Daily Kennebec journal., 1924-03-21

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the standing of their respective
teams at the close Of the Augusta
~" volley Ball League, the busi-
ness men playing the game came to-
gether for supper Thursday evening
at the Y. NJ. C. A. Assembly hall.
and had the pleasure OF listening
to a discourse by William H. Ball OF
New York, head Of the physical de-
partment OF the International \. NJ.
c. A. committee. Mr. Ball Is one OF
the best known men in "" athletic
work in the country, and IN his briet
talk last evening he emphasized the
Importance OF games such as volley
ball and basketball for developing
character.
In accordance with the novel plan
instituted at the very beginning of
the volIey ball league schedule, the
winning team which was the Grape
nuts, captained by Arthur 5. Merrill.
sat down to a chicken supper: the
Caulifiowers. led by DR.. Paul Cyr.
in second place. enjoyed roast beef
menu: Capt a B. Sullivan's outfit.
the Milkweeds, were Served baked
beans and brown bread: while the
losing quintet. the Hayseeds. cap
tained by Walwor'h Simpson. was
content with bread and milk. In
spite of the variety in the menu. no
team was heard TO complain and in
the spirit OF good fellowship all
passed a very enjoyable evening.
The speaker of the evening, Mr..
Ball, who was introduced by II. ).
Kennedy, physical director OF the
Augusta ''T" is an enthusiastic rooter
for all the games adopted by the
"Y" organization throughout the
country, but TO fiji the place in the
life OF busy business men he de-
clares that there is no game like
volley ball. it is the business mems
game, he pointed out. And it Is in
creasing in popularity all over the
country.
He stated that the eastern regional
Y. NJ. c. A. volley ball championship
matches will be played at Philadel-
phia early in April. and about two
weeks later at Pittsburg will occur
I the matches for the national volley
ball championship. Many states. in
! Guiding Names neighbor. New
Z Hampshire, have contests for state
volley ball championships. This
rapid development of the game has
! taken place since the men returned
! from the World war.
Games are beginning to fill big
! ger place in the life of thinking men
Mr. Bell asserted. They are becom-
( ing important factors in maintaining
health and a sane well-balanced
frame of mind. But in all these
contests the spirit of fair play
should be kept in mind. The speak
er told of a certain Y. NJ. G. A. that
he once visited where the few play
ers in the volley ball matches acted
like anything but gentlemen and ran
the game to suit themselves to such
an extent that they drove out many
fine men who otherwise would have
enjoyed the activities of the organi-
zation.
Today the physical educators are
j beginning to use games to develop
| character. Mr.. Ball predicted that
/ in the next % years leaders in reli-
| gion and science will be united In
| the use of games to develop desir-
able characteristics. And volley ball
will be one OF the leading games
! employed because 1t is the only game
! in which teams OF any size can COM
| pete against each other without ply
! sical contact. Volley ball helps to
develop the idea of team play and
also develops the idea OF individual
responsibility.
Mr.. Ball spoke Interestingly OF the
origin of the game of basketball.
which was invented" or produced
| by one of his classmates at the
! Springfield Y. NJ. G. A. college in the
! spring of 1892. James Naismith, who
| is now professor of physical educa =
I.tion at the University OF Kansas.
originated the plan for the game of
basketball. Less than a year later
/ another student at the Springfield
| "Y" college, w. II. Morgan, origin
ated the game of volley ball. Bas-
llctball includes elements of football
and lacrosse, while volley ball comes
nearer to the game of tennis.
| The speaker predicted that in the
next five years IL baseball does not
! take decided jump in popularity.
! that basketball will surpass baseball
| in point of the number of men play
| ing the game and the number of
spectators. Baseball includes the ac-
tivities of primitive life when every
man was the enemy of every other
man. Those activities which meant
! the survival of the fittest. were
! throwing, clubbing and running.
| With the training in games and
! sports that the young men and wom-
en- are enjoying today in "Y" build
| ings, schools and colleges this coun-
try will be prominently the finest
country on the globe. For with these
games and sports character is being
developed. Mr.. Ball declared that
when the young folks of today grow
up there will not be any Teapot
Dome scandals. for there will be n
different kind Of men in politics and
in national life. Furthermore. If the
nations of the world would catch
this idea of team play there would
not be any need for formal League
of Nations, for each nation would
willingly go ahead and xdo it's part
and shoulder its responsibility for
fair play.
Post League Series Planned
Following Mr.. Balls interesting
message. the members of the several
teams decided to play off an elm
ination contest, which will bo begun
next Monday evening when all four
teams will play. On the following
Monday the two winning teams will
compete, and the two losing teams
will play each other. A supper will
, follow the final games.
The members of the four teams Of
the league are: