Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-14
Not Only Give. Them a Fair
! Chance 70 Develop Phys
ically, But Builds Them
Morally As Well; Differ
ent Clubs Id City Should
Take 1t On Themselves To
Interest The Youngsters.
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One Of the greatest drawbacks, q
city Of any considerable size has to
contend with is the absence Of direct
ed play for its children. During the.
school year they are generally fairly
well taken care Of. but in Grand
Forks they are left to their own de-
vices after the term closes in the
spring until school opens again n
the fall. IT the city, with its great
park system. IL unwilling or unable
to provide, q director to take care OF
this playground work during the
summer, 1t would seem that it Is up
to the parents to interest themselves
In athletics to the extent OF s%encour-
aging thefr children in every way
possible to take up the. different
sports. "a y
4. i A Fair Chance.
Z Speaking from the physical stand
point, it Is only giving them a fair
better than weaklings, There. ID,
however, another side, and that is the
moral one. When q boy is out. play
ing golf, tennis, Or baseball he Is not
meeting with q gang that has moth
ing tt o,tand n having nothing to
do is bound to got into trouble.
At the time the Tri-City tennis
tournament waA in progress. here a
we'll known business man made the
get his boy interested in tennis. He
said he might suggest it to him, but
he believed that 1t would carry more
weight with his youngster If. it came
from the. outside. He was not a., ten
mis- player: himself. but he. said that
he knew that II the boy was play
ing tennis he would be in the right
kind Of company. H. t.
Besides placing the boy in good
company and giving him something
to do that will develop, him al he
fair play. That idea OF winning by
any means whatever, is not found in
thefplay Of youngsters and when fair
play is developed early it sticks by.
sportsmanship.
There Is no game played in which
such a high Grade Of sportsmanship
IL shown as tennis: No matter what
may be an athletes ,favorite sport, il
he has followed. the play through
ever one tennis tournament he will
have to Admit4that it Is a fact. There
Is tennis court space in Grand Forks
for many times the number Of play
ers using it now and thelocal club
could do a great missionary work II
ltWould extend Its activities among
the youth of the city and encourage
,them to use the courts. BY way OF
a suggestion. a juvenile tournament
could be held even this year before
the a closes. "A cup or two
would cost but little and would in
crease the entry list wonderfully.
Looking at it from a selfish stand
point every effort that Is put forth to
get youngsters to play tennis would
be directly beneficial to the club, be-
cause it would mean a bigger club In
years to come and a much better
class Of players.
Curriers' Take Action. ,5s
The curling club has already taken
steps in this direction and when the
season opens next winter a good
many Of the Kinks will have younger
boys on them than have ever played
before. The club members realize
that the only way the club can be
kept up and new players developed
is to get boys into the game, and that
is one Of the main things that Is to
be worked on during the coming sea-
son. ~ t 5, !.
One prominent curler went "a far
last winter as to suggest that curling
leagues be formed in the grade
schools and that certain afternoons
during the week be given over , to