Show ii li II I METZGER'S It COLUMN By Sol Metzger copyright Ins b by Sot Sol 1 friend Dr Ed win un Tin old Jetterson Jet Jet- 0 O I I Linton ot Washington himself I terson ferSOn has just being put opposed record as s t on athletics As Dr to Intercollegiate ot of the college colt col- col I Is' Is vice president Linton weigh his re- re t h lege it is well to marks commends Dr Linton inton spIrit a cult for tor nate sport He HC condemns con con- of nf loyalty loyall to the thc college against In P for fOl it both bolh militating Development ag of the proper propel physical causing for bod and student body the by us Its tho college to be exploited In the matter of or public friends foreign spectacles which are wholly I Ito to its purpose Linton claims that the varsity var- var Dr sity teams take up all the available I the theother theother thus preventing playing spaces s other students from exercising and that the Interest created by these the theother theother theother varsity teams uses cruises same other students to get the thc sport b by proXy Of or course Dr Linton takes Intercollegiate sport on a R rap at I the ground that it IL fosters gam gain bling bUng Dr Dl Union Linton is particularly I football Dr Linton also writes fI I and although I 1 I. I am fully convinced that intercollegiate a ath athletics ath- ath 1 I especially intercollegiate I f sent conducted in in inthis football as aa at pr present this country has little to commend an recognize I it to the educator obstacle when I 1 en encounter it and rind waste no time lime In butting my head against a it It I should be opposed op opposed opposed op- op posed to the col college e e with which undertaking S m my fortunes arc cast to mako make any great change from I unless it is do done tione e eIn t present policies other othel institutions In concert with t has athletic 4 with which the tho college relations r REFORM POSSIBLE I In a published protest many Linton ventured to years cars ago Dr remark that it was within the power of ot the Carnegie foundation to bring about a greatly needed reform in the management n of or Intercollegiate In Intercollegiate Intercollegiate In- In athletics As the Carne Car- Car ne negle le foundation Is reported to be beabout about to make such a survey Dr Linton evidently believes the thc outlook outlook outlook out out- look Is fine Fine for what In Dr Unions Linton criticism ho ha blames blame Intercollegiate athletics for tox using all aH the available playing placing pla ing spaces at college At W. W S V J. J there thelo is one football field Were the varsity team disbanded and the field turned over to lo tho the use or oC the student body I 1 am am quite certain that thai as is now the case but one game could be played on onIt onIt onit it at a time Surely such action would Jet get ct no more students in I sport In iii fact tact such action W. W be taken by the educators at would It not alsot also alMa elsewhere g- g J. J 0 or give encouragement to gambling t resist t Surely students would not win They If such a fine chance to I might gladly take all comers corners that could be played on onti only one game j ti one field at one time Likewise 11 thc they might t welcome the chance to bet that only one basketball game at a time could be played on the t available floor space for or basketball I the possesses I Then there Is la the tho other criticism I that the varsity teams are picked in advance and thus competition Is stifled that too few get the benefits hen ben 1 of or incident to the developing de do elopIng of ot these teams Again A aln let letus letis us 15 is answer Dr Linton by presumIng presumIng presuming ing that the varsity team is done away with and arid that some other team Is to play pIa on the ono one field or Indoor court available at nt the college I we have in mind Would this team I permit of ot more students getting Settin j exercise And if this team was not handled by bo some sort of or aI a A. aleader I leader would It get a a. corresponding correspond correspond- ing benefit from Its pla play that the varsity now gets 1 I CRITICISM FAILS z Most Moat of the criticisms of intercollegiate intercollegiate inter inter- collegiate sport fall fait to offer anything any any- thing constructive There is usually usually usually usual usual- I ly lacking a sighted far-sighted view of or sport and its purpose even among educational leaders eader And as I read these criticisms s and nd ponder ponde the subject the belief belie i comes c mes to me that In tn the end we may yet et view those students who go 10 in for intercollegiate sport especially the very absorbing Variety variety vari van van- I Pi ety intercollegiate football as J boys boos who are making a personal sacrifice P I We c are coming to a sane view The war ar is bound to be bea beI i. i a a. big factor In bringing it about i I ti That sane view will put lUt It up to tho the educators to make good in f. f physical education If Ir there Is now I I but enough nou h playing space at the I colleges for the use of only one oneLA LA team of or each major sport it would seem to indicate that our educators educator have fallen down own on the big and andr dt Irl 1 vital Hal job of equipping their plants r with the necessary tools with which g to lo build up UI the physical side of or ofU t undergraduates which view 1 U r tho 1 t makes for contrasts and anta antagonisms antagonisms on- on isms Ism matters mailers that get ct two sides I tOb I t working for or a common purpose f i nowhere I Th The reason why I say we may mayot I college c uth- uth ot 0 come to lo look upon our as boys t who are making a 1 sacrifice is that they must be bo the foundation upon which we wo may mayi build the structures which mean mean sport for all To equip a college properly for fOI physical culture means a large expenditure of or mone money Now that money has not been raised b by en endowment It therefore looks like a a. case of earning It No o practical plan ha has been pre presented for fol doing oin- oin this other than the varsity team learn The team that In Its bl big games brings undue emphasis upon a a. phase of oC college life tife which hicl should be incidental be-Incidental to it so we hear heal ARMY SHOWS WA WAY V. V Already the arm army aimy is showing the way ay One of the finest military camps in America today it Camp Sherman Ohio It has ample athletic athletic athletic ath ath- letic equipment because a d whole state Is working working- for Its welfare Now the thc people of the thc state of Ohio are not any more patriotic than those of oC other states stales That is not the reason The reason Is that Camp Sherman has gone in for what in college athletic be termed public spectacles foreign to the purpose Camp Shermans Sherman's football team visited various cities In the state slate last fall faU played various college I elevens and antI whole regiments o of I soldiers went along paraded the streets streets' drilled and played at the I field As a result of all this spectacular spectacular spec spec- play play play-if If y you choose so to I I term it it it-a. a good sum sum of or money was realized for the war emergency I I S fund und of the camp but hut better still tho the people saw enough of its new I army to fall faU in love with it They I want tho those thos Ohio ho boys lOyS s to keep heep smiling and to be he fit hence they send fend them the athletic goods a division needs to keep smiling and to lo he be fit I take It no one will criticize the military authorities at Camp Sherman Sherm n for placing an undue undue undue un due emphasis upon the division team That football team stars all the wa way through made man many sacrifices sacrifices sacrifices sac sac- to accomplish the object In view Is It a 1 long stretch of or ima Imagination lna- lna lion tion to state stale tate that the colle college e football foot foot- ball haH team learn is capable of producing th the same good gool results for foi or the coHe college e Let expenses be he cut to the bone but hut let those big big- spectacles spec spec- tacks continue the spectacles our educators often state slate arc are foreign n to the th purpose of or the college Rightly nightly managed they can he made to yield 1 the funds the college colle E have so far nc neglected to ral raise raise funds funds e-funds funds for makIn making possible PO enough fields and anel courts and equipment so that all students may he be fit and happy happ How about It it Dr Linton I |