| Show MAY Mr PUT PLAY j POOL ni M Y H. H c. c A. A in investigation After fter making makin a 1 thorough st tion 1 of the conditions alleged cl to exi exist t I in ic fn connection with mth pool playing at the tbt Y Y M. M I. I C. C A. A O Oscar Ocar L. L Cox secretary of tho association re expressed his 1 news in ID answer to the tho Women Women's s 's league 1 fc Committee which has filed a l protest in t the playing of pool pooi by minors t i iii the tho Y I I 1 M. M C C. C A. A rooms His Ills stat t state state- ent t follows Ill a B m attending day school chool under tinder I 11 15 tars vears of ago lEo and over oer Hi 10 ma mav play playe I 1 and aud billiards until 9 I 0 o'clock clock on JC e who evenings All AU other boys Friday day tare arc in ill day dar school and under this a age ageS c 5 S lare Ir allowed to pIs play only upon the pre pre- SI of ot a 1 game card beRr bearing nc the findor Of ot the 1 assistant social locial IIi sli- who consults with ti parents parent in int in leMe t ot of any doubt All III members rs sinI un- un I lAtr t is 15 who work during the tho day daj- mn may plat at t such hours as they can up to P p. p w. w and provided the they ba have havo Q a aI I game me card rd i One of ot th the boys boy who is in court has hns iii been bf i s a member r of the a association since pince I I 19 1905 5 and has for o over er a year ear played w r r ool Jool and nd billiards Ho He w will II ho bo lo 18 IS years I L' L jf f f a age e in Mar March h. h Tho The second boy hoy has fj i never lever been a 3 member of th the I 1 oin tic tics tion And nd says that he ho learned to play two two tiro yearS vein ago AIO fo in T Twin in Falls Ida and i h has bas Seen Mn in the Y M. M L C. C A A. only once lot ti The third boY bor has bas not been a n member li ith e association tion for three years but has conic come to the building a 3 few times in jn the last few months bo ho says ays as a n guest JUtt of ot other bO boys B and on some of these occasions occasion ho played pool or bil- bil I V j I Two years ago go in company with one 1 ot of the most prominent educators of the thc tHy we counted seventy five high School hool boys bors in public pool and billiard OJ Brooms rooms at 5 0 o'clock clock in in the afternoon It Itt t seemed that as workers for boys bos we WA wePt Pt T could auld not Dot fairly censure tho the use of t l S I these games oven enn under the vicious inI in- in in- in n. n ij I r fluence which we found them unless wo we woj C provided pro the tame same games carnes under helpful j iC I influence consequently wo we have havo so EO far is 15 our means meaDS and would permit furnished an opportunity for young r 1 men meD and bo boys s 's to play pool and bile bil- It is is not claimed that the super super- division is 15 perfect perfetto but tho the arrangement t. t as now Dan made is tho best that th our pres pres- I knowledge and equipment permit I Of J What baseball is is to the boys of oi theS the tho S to town tonn n in summer billiards and pool are areto Ito to them in the thc winter Tho Those e in charge II of Of ot association gamp game rooms tell ten me mc that hit J. J it is very seldom indeed that a ft boy is who w will admit that he does not 5 krow krone how bow to pIn play these games ames We WeI I I- I not had a half a dozen requests for or instruction so 50 o far I hope that t t the be time will come como when nhen some or organization I ot tho the city will provide pro facilities where boys bos under tinder proper guidance may pIa play 1 1 00 pool and billiards in an atmosphere of y r honor bonor and culture l i I am am firmly convinced that in dealing dealt deal deal- t in ing with ith these matters our methods should should bo be directed to the normal d do- do and activities of ot boys bon rather than to repress s them repression repression sion in this regard regard re reo re- re gard means hoodlum gangs river bank caves and broken windows Proper Y direction means much to toward ard strong strone fane sane character |
