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Show Hi ABUSES OF COLLEGE HAS' ATHLETICS Hral There Is tempest of discussion B-M over abuses of college athletics. B3 , Thcso questions wsro threshed out Hf by the National Collegiate Athletic H,l : Association nt tholr meeting this f i weok, with cx-Piosldent Tnft as a Hjf ' lending speaker. Whether tho ns H i i Boclatlon will 'accomplish any post - (J tlvo results romalns to bo seen. H "'' American youth does not enter H.L sport for tho Impersonal satisfaction BE'' of tho trained skill of eye and hand. Hf ,. It Is a rroblom of defeating dreaded B J. rival colleges, which must bo mot or B'-'L dlsgraco accepted. If a man who Is .il' practically a professional can be cap- Hv turod, there aro devious ways enough Brfi of passing him along. Tho system Bi with which tho prep school field is Hil I canvassed for recruits Is exceeded by B2, nothing In tho lino of efficiency ex- Hvy copt tho recruiting organization of HFf tho Gorman army. HJw' Perhaps tho greatest abuso Is that B4& nthlotlo training is so much eoncon- Hi r trated on the domlgods of tho vara- Bt Ky team, white tho great majority H'.y of tho students do not get syBtcmat- Bah! 1c physical culture. Time spent yell-' HJf'l ing on tho grandstands, or discussing HE ' tho latest details about the pitcher's Hi throwing arm, Is not time spout In HI physical development. HvP Much could bo said for a system In HJn which collego students would bo ro- HJl quired to spend a porlod of tlmo HJt dolly In soroo active sport. Many of Hbt the boys would become so keenly In Hi;; terestod In tho problem of dov&loplng T ' their own skill, that tho lntorost In HJ n ! tho welfare of tho team should lose HWl a Uttlo of Its abnormal fever. HHiHHHHk. HHHHHHHH BHlrX-T"t- jHTtfMHHHflPBJHiPi This wculd provide n splendid safo-'y safo-'y valve for surplus energy. It would n y up n Etock of physical capacity .or tho strains of futuro yenis It Is t moro normal kind of development than tho conch trained man gets, nnd It would not absorb such undue attention. |