The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-22

Elimination Of Present
Coaching System Favored
BY Harvard Dean.
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DAan 1eBaron Briggs Of Harvard
university In discussing the theory
that college sports are boys games
ana not tremendous disciplinary .ex.
periences wherein Victory Is vital.
commended the rsteat Yale university
report on expenditures on college ath-
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This repoxkssha stated. does away
With the pseaant ceaeHias system and
with much az the. present extrava.
gance. fhe fact that It does away
with much Of the present income can
not be overlooked. nor should it be
forgotten. as 1t sometimes Is. that the
cost o. aahiekics, Il borne by athletics
and not W the university treasury.
Incidentally the receipts from ath-
letics. DO away with the evils. OF SUBJ
scriptien for teams, says Briggs.
He also aays that to unpaid coaches
are op1n the. same opportunities Of
graft aid OF dtsgsiised professionalism
that are. top opeA to players. Some
thing. too. may be said for our highly
organized and Intense athletic sport
as a great disciplinary and educational
force which Hsay transform a hoy into
a man. Yet these considerations.
though they complicated the problem.
provide no adequate reason for ignor-
Ing It. and the Yale' report on athletics
deserve tho ). ACTIVE. consideration of
every committee on athletics and of
every college man.
Buddy Ryan, the husky Salt Lake
outfielder. has had many thrilling ex-
periences during his career on the
diamond. but he admits that he never
before had such a scare as he did at a
camp in the Oregon wilds recently.
While out hunting with John Nc
Credie. he had what. he considers a
real narrowing experience.
Near the hotel ut the health resort
stood q cabin belonging to a man who
had been paying a visit to Portland
for several weeks Like residents Of
that community, he left the door of
his domlciIc unlocked. and in some
manner q branch. OF the feline family
known as pole cat managed to enter
the cabin. ssa
Unfortunately Buddy and John Nc
Credte. Walters father. happened to
want something which they thought
was IN the cabin. Entering it without
q light. they started searching.
SAY. Buddy" said McCredie. paus-
ing In the midst of his search. whats
tbs matter with this piace?"
Search mel" said Bud. who has
been bothered by bad cold.
1T strikes me that there is some
thing In this cabin which has no bust
ness here" continued McCredie. ST..
ana he started to search in the dark
ened room. buddy joined.
Suddenly there was a movement in
the corner and a rus> Of some animal
to get to the open door. High into
the air jumped both the men. realizing
in a second the full meaning of any
personal contact with the enemy.
The creature made good its escape
through the door without any direful
results. but both startled searchers
got. busy with shotgun and killed
the intruder.
Buddy Is thanking his lucky stars
that he had sense enough to jump
and jump high, without wasting any
time to consider the why's and where
fores.
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Judging by the scores in the games
In which they have played SO far, the
AgEies. are represented by an un.
usually poor ~ basketball team thi.
year, and their chances to win thu
state title appear to be very s;lm-oh
yes, very slim. A little study in COM
parative scores for the benefit of al
doubters:
bruins. %: Oklahoma, -.
Bruins. ~; Oklahoma. 80.
Angles. IS: Oklahoma, Is. Aggies
second team playing last half.
The Rennionites are scheduled t,
meet the fast Billings Independent
next. Saturday night. and then viii
come to Missoula for the games Of tn
year. Perhaps. In view OF the result
of the past football season. and o
coming basketball games. it woul,
have been just as we'll had athletic
relations between the two schools
never been resumed.
It IL a sezaral belief among baseball
leaders. that a club to be successful
must have at least one good left
handed pitcher. The fact that the 81
Louis Browns OF the American leagu
had five good southpaws last year ma
he warning. to the effect that it
possible, to have too many good let
handlers. Fielder Jones. numbere
among his pitching staff. Eddie Planl
Earl Hamilton. Carl Wellman, Erni
Koob and George Sisler.