Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-30

an0 te2enl0R HlIii lAtciAASShScs oe ASSo
to be the practice, we now take an
intelligent student and teach him
football" said Percy d. Haughton,
head coach of the Harvard football
team. addressing the delegates to the
conference of the National Collegiate
Athletic Association on the subject OF
mental training in football"
Formerly weight below the head
was an Indispensable quality in q
football player" he continued. now
the college football player B q man
Of average weight, active BODY, es-
pecially active mind. and the lessons
the game teaches, lessons Of self
sacrifice, obedience and, above all,
preparedness, are being recognized of
the campus as well as in the Anal
game In each college contest"
Other speakers emphasized tho ne
cessity of giving educational value to
athletics and the advisability OF ex-
tending athletic training to every stu-
dent instead of centreing attention
on few.
Notre Dame W. Nebraska.
Football coaches took advantage Of
the conference to arrange schedules.
Representatives OF the Big Four In
Western college athletics sought to
prepare the November schedule for
illinois, Chicago. Minnesota and Wis
consin. An agreement was made for
a game next year between the Uni
versity of Nebraska and Notre Dame,
at Lincoln, to be followed In 1916 by
return match at Chicago.
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"Commercialism" Discussed.
Professor c. w. Savage. OF oberlin
College. discussed "The Professional
vs.. the Educational In College Ath-
letics'
intercollegiate sport has gradually
become commercialized and profess
sionalized," he said. How can we
expect professionalized sport to turn
out amateur sportsmen2
"Thanks to the influence OF this
great association and to the Jealous
and indefatigable efforts of the
friends of good sport working through
local conferences, the conditions sur
rounding intercollegiate sport have
improved tremendously in past years
as far as public performances and
external conditions are CONCERNED.
But we have not yet gone to the root
OF the matter. With the great edu-
cational and moral principles under
lying sport and with the questions Of
amateurism I fear we are making
little progress.
The Andover plan of encouraging
to participate in athletics was dis
cussed by w. Huston LiiIard, Of
Philips Academy, Andover.
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Lehisf's Views on Athletics.
A winning football team, or pro-
ficiency In other sports, cannot be
classed as a valuable asset for q col
lege, President Henry 8. Drinker, Of
Lehigh University. said at an alumni
meeting last night in Boston. Dis
putting what he said was q prevalent
belief that athletic success increased
the number of students and was thus
financial asset, President Drinkef
expressed the opinion that II was
merely an incident pleasing to un-
dergraduates and alumni without ap.
preciable effect on the student at.
tendance"
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sfetsEer stin ON Sick List.
Word has been received from Coach
Sol 8. Metzger, of the West Virginia
football team, that he was compelled
to undergo a second operation on his
fractured leg In the Memorial Hospi-
tai at Johnstown, Pa. 1t will be re-
membered that Coach Metzger had
his leg fractured in two places dur.
ing the football season this fall. and
after he was released from the hos
pital It was found that the bones were
not knitting properly. Only fbrous
tissue formed at the broken points.
and after returning to his home at
Bedford. Pa. an x-ray examination
was made.
Yale Drops Notrc Dssne.
YaIe's football schedule, with the
exception OF the October 80 date. has
been arranged. Notre Dame and prob
ably Colgate are dropped. Springfield
College Y. M. G. A. Is a newcomer
The schedule follows: September 25,
Maine; October 2, Virginia; October
10, Lehigh; October 16, Springfield Col
iege Y. M. G. A.; October 2S WASH
ington and Jefferson; November 9,
Brown; November 20, Princeton; No
var1hf<- 20 Harvard at Cambridge.