Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-23


In 1922 it was the Cornhuskers
record and a chance OF debating Wit
Nebraska did the same thing in
1923 In the late season the South
Benders. after poor start, were go
ing great guns and had chance TO
rank way up in the West, when again
Nebraska applied the punch soporific.
The teams first met in 1915. and each
team has won five games: the contest
of 1918 was a scoreless tie.
Foot Ball to Be Debated.
1t appears that the flames of resent
ment over too great emphasis upon
intercollegiate foot ball, which marked
the immediate close of the gridiron
sea son. are not going to be permitted
to die out.
Usually by the time the holidays ar
rive there is not even an after glow
10 remind one OF the annual post-saa
son flare created by those who view
with alarm.
But now the Ea stern intercollegiate
Debating League rises to announce
that at the first triangular debate on
January 16 the subject will be as fol
lows:
Resolved. That this house deplores
The condition of intercollegiate ath-
letics in the E,a ster1 colleges
The contestants will be Princeton.
Dartmouth and Williams. Princeton
will take the affirmative against
Dartmouth at Hanover while at the
same time another Princeton squad
will take the negative against Viii
iams at Princeton.
Will Try for Positions.
Trials for positions on the teams
will begin as soon as the colleges in
volved open after the holidays.
While foot ball men as rule
Scorn the rostrum and leave every
hing relating to the great subject of
polemics to the grinds and the high
brows, the acute interest of the topics
may incline more than one gridiron
star to try to make the affirmative
cam
IF they do they will find a pleas
urable freedom from some of the re-
strictions which the more physically
If less vocally-strenuous gridiron
game involves.
For instance, if it be found that one
or two, or more, members of the win
ming team earned Summer money by
speaking on the chautauqua circuit
or speilbinding in the interest Of
Indian herb remedies. or any old thing
YOU please, they will lose no credit
And the university they represent will
not be compelled to hand over it's
laurels to it's chief rival.
They will find. too. that they may
work day and far into the night. in
act all night, practicing, without
any one rising to assert that intercol-
legiate debating is being overempha-
sized
Publicity Not Spurned.
And if the subject accomplishes its
purpose OF stimulating public interest
so that the newspapers print several
columns about the debate, no one will
be anything but pleased.
So with the gate-or rather the box
office receipts. The more money that
IS made the greater will be the salts
faction on every hand.
One thing is certain-the topic Sc
tected will do much in the way OF
bringing the Eastern intercollegiate
Debating League before the public.
Ordinarily the subjects selected are
those. in which the average citizen has
no great amount OF interest such as
Resolved. That the League of Ma
tons should. in the interest of eff
cheney and success, appoint Ban John
son or Judge Lands as supervising
manager.
Out 10. lIle u6DdIllS league IL pIdN
ing for public interest in manner no
Iess Suileful than the most resource
full graduate manager Of athletics. and
he public ear. be sure. will not neg
lect the radio the night of this par
ocular debate.
Emerging from the sunny Southland
into regions of cold and snow. the Ala
hama eleven Is now due to dip into
q of l,a Inv -
The genial temperatures of southern
alifornia should appeal to Wallace
Wade's men, who know very we'll
hat it is to p''-- eGt ball when the
rterclry * dali It'll the SOS.
In the meantime 1"ports from Seat
tell OF Winter rains and the handi-
zap which this applies TO the Husky
oothallers.
When they have completed the Jour
Tey Of some 1000 miles from Seattle
% Pasadena they will experience a
change in temperature which is likely
% affect them unless
b" period of time spent in Pasadena
i. sufficient for acclina liza ton.
Stati>ticians at Marquette, in Mil
rsullee, figure that Bob Demoline, the
nunter of the Golden Avalanche out
fit, broke all kicking records in the
came against the Navy at ANNAPOLIS
october 10. The hall may still be 60
rag.
Favored by high wind--it was a
a0-mile gale-Denloling stood on his
own 20-yard line and punted TO the
Middies' 15yard mark.
The punt sailed over the Navy's
safety man. struck the ground. and
carreid on at high speed by the wind.
bounded beyond the goal posts.
The gale swept it out of the bound
Try OF Farrasut Field 10 yards into
The Severn River, into which ii
bounced like a high diver When last
'een it was headed down the river fol.
chesapeake Bay and SO on to the AT
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