Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-12
BY LAWRENCE PERRY.

4 tive play, and conducted them
| selves accordingly. there would
be much better feeling in amateur
sport. especially among rival colleges
| than there is today.
A case in point was brought from
the Orient by the University of Wash
| ington base ball team, which played
| through Japan last Fall. In one of
| the early games against a university
| nine in Toxic a batter of the Japa-
nese team was hit by pitched ball
| as he ran down to first.
1t was a swiftly thrown ball and IT
| landed between the Japanese's Shout
ders, knocking him down. He scram-
bled to the bag In safety and lay
there writhing. Leroy Leavers, the
husky first basement, assisted him to
| his feet and spent some time rubbing
| the sore spot.
| Instantly the thousands Of specta-
tors rose to their feet. starting the
echoes with their cheers. Neither
| Leavers nor any of the washington
| team caught at first what the hula
balloo was about, but it soon ap-
| peared that they were cheering Lea
vers.
Idol Of Japanese.
| Word of his action went through
| out the land, and everywhere the
| team played L0dNCTS was the luOI vi
| the diamond. Here was an act of
| thoughtfulness which cost nothing,
and yet made an impression which
may we'll extend beyond the realms of
| sport. Who can tell about such
| things?
The attitude of American teams in
| the heat of competition is to let the
injured player be cared for by his
teammates. In foot ball. when rival
athlete lies on the ground uncon-
| scious or injured, there is an unwrit-
! ten rule, apparently, by which the
| unfortunate man shall be utterly ig-
nored by his opponents. 1t seems to
be regarded as bad form even to take
a look at him. much less make an
| effort to ascertain how badly he is
| hurt.
Yet an incident that occurred in a
| Princeton Dartmouth game some
| years, ago is treasured. at Dart
mouth at least, as a priceless mem
ory. Red Loudon, a Dartmouth end,
| in making a tackle was knocked I'M
| conscious near the Dartmouth side
| of the field. His teammates, carried
by the play toward the center of the
| gridiron. did not notice him. 1t was
| Hobey Baker, the Princeton captain,
who came up to the prone Dartmouth
man, lifted him in his arms and car
ried him to the Dartmouth bench.
Baker Was Hero.
| This kindly act did not later affect
| the vigor or ardor of Bakers play,
| nor did Dartmouth's players, while
! fully sensible of the gallantry of Ho-
| hey Baker, lose any of their competi-
| tive zest. None the less, through the
| year that little demonstration of Bak-
| er's that he could play hard. yet
maintain a sense of proportion, is
| remembered by all who saw it as one
| of the high spots of a grueling con-
| test.
HOBBY Baker was a sportsman and
a gentleman. and what he did when
| he saw Red Loudon living uncon-
scious was natural reaction. And
he was nevertheless great as an ath-
| lete because he was chivalrous. Col
lege sport would be more wholesome,
| less subject to criticism If this spirit
were general.
| When New York University and
| Rutgers were to meet every one eX-
pected a game of blood and general
| sava,ery. Chick Meehan. the New
| York coach, did not want this. So
| in the dressing room before the game,
| instead of delivering the usual door
| die harangue. he ordered his men to
assist fallen Rutgers players to their
| feet upon every possible occasion.
New York U. Spirit.
And so in the course of the game
whenever a New York U. man came
| upon an opponent who was down he
patted him on the back. with the re-
mark. Get up, buddy" and helped
him to his feet. That game was one
of the cleanest played anywhere
throughout the country last Fall, and
one Of the friendliest; yet 1t was a
hard cleanly cut game from start
to finish and the quality of New
York's play did not suffer. Indeed.
1t Is doubtful if the Violet ever played
better game all season.
John McGraw says that big league
sport has been injured because rival
players are too friendly these days
which shows what he knows about
sport
ESQ Trying for Crews.
More than ESQ candidates for the
various University of Washington
crews have just turned out for row.
ing in response to the call of Russell
Callow. the coach.
All through the Fall until Thanks
giving time the crews were on the
water ana were then dismissed only
because Callow wanted his men to
study for examinations through De.
cember
The Winter has been mild at Seattle
and ii is expected that the oarsmen
will be able to swing their sweeps
without interruption until the Pacific
Coast regatta in April.
Rowing men at Seattle are enthusi:
astic over the way In which Al Ul-
Erickson. stroke of two POughkeepsie
crews, has developed as coach. He
is regarded by Callow as the strongest
assistant he ever had, having done
better with the freshmen in his first
year than did Bob Butler, who is
now at the Navy where last year he
turned out a corking eight.
WaShington'S detectives are the Pa
cific Coast event with California as
rival and the Poughkeepsie regatta
Would Welcome Invitation.
If Princeton invites the Huskies to
visit Nassau again for a period of
training the invitation is likely to be
accepted with the utmost alacrity, for
when the writer was in Seattle Cal
low said the Princeton visit last June
made his crew and that the rowing
men look back upon that sojourn in
the jungle as the red-letter event of
their university careers.
Callow, by the way, is an extraor-
binary character, as, indeed, every
successful rowing coach is certain to
be. But besides the inevitable uaul-