New Britain herald., 1921-01-21
FOOTBALL SUPPORTS HARVARD ATHLETICS
Chief Income From Sports Comes
 From That Source

CamDrluBe, MaSS., Jan. Zl.-BoOt- ball is given due credit for the potent part It plays in Harvard athletic life by Dean Le Baron B. Briggs. who in his annual report to the Harvard gov ceeds from the popular Fall sport not only helps support most of the other athletic activities but aids the univer- sity itselt in the upkeep of it's real estate holdings on which athletic games arc played.
 Dean Briggs finds expenditure for football good business He believes, however. that it might be we'll for colleges to limit by agreement their expenses in preparing athletic teams. No matter however much one may wish for the day when only Harvard mon may see their teams perform and then without admission charge, the dean says. they are now faced by tho reality that If it were not for foot ball there would be not so much hope for other sports, and the students and tho university itself would be the suf- ferer.
 The dean in his report delivered to President Lowell declares:
 Depend on Gridiron Receipts
 '"The athletic committee. through the graduate treasurer. provides fa- cilities for tho prescribed athletics of the freshman class. for the practice and the games of tnirty-seven teams engaged in Intercollegiate athletics, and for tho voluntary athletics of the university generally, or at least of thoso members who live in Cam bridge. It gives facilities to some g. 900 persons of whom not more than a quarter can be members of teams; it provides costly boats and oars. all manner of athletic material, and no little additional instruction: it keeps the stadium in repair. For these many purposes tho only considerable income is the sale of tickets for foot ball games. and however much we may wish for time when none but members of the university shall be admitted to games on university grounds and no charge shall be made for their admission, 1t is obvious that if the income from football were not exceedingly large, not merelyt the teams but the students generally and the treasury of the university would suffer.
 "I am far from denying that the enormous popularity and the unpleas- ant publicity of college athletics have led to excessive expenditure in pre- pairing teams for intercollegiate con- tests, and that 1t might be we'll for competing colleges to limit by agree ment expenditure for this purpose. I nm merely pointing out that the gate receipts from football are not used for 'gladiators only. but may help to equip some of those very persons who arc offended by the size of crowd at the gate and the amount of money handled at"the office of the athletic association.
 Favors Coast Trips.
 Talking about Harvard's transcon- tinental trip to play Oregon in foot ball. Dean Briggs declared:
 Championship in college football arc impo ssfblc. since means of com parison are totally inadequate. Far from claiming the championship of the world. 0 team that barely tied Princeton would be impudent in claiming even tho championship of tho East--if such a thing existed. Oregon had a good team in the West: Harvard had a good team in the East. It was interesting to see how two teams so far apart would compare. Reporters did the rest.
 ITO some persons the mere thought of sending students across the conti- nent to play football is disgusting: to others 1t means a desirable meeting of Eastern and Western youth in friend ly and wholesome rivalry, which di- minLshes the provfncialism of both. Tho game between an Eastern and a Western college at Pasadena, under tho management of the Tournament of Roses. was not new undertaking; it runa now fn HnrYnrd.' 70