The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1938-11-19
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NG01KI 10 VO1SuVDS
~ lucky. II We have one good
coach.
Again our coaches must teach and
coach. and upon top OF all this. he
is poorly paid. with the most Of his
salary. in the case that he is paid.
going 10 pay for his athletic
schooling.
Leadership Lacking
In The main l would cay that
The bes, ;sient never reaches the
Negro schoo. keep, n rare cases.
4 coach mus, have intelligent lead
ershlp. a. well as good material. Il
he - 10 build good running ma
chine. and whenever Negro coach
ards good leader he has top
,arking .goibsi. team
Bl, there are many factors with
in he Negro college tina, are no,
eore due I've % good consis;an, foot
ball In The first place the ath-
.e,e = handicapped from The lack
- : ho1' splri, and color. He Is. In
1aay CASES the social head OF the
school and he leader 81 the rabble.
Then he can always End a girl or
a nan ready 70 encourage him 10
break raining in order 10 have
Mat faey call .ii,le fun. Again
.ra'ern.;.es have o..en ruined teams
~ many a college camprs
F. have found TOO. that many OF
s@r a4>hes have no regards for
.ae;r 7rs.essior II iha, they drink
sr@ soc;sl.ze wi,h their players.
Foa'os 4 4 same ;ha, requires
e'stl3'lre and mora consequently
aia1y <. r4F cams have very lii
~ r.sS.p .iIe or ANYTHING else as a
.er "; a. these iaeiics on the par,
*, Aeir coo he's All ~ lhese things
rn'el aare mentioned so far. re-
sac ~ ne : aver. Now le; US look
we o'ner slrf - the question
'ae Plantation q football in our
stao1s
No Organization
There i little or no organization
- Negro colleges to- The promo
son q athletics. as you ind in
o'her o.leses l. IS more or less
a nance thing The way in which
'afy handle ,helr prospective athle-
les AID NJ dubious statements they
MAKE "a him Il heir approach.
Tae sdmiris,saiors o. our schools
sre not truthful 70 any OF their
Ngden's IN many respects. Then
ara.r 10 makes no provision for
ne med;tal care ~ his athletes
rn- + he du;lful az he should be
~ ne marer Of schedule making
Via; am attempting to say is
thai mos OF our college admins
i-aiors are zars over the entire
school and all authority rests in
MS hands There are Negro college
coaches who do not have the power
- hire an official 20 work a game
unless he presiden, o. Ks the or
Ger. There are many coaches who
canrc, purchase equipment for his
'ean Unless he FIRST make an ex-
planaiion 70 the Car. And in many
oihe- cares, the schedule is mo-
complete until three or four months
before The game is actually played
You. as a reader might point 10
mo financial side OF The question
hut 'hc ,foubie is not there. for The
student pays an athletic fee from
$500 70 $50 and their only sports
are football and basketball. A coach
% Negro colleges rarely needs 20
spend more than 100000 per year
for equipment then most OF his
games are made on home and
home basis. so there is no loss in
The end.
Again you might point 10 up
keep OF the athlete. But when you
compare the number OF athletes
kept up 10 the number OF nom
athletes. then you lose this argu-
Ment too. because more than 80
per cent OF all Negro students in
any Negro college receives aid OF
ono kind or another.
would rather imagine that a
great deal Of the faults in Negro
college athletics res, IN faculty adj
mInisfraiion on The part OF the adj
minlstrator and the coaches. rath-
or than on the financial or material
side.
Yet with all Of these factors In
vo!vcd think that I have seen
some Of The finest individual per.
Torrance ,on Negro gridirons.
have played against and with All.
Americans from many sections oil
ihe country and can siIll say tha'
we have Negro football players o.
Negro teams that will equal II moi
surpass many 81 them.