Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-10
Pennsylvania Commended
Ii For New Athletic Policies

scheme will become the prevailing
scheme In the American college world,
and then Pennsylvania Will have q
chance to shine again In intercollegiate
athletics as Of old" and also that 1.-THE
prestige Of Pennsylvania in the world
Of college athletics viii eventually be
greatly enhanced, because Of the Inn
proyements that have now been inau.
gurated." IndOrsing the movement for
more extensive intramural athletics. the
Cleveland Plain Dealer says, "Inas-
much a. there Is q disposition to look
upon intramural activities rs educas
tionai In Q. higher degree than intercol-
legiate contests. college boards may well
Dc inclined TO appropriate funds for
them Just IS they do for academic &C.
Invites" and this paper looks for some
interesting developments In that direc-
ton In the next few years"
Tracing the development of the sports
activities In college, the Charlotte On,
CD News states: Foot ball has come
TO be . major industry, o large share
OF its patrons being without benefit of
diploma or collegiate associations, its
shining performers without other col
legiate interests. It Is an overemphasis
that exists not only in the press Of the
country, but In the minds of the play.
ers themselves, to any Of whom miner
- ",
This paper thinks correction OF the evils
win "be, in many respects, q painful
process"
II Is time for an athletic house,
cleaning" In the opinion Of the Buffalo
Evening News, which touches on an
other aspect Of the case when it says:
Coaches have grown. too great. Some
Of them have come to overshadow the
institutions with which they are aSSo-
ciated. Foot ball teams are identified al
most as often by the names of the
coaches as by the names of the uni
versities whose colorS they carry. Re-
duced-yes, reduced--to the status Of
members Of the faculty, coaches viii not
loom 30 large In the public eye, nor In
their own conceit. This will be q vast
gain" says the News, as 1t expresses
the hope that 1.-THE reform will not be
confined to the University of Pennsyl-
vania.'
Acknowledging that college sports
have their place, Of course" the Albany
Evening News still voices the opinion
that "they have been magnified out of
all proportion and the impression has
become widespread that too much EN-.
phaSiS has been placed on athletics, as
compared with education" That the
Pennsylvania plan "at least works for q
better balance" is its conclusion.
1T Is one thing to plan, Of course"
suggests the st. Louis Globe-D Democrat,
but what will be done is an entirelv
different thing" The kansas civ
Times sees in the drastic change at
pennsylvania direct reply to the chal-
lenge OF foot ball uveremphaSis," and
considers that the new ARRANGEMENTS
will take away nothing from foot ball
tnat Is q necessary part of the great
sport"
On the other hand, the Indianapolis
Star suggests that few universities,
with the exception Of wealthy group,
could AFFORD to maintain a minor sports
program were 1t not for the gridiron
receipts. The goose that lays the golden
eggs Of athletic maintenance should not
De Killed" 1t AYERS. The Newark Eve
ming News says: 1T Is dollars to
doughnuts, however, declare the cynics,
that 9 few losing teams viii induce q
revival Of sentiment for alumni cort-a'
as heretofore. From South Bend, ~
comes sound curiously like chucklinR,
asserts this journal.
That Provost Gates action win un-
doubtedly bring down upon his head
both praise and severe criticism is the
belief Of the Hartford Daily Times
which says further, 1T may well bt
termed an experiment" And the Cleve-
lano News remarks, little cauStically,
In the meantime the fact that PENN
sylvania does not intend to conflne her
atnletlcS 70 1ntramural competition on
TO competition with other schools opers
ating ON comparable basis, but, tacitIy
recognizing the necessity of gate re-
ceipts, win continue to participate in
big games rs in the past, is likely
to earn the new plan no little criticism
at home and abroad"