Evening star., 1925-12-01

been a distinct social waste II The
great foot ball genius of the year
had set out to make himself a doctor
or lawyer or a real estate agent
/. The Times AYERS also: He has EN-
braced a clean and sufficiently manly
occupation. He is going to do lii
orally what every college graduate is
besought by the commencement ora
tor to do metaphorically - to keep
fit, to hit the line hard, TO keep his
eye on the goal and never to say
die till the referees whistle shrills"
Furthermore in view of the large
remuneration involved, the Green Bay
Press Gazette is of the opinion that III
would take him years to earn that
much in any other line of endeavor.
and if he chose to take the long path
we venture the assertion right here
and now that none of his advisers
would exert themselves to make his
path any easier
Nor is he a mercenary. according
to the nanville Bee, which asserts
that it would be unfair 50 TO brand
him, 'regretting as one does his exit
from the amateur field after adding
so greatly to its lustcr." for foot nal.
! is his great love. and. his varsity
career over. il is not surprising that
the game should lure him to other
achievements in the only neld that i
open 10 him"
Nevertheless "the game surely suf-
ferS." states the SpringfieId Tnion,
with the fear that what Grange does
doubtless Will have its influence on
other young men" and that foot Ian
VIII come to be looked upon by its
participants not as a sport, but as &
| business oppOrtunltY.' Similarly the
Adrian Daily Telegram says that I'll
Is useless to argue that he can accept
professional connections without q
certain discount of his own personal
prestige or without increasing the
J complexities of the foot ban problem
for the universities The Telegram
points to the fact that the distract
ing effect 1pon college foot ball play
ers generally is too obvious for
remark"
The question IS not" declares tho
Decatur Herald, what the attitude of
education is going to be toward foot
ball. but what foot ball of the profes-
stonal variety is going to do to eliuca.
ton. If it is going to entice young
men out of college the moment thev
have played their last college game.
liitIl II Scti!IS u US tndI, technical
eligibility Notwithstanding, profeS.
sionalisN is reaching back into the
colleges" The situation also impelS
| the Worcester Telegram to remark
that "if the spirit which for two bours
on the gridiron carries a lad througl
desperate battle when the lungs logs
and muscle all cry for relief. and only
| the high heart drives on is shown to
| be nothing more than the preliminary
pining for a pay check, then those
academic graybeards who have heen
eravely Condemning overemphasis
upon foot ball are deadly right. and
we had best be considering the scrap-
| ping of our bowls. our stadia and our
| crescents." The Roanoke World News
adds that meanwhile, college foot
ball suffers through his decision"
| The effect upon the player impresses
the Springfield Daily News, which as
serts: college foot ball, made the
| king of college sports by the team
play, which appeals to college spirit,
| develops stars. The man who carries
the ball Is a hero. Professional foot
ball is quite a different affair. There
each man plays for himself and the
test of the college man comes when he
has to go alone. Often he will find
| that he has to buck the line, overcome
interference and carry the ball by
himself"