The Holly chieftain., 1917-09-28
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dangers and probable death that
await him. But nevertheless he de.
termines to try II himself for his
mind IL plastic and his ways are
not hardened BY experience,
On the day of the frst game he IL
taken by the emotion Of tear but
he e0se ON to the contest battling
this instinEtive emotion of fear with
others Of cpri0sity. pugnacfty and
virtue. Was there ever boy whose
backbone was too weak to enter .
game? ~
In the homo IN unpleasant men,
tai state exists on the part Of the
parents or adhersnts. That h. NO
boy ever played football without
being eounseled - to IT, dangers.
But yet the high school student 10
more willing to take the advice Of
the lawyer. preacher or schOOlteseh-
eF- that hiss either had broken
nose or disjointed backbone than
anyone else.
The town supporters or delI0rters
have = vide range of mental states.
Some would wipe the game from
the face Of the earth. some don't
care to 80 e., some go>for curiosity,
and btill Others would leave their
dinners 70 % not to miss the
down. There was never = game
Invented with 70 much phychology
about h.
Consider the Psychology in the
field Of training. The imasination
is, the great. fAetor 4 player may
think. at flfst. that he will be able
to accomplish wonders or he may
undsr- estimate his ability, but col
soon ~ he gets rufRed up and mus
sed over by heavy line. he will
proseed to tear down part Of his
aircastles and put some good braees
IN what he has left before his next
. siaos. Hence his concept OF loot
ban b constantly changing. Per
ception IL constantly cultivated for
al the tactics and dash are well
under the head Of imitation with
an experienced cosch or player as
the example. II . player is TOO duh
to tpreceive that . big tackle IL
downing every play behind the line
or . speedy full back" is mutilat-
ing the center Of his line, there win
be . coach. captain and half a
dozen players .rakins' him for 60
Ing to sleep-in other words, II .
players PERCEPTION is In danger OF
becoming . lost art on account Of
the monopoly Of books. II for no
thing else. football should be pre-
served for it's ELECTS in cultivating
quick and accurate perception.
When the bleachers and grand
stand ars crowded to their capacity,
ana the "subs' and "physically un-
fits" are armed with lathe to keep.
the crowd from "penalizing" their
team, by growing on the field, the
sympathy displayed In the yells,
school songs and rufIlan cries often
demoralize the visitors and spur the
home team on to victory The
kick on" enthusiasm-th flrst
five yard gain--pep; first down be
hind the line-titter and grOan in
crowd. It 10 the psychology OF the
group that makes this sympathy
felt. 1t lis in the contest that we
see very numerous impulses on the
part Of individuals. Holly gains
ten yards and 4 certain fan gives
his cigar halt q turn and makes an
unusually large pun The visitors
get the balf and make small gain
and the Holly coach tries to in.
struct his players, captain goes
wild. Holly's first touchdown
makes certain popular belle for
get that she was accompanied by
very distinguished beau. A tied
score in q fast game will make some
dissatisfied and some angry but all
are like fishes out of water, and dur.
ing the five minutes extra play some
OF the fans break their vocabular.
les or at least prove them inefficient
At the end Of the game the players
are ordered not> >to stop running
untjl fhav rAaoh fha oohool ho,,oo.