and history has
proven that It can not be true for God hss
intended that we should all enjoy good
health and the pure air that he mas given
Dc.
In closing. ! want to say one word to
these people who forever insist upon doing
their utmost to arouse prejudice apair 81
the game OF football.
II you have friend who attends these
60 called brute shows try and get up
enough courage to go with him to see the
next one. Ask him to explain every detail
to you, every play every move mont ~ the
men. and after 1t is over with, ;,urchase a
volume OF Camps history OF ,he game,
Study this carefully and after YOU have
done so attend another game When YOU
DO this, you will begin to realize begin Ia
know. like other enthusiasts, the science
the strategy, the beauty In what 10 YOU
at first was simply writhing mass Of hu.
manity.
troops more beautifully than does a can,
tain Of o well trained football team
One must always bear In mind that foot
ball players do not become professionals
professionalism Is prohibited aad q ma,
who plays for money might as well forge
he ever knew the game so greet IL n
feeling against this.
On the 9th Of this month the first mate,
game was played in South TeMas at Austl,
between the st. Edwards team and IN,
University of Texas scrub so called
ueither side scoring.
The fact that St. Edwards In past year
has been caassed among the light welght
makes this game one OF note and prove,
THAT in these days Of clever coaches an,
scientific plays It Is not always the heav
scst team that wins St. Edwards. though
promised much for this season and w
have not been disappointed. for the show
ing made against the varsity last Saturda
fIlflls al our hopes.
The ST. Edwards team averaged 10
pounds and the university $50. and as one
hall ths regular players played on tn
scrub" the St. Edwards met team vir
tstally ~ same = that which lines vi
Gln0t pa1laD ~ 2ad. al
playtng thropshout the game W.