The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-11-29

ing youths. 1t
appears to be
Joe WliliamS all right for a
Ruth. Dempsey, or Hagen-even
an elegant Tilden-to squawk, but
not a football player or a football
coach. No matter what happens,
the football captain must smile
through his abrasions and say to his
opponent, "Great game, old sock" "
This is the ethical phases of the
game, but not always the practice,
luckily for the spirit of the players
and the soul of the game.
n II
hasten to admit at this detOur
there is an invigOrating difference
between a squawk and an alibi. A
bad loser comes up with the alib'
The squagk Is something else. 1t is
a ringing denunciatiOn of very
real wr0Bs. The nicer people refer
TO it as uaxOtest, or beef.
NEvEAs HAVE HELD THAT JUST BE-
CAUSE A YOUNG MAN is IN COLLEGE
PLAYING FOR HIS ALMA MATER. AND
POSSIBLY A SWEET PANIC IN A BLUE
TURBAN ON THE 5o-YARD LINE, THAT
HE SHOULDN'T BATTLE FOR HIS
RIGHTS.
TN such circumstances as may de-
L velop when an opposing linesman
gives you a right uppercut to the
Jaw under the screen of Scrim-
mage maneuver I think it much
more wholesome and genuine to
trump the lead with left hook on
the spot or make specific arrange
ments for formal settlement of the
affair after the game than to carry
a smoldering hatred for the rest Of
the season.
am told by those who view these
battles at closer range than is Off
cred from the towering press cells
that very few of these fistic upris-
ings are allowed to go unavenged,
and that there are times when the
boys in the line, and the closeup
backs put on demonstration of
qnuckle violence that is really beau
tiful.
7 suppose this is what is known as
dirty football and ought to be speed
lily and emphatically deplored. I
Certainly do not wish to present
myself as an apostle of the lower
and more boisterous forms of
craftsmanship and I find it
strange pleasure to record that only
widely scattered number of teams
emphasize questionable tactics.
What I'm trying to write, I think,
is that 1t is no great social crime to
fight fire with fire, or even fists with
fists, If there appears to be no more
manly way out.
THIS IS APROPOS OF THE CURRENT
THREATS OF SEVERAL DISTINGUISHED
COLLEGES TO SEVER RELATIONS WITH
OLD OPPONENTS BECAUSE OF GER
FIELD OF PLAY THESE THREATS
USUALLY EMANATE WITH THE FAC
ULTY OR THE ALUMNI. THE PLAYERS.
WHO ARE. OR SHOULD BE. MOST d.
RECTLY CONCERNED HAVE NO SAY IN
THE MATTER. NOT THAT THEY WOULD
WANT ANY. WHAT THEY HAVE TO
SAY THEY SAY IT IN THE GAME AND
IN THEIR OWN WAY.
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Ut is altogether probable that more
: 4 rancor and lasting unpleasant
ness has been developed in the
executive chamber Of athletic bodies
than in the toughest of football
games. 1t is much easier to forget
an impetuous kick in the shins than
an acidly turned phrase bearing the
decorous imprint of PROFESSIONAL
snootineSS.
For no reason at all this brings
me to a report that has just reached
the seabOard that Southern Cali
fOrnia believes all was not as it
might have been with the playing
field when they faced University of
California some weeks back and
was held to one of those mono
draws.
THE CLAIM is MADE THAT THE
FIELD WAS WATERED THE NIGHT BE-
FORE AND THAT THIS WAS DONE
WITH NO OTHER VIEW THAN TO
HARASS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORIANS
'1E THE EXECUTION OF THEIR MOST
DEPENDABLE FORMATIONS CUT
BACK PLAYS. WHICH. BECAUSE OF
QUICK TURNS AND SHIFTS. REACH
THEIR HIGHEST PEAK OF EFFECTIVE
NESS ON HARD. CRISP TURF.
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THOUGH there had been no rain
Il for days the gridiron was in
credibly soft and uncertain when
the game began. To the southern
ers this was all very strange. And
when the game ended and there
was no scoring the comments on the
phenomenon were varied and Wit
riolic.
The California explanation is that
the field was so dusty it demanded
a thorough drenching, and besides
wasn't the condition of the turf as
fair for one as the other?
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TAKING A SLANT AT THE SITUATION
FROM ACROSS THE CONTINENT THE
INCLINATION IS TO ADMIT THAT IT
WAS. AT ANY RATE THE SCORE m
DICTATES NO FAvoRITISM EXISTED.
SPANISH BOXER LOSES
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