Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-18
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easy of access was harder to kill.
"Magdalen second eleven last sea-
son proved far more attractive to
many men than the college senior
team Little or no concession has
been made to his royalty. | saw him
the other day waiting al the door of
one Of the leading doctors in OK
ford. on the other hand. he has had
freedom and case which he will never
again enjoy; he has mixed unosten
tatiously with people of all ranks; he
has endured braNely and well the dis
comforts of camp life as a private,
and he has been treated with quiet,
we'll bred respect by every member of
the university
The prince has rather startled his
university companions lately by TAX
ing to the pipe and giving up, for the
moment the cigarette, A picture of
him with the oxford officers train
ing corps shows the prince putting
a a great bulldog pipe. and apparent
ly enjoying it, The next day, how
ever. he left his regiment, which had
not finished its training, and came 20
London. Gossips are saying that
Queen Mary, having seen the picture,
sent for him.
The London Truth, discussing inter-
national sports, declares that while
for years it has been an article of
faith with the British that Americans
are not sportsmen, one thing after
another lately has gone to disprove
this charge The writer reviews many
instances of friendly competition, in
Guiding the recent polo matches, when
the Americans acted from a spirit of
craftsmanship which was ideal. - in
Gicfi tho - In
first match because Captain Cheape
had been injured in practise.
In the life OF athletics he recalled
the traces of old prejudices that were
seen at the last Olympic games, and
added:
"Bounders in sport there must be
on both sides of the water. But taken
all around the average American attn
lete is a better class man than his
English antagonist la
He continues:
81 am so sick when advocating ra-
tonal Improvement in athletics of
hearing the twaddle about Specialize
ton, especially as practised by the
Americans, that | want to point out
that without specialization and or
ganization that (polo) cup would
never have been lifted.
He pointed to the success which Guy
Nickalls, the past-president of the
oxford University boat club, had had
in recognizing rowing at Yale along
English lines.
TT was a big job he said. 1T
seemed practically impossible that
success could attend his first efforts.
Undergraduates are ticklish people to
deal with, even though their loyalty
and good will may be assured. Well,
al 6na. mo- I1fa IL 4,
fixed rowlocks. but only by a foot.
They must have learned to finish
race, and there was one good old
Etonian rowing for Harvard. If Yale
is wise, they will once again get Guy
Nickalls to help them if he is pre-
pared to do so. And if they do, and
If they get hold of our English style,
then there will be an occasional in
ternational university boat race
worth seeing.
THE way in which these altera-
tions were carried through was char
act eristically American. Having de-
eided that English methods were
best the old ones were to be scrap
heaped, and some one who could
teach had to be found. Then. of
specially Mortified Nickalls had
l
knew he would do so, there was no
reason why he should not The fact
tfat he has done so has not affected
one atom his social position in the
States. Nor will it over here. I
| rather expect that by thus breaking
new ground he will find that the atti-
tude of Englishmen TO this speciali-
I'd ton in professionalism will be ma
terially altered. Perhaps in athletics
We shall now hear less nonsense
talked about professional coaching
| for university sports. Sir Lauder
| Brunton advocates the properly in
structed games master for schools.
] cannot see why gentlemen should
not undertake work in teaching any
| sports without being tabooed and
written down in the social scale.
They may make money by teaching
a sport, by writing a book, but a fee
for lesson is too horrible for words.
This is tnsular prejudice"
While it seems settled that Rudyard
kipling will be a candidate for mem
Der of Parliament at the next gem
eral election, the Unionist party has
not yet found a seat for him. After
his recent attack on the Liberal gov
ernment's policy. a speech which
caused no end of comment in Eng
/ land, the Bordesley division of Biz
mingham, from which the Rt Hon.
Jesse Ceilings is retiring, offered him
4 the Liberal Unionist candidacy. but
! he declined on the ground that he
was being put forward by one section
OF the party which desired to force
. it's candidacy on the other section
I For In Birmingham the Unionists and
( Conservatives, who worked together
under the leadership of the late
Joseph Chamberlain, have now re-
newed their jealousies. Each section
/ is trying to get a candidate il full
| sympathy with its views to succeed
Mr.. Ceilings A similar situation was
avoided in the west division of Biz
mingham, which Mr.. Chamberlain
represented for so many years, only
by the fact that his son, Austen
/ Chamberlain, recently came forward
as a candidate.
For Mr., Kipling a constituency is
being sought which will not be too
exacting, and which will not require
what the English call nursing"
The women OF England may yet be
some way off from the day when
they will be enfranchised, but they
are slowly but surely breaking down
old prejudices and securing minor ad
4 vantages which were before reserved
for men. The latest concession is eX-
| tended accommodations for women
who wish to listen TO the debates in
the House Of Lords, which generally