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


from the Semi-dpes Uh0 ranged
Ipdia'S prehistoric clay:
ubySo dreW the longest b0tc
Fam his brother dozen you knoic,
As rc RIM men dOWn to-day.
NE man. when he wishes to get
J something, sits down and longs
for it. while the other fellow
NILS his belt up a hole tighter and
,oes out after it. And sport is like
life lust as life is like sport-it
DOESN'T do any good to long for things
,,Iass Won are willing to work hard
for them. too. Life isn't so two
sided that YOU can dodder along half
eeartedIv in sport and expect to be
hanged in the twinkling of an eye
mo s>me other kind of an individual
>7J purpose and perseverance am
n,ucl to work when it comes to the
serious side of making your way in
We world.
So | say, Beware of preaching the
theory to boys that they shouldn't
rare who wins-iusr enjoy the game!
The victory is certainly not worth
winning if it is done by CROOKED
means or unfair play, but 1t is worth
all if costs if it comes through marc
uurs oatience and training. Ana
when. after all these, YOU lose there
81 victory worth just as much IL you
can crush the disappointment down.
never whine, but congratulate the
na,tpr man because he is the better
and has beaten you after you nave
tried vour level best to beat nm. II
+. . great deal more fun even TO DO
hing well than to do it badly ana
there's no sport that can be done Wen
really well-without hard work IN
the preparation and concentration ot
PURPOSE in the performance
The Rev. Endicott Peabody OF Gro
ton school. one of the finest types OF
headmaster in the country, 1t seems
f., me must have been thinking OF
England 30 wears ago when at the
meeting of the Collegiate Association
he criticised the American idea or
snort and contrasted it with the Eng
ifsh idea (Which he pra!sed) in the
following. langua &c:
The American idea of sport Is To-
win The English idea is recreation.
Is this quite fair? Is it borne OUT
by true facts? In this connection let
me quote a letter of the Duke Oh
Westminster in his appeal to all Eng
land for cooperation toward the re-
establishment of that country as
leader in sport. and espec1ally III con-
nection with the olympic Games:
How many of my countrymen ana
Women realize that Great Brltaih mas
Jos. during recent years IN tIle va, va
r.oYs fields of sport? Here is the llst'
md the present h"iders'
Pnlo--America
acknowledgements (Jack Sou
tarl.
Yachting-America >...
Lawn Tennis. (Singles)-NeW
'' lawn s" Tennis Davis Cup
America. <,,.
Indoor Tennis-America Gay
GouldD. .-,,a
Ri,Iards misunderstanding
Swiuming- Austfalla.
Rugby Footpall-South AMI
ca. New Zealand.
Lacross-Canada.
CVcling-France, Germany.
Trotting HorSe-Amerlca
Running Hors e-Amerlca
Horse jumping oAiN~'
STA.
Fenc.ng-France,
S5noting (King's Prizo)-Can-
ada
Skatirg-SwCoen
Athletics-100 yards, America
22O wards, America; 44O yarus'
America $50 yards, America
12o yards, hurdles, America
high Jump, America; pole jump
Amaric5. 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 Ine
mother of sport? The King Is poth d
man of business and sportsuiah' 40
Prince of Wales, on melnorap'e w
aasion. his momentous Nahe "a
gave an immense stimulus 10 com
merce and industry. AS our SoVer-,
Sign h now bids Britain to wake up
in snort and hopes that every eiiort
viii be made to insure that the Unite"
KINGDOM is represented by its pest
athletes at the Olympic Games. II,
Berlin in 1916. We are in honor bouiiu
TO 60 forward and do our lever pes.
to restore the lost prestige or sIeae
sporting nation. But victory lilea.9
Efficient organization and 'r"iliilis'
and both cost money.
81 confidently appeal to my leIIo ~,
eucrtsmen to help me in settlns tiaI
$500 zoo for which a national appeal
was made by Lord Grey. Lord Har
'iS Lord Rothschild, Lord Rooei -,
Lord Strathcona and mysei a'
quickly as possible. ~.
TIE real truth lies deeper than III.
Peabody has delved 1t was easy TOT
The Englishmen, when DR.. Peaoou9
vas an English schoolboy and later
student at the University, to nave that
father bored air about anyone max
ing m especial effort, because III
thcs, days he was an habitual ana
eaS" winner.
NJ " that others have surpassed
MIN he S Just as human as the maze
Of other nations. At first. in his dls-
gus because others took pains 10
prerare themselves. he cried out that
training savored of professionalism
bu' now he is finding out That TO 40 d
Thing really well means work ana sen
lis.Ipline. giving up that pipe ana
those brandy and sodas for the SAKE
ot victory. And, if | am not much
mistaken, the barring of the Rhodes
scholars because they carried of an
he honors in the oxford freshman
sports viii awaken IA storm of pro-