Evening star., 1915-01-31
G. u. AND G. w. u. WILL PLAY
AGAIN AFTER 8 YEARS LAPSE
Athletic Competition to Be Renewed We'd
nesday, When Basket Ball Teams Meet
Views of Princeton President.

where in tho immediate future. 1t was
therefore, In no sense an attack on 100,
ball, or on the men who teach foot pal
to the undergraduates 1t was intendee
to be statement of sane ideas and ideals
| which differ hugely from those whicn per
wade the public mind as expressed IN tne
press each foot ball season
After going into very exact com
! parison of the tactics and Strategies
| of foot ball with those of war. and the
great efficiency demanded by each. anc
| showing by fine reasoning, backed b5
| facts, that the much different cond1'
tions here preclude the adoption of the
| ideal government of sports at English
universities, Mr.. Herring sums up the
matter thus:
american university conditions diff
| fer radically from English university
! conditions in the attitude OF the pub
lie toward then, which is the natural
| consequence of differences in the or.
| gani2ation in the two countries, ano
| therefore in the clientele of the uni
| versitics in their respective countries
| they differ in the attitude of mind OF
| the undergraduates. the rivalry OF
many institutions in this country max
ing their desire to win immeasurably
| more keen; they differ in the reaction
of graduate loyalty on every phase OF
| university activity, and the improb-
| ability in America of separating grad
uate interest in athletic success from
| the graduate interest in the more I'M
| portant activities of their respective
| institutions.
| American intercollegiate foot ball Is
a game that in complcxity is compar-
able only to war; it's strategy has been
developed by the mature mind of grad
| yates; it cannot be played efficiently
except under graduate direction, any
more than war can be waged efficiently
without a general staff; the American
passion for efficiency precludes the pos
| sibility of playing the game inefficient
ly; this great complcxity cannot fail
to be recognized if one studies for a
velopment, which really leads one te
the conclusion that 1t is not an under
graduates game"
Mr.. Herring ends his remarks by
| saying: Finally, if this last fact seems
fdisgraceful to our sense of proportion
abolish the game, because you can't
simplify 1t. Substitute for it English
rugby. which can be played by under
graduates without the necessity OF
graduate supervision. But even here
probably would soon alter rugby in
| its details, II not its essentials"
Mr.. Herring not only relieves the pub
lie of the n1isapprehens1on caused by the
! but he undoubtedly has given splen.
did critical dissertation on the funda
mental principles OF the game itself. He
| has gone to the root and shown the alb
Solute and almost exact status of the
sport as 1T is played today from a
standpoint of the graduates and the in
terested public and the comparison oi
it with conditions at Oxford and Cam.
bridge.
The Gonzaga College quint is leading
the race in the Preparatory School
Basket Ball League. 1t has won two
games and has yet to meet defeat The
Georgetown Props are second. with
two victories to their credit and one
defeat charged against them. The
Fairmonts are third. having won once
and having two losses. The Army and
| Navy Academy has won one game and
dropped three: 1t brings up the rear.
The teams are playing some interest
ing games, and now that the Fair
looks very much as If a splendid fight
for first honors will be seen.