Evening star., 1925-09-20


me reports of how strong such and
such team is going to be, and
believe that in the great majority
of cases the optimistic reports are
due to sound Judgment of coaches
and those closely connected with the
squads and not to the press agent
dreamings.
Articles Are Deplored
"One thing in connection with the
foot ball situation somebody ought
to mention is that the kind Of arti
cles recently published under the
heading OF BY a Graduate Manager
are not going to do the game any
good. / feel that the series Of
articles grossly exaggerated condi-
tions, and then undertook to justify,
in q. measure, the contentious. The
public Is likely to get an entirely
wrong impression. If we are to
finally get athletics on the kind of
plane that we desire. and / person
ally feel that the Southern Confer
ence is closely approaching such an
ideal condition. 1t seems to me that
each school must develop its own in
dividual conscience and not depend on
others to do SO. That Is what we
are doing and such great improve
ment An such a brief time as has
taken place in the Southern Con-
| ference in the last three years never
was known before in the history of
sports.
I'VE are getting the Summer base
ball situation under control and
| believe within the next year or so
we will have very infrequent viola :
| tions. 1t generally is recognized in
the South that the Southern Con-
| ference has been the greatest factor
in the development of athletics and
| in the building of clean sports. We
| all attribute our excellent situation
to the influence of the conference and
TO the generally fine cooperative
spirit being shown by its members.
Little Is Given Out.
The annual meeting of the execu-
| tive committee was productive of
| nothing of particular interest--for
publication. 1t was given out that
| the basket ball tournament again
would be held in Atlanta and sew
| eral interpretations of rules were
made. 1t was held that a normal
| school giving only two years of col
! lege work, should not be considered
as a college in the Interpretation OF
| the migratory rules. Also there was
strong sentiment that the number
of students, 100, mentioned in the
! rule defining a college should be
| raised to $50.
| Southern Conference foot ball
teams generally get under way next
Saturday. Two or three postpone
| their opening until October 8, and,
in view of the weather conditions. are
glad they did. 1t is SO hot here that
foot ball player has every appear
ance Of having been overheard some
where after he has been practicmg
five minutes. And II is so dry that
even the most ardent prohibitionist
would feel at home. Foot ball fields
are a combination Of hard clay and
dust. It Is said that nothing like the
dry, hot Summer has been known in
the last so years. Cities are not al
| lowing the foot ball managemepts TO
use water to water their grid1rons
water is turned on for only one hour
every day. 1t Is just about as hot
as it was in the Midsummer spells
around Washington.
Such a condition and foot ball dc
not go well together, but everybody
seems to be meeting the situation
cheerfully and to say that, everything
considered, their squads are in good
shape. AS one coach put it to the
"Iltci tIllS ilC W iiSiO NOoi
| try down this way is burnt up and the
4 foot ball teams are almost"
Game That Thrills.
Everybody here is talking about the
| resumption of athletic relationships
between the University Of Georgia and
| Georgia Tech, the game to be played
| November ID. 1t Is said that 10000
are expected to attend the game, and
| overflow the new stadium the AT
| lantans have just constructed.
=. Incidentally, Georgia Tech ano
| Georgia are going to have strong
| teams, and the game probably will
| develop into one of the best of the
year Georgia Tech is expecting a
! much stronger team than 1t had last
season, and Georgia is in the same
| position.
Yesterday afternoon the writer
| watched Georgia Tech scrimmage in
| secret practice for an hour and half
| The team is heavy, strong, fast and
well developed for this time of year
1t scored touchdown after touchdown