Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-01-06
TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS.

ltktACh AND FlEIlD -A1d1iEllNS.
The coming year is expected t be
one Of great activity in college track
and field athletics and sport Of all
classes, according to Gustavus L. Kir-
by, president Of the American Olym-
! pic committee, at the Antwerp inter-
national meet. Mr.. Kirby. states:
| college athletics received a. splen-
did impetus during tho paEt year due
in part to the visit Of the Oxford
Cambridge universities track team
last summer and the resultant inter-
| ton and New York. Coli, tennis,
small yacht racing and other forms
| of amateur sport also figured in SIM
liar international contests.
The 1872 schedule is still in the
making but already the University Of
Pennsylvania has announced that it
will send Il. relay team to London
for competition against h English
universities. A combined Oxford
Cambridge lacrosse team viii tour this
country next summer and British
yachtsmen will race for an interna-
, tional trophy in Long Island. These
are. to my mind. but the forerunners
of other and bigger events. in keep
ing with the spread Of sport:
Last year was one of most re-
%narkable popularity in all forms of
athletic competition but l believe that
the next few seasons will witness a
sport expansion far more impressive:
perhaps not as spectacular but GER
tainly sane. I believe ideals will in
general be higher: I believe there will
be more honesty in amateur sport
and for that matter more honesty in
professional sport. | believe there
will be more appreciation Of the fact
that while amateurism is good. hon
csty is better: that there is no dis
grace to be an honest professional.
Is believe the popularity Of sport
is hoth permanent and progressive
and due to cumulative causes. For
at least IS ear n number of US have
been preaching at every opportunity
the doctrine Of good health and hap
piness through sport and I honestly
believe that this continued preaching.
this sowing Of the seeds of exercise,
recreation, play. athletic competition,
etc, a brought forth the harvest of
last yea and will continue to bring
forth similar splendid harvests in
years to come.
Literal hundreds of thousands OF
boys nave had athletics instilled into
their very makeups by such organi-
cations as the Public Schools Athletic
leagues in the various cities, the Play
ground and Recreation Association OF
America, lne community service, Inc,
the Y. M. c. A, the Y. NJ. H A. A.
and other similar religious organiza-
tons. More than half a million young
men in our colleges and universities
in which athletic competition and
physical welfare Is an essential part
OF the curriculum, and eve Older
ones who are in the various territorial,
routes Of the Amateur Athletic Union
the Amateur Oarsnten of America
the Fencers' league and other similar
national bodies must soone or later
show the result of the teachings Of
these bodies.
by no means OF little Importance
has been the promotion Of the idea,
Of the Olympic games. i. e., Of "Spor1
for All and All fer Sport. and
Sport for Sports Sake" and which
ideal We in this country are always
~endeavoring to further. The Olym.
pic idea has certainly taken hold o1
the entire country.
Boring.
The American people, like excite.
rnent,"" said Tex Richard In discuss.
ing the remarkable growth OF spor-
in the past two years and the out
lool, for the coming eason This
demand for excitement is shown b.
4 the manner in which those sport,
which supply thrills are p~atronized
Boxing of our ranks vel to the
fore in This category and. while tn.
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