Show tt S What Good Does Docs Football Do Coach S S Sutherland A Answers That Question Ques Que tion Lion in This This' Article Sutherland By JOCK SUTHERLAND University of Pittsburg Football Coach To 10 the player plau there f It ii nothing that challenges and develops the b best beet t that is in him as football does doe The rules provide that he must muan pla lay fair lair and clean and that his conduct on tho the field be exemplary of ot a n H gen en- en The average player wants to do dothe dothe dothe the manly thing Ho carries a re responsibility re- re t that he ho fully tully ates He lie is the tho representative c othis of ot his school and he ho is inspired to give his Ills boiL bet Ho trains faithfully works hard and sacrifices time Ume and energy Tho The player learns to think and to act quickly Tho The game d develops a harmony between mind and body nd cultivates atu strength strength- endurance and agility It Il develops his courage teaches self reliance and self self- control Football develops a a. a wholesome re respect to- to peet for tor the tho other othet fellow The layer respects opponents opponents' aggressiveness sa and sportsmanship Friendships made on the football field told are enduring and permanent Men who play side by side under the fire of or competition aro arc not going to forget torget each other S Football teaches unselfishness for It ft is unit unity cooperation and team play that brings results Patience and t thoroughness are essential L qualities that bring precision perfection perfection per per- and confidence Tho The tremendous growth In fn football F I interest has been in keeping with wIll tho the development of ot the game ame Itself Thousands of or spectators learned the code codo of or sportsmanship F by watching the tho players demonstrate demon demon- strafe strate it The Tho years I 1 spent pent on the squad are Invaluable to me I made Imade I. I lifelong friends I 1 learned to take tako F the bumps bump that come in football and in life without whimpering I 1 learned to accept responsibility The experience a 0 boy gains in football is valuable to him in after alter life Ho lIe has learned to meet ad adv nd- nd v to st stand nd up under punishment punish punish- ment to persevere and ard to achieve Ills His experience is valuable to him in a 0 professional and business way He lie i l as s made friends who sto will b bo be glad slad to aid him in fn establishing himself him him- self edt and he has a n. wide circle o of acquaintances who will wUl send lend favors his lila why way Football and athletics In general genera aro decidedly worth while They are building up the bodies and the tho minds of If a 0 Keen aggressive group of ot young men many of or whom will wll be leaders leader of the next generation I |