Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-11-29 | Page 4 | Noted American Grid Star Likes English "Rugger"

Noted American Grid Star Likes English Hugger OXFORD England Nov 29 AP Al' Nathan K Parker of Pa Ia Rhodes scholar from flom Dartmouth says sas that after six weeks in Oxford Oxford Oxford Ox Ox- ford he be has become an ardent convert convert convert con con- vert to the English game of rugby football Ho lie prefers It to the American game He was captain of ot last years year's Dartmouth football team which came the season undefeated and was conceded the American i championship Nevertheless in an Article written by him for tor the current current current cur cur- rent Issue of ot the Oxford magazine he asserts that he considers rug ger to be a real sport while American Amer Amei ican lean football has been reduced to a business Here is a game played for the i sport of it It h he writes ot of English football while American football has developed into a serious proposition proposition proposition that might well be designated designated designated a business with much of the sporting side removed for Cor the play play- ers After Arter touching upon the he size Ize of ot the crowds at American football games the salaries of or the and the space allotted to the sport In the newspapers Parker declares re The game game assumes far too great an importance in the minds of or both public and participants for tor the good goodof of ot either particularly either particularly the latter Is IsIt Isit Isit it any wonder then that Americans who ho have hn played football and liked it gradually come to appreciate that fa Is essentially a game and as such provides pleasure and exercise sufficient for all