The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-09-04

were gained in gameS-qualitieS
which later served their purpose
under conditions far more danger
Gus, but they helped to bring Vic
tory.
That gloomy day of infamy-
Pearl Harbor-ShOWed the people
of this nation how little it was pre-
pared to protect its most cherished
principles of Freedom and Liberty.
Today We hear of efforts to find
those who are responsible for the
disaster Were not the same condi-
tinOS prevalent over the entire
country? The Army was small and
lacked supplies; the Navy was small
and inadequate. The people, most
of us, for whom the government
serves, did net bother about the
kind of service rendered. 1t was
only in the field Of sports that the
old traditions of our forefatherS
were kept up. Here we find the
young men Of our country receiv-
ing physical training. It was in
sports where virility was being in
culcated into the character of the
future soldier at a time when Jazz
and jitterbugging was wasting fast
| the moral fiber of our nation. De-
pendence and loose living were dis
Sipating the physical energy so
necessary to protect the principles
of Liberty and Freedom We all
! cherish.
] Sports. indeed. carried the bur-
! den of training the youth of this
great nation. 1t was on the grid
! iron and on the diamond and on
/ the other friendly fields of strife
that the qualities of character so
necessary TO guard the nation
/ against attacks from its enemies
were being developed. We owe
much, as nation, to sports for
/ keeping our young men in a great
measure prepared for war 1t was
in those friendly games of foot
ball, baseball and all the other COM
petitive games where leaders were
trained and future soldiers receiv-
ed the basic principles of the mil
itary art: physical fitness, coopera-
ton, alertneSS, agreSSiveneSS and
the ability TO relax under pressure.
To the sports and TO the men who
devoted their lives TO serve the
young men with unSelfiSh devotion
so that they would play the game
and play it hard, but clean Among
the long list OF names of these
trainers of our country'S youth and
its future soldiers, all can still re-
/ member Knute RoCkne of Notre
Dame. The young men under his
capable and competent care played
but a game They played it with
youthful abandon hard but clean.
What they had learned on those
fields of football served we'll in the
hour of this country'S need.
What these words are intended for
is TO show, what more and more
able writer's have already so well
demonstrated. that sports are a
benefit TO the individual and to
the country. The above sentences.
inadequate indeed. are set forth to
show how much we have gained
from sports already and how much
more the nation can gain by spon-
Soring sports in the future
Here is how Gus DoraiS words it:
"A good athlete plays the game
fairly and according to Rules, and
a good citizen, while playing the
game of life, follows a high STAN
dard of rules In these words is
the answer to the question: wheth-
er sports are beneficial to the COM
munity. Not only are they benefit
cial TO the community, but, if sports
teach the individual to obey the
rules OF the game, they teach him
to be a good citizen and a good
citizen is not only essential to the
community but to the whole nation,
especially to a nation that is ded-
icated to Liberty and Freedom.
How much the progressive lead
erS of our community appreciate
the benefits rendered by regulated
sports activities the following let
ter will reveal:
Letter from Detroit Auto Deal
erS Association upon presenting
books of rules for football to the
newly organized football team at
Mt. Carmel high SCHOOL,
August 80, l945
Rev Ladislaus A. Krych
Our Lady of Mt Carmel High
School
976 Superior
Wyandotte, Michigan
Dear Rev. Krych:
The Automobile Dealers of De-
troit, knowing that a high stand
ard of rules must be adhered to in
the business world, feel they will
be contributing in no small meas
ure to better, cleaner, and more
wholesome athletics in our Detroit
school systems if the boys who par
ticipate in these sports are famil-
lar with the rules of said sports.
1t is with this thought and the
desire of being in service in a con-
structive way to the boys of today
and the men of tomorrow that we
make these rule books available to
the young athletes OF Detroit.
Upon entering this program, We
had HOPED, to be able to supply
enough rule books that each player
might have one. but due to the