Evening star., 1926-10-26

dorchester the writer goes or TO
say. suspected what this coach had
in mind when he said he would
guarantee to win great ma iority of
our games the first year and within
two or three years would he able To
play Harvard Yale. Cornell and other
big university teams upon even
terms
Called Wrong Idea.
After questioning the eligibility OF
certain men on this, the eleven Of
7he college to which the coach finally
went. and speaking OF its exploits,
1.awless goes on to say that the coach.
IN his Judgment, has unintentionally
haSteneti the day when college alumni
and coaches, if not the spOrt-loving
public, will come to realize that the
standing Of the big universities IS not
based on winning foot ball games.
High academic standards. excellent
Instructors and fine traditions are the
basis of university prestige.
II have IN mind "a small college in
an adjoining State" Lawless said,
"whose teams have won a large ma
tority of their games in the last ten
years. many Of the Victories being
recorded over larger university
elevens. If athletic Victories mean SO
much would it not follow that the
institution would increase It's enroll
snant markedly? The reverse Is true.
Figures show that the general enroll
!nents in colleges and universities OF
the country have increased more than
20 per cent since the war.
Yet 1T the same time the increase
at this athletically brilliant little col
lege has been only 5 per cent. 1t
may be suspected that the 5 per cent
increase came from the infusion of
trained whales into the foot ball
squad,
Some time ago" adds IAwless.
the president of Hamilton College. in
addressing a group of alumni. said
that when a college with an enroll
ment of 500 can beat the eleven of n
university such, as say, Yale. With an
attendance OF more than 5000, there
IS something rotten in Denmark.
These arc words coming from a
man representing an institution
which had an opportunity to spring
'nto a place in the sun and declined
with thanks. So far the Rochester
team has been beaten by Amherst,
hamilton and Wesleyan and has tied
little Alfred. But better days will
come. Tom Davies. the old Pitts
burgh back, is there as head coach
and Lawrence Judd is helping him.
is asking merely that in due time
Rochester elevens win so per cent OF
their games against teams represent
ing institutions of Rochester's size.
Display Real Spirit.
The day viii come, because the
spirit is there and because the coaches
know how to teach foot bah. The uni
versity at present is severely handi-
capped because of the ban on foot ball
in the high schools of Rochester, from
which the university draws half of its
students.
Before long the mems college will
he located on the Oak Hill site in
Rochester and will accommodate
more out-of-toWn students. This will
result in increased enrolment of boys
who have played the game in the sec
ondary schools. In fact, this out-of-
town trend toward Z. L. has already
set in.
Rochester has not the slightest de-
sire to defeat Harvard, Yale, Prince
fon, Cornell, Dartmouth or any other
big fellow. They know how hollow
such things are In the last analysis
What they do want Is 70 stand we'll
in their own class, and that is an am.
bttion as laudable az 1t is modest and
sportsmanlike.