Great Falls tribune., 1922-01-12

| less Of the outpouring of millions Of
spectators and contestants in the games
Of the past IL months, it is the unan-
| imous belief of those best qualified
to gauge the development of sport,
that the coming season will witness new
records in interest, participation and
attendance.
That these opinions are based upon
substantial grounds is shown by the
rapidly increasing list Of Important con,
tests, both intersectional, national and
international, which are being added to
the 1922 sport schedules. Interna-
tional tennis, golf, yachting and track
meets are already in the making; nu-
merous intersectional football games
have been carded and there will be a
wider increase in entries for various
national championships, both numeri-
cally and geographically, than in the
past.
From all sections of the nation comes
the report that interest in sport is
steadily growing; the formation OF new
Citations: wider participation in games
the development, physically. of the
youth Of the land and the belief that
sport in the broadest application Of
the word will be q growing factor in
the history of America for decades to
come. These reports are borne out
in the following forecasts and analyses
prepared by prominent sport authorl-
ties for the Associated Press:
| Tennis
(, In considering the prospects for an
exceptionally active year in tennis dur
ing 1922. Julian s. Myrick, president OF
alton, states:
II attribute the unprecedented pop
ularity of tennis and sport in general
during 1921 to the increasing realiza-
ton by the public that physical exer-
else means improved health, more
pleasure in living and chance to live
longer. From every source where sta
tistics are available it is being point
ed out that during the last decade the
average span of life has constantly
heightened Another underlying reason
may be that it was a shock to the ma
ton during the war to find many young
because of poor physical condition
The natural reaction has been to seek
to remedy this weakness and partlci-
patton in sports helps to accomplish
that result.
$50 far as tennis is concerned, the
widespread interest in the game is
demonstrated by the fact that during
1921 the junior champion was Vincent
Richards of New York; julius Saga
lowsky. the boys champion, who is 8
lad under Is years comes from Indian.
apolis; the intercollegiate CHAMPION,
Philip Neer, lives in Portland, Ore.
and the semi-f -finalists in the intercol
, legiate tournament, came from Boston
Dallas, Indianapolis and San Francisco
with the increased interest in ten
mis- being shown in cities. schools ane
colleges, it is only a question Of time
when the caliber of play and conse
quently the resultant popularity. of thu
sport, will increase proportionatel,
throughout the land You will ther
see on a countrywide basis the inter
est and skill in tennis which for year:
have been localized mainly in the cas-
and On the Pacific coast.
Publicity Helps
II also attribute large part of thi
growth to the increased publicity giyel
: to amateur sport, thus helping to per
q a suade the public to take more exer
else and become interested in SOM
:, sport
1T is my opinion that this popu
2 larity of tennis will continue to in
: crease, not only during 1922, but TO
i many years to come. Interest il
= sport, including tennis, has advance
beyond being fad and it will continu
= to grow as part Of the progress o
!, our great country.
s'The international competitions Q
: tennis next year should be among tn
Q Q best which have ever been held. w
q are informed that Australia expects t
J send on a great team; South Africa ha
team of young men who have bee
: improving decidedly since 1919 and the
: expect to be among the challenger
Z this year; the japanese are ais
7 strengthening their team, to say notf
> ing of the European teams. so it look
as though the Davis cup will agai
have a great year and attract trement
Gus interest, which will react for th
good of the game not only nationall
but internationally. Our own champion
ships should be. up to the high stant
ard which they have always maintaine,
Altogether, the year 1922 looks now 6
r being one of the best years that tenn
) in this country'will ever have enjoyed
Mr. Myrick also expressed the opil
e ion that an increased attention given
N amateur sport in the form of constru'
g tive articles as applied to the physic
le health of the individual, and article
'. dealing with the technical side of tt
j. various games, how to improve one
le game. etc, would be a decided step
l. the right direction. Also, if municipal
}: ties would put in more public pla.
d grounds, tennis courts and golf course
1t the saving in health would come bat
g. to such a community many fold.
b Football
.The unprecedented popularity {
Y football in 1921 and the overwhelmiI
q evidence that the coming season w
= see the game reaching new records
- . every department of the sport is
:. splendid tribute to the game and tho
y who play it, This statement w
y made by Walter Camp, secretary
:, - the intercollegiate football rules cor
~ mittee, in q recent discussion of t
prospects for sport for 1922.
1T goes beyond that, however," co
K tinued Mr. Camp, for to my mind
:. is a clear indication Of the appreciate,
!. "a of physical fitness and the admirati,
= in which it is held. The lessons learn
during the war greatly increased th
appreciation but the admiration for al
= the desire to participate in clean spo
is inherent in the American people.
4 Football as played by the hundre
of college teams throughout the count
brings ont these qualities in a mann
equalled in few other sports. 7
game even to the novice spectator
full of thrills and with the rapidly
creasing technical knowledge possess