Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-18
Football, Under Fire for Eight
Years, Finally Proves Itself
Real Leader of College Sports


10 is no longer so eXhaustinR to par
Elephants that they can not study
after practice. and because the
whole uproar has resulted in a bet
ter unders landing between profess
sors and students, with more Co
operation. a wider viewpoint for
both. and a more sane and health
ful life and living for both,
And, finally, the players like 1t
because there is more science and
skill in the game than ever; be-
cause the little man has better
relative chance than formerly, and
because the work is not so grind
ingiy uncomfortable as 1t used to be.
Evidences of the Reaction.
But what I really started out to
do was to call attention to the clear
and undeniable evidences that foot
ball had come back" So, without
more ado, let me recall to your
minds that eight years ago every
last college and athletic club on the
Pacific slope followed the lead of
Leland Stanford and the University
OF Cal 'ornia, and abolished Ameri-
can Rugby altogether. substituting
therefor the English soccer. And
thus has il been out there for the
past eight years But Just the
other day we read that all the col
leges but the two named have de-
cided TO give up soccer and go back
to American Rugby again. For this
purpose they have formed an inter-
collegiate league. which includes all
the prominent colleges of the coast
except California and Stanford. But
these two can not by themselves
keep soccer alive out there. and it
is easy to guess what they will be
holding mass meetings for i'm the
course of couple Of years, at most.
Everybody's Dolns Il.
We also read the other day that
the Canadian colleges had decided
to organize an intercollegiate
league modelled after the leagues
OF the States and that their main
object was to introduce our col
lege football into their own halls.
in arriving at this determination.
they we're greatly aided by what
they saw of the game as played by
the Carlisle Indian team on the oc-
casion Of their visit this fall to To
ronto. where they played the uni
verSity OF that city match game
one half under the Canadian rugby
rules and the other half under our
rules. The contrast and points of
superiority in our game amazed the
Canadians
Then again. Union college. which
cut out the old game entirely eight
wears ago, has recently come back
into the fold and is again playing
American football Columbia is
again battling with the question
with brlsht prospects or having IL
restored.
And Down in Cuba they have had
a { least two good teams for the
past three years-the University OF
Havana and the Havana Athletic
club teams. These teams defeat
ed Tulane the first year they we're
organized. Last year they were
barely defeated by Mississippi. and
this year, / understand. the Uni
versity of Alabama is going down
the country is nearly double that
to Havana during the holidays to
try conclusions with them.
Also it is fact that the num-
Der of organized football teams in
the country is nearly double what
IL was eight years ago; and along
with this comes the statement that
the output and sale OF football
goods and paraphernaua by sport
ing goods manufacturers is quite
double what il was in 1905.