The Washington times., 1927-10-22

recent years sound like the names
Nations.
What this indicates 10 that more
boys whose parents or grandparents
were foreign.born are attending our
colleges and it also shows that they
are Of a hardy and rough and ready
! type. who are willing to do hard
work. suffer hard knocks and make
sacrifices necessary to be in the
hest Of physical condition. 1t also
proves that all nationalities produce
I youth Of game and fighting blood.
q This predominence Of names Of
decedants OF foreigners and the
4 growing scarcity of American names
4also shows that the sons Of our
s6id native familie must be softening
up and that q rough game like
gfootball does not appeal to them.
Other coaches such 90 Zuppke
and YDst have called attention
i So this and have pointed out
sa the growing tendency Of the
sons Of our old first families
and the sons OF families Of
wealth TO pass up such Q he.
mans game rs football.
It II said that too many such.
instead Of being on the football
team taking the hard knocks and
making the sacrifices necessary TO
be on the team. are sitting in the
stands In their coonslxin coats and
Following the lines Of least resist.
Ance. They we're born with silver
spoons in their nouths--have been
allowed the freedom from work and
the Injuries which wealth and so.
ciAl position tend to encourage and
they do not choose to give up their
dances. their cigarettes. and their
nightlife for the strenuous, work
and strict clean living that football
requires.
They go to college to spend four
years in a pleasant way to enjoy
{ themselves rather than to engage
In activities which require serious
effort.
n The sons Of foreign born parents,
.
: q stock who have shown by coming
to this country that they are of
rather adventurous disposition and
they are mostly people who have
chad to sacrifice and work to gain a
competence and their children have
been trained in the school Of
adversely and hard knocks.
They have learned to work to
realize that to get ahead they must
put forth real effort and the
fact that they have not been hot
house grown has built them UP
physically SO that they can stand
rough play much better than the
sons Of the rich, who have taken
life easy all through their boyhood
days.
There are still some sons Of
wealthy people who have not been
Goddled into taking life too easy
or who have such stuff bred into
Them that they do not simply fol.
low the lines Of least resistance
but are willing to make the neces.
sary effort to succeed in athletics
and these are to be commended for
they are the boys who are not be-
Ing spoiled by riches and who are
going to make good use Of the
) wealth they will inherit.
~ Athletics and especially football
promotes team work to a high
degree and it Is game where
race, religion, and social standing
cut no figure. Physical prowess
and brains win out on the athletic
field and nothing else counts. Boys
az ell races and Of all classes come
| together on the athletic field upon
q common basis and thereby class
and race distinction are obliterated
and o college youth Is judged solely
on what he Is able to do, the game.
nAss he shows and the brand OF
= sportsmanship he stands for, rather
than his ancestry and the wealth
of his parents.
tllletic sports, but there Is far
.reater need for athletics now in
that our boys and young men do
not have to do the chores and fke
work they were forced to do before
devices and when so many of them
! had to help their parents to make
the grade toward easy street.
I. Athletics and sports must take
the place of work and in keeping
: the boys interested in caring for,
their bodies, in providing an outlet
for youthful enthusiasm and In
keeping them from becoming in.
>terested In the oft times vicious
activities that make for a lessening
pf mental and physical powers,
athletics are performing wonder.
eul service.
It is for these reasons that foot.
ball and athletics of all kinds are
being encouraged and fostered in
every school and college and in the
country and 1t is athletics which
will prevent this country from be.
coming decadent by reason Of high
living and idleness which increased
wealth and labor saving devices
tend % encourage.
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