Show GR GIVEN UNUSUAL L ROLf ROLE Daily Iu rl Acclaims Redhead as Savior of Collegiate Gridiron Gridiron Gridiron Grid Grid- iron Game The Daily offers an an unique view of Red Granges Grange's becoming a aI aI I player It declares that the famous galloping galloping galloping gal loping ghost has attracted general general general gen gen- eral interest to the professional game and as a result will wilI aid greatly in the s salvation of the collegiate collegiate collegiate col col- sport over-emphasis over of which has hIlS caused so many college presidents to make long t and fiery speeches of condemnation The ee ees article el in full follows follows- li We s should like to see the University sity of Illinois without further ado grant Red Grange his bachelors bachelor's degree if that is what he is doing for higher education in this this' coun coun- try A lot of nonsense is going the rounds about his desertion at the peak of his popularity and advertising advertising advertis advertis- ing ing- value For Red Grange is switching the popular interest in football to the professional game and this we are convinced is the theone theone theone one salvation of the intercollegiate game and of academic sanity Coll College ge presidents and faculties have been racking their brains for fora a generation for some means of saving their institutions from complete complete complete com com- engulfment in the football tide Very recently undergraduate representatives from six colleges met at Middletown Conn and made certain wise recommendations regarding intercollegiate football schedules and practices to the same end But what chance have havethe havethe havethe the wishes of faculties or even of undergraduates aga against th the greater numbers the greater wealth wealth and the greater vanity of the alumni It is the alumni who insist on the present concentration on intercollegiate intercollegiate intercollegiate intercol intercol- football to meet the popular demand And the only thing that can defeat them is a deflection of that demand This Red Grange more than any other one person or factor seems to be bringing about Let us hope he doesn't crack under the he strain Jn n other words the iceman ex-iceman is apparently solving the problem over which half the savants of the country have been stewing |