Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-10-07
Entrance Workouts

On the highrdy into college
Hail the seeker after knopledge
In frantic and pcddntic autumn
scramble up and dozen;
Notc he erdcth his rdcdtiom
In swirl Of preparation
To uphold his classic station Of collegt-
ate renOWn.
In the stress of his endedror
To be up to date aud clever
Do you think that he Is gtring Mr..
Cicero call!
Is his eycSi0ht microscopic
On some 0eometric topicI
Not erdctIy-not erdctly-he Is falling
on the ball.
In the stress of preparation
He is toiling With eldtton
Ever busy. almost dizsy, hdrino
thoughts of but one trend.
Not of Shelley's rise TO glory
Nor Of Homer's classic story.
But "The art Of tOrrcGrd passing or
"The tCdy to block an end.
Tn THE above you will find less OF
l. poetry than of poetic license. It's a
popular superstition that things are
so. Whereas the facts are that in most
universities the football player is more
closely watched by the faculty for class
slackness than any one else.
The Great Gift of Competition
TEAR SIR-President Harding struck
~ true note when he said to jim
Barnes, You have pOise. That word
"POISE" embraces so large field that
Il may be Charted somewhat as follows
lCalmness
Determination
Concentration
IContentment
(Comfort
Natural action
rHys'ca' Normal form
Reserve
Mental noise Is that CALM state OF
mind DFTERMINED upon the task In
hand and so CONCENTRATED upon
succe ssful achievement that no ex-
traneous event can swerve 1t from
fixedness of purpose. A contehteo
mind is continual feast, TINS Il
rather a large order; but the content
ment which arises in competition 1r0r
n feeling Of Joy in the game kindl!
respect for an opponent and rcail"a
ton that. after all. it is but a game
to be fairly and joyously played 10
finish, is a potent factor IN produclht
the all essential ordination OF minC
and body. You once remarked ina
Francis Ouimet had the competitive
soul" more highly developed than any
Other player you had known. Oulmet
Il 10
given to adverse criticism even II !,
thought, Of an opponent, the luck OF
the breaks, but, rather, to happS
enjoyment Of all the good in the game
PHYSICAL poise is not possible unit
mental poise has become an accom-
plished fact. Sick people should no
engage in competitive games where
depleted reserve may be overdra"h
Francis Ouimet should not have com
peted at Oakmont in 1919. Doubtless
| he paid q heavy price for so doing to
several years. Lenglen has just had
very unfortunate experience IN I'M
country. Physical comfort is essentia
to the playing Of good game. JONI
G.. Anderson once started IN a goI
match with pair of new shoes. Befor'
he had gone far both heels were blis
tered and his game gone.
Natural Action
JUST why the average player o
y games cannot or will not make tn
plays with some degree Of natural &C
| ton Is a puzzle. The nearest 0bviou
answer Is lack of familiarity with tn
| Implements used in the game. The con
| fdence with which one man holds
chisol or wedge while another hits
on the head every time with a sixteen
mound sledge is a testimonial to tn
strikers accuracy. Tilden played ten
| mis- and Hoppe billiards at the age o
| eight. Their implements Of play are a
familiar TO the touch as fork or spoo
Natural action, without strain o
stress. coupled with a regular pleyin
form. whether or not such form be tn
last word In grace and finish, will in
vorIahIy account for a fairly successful
game, Probably few, If any, adul
nloycrs - beyond the experimental
stages-have been able to change forr
and method in any game with success
0niv by sticking consistently to norma
form and doing naturally what h
knows he can do will a player be abl
10 attain maximum OF success tn
greater part Of the time.
Normal Form
TIME player who is PHYSICALLY
J. COMFORTABLE and playing tn
game NATURALLY in NORMAL
FORM will always have RESERVE