Evening star., 1920-02-14
B1 WALTER CAMP.

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on" it was heralded that boxing was
to take it's place as a standard inter.
collegiate sport because il had made
good in the service. there was a rush
TO put the plan right through at all
the big universities, and the picture
was painted IN glowing eolors of the
, wonderful contests We would have
This column made a few mild sugges-
tons as to the difference in control
between service boxing and intercol-
legiate contests. But all this passed
unnotice3 IN the weIter of words of
admir- rAtion for the Immediate adop-
tl>n of the plan Now we are begin
ming to hear sober reflective thoughts
of those who care lot for the future
of boxing and who also are somewhat
familiar with the average college man
in his actions and reactions to COM
petition with his main college rivals.
Here are a few of these comments by
men who know.
Il don't want any more boxing in
my gymnasium said physical di-
rector last year. until the sneaking
notion that a knockout is the chief
end of boxing is eliminated. 1t is
fostered by instructors. a lot of whom
are likely to be former puglliSts
whose ideals Of sport are not always
as a rule high It's great exercise,
but il creates bad blood
A former Dartmouth athlete said: Il
lost one of my best friends during
sophomore and Junior year because of
a bout in which we lost our tempers
and made a fight out of it-Which
. happened a lot in my time. We came
together again in senior Near-but We
never boxed again Ny idea is that If
you can get, say. two professionals
and have Them take on the boys who
want to box ii will be a fine thing,
hut generally speaking. milling among
the students does not appeal to me as
beneficial OF course. that is only
my idea"
Another sport expert says: Inter
collegiate bouts would. of course. re-
solve themselves into sheer nights
college loyalty. enthusiasm and per,
sonal pride and comb tiveness wooio
bring about this result seven times
weight going arainss his Harverd op-
ponent would enter the SCARED clrcie
with the single idea of putting ms
opr onent away, crat least or oe&thhs
bin up in such a fashioE that his 1ea-
.ures would bear reseT S'anee 70 tne
university colors he wore In his belt
while the Harvard man would have
every idea of decorating the Yale
nanis optics with the indigo hue OF
his alma mater Interest OF the puo-
lie would extend far beyond coilegfate
circlss-with results that may oe con-
iectured."
Boxing Is ons Of the very best OF
exercises and sports when 1t is prop
erly controlled. But from clean pack
in to the mists of time to the DAYS oi
Fig and Broughton down to the pres
5 ent day. no body of men ever succeed,
and Keeping the Objectionable features
nut of it. We are at one of the near,
kst approaches to such control
Through our own International Sport
ing Club, resultant of the Army-Navy-
civilian board of control. born out OF
the exigencies OF the situation in the
last few years. But already there are
complications with France and Eng
land. We must make haste slowly
We do not want further comp!ica-
tions. and IL we do not have them:
the International Sporting Club will
prove it's great advantages. But II
would be struck a stunning blow II
great antagonisni were aroused on the
part Of those who make the highest
and best sporting opinion In the com :
try and those men do not believe that
the time Is ripe for INTERCOLLEGIATE
boxing bouts. Let the sport stay as II
is and develop as an intramural mat
ter for the present-at least until we
fnd and establish a conviction on the
part OF these men that it can be un-
the long run advantageous to inter
collegiate sport. but far and away
better for the future of boxing itself.
The wrestlinE situation.
Stecher and his body scissors cut
the breath and strength out OF the
maturer and more versatile Caddock
and the former now stands pre- -emi-
nent among the matmen- He Is ike
q foot ball team that has developed
a temporarily unstopahle formation.
and until some one equally as DOW
erful and physically adapted either
adopts his tactics or has the strength
to make the Caddock defense contin-
ually workable. stecher will hold the
title. Unless some crew equally as
physically powerful as was the Navy
.crew last year, would row as high a
stroke. and keep up the power, that
Navy crew could not be beaten. And
So the wrestlers. foreign and domes-
and that 10. il Sseehsr gets his boa :
constructor legs around their middle
they are done. The alternative Is TO
do II first as effectively.
Penn's FeOt Ball UpAeaval.
The many mutterings and rum
blings which were going on all the
fall and. In fact. which have been
epretty constant ever since the return
of PENIS foot bali team from the Pa
cific coast trip a while ago. when the
athletic committee announced that
the name of Folwell would not he
among the list Of those considered
for the position of coach. and when
members Of the legislature took a
hand have now eliminated in the
appointment of John Heisman. the
coach of Georgia Tech. to be in com :
mand of PENIS foot ball interests.
The career of Heisman has been a re-
markable one. He and Mike Dona-
hue of Yale, as coach of the Auburn
team. for many years revolutioniLeo
southern foot ball. Heisman ana MS
golden tornado" the Georgia Teen
team. made foot ball history there'
and. although defeated both this year
and last by Glenn Warmers Puts
F. hurgh .Panthers." the showing of the
southern visitors was good. And neV,
er to be forgotten was the 1rightIu u
beating that Heisman and his teai
administered to the visiting Pennsy
vanians on the occasion oil .nen ois
astrous trip to the south a few years
ago. when Howard Berry was thei'
Keinath. that wonderful basket bal
forward ,passer, will be assistah'
coach. while CASTOR viii be ms ilne
lett, that star end and ball of energy
will act as advisory committee
should Or. Wharton refuse some OF
the many offers in the broad field al
directors. he will Of course be await
able, as he has been for so man!
years. in his quiet. unostentatiouS
way as a general adviser.
A stadium for Philadelphia.
Once more i am tempted TO com
uent upon Philadelphia as sport
ing center. This time apropos of q
visit of W. Herbert Fowler. the En-,
pIishman, primarily upon a sort OF
golfing journey, but incidentally, fol
he is a sportsman. TO look over any
thing that attracts a sport-lovins
man in a country of fiourishing sport
He should. of course, and VIII, Visi'
that golf course for which the late
G.orre Crump was responsible, name
Malay rememher my firS