Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-08

Mclaughlin calls attention to the
fact that quite often the most power
full servers strike wildly, intending to
score by pace alone, and on the other
hand, he instances Norman Brooke, Of
Australia, whose service is admitted
" one of the most successful in the
world, and Is meant to throw his OPP
ponent on the defensive merely by
sklllful placement Mclaughlin also
mentions a powerful young fellow in
California tournaments, who has such
speed that he could serve an absolute
ly unplayable ball by putting all his
weight and strength behind it, but he
can get it into the court only about
once In ten drives. His final conclu-
sion is that a player would have to
come down quite bit in his pace and
sacrifice taking chance at placement
in order to devote himself to safety,
and hence 1t would really slow up and
not speed the game.
The truth of the matter is that ev-
eryone nowadays seems obsessed TO
alter rules-to make over everything
in sight, not because 1t needs altera-
ton, but for the mere sake of change.
Football and baseball Legislators have
set a good example this year Of let
ting rules crystalline. The same WIS
dom, let US hope, will reach the ten
mis- legislators.
DARKE DAVIS, of Princeton, offers
the following two suggestions for
the publication of amateurism, with
a penalty of expulsion. He states that
as Intercollegiate athletics have great
honors to bestow, demand in return
for the exclusive service of the recip-
tent Of those honors for three sum-
ners is not too much to ask;
1. l certify upon my honor that. L
have never, directly or indirectly, par =
ticipated Ia any branch OF sport ros
pay; that have never received any
Valuable thing in lieu of money, ex-
cent medals and prizes regularly or
fered and that have never partici7
pated in any branch Of sport under an
assumed name.
. No student shall be eligible toc
membership upon any competitive
team who, after matriculatlon, parLlc-
ipates in any sport at winch an az
mission fee is charged, except as
member of one of the colleges com
petitive teams, or who receives d.
rectly or indirectly, any compensation
remuneration, reimbursement OF pay
ment of his eXpenses}for participants
in any sport at which an ADMISSION
fee is not charged -, =.
tentionally or not, this would bar any
college student, even though mem
Der of his own home club, from par
ticipation in this sport or that cruz
during July, August and September
DR. EHLER, chairman of the COM
- mittee on football fatalities OF
the Collegiate Association, reported
that there had been only -FOUR deaths
through the year attributed 10 TOOL
ball, which on investigation prouglt
forth the fact that in only one case
was football more than a contrip
uting cause of death. DR.. Ehler SAID:
This game in particular, and IN
tercollegiate sports in general, can
not stand or, fall because of the-nuIp-
Der of knees sprained, or the num-
Der of hearts dilated, or even the
number Of lives lost. because lives are
lost in a far larger way and with Tar
more direful results Through soclal
and moral Generalization ito Wnlch
these games are direct antidoteslo
than through the physical injury OF
a comparatively few persons me
question must turn upon the effects
Of the playing upon the moral char
acter Of the general student BODY.
-
n NOE more the American has taken
" up a game from the Englishman
and has found occasion 10 alter the
rules in every material fashion. rms
time it is soccer football" Much
has been said that will be remem-
bered in columns Of papers about the
advantage of the sportsmanlike rule
There shall be no substitutes" When
a man is injured his team goes on