Show gT BECAUSE Red ned Orange Ernie Ernie- XI and a 0 few other college grid stars decided to turn professional lIonal before graduating college reformers have be been n deploring the football status In our I of learning However Howe there are a few optimIsts optimists lets among the college presidents and professors One of them Is President John M I Thomas of Rut Rut- Rut gore His remarks arc aro refreshing coming at this particular time I I cane can see nothing radically wrong with football as It now cx- cx ex exists says the tho Rutgers I I have confidence In the abil abil- abil ability It ity and the ho character of the men In charge of athletics I In our col- col col colleges leges leges u I Taking them as all a 0 whole they ore are sincerely sincere devoted to the build build- building ing iPg of sound Round manhood in tho Amer Amer- American American ican lean youth All of them under under- und understand understand r- r stand perfectly that comes first Professional football means nothing to the college game came The hysteria over the pro brand of sport will soon foon die out as football Is a college sport Bort There I e nothing the matter with football dc despite ile the efforts orts o of the tlc 10 lo make it seem Eom the game came has boa b become so I big that it Is la a menace to college life I FOOTBALL Foo ALL ALIi LI HIGHT Perhaps no one player has done doneso doneso so much to create the present con con- confusion confusion con contusion fusion in football circles as Red Grange A considerable amount of ot the trouble has been caused by Grange being misquoted In a recent In- In interview In Interview he commented on this Un- Un Unpleasant un unpleasant pleasant feature of his professional fool football ball experience nce It seems much copy of a sensa sensa- sensational sensational sensational nature based In no way on fact has hos been turned out by sob writers because they believed It was tas good reading In this connection we recently received a II 11 very Interesting letter from L M Tobin who disseminates tn La the world interesting facts about the athletes and their doings at atthe atthe the University of Illinois No o one outside of Coach knows Grange better than Tobin No one nas written more good copy about the same some Grange than Tobin As a matter of fact Tobin did as much to make Grange Granle a national figure In football as did Ills Ida freshman tar car at Illinois lien hn no nu one olle knew V a thin a about fled Grange Granc l to exploit him What t h be lie said hold was based on fact and anil Grange mod made good on all T Tobin's pr STATUS OF Recently there appeared a story In tho the prees press that Red Granges Grange's famous 77 sweater had bad been re- re remo rc-mowd rc mo mod d from the trophy room at al Illinois and was being kicked around the locker room that hl hi fraternity brothers had turned his picture to the wall and much more mort gut gurt of ot a like nature The stories that have ha been bc n car car- carried ned ried about Granges Grange's jersey are arc most absurd says cays Tobin robin The truth of ot the matter mailer hon hon- hon hon- honestly honestly estly oUy Is that some enthusiast sug- sug suggested sug suggested that the famous 77 71 Jersey worn by him it in his final game bo be preserved forever in the tho Illinois trophy room The matter was not taken seri seri- seriously sen seriously enough nough by the athletic coun coun- council coun- coun council cil cli to even receive the slightest consideration Onge was given his football outfit like all other seniors on th the team after their final game The Th story that it was kicked around the locker room as related by an east east- eastern eastern em ern writer is pure bunk It ha has been in Granges Grange's since the close of the Ohio State gairie gane gane Grange according to Tobin has ah ahau au been n and still Is 18 1 the idol ot of the alumni and undergraduates of at atI I Illinois I 00 op I |