Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-11

whose dreW the longest boo
Pds his brother dotcn you knot1,
AZ zoe run, men do,on today.
|OSB man. when he wishes to get
something, sits down and longs
for II, while the other fellow
pcdls his belt up hole tighter and
goes out after 1t. And sport Is like
Me-, iust as life Is like sport-it
DOESN'T do any good to long for things
unless YOU are willing to work hard
for them, too. Life lent SO two
sided that you can dodder along half
hsartedy in sport and expect to be
changed In the twinkling of an eye
into some other kind of an individual,
with purpose and perseverance ana
pluck TO work when 1t comes to the
serious side of making your way in
the world.
SO I say, Beware OF preaching the
theory 10 boys that they shouldn't
care who wins-just enjoy the camel
The victory is certainly not worth
winning il it is done by crooked
means or unfair play, but it is worth
all it costs if it comes through hare
work patience and training. And
when. after all these, you lose, there's
g victory worth just as much if you
can crush the disappointment down,
never whine, but congratulate the
better man because he is the better
End has beaten you after you have
tried vour level best to beat him. 1t
is a great deal more fun even to do
taine we'll thsn TO do it badly. and
there's no sport that can be done well
really wcll-without hard work in
ne preparation and concentration OF
purpose in the performance.
The Rev. EndicOtt Peabody, of Gro :
tuu school. one of the finest types or
roadm&ster in the country, II seems
80 me. must have been thinking OF
Ing and 80 years ago when at the
meeting of the Collegiate Association
he criticised the American idea OF
ucr. and contrasted ii with the Eng
fish IDEA (Which ne .praised) in the
following language:
The American idea of sport is t.
win The English idea is recreation.
IS this quite fair? Is it borne out
by rue facts? In this connection let
ne quote letter OF the Duke OF
Westninster~in his appeal TO all Eng
land for Co-operation toward the re-
establishment of that country as Il
leader in sport. and especially in CON
ne,tion Witn the olympic Games:
How many Of my countrymen and
women rcaliZe that Great Britain has
lost during recent years in the va
rous fields of sport? Here is the list,
end the present holders:
Polo-America.
Racauets-America (Jack Sou
tar).
Yachting
Lawn Tennis, (Singles)--Ne"
Zealand
Lawn Tennis Davis Cup)-
America.
Indoor Tennis-America Gay
Gouldl
Billiards tEnelish) Australia.
Swimming Australia.
Rugby Footpall-South Afri-
ca. New Zealand.
Lacross-Canada.
Cycling-Frdnce, Germany.
Trotting Horse-America.
Ruanlng HorSe -Auerica
Horse Jump.ng-France, Rus
sia.
Fenc,ng-France.
Shooting (King's Prizo)-Can-
ada
Ekat;rg-Swoden.
AthIetics-10O yards, America;
go yards. America 44o yards,
America: $50 yards, America;
100 wards, hurdles, America
high pump, America; pole jump
America: shotput, America;
hammer throw, America:
"A Tale Of National Disaster"
This is a tale of national dlsas-
ter Is England to do nothing to re-
cover her ancient supremacy as the
mother of sport? The King is both d
man of business and a sportsman. AS
Prince Of Wales, on memorable DC
cason, his momentous Wake up.
England' electrified an empire and
gave an immense stimulus to com
merce ana industry AS our Sover-
eigu now bids Britain to wake up
IN sport, and hopes that every enort
viii he made 10 insure that the United
Kingdom Is represented by its pest
athletes at the Olympic Games IN
Berlin in 1916 We are in honor pounc
10 go forward and do our level pest
10 restore the lost prestige OF a great
Sporting nation. But victory means
e'hclent organization and tralhins'
and both cost money.
y confidently appeal to my feiioW-
sportsmen 10 help me in getting the
100000 for which a national appeal
was made by Lord Grey, Lord Har-
U.s. Lord Rothscnild, Lord Roberts
Lord Strathcona and myself as
quickly as possible"
rhe real truth lies deeper than Or.
teabody has delved. 1t was easy Tor
me Englishmen, when DR.. Peabody
was an English schoolboy and later a
STUDENT at the University, to have that
rather bored air about anyone max
ing an especial effort, because IN
Nose days he was an habitual and
easy winner.
Now that others have surpassed
nm he is just as human as the male
or other nations. At first, in his dis
sust because others took pains 10
prepare themselves. he cried out that
raining savored Of professionalism,
"u' now he is finding out that to do a
Jung really well means work and self
Ws'lplino giving up that pipe and
nose brandy and sodas for the sake
victory. And, IL ! am not much
nstahen, the barring OF The Rhodes
I1.9rs because thew carried OF all
Ionors in t"r GEfcr1 rres man
sn9rlS viii awaken q storm of pro-
Z b., Il