Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-27
BY II. c. BYRD.

1t is very probable tibet Fred Nielsen
will again have charge of the Catholic
University foot ball team next fall. No
announcements have been made to this
effect by representatives of the Brook
landers, nor has the coach himself
given a definite answer as yet to the
request that he direct the eleven for
the second time. But. judging by
statement made yesterday by q man
closely connected with the Brookland
institution. the management has good
reason to believe that Nielsen will be
in charge of the squad when 1t reports
for practice next September.
The fact that the team will be d.
rected by the same man and work I'M
der the same policy as last fall Is sum
strong combination will be developed
The team last year was WONDERFUL
success when it is considered that the
institution had never before turned out
a combination Of real worth.
There have been many glowing stor-
les written of the virtues OF the sew
eral branches Of sports by the de-
voices Of each, and the value OF par
ticipation and the benefits derived by
the player physically and morally have
been dilated upon to great extent.
Columns have been written OF how
much is done for the player by FOOT
ball or by base ball or track. and the
statements have detailed about every
thing, too, but it remains for q writer
in the current issue Of a magazine to
pick the one sport from which he thinks
most benefit Is really derived and tells
why-and the sport is golf. There Is
no doubt that golf is growing by leaps
and bounds, that it is being played by
thousands more each succeeding year;
and no wonder. either, when. II one
stops to consider the niceties and worth
Of the play, as explained In the Goifers
Magazine in this way:
There is no other game in which the
three fundamental factors of life-the
physiological, the psychological and
tho social or moral-are so extraordi.
narily combined or SO constantly called
into play. Some sports. such as foot
ball, polo. rowing. call chiefly for mus
cular activity, judgment and nerve;
others, such as chess. draughts, back
CANNON, call upon the intellect only.
In no other game that I know OF is,
frst. the whole anatomical frame
brought into such strenuous yet deli
cate action at every stroke; or. second.
does the mind play 80 important
part in governing the actions OF the
Of your opponent so pow
erfully affect you as they do In go!f.
To play well, these three factors in
the game must be most accurately ad-
justed, and their accurate adjustment
is as difficult as 1t is fascinating.
IAN eminent Scots philosopher once
told me that the eminence Of Scottish
philosophy was due to the fact that
Scots philosophers were brought up on
the Shorter Catechism. I venture to
think that he might have extended his
axiom to the royal and ancient game
At any rate. this much is certain: Golf
is a game in which attitude OF mind
counts for incomparably more than
ity of strength and skill. the victory in
golf will be to him who Is captain OF
his soul. Give me clear eye. healthy
liver. a strong will. collected mlnd.
toward God and toward man. and I will
back the pigmy against the giant. Golf
Is a test. not SO much or the muscle, or
even of the brain and nerves Of a man,
as it is a test Of his Utmost veriest self:
of his soul and spirit-of his whole
character and disposition; OF his tenn
permanent; of his habit of mind: of the
entire content Of his mental and moral
numbered multitudes of ancestors
The changes in the foot ball rules are
not such as will make a material diff
ference in the play next fall, either
from the spectators or participants
lions of the code are the clearing up OF
technical points, though in one or two
cases penalties have been increased.
Especially Is this true in the case OF
with a man about to catch
forward pass. the penalty for that in
,rineement being fifteen yards instead
Of ten. Also a penalty on the fourth
Town which would give an opposing
.aam possession of the ball behind the
roaI line means a touchdown. Also
point was brought up OF
1t should be legal for a man to
.,imh ON another players back and re-
Give a forward pass. That was brought
IN because of an actual happening in
|, contest in West Virginia. where
,ig tackle hoisted a small quarterback
IN his shoulders, stepped across the
roal line and the quarterback received
Forward pass. This was held to be
III tight provides the man on whose |
,houiders the smaller fellow might be
ia mot advance after the ball had been |
received.
Tho George Washington University |
nrohably will be very interesting, pro- |
yided all the events are run that are !
heinr hooked. Some rumors were going |
the round yesterday. 1t being stated !
positively by some supposed to know
that Georgetown would not enter It's
team against Johns Hopkins in the
mile relay race already scheduled. Al
present there are three relays which |
the Hatchetites have signed up. all OF |
which ought to be mighty well con- |
Lestsd. The Maryland Aggies are to
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