Show I 1 Football S 1 9 S 5 By DR RANK FRANK CRANE CRANE Many say that the country has g gone ne football craz crazy S SS S They point out the fact that Romes Rome's downfall was preceded by the girt gift to tie tle people of C games and aad bread The parallel between the bloody amusements of ancient times however and the football of today is not very close Football is a clean sport and the more energy people put out In sport of this strenuous kind the less energy thEY vIll be disposed to spend in war var Football calls for the last ounce of physical nIeng ln log L u g with 1 LuAu WIL 1 LiLt alertness nIeng ln log L u g with 1 LuAu WIL 1 LiLt alertness Recently there was an attendance of at atthe atthe the game b between tween Stanford and south southern rn California five Fifty thousand saw the Harvard play watched Ohio State and about seats were sold r for r the U. U S. S Notre C.-Notre Dame game in Los Angeles Many applicants were rejected for lack ot of space The Thern attendance or of large groups at football games is a good omen and those who gather from this that I the country is going to the dogs are mistaken One difference noted between other countries on the one hand and England and the United States on the other is t that at England's people play Sport is an an institution and to be a a. good sport is a synonym of having a good disposItion The children ot of France and Italy and Germany need to be taught more how to play for foi play is the natural outlet of youthful ance and the more morea a nation plays Intelligently the better o off it is One of oC the excellent efforts of the Y M. M C. C A. A and similar organizations abroad has been to organize the boys boys' and girls Into play groups Play of children children chil- chil dren abroad seems to take a more destructive tend tend- ency A movement has made considerable headway headway head head- way in the United States to have teachers upon the playgrounds and to instruct the children in healthy sports as well as the three Its Rs Altogether play Is a good thing and should be en- en S The more the principles ot of fair fairplay play are Introduced introduced intro intro- Into business the better ot off for business and the more business becomes a sport the more it will attract followers vels CopyrIght 1127 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |