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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1932)
THE H.H'STKATKl> FKATCJUE SECTION I Hear Me Talkin' to Y a By B IL L Me n i 2 «. ll!»f liurtttuttou la able to offer to persons who must earn while they learn for members 0 1 the athletic squad, or they will pay a few d o l lars on the expritxea of the athlete and leave him to do a* br.*»t he ran after the season is over. Both of Ltve.xe tilin g' insult. In Hie mind o f the Individual helped m .» I qm of perspective lie Utinkg that instHuUana cm WEEK'S POEM ! mn p f m anly for athletic itrugramv T h e other students, kn »wing of this T H A T O l i ) SOHO entitled "Between tire IV v ti »»Ml the Deep M ur condition, get the idea that athletics L* much more important than »v*4 iieatJ tat too often nowam ghl» vta indio might well have been writ the other w,»ik of the school, and athletics com m utes about the w«*M s p e cia lly for those baseball players who now occupy a poMUoti ou the onlv part of the program o f the school from which the grn ria t anxious seat bench or what have you? public can gain any benefit* and thLx In the wav of being amused l.ook at the preoent diamond situation {tuoi any angle you chouse and Thus there Is cultivated an unusual inlet eat in athletics Ui the I'll w afer tlvat it you're truthlul you will agree with me in my opinion X mind* of the student croup have not mack- the above statement without c t u k nor liave I malice a fo re - In other word*, the over-emphasis Is on the part of Uie public though; when l express such a sentiment lm trying to marshal the fart* and not on Hie part of Hie institution* and interpret them impart tall v So you see there u no unanimity on this matter of ovei rmpha.*!» Reports troni the East-West leagu e meeting persist that the m o fu lt The matter appear* to be a highly relative one depending in large part believe that a $2 400 montiliy payroll is as much as they will countenance upon the «pacific insUluUoa* fostering athletic program* with the likelihood that from la to I I men will compose the club roatei T h e vaiytng shade* of opuiiou are uueiestlug. as well as inform ative It u is true that durine the past two teaaon* some of the stars received showing dcru.itely that there is no one isolated augle front which thr situ» *3:wl monthly and over one does not need a m agnifying fla w to see that Uon mav be viewed A combination of circumstances makes the problem if such a salary scale U to prevail durtiif the cuuunc season that there will an intricate one. and one which tu Hie final analysis must be worked cut be some players un the team drawing some rather treble pay checks. separately by each school If. on ibe o ilier band the name players are cut along with the a v e r i There will be certain point* of agreement and certain points of diff er age playert there will be some stars» weak mg at a ridiculously low figure •iWe no m atter ! h > w many (»pinion* are brought into a solution of l)»e Cine ai Mt take in to consideration at course Use fact that depression days m atter The Iart. alone, that some attention is be lug given to a piublrm have brought rexloctiou* in all other hues ot endeavor and they are to t»- | of such nation-wide significance ts not only giatifytn g but stimulating, giv-| eapected m baseball | ing added faith that eventual!* soiue system wtll^br wuiked out whereby One might say that If the league member* won t pay live top salaries amsller and smaller premium» will be placed ut»»u athletic prowess ami demanded by these aces o f the diamond owners of outlaw club» will gobble greater ones placed upon other extra-cut rirulax achievement* up the stars Others may rv m go ao far as to sav that independent m o But. as I (wanted out quite some time ago the process of translthMi Is guls will outbid members o f the league for the services of certain players going to be a Mow and (Minful one for some schuois until there Is found and thus capture the must capable *:arx for their teams W ith the flnan rial condition such as H M however I doubt that any baseball m e « are s financial sum re which will adequately piovide fix Hie development of going to throw better judgment to the winds and gamble on (laying big one hundred per ornt athletic program* touching Hie life o f every student ! enrolled salaries with the hope of getting K back at the gale. That taut be lug ----------- » ----- done this year. ________ l i n e * M IRROR H\ Madeline Riidgrs , Til err air loyal heart«, three spit Its Utave, Tla*i’' are »mils that aie pure true. . *l*hen glvr tu the wwrld tlir beat have And the beat will come back to dive Wave aud love to voui life ate «nd you you Will flo w A strength in your uLrnoot need Have faith and a srorr of hearU will TlwMt faith In you« word and rired dive truth and youi gift wlU be peWl III kn i t And I kmmm will lumoi m«rl And a smile tltat is *weet will suiely nod A smite that B )u»t as sweet Otve jim row and pity to loose who mourn You will galiirr in flower» again n*e »cattried Meed* of your ttuMight out