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


jadiq's prehistoric clay;
Whose drew the longest bono
RGp his brother doton you knoto,
As lce run men dotor to-day.
~NE man, when he wishes to get
something, sits down and longs
for it, while the other fellow
mills his belt up a hole tighter and
yoss out after It. And sport is like
rfe lust as life is like sport-it
doesn't do any good to long for things
,,njess YOU are willing to work hard
far them, too. Life isn't so two
.re1 that you can dodder along half
hosrtedlv in sport and expect to be
changed in the twinkling Of an eye
into some other kind Of an individual,
with purpose and perseverance anc
r'ucl, to work when it comes to the
serious side Of making your way in
the world
So / say, Beware Of preaching the
theory TO boys that they shouldnt
rare who wins-just enjoy the camel
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 hare,
work, patience and training. Anu
when after all these, you lose, there S
q victory worth just as much II you
can crush the disappointment down,
never whine. but congratulate the
better man because he is the better
and has beaten you after you nave
tried YOUR level best to beat him. 1t
+, a great deal more fun even to 90
thing well than to do it badly, ana
there's no sport that can be done well
really well--without hard work in
the PREPARATION and concentration OF
purpose in the performance.
The Rev. Endicott Peabody, of Gro
,dn School. one of the finest types OF
ta4drnaster in the country. Il seems
10 me. must have been thinking OF
England 80 years ago when at the
meeting of the Collegiate Association
he criticised the American idea OF
sport and contrasted II with the Eng
'lsh idea (Which he praisedD in the
following lang ua &C.
The American idea of sport is t.
win The English idea is recreation.
Is this quite fair? Is it borne out
bv true facts? In this connection let
me quote d letter of the Duke OF
Westminster in his appeal to all Eng
land for cooperation toward the re-
| es,a hIishment of that country as 4
leader in sport. and especially IN con-
nection with the olympic Games:
How many of my countrymen and
women realize 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.
acauets-America Gack Sou
tar.
Yachting-America
Lawn Tennis, (Singles)-New
Zealand.
Lawn Tennis Davis Cup)-
America.
Indoor Tennis-America Gay
Could.
Billiards English)-Australia
swimming Australia.
Rugby Footoall-South Afri-
ca. New Zealand.
Tacross-Canada.
Cvcling-Frdnce, Germany.
Trotting Horse-America.
Running Horye-Amerlca,
Horse Jumpng-F'rance, Rus
sa.
.ng-F'rance.
Shooting CKing's Prizo)-Can-
ada.
Ckatirg Sweden.
tthletics-1oO yards, America;
go Yards, America; 4i0 YARDS
america: $50 yards, America,
100 Yards, hurdles, America
high lump, America; pole jump
America: shotput, America
hammer throw. America:
"A Tale of National Disaster:
This is a tale of national olsds
Ter Is England to do nothing 10 re-
cover her ancient supremacy as L"e
mother Of sport? The King is both d
man Of business and a sportsman. As
Prince Of Wales, on a memorable oc-
,asion his momentous Wake up
Ergandr electrified an empire ahC
gave an immense stimulus to com
merce and industry. AS our SoVer-
eign h now bids Britain to wake up
in sport, and hopes that every eHorl
win he made to insure that the unlte'
k'ngdom is represented by IT'S pes
athletes at the Olympic Games II
Berlin in 1916. We are in honor oounc
10 90 forward and do our Level pes
To restore the lost prestige of a gfea
Sporting nation. But victory means
Efficient organization and training
and both cost money.
Il confidently appeal TO my telioW
sportsmen to help me in getting th'
100000 for which a national appea
was made by Lord Grey, Lord Hdr
rs, Lord Rothschild, LORD Roberts
Lord Strathcona and myself al
quickly as possible"
The real truth lies deeper than Dr
Peabody has delved. 1t was easy 10
he Englishmen, when DR.. Peabod!
Was an English schoolboy and later
student at the University, to have tina
father bored air about anyone max
lg an especial effort, because u
nose days he was an habitual an'
asy winner.
Now that others have surpassed
nm he s just as human as the mall
VI other nations. At first, in his dis
gust because others took pains Il
prepare themselves, he cried out tina
Lalning savored OF professionalism
Guy now he is finding out that to do
.alng really well means work and sci
Isclpline. giving up that pipe ant
nose brandy and sodas for the SAX
VI victory. And. II | am not mucl
",staken, the barring OF the Rhode
'do!ars because they carried off al
nonors in the oxford freshman
'spoils viii awaken a storm of pro