The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-29
/ ALKING
IT OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-The foot
IN ball coaches did little fight
ing back on their own today. 1
wouldn't say they fought back with
knockout punches dhe counter as
sault consisted largely of def left
jabs), but the procedure at least
had the element of novelty. Up to
now all the fighting has been on
the other side.
A committee OF coaches headed By you
LlJtie Of Columbia set out 20 find out for
IN an this talk about football being over
eMDhaslzedi and II is not exactly a stun
,fIy own INVESTIGATION that the report,
IKE Sandino's death and the return OF
pI{95S sp2e.r Is grossly exaggerated.
phasized and the coaches would IKE to
know how the reformers-a group which
includes academicians. student editors aud
way. The crystal clear truth is that there
are ate lot Of other eztra-curricular octiv-
phasized a great deal more
Mr.. Little and the aids figure in rlack
ana white 70 prove that football occupies
Only moderate amount of the students
life There are infreauent exceptions but
tne, gentlemen feel that to condemn foot
tons would be like condemning "a re-
ligious or political institution in its en-
trety because some official was lax in the
telling emil
specihcally. Mr.. Titles survey reveals
playing. practicinR and listening to lec-
lures during the year. This is ONLY one
more hour than the basketball player de-
hours than the track and field man cuts
IN; But in comparison with some OF the
other COLLEGIATE enticements it's Just few
split seconds.
How long do YOU think Dick Glendon
makes ms crew men work for him at the
same university at which Mr.. Little is +Es
football coach? The figures chow that
the crew men toll at the sweeps 1856 hours
YEAR. And has the spectator, or the
Tlble crime? NV my. myl The things
you md out when you 90 shopping around
the wet wash.
NOR is that all. Young drama
L v lists devote much more time to
their art than the footballers-a
matter of twenty-three hours or
more, in fact. And even the embry-
onic Clarence Darrow put in harder
ticks, measured in terms of time, de-
veloping the mental acrobats of de-
batting than the Hewitts and the
Booths. Can you bear it?
But; hold on, you amt heard nothing
yet. The student editors land how it must
have panied Mr.. Little to include this TEN
IN MS survey rod the entire field in over
emphasis. They spend 24l hours a year
II g the print shops or considerably more
serves away from the class rooms.
So what2 Well. If overemphasis is
TO be measured on the basis which the
coaches have elected to measure it. loot
ball certainly does not dominate a stu
dents life. But Of course that IS InlY
be that it is not particularly Important
one
such practices as PROSECUTING re-
crqiting scholarships and gratuities are
and these are the things which have drawn
the bulk of criticism. Perhaps the coaches
look upon them-as apparently most uni
yersity presidents do-as necessary evils,
i. indeed, they are to be looked upon as
evils at all.
I imagine YOU will have PROSECUTING and
all that goes with it as long as YOU have
football Tooth, and since Il does not seem pre-
social scheme Of civilization. the disposi-
ton OF the. coaches calmly to ignore the
whole problem NAV be both correct and
intelligent.