Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-11

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Director, Principal Speaker at
Kiwanis Club Luncheon, Thursday
Denouncing the system of athletics
| in some high schools under which the
coach of teams is obliged to win, is
paid more than the principal or SUI
perintendent of the school, or receives
a good portion Of the gate receipts,
Clinton r. Thompson, freshman ath-
letic director at Bates College and
former coach at Cony high school
discussed the subject, Athletics and
/ Physical Education" at the luncheon
meeting of the Augusta Kiwanis
Club, Thursday noon at the Girls
Community clubhouse. The guests of
honor upon the occasion were Princi-
pal Everett V. Perkins eddie"
Pierce, athletic coach at Cony high
school and the members of the Cony
football team this fall.
The Cony football eleven while not
among the claimants of the State
championship this season. was ad-
mitted to be one of the fastest teams
in the State and in recognition of this
the Kiwanis Club extended it's hos
pitality to the team. Kiwanis and
their guests were especially pleased
to hear remarks by "Clint" Thomp-
son, who coached numerous success
| full athletic teams at Cony before ac-
| cepting a position on the coaching
! staff at Bates college.
Cony Gridders Guests
Captain John McCauley and other
members of the Cony eleven were
called on for remarks and paid their
respects to Principal Perkins and
Coach Pierce. Members of the team
who were introduced by Coach Pierce
at the opening of the meeting were:
Captain John McCauley. RIB; Babe"
Lapidus, lib, who was picked by
majority of sports writers for the
all Maine high school team; Howard
Stiles. OBJ. also mentioned frequent
ly for the all-Maine group; Roland
bennett, fb: Warren Fletcher. Oh;
Bernard Nicllless. re-, picked by
sports writers for end on the second
Maine high school eleven; Kenneth
Trask. rt: Gilmore Soule. RIB. and
1t; pete Bradstreet. lie; Ted"
Lishness, lie; Kenneth Dinsmore, lg;
Hubert Merrick, rg; Myron Hilton,
c., and captain of next years team:
John Elmore, C; Herman Knowles.
tackle; Royden Worthing, guard;
and Manager Robert Lee. Adrian
Cony Belfast game. was not in at
tendance.
Harrington Presides
The meeting was held under the di
rection of the finance committee of
he club and the program was turned
over by President Blaine Owen to
Hon. Frank 6. Harrington. chairman
of the committee and a lover of all
forms Of athletic contests. Following
the luncheon, President Owen spoke
briefly, recalling that % years ago he
was captain of the Cony high eleven
and in those days there was little
equipment except noseguards for the
protection of the players.
kiwanian Harrington welcomed the
guests in a short talk in which he
declared that he is not one who be-
!! lieves that the average college and
!, high school is OVERRIDING athletics. al
though there are instances where
that is true. He said that one of the
lessons in life is how to take a VIC
tory and how to take defeat, and
that lesson the team members had
learned in athletics.
The members of the Cony team
were given warm applause by the
kiwanians as they were introduced
by Coach Pierce.
Principal Perkins of Cony, presi-
dent of the Augusta Rotary Club,
was then called upon and address,
ing the club briefly he said that he
and Coach Pierce and the members
, of the team were honored in being
the Kiwanis guests and that they
feel sure the club members are their
friends.
Coach Pierce paid tribute to Mr..
Harrington and Coach Thompson in
his remarks. He asserted that foot
ball men and Kiwanians are alike
thew oil ~
team will continue to act as build
ers their lives will be successful.
Expressing his great interest in
, watching the success of the Cony
eleven this fall, Mr. Harrington said
that the team had won Ill points
to their opponents ~, and 81 points
or the opponents score were made
In the game Cony played with a
massachusetts, team from a much
larger school than Cony.
-Four members of the team, Capt
McCauley, Babe" Lapidus, Howard
Stiles and Byron Hilton then spoke
briefly, and Mr.. Harrington introduc
ed as the speaker on the occasion
Coach Thompson of Bates, former
director of athletics at Cony High.
who was greeted with hearty APP
plause.
Address by Coach Thompson
Coach Thompson told of the de-
velopment of athletics by the Greeks.
due largely to their conception OF
religion that the work athletes were
doing was pleasing in the sight OF
their gods. He showed that in these
days there is not the all-around de-
velopment in athletics as in those
early days, this being an age of
specialization. What we want now
is a man who can run 100 yards in
close to 10 seconds or a football
player who is a terror in the back
field.
1t is unfortunate that we are get
ting away from religion in athletics,
ne declared. There is a great oppor-
tunity to incorporate principles of
religion into athletics, to so conduct
ourselves in the games that it will
be pleasing in the sight of our God
just as the Greeks endeavored to
conduct themselves in a manner
/ pleasing to their gods
4 He gave as his reason for de-
/, nouncing the system of athletics in
high schools under which the coach
/ is obliged to win, the fact that I'M
der such conditions the coach might
be apt to adopt methods not sports
manlike.
Coach Thompson said that he did