The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-20

ETHICS OF FOOTBALL.

ETHICS OF FOOTBALL.
As regular as thu recurrence OF the
seasons. come the contests for suprem-
acy on the gridiron. Without question
football has taken a ARM hold on the
advocates OF athletics, and Is destined
to maintain its leading position among
outdoor sports 50 long as 1t can be kept
securely within the domain Of the anna
seur athlete.
Therefore an inquiry at come length
into tbs cornmendatory and objection
able features of the game is not cut OF
place. Ever since the days Of Tom
Brown. indeed long previous to the time
Of that iusty embodiment " young man
hood, the demand for healthy outdoor
sport as an accessory 20 the develop
ment Of weii-po!sed mind has been
too strong TO be ignored. Wa have seen
the good old game OF hare and
hounds and have praised It's beneficial
effects. American baseball has risen to
the heights OF public favor, only 10 ba-
come tainted By professionalism and to
fall into the hands Of the hired Hessians
OF the diamond. And football. with all
its rough and tumble. its bruises and
broken limbs. has risen 10 the position
or prime Importance In the field OF sport.
There I. abundant reason for the pop
ularisy or the game. Rough "a II may
appear. q rowdy. equipped only with
main strength and nodicuin OF brain,
riority are acquired only after rigor-
Gus training. and these results are in
evitabiy dependent upon abstemious
habits Football! requires all the Gle
ments or generalshlp. atrong indlvidu-
ality, and yet the merging Of that In
divliuaiity into an Irresistible force that
Il best described hy the term team
work" 1t demands pluck in the super
lativs degree. yet every one who knows
the first thing about football knows
4that pluck opposed 10 equal pluck,
backed by superior skill. Ia doomed To
defeat. Success In football In like win
ming a victory with an army. The men
tn0st work together like c}ockwork.
their Interference mus. h, timely aud
effective. they must I've quick In start
ing. they must be exact In gauglug the
conditions confronting them, there must
he heavy play al center, or quick and
lively smashes through ends or tackles.
or brilliant double pass with a sprint
er. sare-footed and running like deer.
akigting the end and carrying The pig
skin ever onward ana ga toward the
gcal
While football develops ,nusclcs3 ats4
uphutlds sturdy mep. i,s schooling II
The mind cannot be overlooked The
man who '1oses his head" Il worthless
Absolute sclf-ccDsrol Is u qualltx In
seagahle froa success ou tho s.rltd
field. sn1 r., It Il tAnt football develops
the tS-t that there IL Ia "A uaan. whether
ghySlcai or mental
I, IS Objected q the game that Us
casualties ara cat og all proportion T.
its henents Very often a PLAYER Is
''put out'' rs setne tpiary resolved IN
aerimmaSe an1 onca IN = vh..e par.
tlcipant Is seriously even persnan nelly.
disabled Ragt after 81 she broken down
neniher ~ the team l. experiencing
osly the fortune e war
Judged b. rosal's. football Is eatstlei
To the high position accorded a. by th>
vigorous ans athletic manhood aai VS.
manhood ~ America WAIST IL ;lssrs
are few broken arfas ana sees. u fea.
eiaviclss fractured aad "a rsp,;s,a3e Il
bruises On account II aerse straSxles
az. the nela The gaaae Is she Nanas ~
iasty manhood. and oaly seetl usen eaa
play u.
What a contrast is afforded g.y ceas-
pairing the grisfsfen with the diamond
In football Ne f'na tbs tyre of she fat
nindea athlete. who plays aari sor ;bs
sake Of victory lie IS always backed
up by local synpashssers and n healthy
spsrfs tina, wenli seorn 60 win oa
"auke." Hut baseball has s2esuGelae !
Ga professionalism. and is iu the haas
of sufnaniy managers ant hirellass
I-aslsisnn Is form q Sport r,eE worthy