Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-27

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danger in the intercollegiate
athletics of the future is
not overemphaSis, but I'M
deremphasis, said DR.. Charles
w. Kennedy of Princeton in an ad-
dress last night at Annapolis be-
fore the M Club of the Naval
Academy. It was on the occasion
of the annual dinner to the IN
men, and DR.. Kennedy'S address
went into many phases of college
sports. but none so diligently as
the question of overemphasis.
And when he finished, there was not
one of his hearers who could take issue
with him And it would have been well
If every college president in the United
States, and every athlete especially,
could have been listening in.
"These shippers in the dark" con-
tinued DR.. Kennedy, who seem to ind
some pleasure in continually harplng
on an overemphasis in college sports
that does not exist know not OF what
they speak Of course, it would be pos
sible to have an overemphasls placed
on college sports, but so far nave
never been able to find any evidence
that It has been or is. 1t seems to me
that the real danger lies in an under
emphasis on sports, because 1t is more
than possible that we can underempha-
size those factors so abundantly touno
In college sports that build and develop
character and courage and Drawn and
those other factors that play so pig
part In virile manhood.
Teach Valuable Factors.
ct have no patience with these indi-
viduals who continually harp on over
emphasis and say we should carry on
SPORTS for sports sake. That too often
is used to cover dilletante and nall
hearted efforts, failure to give the best
that one has to what one is doing. II
in sports we adopt that attitude, it
NAV follow that the same attitude VIII
cover other things in our lives and de-
yelop something of careleSSneSS In
everything we do. Any competitor must
realize that he owes cooperative re-
sponsibility to his teammate ana COM
petitive responsibility to his opponent
to give the best he has, and in giving
the hest he will develop himself that
quality of habit which will cause MN
to give the best he has to other things
in life. Yes, think there is greater
danger of underemphasis than oVerem-
phasis in college athletics"
Admiral Robson, who presented the
awards to athletes, spoke briefly ana
reminisced somewhat on athleCcS as
played in years gone by. He told espe-
ciaily of a game of foot ball in when
he took part against Princeton IN 1859
In which he played against CoWan,
characterized by him as one OF the
greatest of players of all time, and
turning to DR.. Kennedy laughingly re-
marked, "And, DR.. Kennedy, CoWan
NAV not have been the direct cause OF
the appellation of The Tigers by which
YOUR school now is known, but assure
you that he contributed toward 1T IN
no small degree"
Guests at the speakers table included
Capt. Jonas Ingram, who, so Capt. Paul
Dashiell said IN his remarks, has done
more for Naval Academy athletics than
any other man that ever lived" and
representatives of some of the other
colleges in this section. Among those
from other schools were Tom Mills OF
GEORGETOWN, Dick Harlow of Western
MARYLAND, John Pixlee of George
washington and M. T. Riggs of St.
Jehn's.
Georeetown's base ball team was kept
idle Yesterday because of rain, and 1t
SO happens that Boston College was
not met here early in the year for the
same reason. However, the Blue and
Gray faces the BostonianS today before
they play Harvard
In other words, Georgetown has two
contests today as a result of the post
ponement yesterday. Tomorrow the
team goes down to New Haven to play
Yale, which gives it plenty to do today
and tomorrow. Not one of the three
teams it must face is a set-up and, on
the contrary, probably all are just
about as strong as the best Of college
mines.
Maryland's ball team goes to Phila-
delphia tomorrow to play the final
game of its season with Pennsylvania.
The Old Line outfit ought to stand
about an even chanca for victory