Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-25
BLOSSOM RETURNS
As YALE GRADUATE
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Announcement by President
Well Received at the
Alumni Dinner.
By WALTER CAMP
by WNCIEH VNWF
Special CORRESPONDENT Of The Great Falls Tribune.
Copyright. 1922. By The Great Falls Tribune.

Special CORRESPONDENT Of The Great Falls Tribune.
Copyright. 1922. BY The Great Falls Tribune.
New York, June 24-''The tempest
in teapot stirred up by the report OF
the voluntary committee" as to Yale
athletic weakness, has been allayed by
the announcement of the appointment
of Jack" Blossom, the little fair
haired baseball captain of 1913 and
1914, as graduate athletic director.
President Ancell made this announce
ment at the second annual alumni
! dinner and it was received with great
enthusiasm, but just how much this
means in the way of yer riding the
policy of any one expert coach in his
! own particular branch is something
that will have to be worked out.
Athletics in Turmoil
The whole athletic world is in Il sea
of turmoil and students of social con-
ditions are beginning to learn two very
remarkable facts which should be set
before any man who is interested IN
the life of the times. In the first
place. our national government is
learning hat in a democracy such as
ours the great advance is material sue
cesses, and with them material prob
lens have gone far beyond the educa-
ton of the average man. The big prob
lens before US today. like international
exchange. the operation of tariff, inter
national financial policies, are so far
removed from the ordinary education.
not only of our masses, but even of our
highly educated class. that to be able
to pass an intelligent judgment upon
any one of them would require a life
time of education, consequently the
average voter is incompetent to argue
them out and decide for himself be-
cause the problems are so intricate
as to puzzle wen the most educated
minds.
All Act As Judges
Exactly the reverse of this IS true
in college athletic administration. The
puzzles are all there but many who
/ sit in the grandstand who have had
even a year or two in college athletics
is quite prepared to pass judgment
upon and decide how any sport should
be run. how a team should be coached
how a crew should be handled. In
other words, the average man on the
street would never enter into a discus
sion as to how the exchange situation
and deprecated currencies should be
handled and give views as to a definite
and comprehensive taxation policy. ex-
cept in so far as he did not believe
in taxes at all, and vet the average
collegian in the grandstand is quite
prepared to pick out all the flaws in
/ handling of O team and show how much
better it could be done, and that. too
with a perfect conviction that from
a reasonable amount of experience If
the sport he is quite competent to do
the job.
Judged BY Results
Nevertheless the men who have the
| Jobs to do in the government come up
for reelection and the college athletic
director. or a coach is. like the repre-
sentative. judged by the results of the
sort that come more rapidly and more
conclusively. Hence the job of either
is no sinecure. Victories to the ath-
letic director, say what you please, are
! like home runs to Babe Ruth. perhaps
/ not specified in the contract. but
/ nevertheless expected and looked for
both for business and also for senti-
! mental reasons.