| Show lACK OF FUNDS IS MENACE TO u ATHLETICS Financial Phase of of Spring Sports Seriously Hampers Hampers Hampers Ham Ham- pers Work of Teams By Dave Coleman Out of thE of oC Its heart and with no strings attached the tho university athletic council has agreed to furnish Coach Tommy Tomm Fitzpatrick and his base base- bailers baller two dozen baseballs and six bats with which to face a season of Intercollegiate intercollegiate Inter Inter- collegiate competition To intimate that financial affairs attaint so far as athletics arc concerned are In a abad abad abad bad way on the hill bill Is to pu put put the matter lightly At least a dozen aru nee needed ed so that the team of or tho state in institution In- In will not look Jook like a a. corner lot let crew when playing its country countr cousins who it might be le remarked In passing are usually equipped to the limit The only remedy suggested sus for tho the situation situation sit alt nation Is the plan advanced nd by the council o of holding matinee dances once a week and using the proceeds for tor baseball baseball base base- ball supplies Anyone Anone who has had any experience at all In promoting matinee dances ma may well Imagine Just how much equipment the teams will get bet as a re re- re suIt sult The university faculty ostensibly at least Is stron strongly I In favor of or athletics both as a developer of or men and as tho strongest possible advertisement for the college When however howo a request for fir funds to carr carry on the sea season on is made ItIs Itis it itis is greeted with Ith a n. gloomy silence It Is no secret that the college college by b reason of poor management is In debt as a result of athletics It is also well known that the A A. C. C at Logan has better equipment inH r nr ff rJ rs more inducements to I athletics sto to attend school l than does docs the theU theU I U Just recent recently for Cor Instance the Aggie letter men received fobs and sweaters while tho the freshmen had previously previous been rewarded Utah letter men on the other han hand have not heard so much as aa a a. whisper whipper to intimate that they will wilt re receive receive re- re awards before tho the end of or the war var It will be said of oC course coure that the Logan Losan received help from their local It not seem business men but does docs strange that like aid for tor the university is never so much ns as suggested Is there something wrong on tho the hill bill Much has been said of or the value of or athletics to a college collee This has never been better demonstrated than b by the I record of or the tho Geor Georgia la Tech football team I last fall From Prom comparative obscurity the thc Georgia college rose roe to a position of re respect respect re- re throughout the country countr and gained a publicity y that thousands of dollars' dollars worth of oC paid advertising would hardly accomplish solely through its championship champion champion- ship gridiron crew It certainly does lees not tend to raise the I standard of athletics or to attract de desirable do- do l students student b by adhering to the same same old attitude expressible something In Inthis Inthis inthis this manner Wed od like to help you ou out but wo we cant can't do 10 it It is no use tise putting the matter off till tilt next fall because e conditions will be no nomore nomore nomore more favorable then than the thc they are aro now Something must be done lone immediately to encourage e a new coach and the man many new athletes The college e as a whole wants athletics but unless support is forthcoming no athletics can be fostered according to Coach Fitzpatrick It seems imperative that the hand that controls the purse strings mu must t loosen its grasp |
