Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-12

That $4,000, 900 was taken from the
cash customers at last Saturdays grid
gates should excite neither proponents
nor opponents of the game. That's a
lot of frog skins. But foot ball Is a
great game, too. Where else could the
customers have received more health
full amusement for their gilt?
Foot ball is up at the top of the sports
money makers because it is giving the
customer what he wants and the GUS
toner is none too particular about the
matters which seem to concern the
faculty. Yet the faculty, on the other
hand, I'm quite sure, would not be so
suueamiSh about this and that If the
public did not get too nosey and noisy.
1t is a peculiar situation.
IT'S a great time in the pastime. Old
i little Lambang College, suffering
with bad plumbing in the dormi-
tories and worn rugs in the prexy's
tent, sees Boomtwaddle School of Min
ing build a new stadium, and yells.
Lambang charges BO0mtwaddle with
everything but counterfeiting nickels.
1t points with scorn at Boomtwaddle' IS
paid tackles, underpaid halfbacks and
time and "a half ends. 1t asks that the
great game of the boys be saved from
professionalism.
1T appears" Lambang's perplexed
and indignant prexy explains to the
press, that some schools are catering
to the game rather than to the minds
and morals of the youth of the land.
This game must be saved for the boys
and given back to the students"
But Lambang did not give the game
back to the boys, rather it hired a
bigger and better coach and awakened
one morning to find a lot of strange
foot ball players roaming the campus.
From then on 1t was easy to keep the
plumbing in good shape and the build
ings painted yearly.
When dear old SCOOP School of En-
cheering learns that Ruff Ruff College
of Dentistry has secured a backfield
man for whom il had failed to bid
high enough, it demands to know why
Carnegie Foundation does not come out
of hiding and stop Ruff Ruff from kill
ing foot ball with professional actions.
But before Carnegie Foundation has
had time to get the late afternoon
newspapers to learn of Ruff Rufus con-
temptible act, SCOOP has hired II
stevedoreS for its freshman team and
8 truck drivers for its second-string
eleven.
But don't take that too seriously. The
gridders today are adhering to a clearer.
more honest code of ethics than your
grandpas little boys played under. Bet
an ear on that. I'll grant that the
players OF today may be better business
men, the tutors more aStute in money
matters and the faculty more apprecia-
tive OF dollar, but scholastic rules and
athletic agreements are respected.
Come to think of it, have you ever
seen a fellow earn for himself a wad
OF frog SKINS, who was not all wrong in
somebody's estimation?
MIR. TOM MILLS, coach at George
1'4 town University, conouering a
d1fncult task because he is a good
coach, says that Ben Cells will not be
in Saturdays game against West Vir-
GINA. Information that he would enter
the game was published during the
week.
"GeIIis is not in shape. His ankle
has not improved sufficiently for me TO
put him in the game. 1t might stand
up and 1t might not. / think too much
Of the player to endanger his future. :"
Nothing more than you would expect
Mr.. Mills to say. Certainly not after
listening to what several smart coaches
have to say of his methods and his
ability. Mills has mean task, but is
handling it with gentlemanly dignity,
courage and patience
Cells appearance in the lineup
would mean much to Mills, believe.
And he needs much to bolster his hopes
at time when fate has tricked him
with so many injuries.
Dutch" Bergman, Catholic Univer-
sity foot ball coach, labels Tom Whelan
the greatest running back In the East. -
That's lot of praise And Toms a
lot of back, too, when you look up his
marks.
And then adds: Johnny Oliver is a
far more important part of nv team
than I realized until he was out with
an injury. He is great passing back.
probably one Of the most valuable I
have come across in a long while. He
Is so per cent of my offense."
Mr.. Bergman can tell you in a few
words and using few names to show
why Catholic University is a stand-out
| in its class.
But he will not forget to tell you