hor nr | A NOTE OR T W O Some players have howled about tire new «vatitn whereby player* must bear tlieir own expenses while on the toad They feel that they arc being W o N D E R W H A T that contemporary meant last wr»*k when it reported , made to suffer enough without adding tluj, burden and insist that moat of that ’ East West Loop Moguls In Huddle F»rt»nc Bchediitea. U*nptrr$ the owners have been getting a break on low expense account« involving and they rock clialrs . Sir Neville Herd, the omniscient, write* me a transport at >or. boarding and lodging T h e owner*, erf course say that the two-page »in gle spaced letter in which he file« 10 reason* why he w ith opt>o»ite is true They are in the business at least most of them, to make drew his Howard High team fium the floor in Hie game with Ik aiflas* i money and while their sympathies mav be lavished upon certain players, High, here a pair of weeks ago he proteats at length against the ofll - | tlieir main interest is in bearing the turnstiles click long and loud elating saying, among oHiet thing* that the designatinn of the home book There have been, of course, certain individuals who liave denied that as Uie official score book was all we*. wonder what Rule t flection 12 they were in the business to make money 1 had money before I started has to say about the matter? monkeying around with baseball, one of them is quoted as having said I can t go into the detailed reason* « 10 * given by Coach Herd Hum *TYs not the dough that I'm a f t e r " W hich Lx a rather pretty speech but mod up. they state that the official a . Pinky Clarke am! Elder R uajw U, wet r one which few people will swallow no matter how hard they try It would incompetent and tailed violations which did not exist, ignoring others . . . be unnatural for a business man to act that wav. gtanting that to be true taking a team from the floor for any reason w hat I f the owners adopt a we-know-what-ls best attitude toward the p lay ever Indicates a quitter and the world doesn't lavish love upon that type er» I think that they are wrong, and if tiie players become overly brfliger- | .. Hie guy who take* his medicine ami grins, and maybe proteats later, ent I ran not sympathise with them or their technique Organised base get* live plaudit* and as for the crowd at the game 1 doubt if there j ball depends, as I so often have said, upon close cooperation It can were fifty pupils in the house exclusive of the players . . mavbe when *par r not succeed if cut-throat or underhanded methods are used permits I II list the Ten Heed Points but this week no can do There is an opportunity for plavers and owners to get together and I fo r one am hoping that they will It us only natural that some ball players ! b left out in the cold but when all Is said and done I am still of the opin ion that those who do the hiring and firing have ummstakablv. the upper hand a condition which exists m practically every instance of em ployer- employee contact, but more so at present Players then, must not be too Insistent in thetr demand* and must eoiplov a polished technique in probing to th - heart of their problems I Both »ides of the picture must be presented to the public an far as good vettl*ing man and South Bide leader bu si newt procedure will permit. I am anxioua to see just who gets what i has announced hi* candida« y for contract and. from reports which come from rather reliable sources, the j United States ('o n g te u from the Bei next few weeks will disclose developments, the like of which have never end District b ee « witnessed by followers of the diamond pastime This district lie* south of 43rd Street and ra il of Htate Street and adjoin* that of R rprr rn tn llvr Ornai O V E R E M P H A S IS DePrteM Mi 7ifT„ 33 a veteran o f W IT H A L L O F T H F T A L K going on about the alleged over-emphaais * the W orld War 111 which tie served Which in recent years is being placed upon college athletic* particularly j with tlie 302nd arto squadron. 1* u l.beral Republican and already ha* fooChal' thus writer felt that since he had »-xpreaaed his views in the matter wan ruiwdderable favor by Hie speech-] that it might not be o bad idea to get the reactions of some o f the presidents j es which he ha* made at several galli - : of o».ir major institutions fdag Accordingly, letters were sent, inviting these educator* to state whether That lie should carry Hie n o m in a-! in their opinion there Is too much emphasis being placed by school* upon Han by an unprecedented m ajority is tlieir athletic programs. T h e -espouses to date, have been gratifying to already being predicted along politicali say the least, representing a variety of opinions. row and the announcement of hi* R*ad what “ ime of our outstanding educator* have to say on this m a t candidacy has already led to the rx ter which has filled columns and columns in the daily press since the close jwrlation of ti*— withdrawal of *ome I present first President John W Davis, of o f he 1931 i . ball season of the other (-andldate* in the field m hi* favor before long West Virginia State College, Institute. W Va. Hr says. In a recent *pee< h he declared that No Evidence the (Niramount is m »* con«—rn. t h r Personally. I believe that there is not a great deal of fact con nr«oblem of employment. * W hile we nected w:*h the tho ught that football is over emphasized in so- are |m*ayf«M>ting hr aaid "men called college«, fo r colored This sport and all others are extra- women ami « Ithdren arc dying of slat vallon We need prompt action | curicular in *his institution I believe that the student mind of this *o that these pentoli* can U* ta k en 1 college g.