Evening star., 1914-09-23

cerned, if it has lost the services of
Kelley and Classen. Keeley was one
of the best halfbac acks in the south last
fall, barring not even the big schools.
and ClaSsen was a very capable Of
fensive and defensive player. That the
Kendall Greeners will not be able to
replace these men with as good ma
terial is certain. 1t takes years to de-
velop such players in small schools,
and very seldom then is one obtained.
And it is a decided setback when such
a player, or players, leaves scnool De-
fore he graduates.
Just who will play the positions left
vacant by keeley and ClasSen is a
question, but it is probable that one or
the places will be taken care of by
Rockwell, who is way above the aver
age in every branch of sports. and does
his best work on the gridiron. If he
shows the form of year ago he Will
undoubtedly play some brilliant games
and prove a great help.
The exceptionally hot weather is prov
ing a great setback to the develop
ment Of the local eleyens, and. for that
matter, throughout the entire country.
The hot spell seems to be general in
the east, and squads in many of the
colleges have laid off the strenuous
work.
1t is not going to be a simple problem
for Penn State to develop a player
capable of filling the shoes of Shorty"
Miller, the star quarterback for several
years. Miller graduated last spring,
and the coaches up there are bemoaning
their inability to find man to play as
well as he. Miller was ones of the
most capable men in the country. ana
the Pennsylvania institution will be
lucky if. it turns out a man who can
do two-thirds as well.
The statements from an English
source that the Olympics might not be
animosities which will develop out of
the present European war. will hardly
be taken very seriously over here. OF
course, there is apt to he considerable
feeling for while between some OF
the governments and Germany, but.
taking out the Teutonic race altogeth-
er, there are enough other countries to
make the affair success.
And notwithstanding that the coun-
tries now at war are not likely to en-
tertain the best of feeling for Germany
following the war nor Germany for them.
it is doubtful if German athletes will be
able to resist the temptation to COM
pete in the greatest set of games in the
world, and especially when that oppor-
tunity comes but once in -four years.
And then. suppose that the. Germanic
peoples were left out of consideration as
participants in the games. there is a
growing horde of athletes in the far east,
China and Japan, TO take their places
So great has become the athletic inter-
est In these two oriental countries that
a set of games was held this summer.
known as the Far East Olympics. in
which more than 1000 athletes took part.
As a matter of fact, il would not be q
surprise If the next Olympic meet showed
a larger entry list than ever before.
What was probably at the bottom OF
the statement of English athletic au-
thorities was that they would not care
to give Germany that much recognition
that of holding the Olympics in Berlin.
the city chosen at the last Olympic con-
ference. The inference is that IL Ger
many is. defeated IN the present war
by the allies she is not going to receive,
any more recognition and favors than the
allied countries can help giving.
But it is two years before the Olympics
are scheduled to be held in Berlin. and
a whole lot can happen in that time.