Evening star., 1926-12-10
NOVEMBER ) OPEN DATE
ON BROOKLANDERS' LIST
Holy Cross, Marines and George Washington Offer
Feature Contests-Fine Sportsmanship Marks
Cri,..::rOn Games i'm South.

! throw the ball out and let I. play.
| These teams play hard foot bal, but
| they do it with a smile and solicita-
ton for the opponent"
That officials opinion is voiced by
others, too, and / am more than glad
! to see some publicity given to this
| phase of Southern foot ball. 1t is a
phase that deserves even more credit,
think, than the development of
efficient play. Certainly, so far as
| have been able to find out. in no
other section is the spirit Of sports
| manship and clean play developed on
such high plane in foot ball as in
the South"
!Anent MagOffin's statement con-
corning clean play in Southern foot
ball, 1t may be worth while to cite a
statement made by an official two
weeks ago after he had just worked
two or three games in the South be-
tween Southern Conference elevenS
for the first time. Said this official:
This proposition of officiating is not
! half SO hard down this way as in some
| other places. Teams seem to play
with much better spirit toward each
other, and even have a different atti-
tude when they go on the field.
wonder If it would be possible for YOU
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| officiate at more contests in this Sec
ton next Fall"
An incident of last Fall in which
two freshman teams took leading
roles shows just how highly institu-
tfons in the South regard their very
amicable relationships. A freshman
team from one university visited an,
other university to meet the fresh
mo- e1n ~, l.
were not capable and the game be-
came a race as to which team could
break the most rules. After the game
the athletic council of the university
acting as host held a meeting and
formally appointed the athletic di-
rector committee of one to offer a
formal apology for the failure to pro-
vide against even a possibility Of un.
pleasant things. The institution whose
freshman team had been the guest
answered that it did not desire an
apology, requested that the apology
be withdrawn. because it felt no apol-
Ogy was needed in a case where no
harm had been done and where no
wrong ever had been intended or ever
would be.
Out of such things athletic relation
ships have at times been broken, but
this incident probably served to bring
even closer two institutions that al
ready are close friends. When one
university is willing to offer formal
apology rather than have another in
stitution feel the slightest hurt, even
if the situation were beyond it's con-
troll, nothing else is needed to indicate
the high regard in which the relation
ships are held.
A foot ball game i'm the South is
something more than a game. The
contending teams are something more
than foot ball teams. An eleven from
one Southern institution goes off to
play mother eleven with the feeling
that it carries with it the reputation
of the university or college it repre-
sents and conducts itself accordingly.
And the eleven of the institution
visited regards itself as duty bound to
preserve it's own university values by
granting every possible consideration
to it's opponent. For 60 minutes ON
the field of play the host eleven bat
ties as hard as it can for victory; so
does the guest eleven. but before and
after that in practically every case it
simply is a question of the host eleven
saying: my home is yours; have of it
what you will"