The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-19
COLLEGE GAMES
HELP ATHLETES
TO ARMY STRAPS


That athletics or mn kinds should be
retained by an universities colleges and
schools despite tho wrr ls shown ut thr
number Of institutions which lty,
rescudcd former action and now allow
athletic teams tU be- organized After
President Wilson made the public state.
ment that professional baseball should
not be ahadunrd during the period uf 'h,
war and later EuNo out another state.
ment approving general athletics FOR cole
lege men, hClds of many universities
which had takou action TO abandon sports
discovered their misiuk, when tn,y saw
what rapid strides former athletic atnrs
were making In different branches Of the
service
In every camp and cnnDonmcui I'm the
country today, and in the cNprdIiIuunrN
forces In France thurc are men OF many
ranks who discarded football or baseball
toys. or put aside the spiked shoe or
basketball suit tu don tho uniform uf
Uncle sam Those iu command ut thoao
camps have said many times that the
athletes take up the military routine with
astonishing quickucss. ARE cngpr 10 learn
more, and IN ALMOST every cDp nrc likely
10 wear straps when the war Ia over
First 20 Answer CAL.
When tho war was declared. tho ath-
letes were among the first 10 answer Me
call Predicted championship teams were
shot 10 pieces by the loss W star PLAYERS
Athletes who were bitter enemies ON the
athletic field were sent tu the same
camps, with tho result that they became
comrades by daily association and MEM
bers OF the same athletic teams.
Not ono Of these athletes has regret
ted the step taken. They nrc 20 imhucd
with the fighting spirit learned In college
thV they eagerly sought new worlds to
conquer.
These athletes know what co-ordInn-
tion of attack and concentration Of de-
fonse means and for mis- reason nrc bet
ter fitted TO mako fighting men than the
raw recruit who never even had a ngut
in his boyhood days
Adjusted 10 Stern Discipline.
These men actually enjoy the strict
discipline and training Of military and
naval life. They no longer "cuss" the
coach FOR making them go through hours
of hnrG football practice or sending
quarter miller through time trinl when |
he had attended some college function |
the night before Tho men have adj .
tusted themselves to tho work and cnrh |
Ii eager 10 win "a higher riul, than an |
athlete from another institution
During the football season of 1877 csmp |
football teams were organized I'm all sec |
lions or t1g country md the rrtt,t. tAer
played was superior TO TINT Of the col !
leges Although tho clcNous could not
be said 10 have hrcn polished IN heights
of football perfection they were com.
FOOTBALL
who also knew That individual play would |
hhvc 10 take prcccdcnCc over team work.
because tho ClyNCns were not allowed
enough practice time 90 perfect n strong
collective attack
Grid OrIll Now Mere FrolIc.
Vt thought the coach worked us too
hard when ] wus W Michigan" First
Lieutenant Bruhruol, Hll-Amptctn
guard, said after few days uf camp life.
why the drills We went through nt col
lego would hr mere frolc fnr us now.
There Is no card playing after drills. such
rs there Mns nc college and there Is no
dlcklng tho bed hour as We did at Mich
igan
'Ot course the drilling md training
received at college fitted mr. for such "A
lie tho same ms II has done for fellows
I'm other camps who took part I'm college
athletics There Is no getting away from
IT, that athletics makes IA man out of
any one"
Patsy Clark tho great llttle University
or Illinois grldlrou warrior who now IL
at Camp Funston IL ~ the same opinion
as Benny. II am glad I PLAYED football
Tho game taught me to tll,o tho knocks
without whmpcr although they were
mild In comparison with what VIZ are
taking every day I'm camp 'Whrn we get
into action, tho athletes Will show the
world they can fight"
Chief Gardiner Shows EN-.
"Chlcf' Gardiner. who uhy,d on tho
Carlisle Indian football tenn ten wears
ago, and now is 4 captain and stationed
AT Camp custer is another who got back
IN the harness when n football team was
organized AT the Battle Creek canton
ment The Indian could not resist tho
temptation 10 show some NJ the Younger
men on the team that he wns lust ns
gsod ms decade ago Tho Indian Mt
ributed his rapid advancement I'm the
army TO the trimming he received al the
gov, rnmrnt institution