Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-28
Ry BOB EpcREN.

NEW YORK .-Ketcham, the great
Yale center, unanimously named this
season as center Of the honorary IAN
American team, says thar courage is
necessary in all branches OF sport. In
addressing boys conference Ketch-
am told the youngsters taas some
times those who have the physical
analificatt6R avoid football and other
athletic c6l,hpe tition because they fBei
hat they lack the necessary amonnt
of nerve C0nfag sc is The most neces.
sary OF all qualities. Frequently al
abundance Of courage alone Will over
come physical handicapss
Keteham is fright. A man without
nerve, courage, determination. can
exercise IN q gymnasium and enjoy the
benefits of training. but the JOY. of
compel ftion can never belong 10 him.
I've competed for MANY years in a
number of branches of amateur sport
in different parts of the world Dur
ing that time I've seen many athletes
lacking in this essential quality OF
courage. Some Of them, because OF I'M
usual physical qualities, have done
fairly we'll But no man without nerve
ever became a champion or gained
success in a great competition against
men of equal or nearly equal ability.
Courage is the greatest thing that
an athlete can possess For that mat
ter. it's the greatest thing that any
man can possess. whether in or out OF
athletics.
once knew a skinny, scrawny, mid,
die aged lawyer who took 1t into his
head to be football player. He was
as scrappy as wildcat. He started
out with the second team of an ath
iletic club, and nothing could keeE
him away from atposition on the first
eleven. Eefore the end of the first
season he was quarterback. He play
| ed quarter on the same team for sew
eral years, helping it to win a dozen
championships. Finally he grew tired
| OF playing football and settled down
! to his law practice again. XII. -. b
This mans success was the triumph
of sheer grit and aggressiyeness. He
was all bone and sinew-all knees and
started like a bullet. And he, could
dive headlong through knothole. I've
never seen a better. example of furious
determination than he gave in every
game He barked out his signals with
snap that kept his team keyed up tC
the fighting point every second of sthe
time. can shut my eyes andssee ''The
Judge" now, his bald head scratched
from violent collisions with the ground
in many hard tackle, his nose benz
and bleeding, and on his thin lips c
grim smile of positive delight He was
a bald headed, skinny, lao pound goo
uf battles--the real thing.
Hurt? OF course, he was hurt now
and then. but he never admitted il
even 10 himself. That was in thu
i rough old days when half the game
i was in laying out the best play
ers on the other side. The judy.
i was never put out of game, and II
his famous days each rival team play
ed under instructions to get him.
Many a man he put out or the game
himself with those sharp elbows ant
skinny. knees.
The thing want to emphasize il
just this: Courage, not muscle, makes
1.-THE man. ..E =
1 On the same team for about TIVE
weeks was a giant-two inches owe
six feet, broad as house, strong a
an OK, quick as a cat. He mad eveI
thing-eXcept a heart. For two week
the Judge tried to make a football
player Of the giant. He mated to Civ,
up such good material. Finally h,
lost all patience. He pulled the timit
/ giant out in front of the players.
! Look here" he said, you're eithe
going to play the game today or &c