Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-12-20
CAUSED BY OLYMPIAN GAMES.
Their Study Has Brought About Revival Ancient "e"ous u
Adornment- Rules Governing Students in chicago
Players Must Abstain from Tea, Coffee and SlImuanIs'

who have come through the danger un-
harmed, or harmed for that Mater,
Othello told the story Of his expo,ts
to the innocent and guileless pesoe'
monia, who gave for the brawny moor
world Of signs.
and she babe me that II had friend
that loved her
would teach him how to tell my story
and that would WOO her.
She loved me for the dangers l haa
passed
And / loved her that she did pity
them"
MANHOOD ADMIRED.
II Is not the game but the manhood
that Is admired. The stars are sen ut1, n
ly men who are admired NO. Vi
college, but In intellectual ana relsivus
o,.aiee ontside. where they are not
known In athletics, no man eou,o ~
acquainted with Mr.. stagg withous H.
lieying him to be q man OF in,esisy
ana honor, clean In his haDits, lihp,e aed
ing everyone who knows nm as sVOe
man, He Is young Dut ~ hho"n -,
"the old man. He first grauua,eu q,
the Orange high school IN New oers.s
and prepared for college az fhllllps ~
eter academy, where he was eep.an, =,
the bali team. He entered ia'e us
freshman and played third pase o. sne
university nine. He began TO pltcn sol
Vale In his sophomore year, anu ~.
five successive years twirled the teain
TO a championship. lie also won ,a,ne
upon the grldiron, where he playeu WV
wears. His remarkable success as
pitcher brought him an oifer Oh a 20,
600 salary from the Boston proiess'o'ia ,
team, which he refused. The p.u lose
10 $1,000 but Mr., Stagg was irn' ~
his determination to keep out OF .is
nrofessional ranks. He received about
All tho honors that o Yale undergrauu-
ate can take, being elected 10 Isl w
silon. n Junior fraternity OF iaie, anu
making skull and bones IN MS sehio'
year. ,. ao,,.oo In
1ssS he spent one year IN graduate
work. and a year III the Theologlcai
seminary, During the last ~ years
and from the beginning or the unlNer-
sItv Of Chicago, he has been here. REQ
nle give him the credit of having reVo-
iutlonized athletics In this part OF thv
country When he came here the stan
dard was low. II anything good was
done in contests II was paid for. max
inc Il professional The "old man
has done more than anyone else 70 up
root this practice, and preserve cohese
athletics for college men. He has fought
from the beginning for purity IN atm
letics think there Is no better man
In he University of Chicago than tne
coach. ,,..a ,ooa
contest between our institutions, Gem
araIly however, ] was tired out walt
ING two hours after time to begin. De-
fore the first event took place. mere
the contests begin on time. But TINS
was moi the worst difficulty. Sore OK
the students II they were not dropped
IRON, their. schools before the year was
over. were "plucked" in the final exam
nation. Some did excellent work III
both departments, and were admired by
teachers and students alike.
7 think that our cOachers ought 10
see to II % that good, clean mon ohiy
no allowed on the teams, W that al
contests begin on time and that eitnel
side responsible for a delay should lose
The event by default, t3 that when
defeat occurs there should not be TOO
much time spent to show that the UNI
nlre was a wicked man. Some one
must be defeated and we should learn
10 take our medicine" without com
plant. One should spend his energy Ia
The contest and not In trying to tell
"how II happened
PURITY OF ATHLETICS URGED.
Coaches OF our Church schools pah-
ticllarly ought to work for purity Oh
athletics. Our parents have taught us
the way of life by giving US the prln.
clples of the Word OF Wisdom Is that
TOO religious? Well, then. hear what
the worlds champion pugilist says. A
Young man asked him what he shsuio
do 10 become a good boxer. The cham'
pion said 20 you use tobacco! Aes,
''Then don't talk to me OF being Pugn-
ist.r The Wisconsin coach would not
even allow his men to go into room
where their had been smoking a short
time before. Most schools here recog'
nize the new spirit Of athletics. They
want good coaches. More than 1000 al
plications have come for good coaches
recently. Such men are at pre-
MUM. But coaches who have worked
hard enough TO secure at least a bach
elor's degree are the ones wanted. ana
not man who has failed In his studles.
JOHN NJ. MILLS.