Evening star., 1933-12-28
PLAYERS Keep Balance.
.ITING his own experience az

| CITING his own experience as coach
Of two institutions for the last IL
| years, and 20 years in the game.
McIaughry sees no distortion Of values
in the college foot ball players mind.
| Their minds and perspectives are
not warped as some critics would lead
| you to believe" he declared in defense
of the men who play the game.
/ Not long ago, while the Brown team
was resting in the dressing room before
major game, with $4,000 persons wait
| ing in the stands I noticed my captain
! sitting in a corner reading book.
| Glancing over his shoulder l noticed
that it was a book on philosophy en-
titled Realities of the Unknown" This
captain, who was so enrossed a few
minutes previously, led his team on the
/ field to a victory and gave a great ex-
hibition Of play in doing it. On the
train going home that same evening he
was again reading his philosophy as if
nothing unusual had happened. This is
not exceptional: it is typical as I have
observed it. and if it is. what can be
wrong with foot ball in so far as its ef-
| fects on the players are concerned"
| Mostly Up to Coach.
TN DISAGREEMENT with some Of
the proponents Of faculty rating
- for foot ball coaches. Coach Nc
Laughry gave as his opinion that faculty
tain stability for the coach, although
| he stressed the need for having foot
ball under the Physical Education De-
Of the sport by the faculty and officers
Of the administration. But in the final
analysis, he held that the onus Of main
tanning foot ball in its proper place in
| the educational community falls largely
on the coach.
whether or not. intercollegiate foot
bali performs its duties toward the play
ers and is kept in its proper place as
part of an academic institution depends
largely on the COACH" he declared
1T is within his power to make foot
ball worthwhile sport to all concerned
or to degrade both players and the game
| and bring disrepute to the college which
he represents. His value to the uni
versity is dependent on how well he
can handle his responsibilities. which
are to teach foot ball technique to his
player, to develop strength of character.
when weak traits are apparent, and in
general handle boys of an idealistic
age the way he would want his own boy
to be handled. regardless of how much
pressure Is on him to win.
He should encourage study and
show to the administrative officers that
he is not only interested in winning
foot ball games. but will whole heart
edly cooperate in the whole process Of
education. 1t does not matter one iota
whether he is a member of the faculty
or only coaches foot ball. 1t has not
Eeen proven that coaches who have
been placed on faculties with other
duties during the college year in order
to fulfill an idealistic set-up are a bit
more secure than part-time specialist
although the strictly seasonal coach
who arrives in September and leaves on
Thanksgiving day is thing of the past
and is incapable of handling his re-
sponsibilities
The coachs value to the whole COM
munity. the way he handles his every
day affairs aside from his influence
and ability to win a fair percentage of
his games are what makes him valuable
to university. and on this alone he
should be judged. No amount Of hid
ing among the skirts of a Physical
Education Department will save him
in the long run if he does not fill those
requirements"