South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-11-25

ari-hayvaksns as champions. one might that
they knew" they had the game "cinohed" The cor
respondent to our AIishawaka page who took the
blame from the teams and placed It upon the spec
and .betters." for the rioting and rowdyism
that followed the coach's decision. quite right.
whether he missed his mark in unfolding ths
decision Mishawaka must remember that It the
south Bend coach aided by his captain and team
that finally cleared the field that the game might
be finished: despite the iusstence OF their sup
porters that they leave the game unfinished The
game was finished and South Bend gave Aishawaka
the losers "yeT' in honor Of their victory That 1t
was finished under protest was a matter Of rgh',
whether il s. pushed or not just a lawyer takes
exception a ruling OF court to lay a basis for
appeal; no crime whether he appeals whether he
does not.
It is regrettable that there should be so much
OF n-feeIing between the two schools so close to
each other, not alone over this game. but in ad-
vance of it, such 4 feeling as could give rise even
20 The suspicion that there a dsr ostiOn in
either school resort to unfair methods, 20
charge such indulgence High school football
should be a contest of skill. hate betting en-
thusiasm. or suspicious of bad faith. We sin
cerely hope that when the two schools come to-
gether the gridiron again, it will be to contest
their skill; and that there will be such wholesome
brass-lnuc1es hidden beneath bandages. as Nfisha-
wakans suggested of the South Benders or of the
Mishawakans picking a referee for the particular
purpose of throwing the game as suspected from
South Bend.
Such rivaries may have tendency to put vim
into both schools, but it is not wholesome rivalry
It must not be permitted to degenerate into hate
Nothing gained by rvaries embittered with jeal-
ousy or prejudice. The fact that South Bend is a
larger city than Mishawaka justify Nisha-
waka in entertaining hate toward this city nor does
justify South Bend in entertaining contempt for
Mishawaka. This feeling. fear, has been cul-
tivaed intensely in the schools and if there was
anything wrong with Saturdays game. such jeal-
ousy and contempt Of feeling. are probably what
induced it-whether it evolved from the partici-
pants or the people on the sidelines.
We are not maintaining that it is not good sports
manshir to resent crooked deal. if confident that
there was crooked deal would be the worst kind
Of craftsmanship to resent it, but if such
has been the case, perhaps it would be better to
treat it as a climax of an almost hated rivalry 70
overcome which it would perhaps be more glorious
to surrender than 10 keep rekindled by continue
the quarrel What the South Bend and N1isha-
waka high schools need is to be brought together.
and counseled to bury the hatchet; tear down that
spite fence" over which they have been fighting
that is If the thing hasn't gone so far that the
two schools can't get together without having
riot.
The future Of the cities calls for good-feel-
ing friendliness and cooperation You can't have
schools. educational centers Of the two
cities breeding hate, dstrust, everything that goes
to cultivate HI-feeling. Another decade and both
South Bend and AIlshawaka will be il the hands of
the present generation of high school pupils.
and how much better for them to meet each 9th sr
with pleasant recollectons. than with feelings of
dstrust and a hankering for the good old bowie
knives! Schools build for the future for gratid-
cation of the rivalries of And do not coun-
sci repression upon the pupils OF either school, as
a means TO that end either. What the boys and girls
of South Bend and Mishawaka need is something
like a change Of heart" induced from somewhere;
by autocradc force dominion, but by the
considerable incubation Of a spirit in which
both schools must cooperate.
Let this fareup over the Springbrook game serve
as climax: thing that cultivated hatred always
leads TO- Start right there and build over again-a
new edihce We are certain not TO be thanked by
either school for this suggestion; the reacemaker
seldom is thanked-but it is not peacemaker that
we mean 10 be. What have in mind to urge
is a "pace-maker;" just the world of to-
day needs 1t is condition that be over
come this year perhaps, next nor the next
direction and it VIII at least serve to keep new
pupils they up from getting started wrong
and that is the beginning of the end Of the whole