Evening star., 1922-09-04
FOR THE CANES
SAKE.
BY Lawrence Perry

A UTHORITIES OF the Amateur
~ Bicycle League of America
4 a feel assured that the second
annual bike championship meet at
Atlantic City the middle OF this
month will be the largest and most
important in the history OF amateur
cycling. Has a funny sound hasn't
it? A great many persons, other
wise discerning, hold the idea tina,
the motor car relegated the bike
TO that limbo wherein reside the
dodo. the diplodocus. the dinosauer
and the single-tax theory.
Not SO. The cyclodrome. velodrome
and other sorts of dromes, where
professional bicycle riders race every
week throughout the season are
popular centers that vie with the
big league ball parks in point OF
patronage and partisan enthusiasm
AS for the forthcoming meet of the
amateurs on the Jersey coast. reports
show that in many states throughout
the Union the elimination races that
In progress since July. resulted in
the selection of a number of out
standing speed artists counted upon
to make history.
Every rider who starts in the va
rious races-there will be junior
events for boys of fifteen and over
as we'll as senior events over dis
tances ranging from a quarter of a
mile to five miles-will receive a
medal emblematic of the honor of
having been selected to compete in
the meet. while winners in all the
final events will have their expenses
paid. no matter what remote corner
of the country owns them as citizens.
1t Is stated that tens of thousands
of amateur cyclists are affiliated with
the A. B. l.. of A. In other words. in
rivals the old League of American
Wheelmen, which, in the palmy days
of cycling. when roads were bumpy
and the reek of gasoline was an
exotic perfume. governed with iron
hand. the destinies of those who
pushed the pedal.
One Of the most hopeful signs of a
sane and equable conduct of athletics
among the big ten" is the report
that students attending the Univer-
sity of Illinois School for Goa ches
must carry fourteen hours Of regular
scholastic work in addition to their
studies In the science of sport before
they may be eligible to represent the
university in intercollegiate athletics.
ance that Illinois will have no ad-
vantage over sister institutions of
the conference other than that aris-
ing from qualified material drawn to
this department.
-, Georgia Tech is developing in the
matter Of an athletic solidity and stand
ing that bids fair to be influenced
throughout the intercollegiate world.
Her aim evidently is To measure up to
her RESPONSIBILITIES as one of the leading
institutions in the country that make
much Of sport. In line with this ambf-
y ton comes the announcement that Will
Z liam A. Alexander. the foot ball coach,
has been appointed professor of physi-
cal science, a member of the faculty in
full standing.
In this way Tech not only meets the
design OF bringing sports closer to
who has that rare quality of inspiring
his fellows as only the natural leader
can Through his sheer influence
i,191 students out of a total of 1878
participated in athletics of one form
or another under the direction OF
Alexander in 1922.
This in spite of the fact that Tech
has no gymnasium nor any building
for physical training. This short
coming will. Of course. have to be
rectified, since Tech cannot afford to
among the large educational institu-
xions Of the country. but in the mean
time Alexander has triumphed over
physical defects in the plant of this
seat of learning. Now he has not
only his reward. but the opportunity
as we'll as the incentive for increased
activity.