Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-10-30
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The tifiie has come when It
; America would hnid her own with
the other countries Of the world
in athletics, She must take stock
!. Of a system that is turning oiA
ever increasing Crops of profess
SIGNALS in all branches of sports
and that certers all Efforts on de-
veloping winning teams: Sport
( for sports sake has become a
thing of the past iii this country.
1t is sport f6f the money that is in
ait, Or sports fot the sake of win
ming. The mass Of individuals is
forgotten and instead of being
first S anAathletic nation, we are
down to fourth and probably fifth
place.
High salaries paid by baseball
leagues ca,lss youngsters to play
baseball with the idea iii mind Of
asome day becoming professional
players. II they find that they
are not improving and stand no
chance of ever becoming a big
Lacquer, they quit. The absence
of baseball iii this city shows that
the game is not played for the fnn
there is ii. 1t any More.
Monty In Ring Game
clever with tks .bbxfns, gloves he i'm
m~ediately eets. himself to become a
F., professional. E,iSs sums paid to fling
celebrities lS6k bettsr to him than
amateur boxifkA whefe there is moth
and the physical Benefits.
The same Is title lii almost every
line Of sport ana the effects are rap
Idly assuming alarming proportions.
In our Schools AND. colleges the
spirit Of athietiss ID to win, and i:
winning tearfis 9Afs not developed,
sweeping changes are made in the
physical departments and more money
spent. '>T,his ldea 81 winning has sunk
r. deeply into duff whole athletic SYSTEM
that It has 6seGine a menace to our
% very athletics. III order to win, schools
secure high class Athletes. They look
with suspicion lR6h sach other and
now hire mefi whose duty 1t is to blay
the detective
SCHOOLS beteiop only best.
Sports in colleges aha. schools, have
reached q point where. they nave ceas-
ed to be a thing .f6r TIE development
OF the whole Student body and the
effort is spent Iii developing those few
which are the Best physically to q
Ahigher point 81. efficiency for the sole
purpose Of competition. Specialization
has swept the, country from one end to
the other and Athtetics have now be-
come a speciality. The main idea Of
: athletics. that q recreation and physi-
cad development f6f heAlth's sake has
been lost sight IF entirely and instead
Of competition beodmihg the outgrowth
Of physical Development, the primary
object is the deVel6pment OF physical
perfection for the PURPOSE of compete
ton.
Conipstiti6h IL Part
q There is nG.duestioh but that com
petition, the fhrlll Of physical contest,
is a necessary part Of athletics. It has
become a necessary part Of school life
and lintercol1egiAte competition is a
stimulus without Which class work be
comes a drldse. but, 1t would seem
that the enf6urakement of athletics
for'every student sGh the campus would
prove a benefit II the development of
high <class athietics rather than a
drawback. ~
Athletics III Their ideal s-tategexisted
d,Aring the titIie Uncie Sam had his
four million men Iii the army. Physi-
cal development was the primary OBJ
: EJECT. made interesting BY competition.
1t was sport .f9f sports. sake and not
: for the money that could be gained or
alone for whining. although being
Americans THEY .M9Wed more. of that
spirit than the Eifopehn soldiers.
Could -Ixaff Something )
America could learn Something from
the Scandinavian t6hntfies In the way
of physical, education for Its y6Gng
people. An three have systems that
have proved Wonderfully successful in
a national way. MIS- Blkh. nation
ally known physical educatorA.of Den
., mark, is to pay a. Visit to the United
States next summer with d numbe Of
his pupils for the piifpase OF introduce
ing the Danish system here. what
= will come of IL .iS hAfd to say. but II d
hoped that it Win. plant the seed, Of q
system that viii develop over here.
In France, 4;S0o small profiteere
and soldiers, convicted Of either re-
amnesty since last! July. The Biz
profteers are still being pursued.