Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-29

piciOus start for amateur athletics
says the Examiner. Not only Is the
In sports OF various kinds
on the Increase, as, for
example. in the game OF basketball,
which is coming from being neg
ligible quantity to occupy quite an
important place In the sport calen-
dar, but the spirit of sport for sports
sake, which is the real amateur spi-
rit. shows constant signs OF greater
prevalence.
THE Examiner" printed "a few
days ago letter from 9O-pound
football team-this means young
sters about 12 years old-in which.
after describing an exciting game
which they played-and lost the
writer says that the young somebod-
les or other take OF their hats to the
victors. When l2.year-olds, who
are apt to put more intensity Of feel
ing into their games than their eld-
ers. have this spirit. II is a promis-
ing sign and means much. not only
for the future Of athletics, but for
the future citizenship Of San Frsar
cisco.
Good SPIRIT Here.
1t is this spirit which is growing
In athletics, from the youngest TO
the Oldest competitors. aud from
what one may hear, there is as much
or more OF 1t In and about San Fran
cisco than anywhere else in the
country. There is less Of the any
thing to win" spirit.
Those who saw the Yale-Harvard
football game this year say that the
opening play was one OF the most IA
grant pieces of dirty work that one
could well imagine. Harvard was to
kick ON. The men lined up for the
fray. Instead Of the man who placed
the ball. and whom every one ex-
pected to boot 1t In making the kick.
on. another player suddenly rushed
forward und RfcKedit. but instead OF
giving 1t good boot, dropped It right
into the hands Of Lilley, the Yale
tackle. who was playing well for
ward. Hardly had he caught the ball
when Ave or six Harvard men jump
ed on him, down he went. and he
never got up. He was carried of the
field. He was one of the best play
ers on the Yale team and his elimin-
alton meant bad hole "
alton meant a bad hole In the Yale
line. It was well planned.
Dirty Work Not Tolerated.
With the present state Of relations
between the colleges, one could hard
ly conceive OF such a thing being
done. or even thought Of, In a Stan
ford-California game. That a team
should deliberately plan beforehand
to put out one OF the opposing play
ers, and this Is evidently what was
done, would hardly enter the mind OF
most local athletes or coaches. and II
II did. would never be stood for by
the college public.
The prevalence OF this spirit OF
sport for sports sake ~ constantly
expressing itself In the adoption OF
more stringent rules In the schools
and colleges in regard to competition
These rules have for their object the
making of athletics secondary tt
studies. and the doing away with the
student who goes to school princi'
pally to contest In various sports anc
TO get as little Of an education as hi
can by the way.
The colleges, under the collegiate
agreement, have long had such rules
and they have been pretty well LIVED
up to on both sides. In the higl
schools to this principle. and young
sters have felt It hard that theil
school should be deprived OF the So
vices of star merely because he wa,
not up to a certain standard In hi
studies. There have always beef
some malcontents on this score, AM
there have been many rumors tina
fthe Academic Athletic League. which
has constantly stood for this princi
pie would "bust up"
Pulls Out Of Troubles.
These rumOrs were especially pre-
valent about year ago. when Ber
kelley High School withdrew from tn
league, and when that organization
was In the throes of the revision O
Its constitution. by which the leagu
was divided into self-governing sub
leagues. American and Rugby foot
ballers were at war, and things look
ed blue. The league was fortunat
during its hour of trial to have
man at the helm who stood firmly 10
the highest ideals In sport. and VIII
had full confidence that all woul
be well In the end, and who did nc
allow the troubles OF the moment I
worry him or lead the league Int
any compromise from Its standards
A. j. Cloud, who has been the pre-
sident during the past two year,
has done work for which he ha
not been given enough credit. II
has labored quietly but surely. an
has associated with him in the boar
OF managers group OF young me