The Topeka state journal., 1922-12-29
WINTER
SPORTS
B y
C.E.HOBBS
Telephone 1881

WF~zt Of the football gridirOn as
tra.ni.-S camp Tor citizenry?
We have mentioned several times
The value o the training received
al ere as being of considerable import
j ce in meeting the problems OF the
RjIsiness world Now comes Fielding
a. Hurry Up" Yost director of ath-
letfcs and football coach at the Uni
rersity OF Michigan, with few words
On the subject. He points out tnat
the loyalty and real service learned on
the gridiron. If applied t real life.
would result in almost an ideal state
He would have the same principles
!tpplied 10 thc national life. to- com
naerce, politics and government Host's
-seeeh- on Tie subject wasA made IN
oew York Here is what he-says on
rS matter:
Il believe that if the nation were
toroiy imbued with the spirit of the
allege football players and true to
le ideals of loyalty and resa service
which his thoughts and actions are
'Irected We should have the. almost
erfeCt state
Loyalty and real service-they are
no. watc1words a the college football
llayers.
n should like to see one day the
principles of football fully applied to
all phases Of national life, to commerce
and politics and to government Per-
haps shall never see that day, but il
is gratifying to reflect that this very
wear and last year lle spirit OF L0OL-
hall the valor. the unselfishness and
the honorable ardor for competition
have attracted immense crowds of our
citizens to the numerous stadia which
are rising on our playing fields as
monuments to a high ideal.
mot only is football reaching the
limited number of members of the
squads. out thru their example thz
ideals OF fair play courtesy and toler-
ancef are developed in thousands OF
others in the student bodies And OF
recent YEARS. the vast public, hundreds
OF thousands of people who never
played the game and who meagerly
understand the.r rules. have been at
tracted as spectators by the power OF
those admirable things Which football
signifies
.sThe spirit of football regards an
oppoueut as a tfval but not as
enemy 1t abhorS subterfuge and
loethes all things of questionable fair
ness
-'The country may learn lessons from
the Eridirou which will be of priceless
worth i'm their application to the rou-
tine relations Of the people Of one an
other and TO their government
Coach Hugo BezdVk. coach of Penn
state. lis putting hrs Nittany Lions
thru stiff workouts at Pasadena, Cal.
this week in preparation for meeting
University of southern California, In
that place New Years day in the an
uual East versus West Tournament of
Roses football classic There will be
little letup in the practice work for
the contest. Bezdek has announced
II is TO be one Of the big intersectiOnal
contests of the wear, and always at
tracts lot of attention in the football
world.
Another contest which will hold
some interest for the fans is the game
between Pittsburgh University and
. ] ala RarfnlRN- Cal
also to be played New Years day
Both of the eastern teams in these
classics are being given tire edge
Most writer's are giving Pittsburgh an
easy victory over stanford. and South
crn California and Penn State. due to
battle TO a rather close score, with
the easterners Having the edge