| Show e V Copyright N Y TrIbune i Inc U S b Patent Office J bI I arc are t maw maiv 11 1 men in Inthe the tho d State rolt I Yost a Q short abort whIle b bk bak k h w would rather take tak lift life lit v t jn 11 n th the tha wit boLt cush cush- cushIon cushion ion of an in automobile than fice the tho rigors of hard h li It is for Cor this reason that foothill uld jid IJ o on rugged sports sport 11 1 inore to- to today today day than 1 over eer er t lefore etore I e se sewill will ha have hae 0 a of soft living sott men soft the th same Bame am line a 1 n sell vell n coach Oll out point one dy d last jail fall I t cn can set get et iy bec II out of the pooler element clement In n college e In the first i lace ace they ha have hase e I known knon more about tho tor Cor x They se seem m ol Oi the tho a Olg 1 to bo ho a haidin lot In the till second place they are arc not tempted by auto auto- automobiles automobile mobiles mobile and e gay V p l Tiles y Ih-y hav haven't the money for tor this so they their of especially especial main maln fun out flom some Rome s gline ly Iy out of football Till Isn't u II hard and nd fast law but on oi the ho he aern ur 1 11 I 1 find that tb t It generallY works Wea Wei th thas as a rule is a big bit hall haul leap to the college colleS athlete He Ho finds too many says ays to have haH his hi fun tun without alt all the th of training 1 his whY so many miny of th the smaller mailer colleges college with few tew rich boys boy can turn out so many stars l This proposition at ot least sounds log log- logIcal logical loc loc-Ical Ical although h It Isn't general A Ayoung Ayoung Ayoung young Cell fellow ow in college who has an automobile several thousand a II ear ear carto anI to spend upend many social engagements to tok keep p Isn't quite quito as likely to give up most moet t of ot his spare par time tim to hard ath athletic ath- ath athletic letic leUc training football in particular as some omo poorer student wh who J knows no such uch temptations temptation The Th latteri latter's best beet be chance for fun Is In sport aport and he Is forced to elve gle gl e up no luxuries to fini his fun tun on the field Sport Isn't all pla play Football means m many afternoons afternoon that border on drudgery drudgery s-er s gery It means hard knocks In scrim scrim- scrimmage scrimmage mae crim-mae mage pi hard driving careful living and It leaves little tor for any I running around It Is for tor this reason that football Is a wonderful thing thins for toroth I other r college athletic activities They hel help to keep down the hours of the tho I toddle and the shimmy upon the tha dane dane- ling hug Ini floor door joy loy rides and such auch that are aro not a valuable contribution to college life lite The lam same rule in a measure applies to the averse average boxer He lie tarts f out outI I knowing no Inc no luxuries no life of eabe He t 13 out after atter an existence stence Train Train- Ing I lug ng 18 13 1 ft a a matter of ot course cours He Ito has as much fun tun at lit training as ho would wout o liso at anything lie He gets g s more I Iho fun out of righting fighting every cHry other month than he at nt driving a truck cv OS Cr cry ery daSo day dav So ha ho trains hard and fIghts often Then ho he wins a lith and comes coms upon the spoor of easy mon money y ylIe lIe his hs hk hl car r the tho best heat hotels adul adul- adulation adulation adul- adul atlon and for the tint first time finds out hat ss hat soft o t living Is ItIs Training then theil la Is another matter It Is la no longer longcr a chol choice o between digging ng ditches and witha with a II sparrIng r Training now means mean the tho t v temporary shutting oft off of ot all easy liv- liv living living liv living ing It means plain food hard ork and little fun Ho finds It harder barder and harder to give up his soft toft and tind pleas pleas- pleasant pleasant pleasant ant existence for tor and ond tumble sparring load toad work ork bag punching and the th rest of it In addition to thIs ho he no longer loncer has the old am- am am ambition that helped lure him to the top lIe He is already at the top and lou ou don t trun trun run after a 0 street car that ion OU have caught So the champion doesn t I fight as often orten In a scar car as he h used to fight In a month Ho He has his 1 of ot money and fame tame He has the th soft 11 li Ing that ho he figures h he has I earned Training once a matter of 1 course Is now the hardest sort of work ork So with few e exceptions like I Benny Leonard rd the tho champion fights only when he bas baa ha to and then it Is mainly for hale lale kal and not for tor fun tun Even at golf In the last generation T most of the champions champion ha hae have e been on the short side aide of wealth Evans Evan Out Out- Ouimet met mot and Guilford ar are not sons of wealthy parents All ted to work for a living when well Ill under twenty S works hard In a brokerage of office ice during his vacation getting In but little golf rolt rarely pla Ing any week day The young oung golfer goiter who l has s hIs car and all the money moncy he needs finds it hal hoider der to elvo S-Ivo the th Dame came at- at at to hIs hi game came There Thero are art too many other diversions at hand Tilden Tildan Johnston Richards Richard and Mc- Mc McLoughlin MCLoughlin Mc Loughlin four tour ot of the tho th great tennis stars tars of recent soars lears ears have never been by wealth Health and urY iu-urY None of ot them even ven ched appi cached riches lu iu any form Each year there seem to be b more morand and mor moro more diversions and attractions that money can buy And those thos who have bave tho the money only In rare Instances are willing to give easy and pleasant Ih Ing for Cor the th grind and hard work ot of o training Without sport aport there would soon lIOon oon be bea bea ba a generation of soft sott oft and spongy citi- citi citizens zens n and there Is no sport that quite hits hIts the situation as football do does After all life Ute Is not a dream In the tho clover There is a lot more moro back of athletic training In college cOllego than the th mere mero de dov of physical skill There Is also the tho matter of ot sacrifice service orvice and a better Idea of oC what hat waits walts on just beyond tho the diploma Whether or not possession of wealth hurts a man mans man's chances at nt football Is debatable But Dut thero there was no noV V wealth alth attached to George Owen and most of the th American All stars tars The same amo rule rulo applies In a general s say ay to all nil v walks alles of life tI tl Is usually tho the struggle for that brings out the tho best bost and hal Jest work v orle and tho e who nho ho have hae known this f Bl U ug- ug gle and then hen havo o come to soft andi and tasy us Ih Ing find md It hardel and harder to give lve up ten twelve or hours a u da do- doas as they once one did without a second thought I |