\e proper and yet subordinate pisce to the sports program • are of immediately with bread and! of the college. bullet and a rouf over their head*.** \ On tie other hand, however, a difference o f opinion Ls noted In the Frankness and sincerity have mark- reply "i\en b\ President John M. Dandy, of Virginia State College of C H IC A G O The political pot has •*d all of flic candidate's ra m p a ign , b* gun to boil here following the an- ’.pecche* and the 7 a fT I mk » « seen»» t o ’ Petersburg Va who declares nouneement that Wiiham B 7.«fT ad- ia gaining mometitum dajly I trough lhr «owing seemed hut vain Fot life 1« the murm of king and slave - T U just what we are and do Then give to the world Uir brot you hsve And \ Mosslthx W. B. Ziff Okeyed for Congress in District Adjoining DePriest s A sso cia tio n B langfd T share the opinion o f many educati» s of the country tha tsport.s including especially, football and basketball, are over-emphasized in our colleges. I am inclined to feel that this is due to the requirements o f the distri t athletic association Including among other th in g-. the awarding o f a championship at the close of the season I f some agreement could be reached by which the practice o f awarding a championship could be abandoned, manv o f the evils now found in the athletic? of the colleges would naturally disappear It would not be necessary to set up rules for the eligibility of player Of course, there would not be the amount of Interest that Is now manifested among the school«, and athletics would take a more natural place in the life o f the colleges Still another factor is noted by President R P Sims, of the Bluefteld tW Va > State Teachers’ College, who place.*, the blame fo r what over em- phA4iv there Ls at another door. The Bluette Id educator writes; Public Responsible I have not noted the schedule of any colored institution that, in my opinion, carries too many games for Uve prgper Inculcation of Hie spiritual and physical qualities that it is pxslblc to instill In youngsters through group play. In my opinion, the evils of athletic* in colored colleges are due to the fact that they copy in a crude way, the evils of athletics In white college* The coaches feel that they must win at any coat, »tying that the public will only be interested in winning team*, ao that they are apt to resort to the subsidising of athletics tu our of two ways. The alumni and the coach with certain business interests about Hie institution will try to secure a major part of the aid which an INDIGESTION HAT tint« X .uff-rrd A with In rt 1 j c . U u n . I bought • of U;». k- DraufUt. and Ujr u t u « kbuul » third of • trupoutiful I » - fu ro r . r h UNO»]. 1 c a n t t v * « a , aitai I want, any tlmr. Klark l>r»u«lit U a fin- phr*tc it will rttaru« Ilia body of waata inattcr. It Is alx> good for colds, to open 111- bowala”—Wallar D. Milas. KU iati» Avo. N . Naahvtltr. Tnm Tills purr, powdrrad herb mcdlrlno acta 01 the dicasi i*a system In an easy, ticahhful way. without such alckmlnc rffrrls as often result frutn ttia use at powerful mineral drttc, Oet the cenulre Tliedford'a B lack - D raught IN I'HE NKARI.T IM H U D Jersey Elks Ask Finley Wilson /ôrm m K o/r/i/ To Postpone 1932 Convention ENHLISII S P R IN G W O O D N.T C Lawrence Minyaid, local F Ik lead ur, called up- ; on J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted Word* o flrn M i»«i«ed ruler of Elks, in the nvmc of wisdom Do not say "E very d ic e in o m it E V E R Y. Say Once «md common sense, to poatiame the awhile 111 awhile " 1932 convention o f Elks, which ift to W o rd « o ften M H n p rtlrf meet In California, for one year, on Prosecutorf OR. not ER. account of hard times j Mr Minyard quotes from Article 17. W ord * o ft ti M i*|iron»u t»rril Section 2, of the Constitution of Hie C lien tele. Pronounce kli-eo-tel. 1 order which gives authority to the a* in "he. first e unsUcaetd. lust e grand exalted ruler and trustees to cliAnge time and place of holding an a.x in "tell*' 01 a* hi ’ feel,’ accent nual session In case of emergency or ( laat syllable. extreme necessity. bywonynw T h is Lx xw h an emergency * • “ • Mi ' Insert, intercalate. Interpolate. Muayard, and adds that wr v • 30- 1 W e e d M it t d r mg through a financial famine in { ■ fiM it has been neoaasary for | Fl.AO C ID . lacking still ness soft Preaklent Hoover to appeal u> timid and we«k flabby "H i* skin was ca|MtaH»ts to stop hoarding flaccid and wrinkled." 1