The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-11-03
nature of Yale, Harvard
and Princeton to Indulge
In Sport Causes Fans to
Look Elsewhere = Game
Played on High Plane by
Smaller Colleges.
(By Sol Metzgers Coach Washing

Feotball has made more progress
Ithfs fall than at any time in many
lyaars. Although there are note quite
Ias many college teams playing as in
irrevious years more men are partici-
Ipating in the game than ever before.
This Is due to the fact that football
has met with approval in the various
Iarrny and navy camps and that more
)nxtention Is being given it by various
|zmderxraduate- organizations in those
rin1xsrsities which /have abandoned
wursfty football during the period of
tho war.
Another point which has helped
Hcokball in various sections is the abb
tronso. In 4 the East, of Harvard,
Rrfnoeton<fs md Yale from the fall
lndhedule. Whiie this has unquestion-
ably caused a lack of interest in the
game In some of the largest eastern
.cifles It has forced all followers IF
tne sport to look elsewhere for their
hun. They have been surprised in
binding the game played at other in
|stituttons on as high a plane as it Is
lcustomarily played by the big
Mshree'' Indeed. this season has prov
Ian that NO set of colleges enjoys a,
lgupremacyN I'm football The game is
much the same and is played. as well
I'D one sent1on as another. Coaches
tof western and Southern teams have
pretty wen proven they know, as much
football as Eastern coaches Fact is,
this year. they have gone little far
tier The war has made football
'de1nocratfc. 1t has broken down the
line Of distinction, or caste. that had
,caused some to believe that the sport
- the highest developed in one Sec
=, We have learned much this season
that We have never known before.
Take the training table for example.
TWO years ago an Eastern coach
would have held up his hands in hor-
7ror had he been forced to train his
y men without training table. AT that
time, when coaching the West Nir-
giuia team, 1 proposed the abolition
or the training table and was over
ruled * saw no reason for 1t and
nev&r could see the point that It
brought the players together and
|irnp1ssible The training table, to
my mind. made the players take the
sport too seriously ana it smacked too
much OF professionalism.
Y This year, due to the recommended
fions OF the National Collegiate A-n-
ilettc Association, w. & J. Joined the
Large majority in abandoning the
training table. ALI sorts of football
lcGfasrophies were predicted as re-
suit But we have SO far succeeded
-. ,1,fg g.ra 70 da+e-with penn
see. q f1,1,,df ourselves team
,,-eff,. veil able TO 90 t,a limit on en-
T. ,7..ra-,<>ss Z
Tsosr~ au.v With the training table
ma had more far-reachinr results
ttfren vas sunnosed n has nut the
tro~eker of talxinescare of ONES self ND
~. euoh individuaI and the players
S~ru- hear forcad n aoIva This nroh-
I7S.. x4,nr,aeIvas rhi. has heen q val
i-~5sa Ieraor ~ tbem And n has very
ss.1..,axr, drawr the l;na hatwaan +os.
N y,s~w.-- Who haa their heart and souI
R1~ fha IVORY 81 making tba team a
sm 5000 and those who viewed tha
Xxx .~, ~, in another light. After two
f--~c,,k,,.s ~ In NOT difficuyt for, the oh
H. s,&uarafa conscientious candidates
lfr.s-r, f1,oue NOT caring about ANYTHING
l7,sef thefr own success in making the
lfe1s,,. Tt has NOT been a pleasant
I.,~f,,ad ~ trafninp for the how who
4 --~rtsd ~ win his varsity letter and
70 no further.
with, ancb advances In football and
I'm - rnsnv men n1avine this is a
~r-od Trar in which to make p1ans for
Icf<ax,ir1x the game of all unnecessary
,rc,,rl,nessE THE rules are about ali
{ ithat can be hoped for. hut there re-.
I1-,asns in too many cases a desire 10
plav the rules to the unit and to take
Iedv.ntape If them In short there
5 a stfll too much unnecessary rough
neas in, the game. likewise. there is
~ Aoubt that tbe bigger men coach
drr.nre ussnar every effort To eradicate
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