New-York tribune., 1922-12-02
Oddments and Remainders
BIZ Percy Hammond


Now that the football games are over.
sis authors who write Of them In the
Tr!SpNs's sporting department may
pcrnit us 20 intrude with a few OF our
own Impressions Of the mightiest OF
the psstimes. Impressions. however,
rot 90 much OF the sport itsels a. OF
tAe manner in which the history Of the
ccnalcts must be rcearded. Perhaps
you too. have teit . sense Of remote
ness az you have watched the silent
leholars in what HilAire Belize has
termed their 'psgnseious SiAdistions.'
Yca see them aghting bitter, impor-
tant war IN front Of your very eyes, and
s.lll you experience a sensation OF
being deprived Of is most dramatic
iagrsdienta
What. you wonder. DO they say to
enc anotkeri As guard grapp.es with
guard and center glsres at center, are
they a. you sec them. mere figures
In pantonime or marionettes IN g
puppe. show7 when tho Yale outfit
foregathers preliminary TO play, with
heads bowed and arms intertwined, are
yo1 not curious TO know the details
Of their mysterious whisperings
What, II anything. are o'Hearn's re-
marks 70 Mr. Diekenson as he Is
gsrroted and thrown while en- route
20 his goalf Mr.. Ovens meritorious
Journey down the field az New Haven
last week was productive Of great
emotions; but you longed to hear what
he said and what was said 70 him
between the halves. We .pondered
whether the heart Of Mr. Lee. Harvard
quarterback. was broken IN the Bowl
tAe ether day, when, after skillful
manipulation Of bis forces. he was
replaced In fertile crisis by Mr.
Buell.. the wounded captain. Or
whether the replacement was inspired
By . hne sentiment, and was under
stood as such By Mr.. Lee.
On the way 20 Princeton not long
ago we we're caught in one Of the most
uncomfortable jams ever contrived By
q competent railway system, the Penn
sylvsnia. Many passengers upon the
train were miserable, and were regret
ting their pilgrimage as sn uncomfort-
able folly. whats the use?" said
one Of them within our hearing. "rd
rather read Grantland Rice's account
Of football game than 70 see one.
get the picture and the story from his
reports, and he tells mo much more
about IL than can see myself"
SO, indeed. do we regard Mr. Riee's
annals as fine approximations Of the
football games. We enjoy his vivid
chronicles as much as We do the events
themselves. and with less discomfort.
when. for instance. Mr.. Rice says that
4 plunge through the center did not
gain enough ground "to bury a quar-
terback." we get more Of a thrill
thSn We did witnessing that fu-
tile gesture. We enjoyed our I'm
partial hysteria rs Nr. owen eddied,
sgzagged, whirlpooied, sprinted and
oozed toward his celestial destination
at New Haven recently, but not so
sanely as we did Mr.. Riee's nsrrativs
Of the event. We give you the FOL.
lowing from Mr.. Rice as a complet-
and readable epitome Of the cause Of
the Yale debaele. "Some day in the
dim and distant future" wrote Mr.
Rice, yale will discover that mind 4,
still above matter, and that the con.
qusring drive Of sheer. raw power be,
longs back in the vanished glory o!
Neolithic days, when the esvensr
ruled the world"
All Of which Is true and interesting
but what does Mr.. Rice tell Us Of