Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-06
CARNEGIE ON SPORTS
Presents His Lake to Princeton
and Denounces Game.
PLEADS FOR CLEAN SPORT
Declares That Games Should Be Free
From Personal Antagonism.
BECOMES SON OF OLD NASSAU
Has Hopes That the Body Of Water
Will Bring Aquatic Victory to
the Students
PLEADS FOR CLEAN SPORT
BECOMES SON OF OLD NASSAU

| PRINCETON, December 6.-Although he
| declared himself against foot ball, the most
popular sport in Princeton, Andrew Car
| negie won an enviable place in the hearts
of the men of the university yesterday when
! he formally presented Carnegie lake to the
institution. Heretofore there had been no
| place where the students could skate in the
winter nor any favorable spot for rowing
practice, and Princetons vacant place in
| the Intercollegiate Rowing Association has
/ long been felt by the Orange and Black
athletes. The entire faculty in academic
procession escorted Mr.. Carnegie to Alex
ander Hall, where the students gathered to
hear the speeches attending the presenta-
ton of the lake.
Prof. Wilson introduced Mr. Carnegie,
who told how he had built the lake and
prided himself that it was the largest of
his achievements in the lake building bust
ness
Il hope your graduate committees most
sanguine expectations will be realized" he
said, land that Princeton will win her
laurelS in future and enter the university
contests upon the loch. not with unvarying
success, however, for true sport has always
at heart the friendly champions of the
other side and feels that turn about is the
best play.
Sport should be educatve. 1 fear the
intense go of the young and middle aged
and even old American developed in our
stimulating air render this lesson difficult
in at least one Of it's forms. What's the
use of playing except We win is apt to be
the spirit in which we struggle. Now the
advantages of playing regardless of
who wins or loses. Proper athletic eXer-
else is like virtue, its own reward, and
both winners and losers must be equally
benefited
Antagonist Not Sport.
Here seems to me the true spirit of
genuine sport The more and the oftener
we play with each other the closer and
| warmer the ties of friendship become. Ac-
quaintance ripens into friendship. Should
any college games be played in the land,
or races rowed on the lake at Princeton
with the result that a spirit Of jealous
rivalry and personal antagonism spring
therefrom, rest assured that game or race
cannot be good either for the participants
or for the university.
Athletics should be shared by all. Sport
restricted to the few can be Of only small
service to any institution. 1t should be
general and participated in from love of It,
When the sole object is vanquishing your
friends, it ceases to be genuine sport and
becomes a struggle. One sure test can be
applied. True sport after every game
leaves the contestants closer friends than
before. New friendships are formed and
old friendships strengthened When any
| form of sport results in bitterness, that
|
| lifelong friendships.
I'VE have the best authority for pro-
nouncing aquatic exercises clean sport. No
one has word of censure and every one
a word of commentator for them.
Therefore those who distinguish them
selves on the lake and thus bring repute
| to Princeton in friendly contests, free from
suspicion of brutal practices or of under
hand unfairness-which is worse-wll have
done their alma mater a distinct service.
They will start with good name and
many well wishes.
Should there be any form Of so-called
| sport that brings our universities into dis
repute-1 may say here that l have never
| seen any, but have read of some and heard
| it commented upon In all other lands that
there Is a game called foot ball, often
played sometimes In our land In a manner
very far from rejecting credit upon it or
upon its devotees as gentlemanly players
and true lovers of sport-should sporting
| people of this class ever happen to visit
Princeton, I hope the example Of the
aquatic branch of sport will sink deep into
their hearts and affect needed amendment.
I'VE hear a great deal about one trust
| or another these days of combinations, but
from what ! hear about foot ball it seems
to me that the commercial element some
time dominates the game, truly a state Of
affairs incompatible with true sport, and
discreditable to all parties except the pro-
fessional Goa cheS with whom it is not sport,
but trade.
Notes Great Improvement.
yesterday 1 rejoiced to learn from a
friend that great improvement has recently
taken place, as the Army and Navy game
the other day proved. I pronounced 1t the
cleanest game ever played. Let us con-
graduate the foot ball club of Princeton
upon this and express the hope that it
will soon be noted as foremost in reform
Perhaps some day Mrs Carnegie and
may even live to see our first game played
So far the pictures we have seen Of edu-
Gated young gentlemen enmasses groveling
in the dirt like-like-here a word fails me-