The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-11
WOULD REQRGANlzE
COLLEGE ATHLETICS
ON SAFE-SANE BASIS

NEW YORK Dec. t0.--Scnt;ncrt in
favor Of a Reconstruction OF college
athletics after the war upon wha; has
beea termed a safe and sane basis. Is
said 20 be increasing at eastern edit
cational institutions and is likely 10 be
the subject OF consideration At the COM
ing annual meeting OF the National Col
lextace Athletic Association. An idea or
tie attitude in this direction as the re-
suit OF what might be considered eX-
p.$jc>ents conducted during III" football
season Just closed. can be gained from
1.-TWO statements FROM prominent east
ern universities touching upca the sub
Jet.
President Faunce. OF Brown tntvor-
s.ty. IN a recent address upon c"ll,s"
athletics ut the Providence institution.
said
I'VE are we'll pleased with n" result
OF keeping up intercollegiate sports on
a simple and inexpensive basis in war
time. Out of our last years football
squad Of so mon. 50 entered the service.
This seems to show that whnleS"m" out
door sports kept within bounds arc 4
good preparation for tho SOLDIERS LIE.
II our camps cannot 80 without outdoor
games. our colleges reed not fear TO en-
courage them. Let us hope that the
enforced absence trafninS tables IN all
our colleges! and huge expenditures and
fiarinG publicity t"r individuals means
Tie introduction IT sar.r policies when
the war is ended. and that the over
grown business oC securing gate re-
ceiptS may give way 10 the genuine play
Of college boys. who. through such play.
become finer and stronger men"
Almost simultaneously the Yale
Alumni Weekly in revising the foot
ball season ut New Haven. printed tn:
following commentary:
a took ahead suggests AZ least. one
formidable need. Football will be re-
Sumed at Yale. as n Harvard and
Princeton. just as soon as conditions
at present beyond the control Of any
individuals permit. The Yale freshmen
football ;aam. anyone Of the eleven and
substitutes being members OF the unit
re-sity training units and subject to
their eXactirS schedules. gave an &C
coun3 Of itself which should not be
overlooked. Good material but better
spirit brought K through season in
which the score boards told an interest
Ing story and III which IN. character
Of the tra'a and its training amounted
10 an inspiration.
While Yale. then. have the courage
to resume varsity football NEXT year or
the year after. Whenever it becomes a
possibility. upon 4 basis similar to that
which has proved so salutary for the
freshman team. VIII Yale hc willing
at l"a$; /" help Load ~" way t. 'purrr
anatcIriSm and less &c tho sPigit "c
profcS; inual!srr. 20 more OF sehSih
economy IL k"npi::S with III. purh poses
OF thc university anal l,.>S "t "xtravu-
SanCe SnlachiGG oil cuiuincrcialis,n. TO
less Of tbs trump"d-uH public Spectacle
win ITS hero worship and r;n.r in"vit2-
hle evils and rlurc sc The college sport
for the sake of cnll,c" sport as such.
We Canuot think too hard or TOO
often upor hes" things. To prove
blind 70 the opportunity wouli 10 n lam
.ntahl" thing 7" Sc;z" i; and carry In
terccls"ria;e athletics. football cSpc-
c!aliy. fir ava! :rc;;i It's ancient abuses
toward III" clearly suggested ideal will
be splendid. Believing this and work
Ing for this n"w Will WIN half Of tho
battle"