Evening star., 1918-04-01

Z 1eese Of the prominent trapshooters Of
~ District win meet Thursday night
e6~ make q nnal determination on q
t&tc5 to give the sport . general boost
As1<rong effort 70 being made to enlist
hlbd trapshooting here for the last
Snty years and practically kept alive
~ efme. either to enlarge its present
UGnbership and change its quarters or
Z e9s amalgamate with another organi-
ssfFsR under q new name. the head
o6Srt1rs OF the new club TO be located
40 point on the Cabin John car line.
11arold Almert, prominent member of
st3X Lincoln Park Trapshooting Club Of
se3ezxo, one of the largest organ.za-
h 3Gnn &f the kind In the United Statess
KU Resent at q meeting last week of
W11y prominent trapshooters Of the
Z o4atfict and said:
5uch q club ~ IL proposed here u
EWnShtngtou's due and the time 10 pro.
Satfous for concerted. action on the part
~ the sportsmen which WIN place this
G4ty on the dapshoottnG map. in the
A3eAA n 6o0orveA perAlleitng the most
cmiAsnt clubs IN the country. With
F4Ae BIZ local contingent a. nucleus
| I'D tie trHnsisnt and semi-traneient
Akp0t1eU that war conditions have
Efnel4t y0u. coupled with the increasing
- 81 new shooters. it seems TO
1ess nothing but success can crown
04 present effort to boost the sport"
d. william D. Monroe, Oliver A.
A7p1, W. F. Roberts. Joseph Hunter
81 Hugh J. Phillips form a special
eQ5nfRittee for consideration of the va
rbknseQuestions related to the new
1yeposftion. They are to make a report
1Hl1rsday night and in all proba ability
~ mite steps along some line will be
fG&en- No statement has yet been made
- avfa n
g VIII agree to give up its present
nor IL 1t known that an attempt
~ made to form new club IL the
eDeans refuse to agree to all phases
HQE epesr. star halfback on the
2tnd state foot ball team In 1915,
e11jened In the casualty usts among
21sdsd n France. spssr fes in
1na1 and was gtven . second
ok6nAAfs connmission In the artillery
euocA Of the Regular Army. He was
noa4 tAe nrst 70 be sent to France
ee1des playing foot ball at Maryland
~ 4Aeto0t relay fours that ever rep
sstpd the institution.
An Exceptionally Interesting discus
1en Of athletics and the return to in
srcollegfate athletics at Yale 10 pre-
ented in recent issue Of the Yale
1wMpi weekly, the offlcial paper Of the
1u4 Association. Probably one OF
- most striking things in the edi-
prfal u the statement that personal
re5udices caused dissension and pre-
united harmony in the teams Rurnors
EeIe current for a long time that
ML lack Of foot ball success for
pEtkA years was due in the main to
Aset1but this Ia about the FIRST time
Mt anything OF the kind has been
timated from an Official standpoint
hs editorial:
suppose that few things in Yale
y mean 10 much to the average grad
~ Of the older days as the retention
the dne old-time spirit of athletic
pceae against odds. The exploits on
3diren, diamond and river OF a long
- Qf Yale athletic teams and crews
$abpshed certain public tradition
4ich had made Yale's name stand for
svety definite and dogged persever-
So under difficulties (the Bulldog
e no accidental totem, or clan deity
the Yale family; this in turn has
4e4ed on many a graduates own life
his advantage. In our opinion z
Eod part OF this ancient heritage was
Ylaay being lost in the years JUS
fofe' the war abruptly ended all in.
rcollegiate athletic games Of impof
nee: The fact was that q new spirit
q Se6me into all intercollegiate spot,
epywhere, q spirit of inordina I,
ancial demands by coaches upon thu
fheSities: Of mounting expenditure.
All directions; of undue and unwel
me publicity: Of resulting lack Of in
rept by the undergraduates them.
veh and hence of dissatisfaction
62G the graduates. Too much in.
feyeacs by some newspaper sportins
ff6fp with Affairs had a good dea
~ with this-it had become not un
nxpcn for certain sporting editors /,
~ and sven attempt to dictate tn,
Icy and even choice Of universit,
lchee and players.
Too much money to spend also hal
nethtug to do with It; period hat
run when the colleges had to driy,
gaana with certain class Of grad
lee 10 get them to come back ans
n develop teams. Too much inter
Dnes by graduates who had no re
lnsibtlify, but who had persona
eiudlces also was at the bottom O
trouble. Tho fact was that inter
14GtAte s$hfettcs had become alto
11R too Important . matter; th
xu&lme Q,aescent tail was enthusi
klSh1iy waSgfng the dog.
1sWfil - lost opportunity IL tn
6pqyAry3 eessation Of oId-time in
ep1Sgt1kA eth1stics during the wa
~ 6G&o use oz to bald better 70
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