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Greatest of Harvard Football Players Writes of the Benefits of Sports ATHLETICS MAKE BOY MANLY, SAYS BRICKLEY ]?v Charles E. Brickley. Harvard's great hr. If back and the on lv unanimous selection of the all-American football team of 1912. Brickley is also one of the best hop-step-and-jumpers, and was a member of the recent Olympic team. rpHE benefit of athletics is al ways an interesting topic, 1 especially to one who has ac tually indulged in sport. To m.v athletics develop the youth; rust in manliness, then in moral physical strength; create a u i ’t of unselfishness and, more -han other activity, bring out in a ~ jow determination to succeed —• i win fairly or not at all. I itink that every one will agree Uu. athletics make a boy manly. I, ngaging in games with com one boy does not always h.,ve things his own way. • ;i\s he plays well: other days he - overshadowed by some of his nlai mates. The same thing is true of the nore serious athletic sports of the von th in preparatory school and college. Here, athletics are run on , scientific basis. Clever and com l.et nt coaches are secured in each branch of sport, and the contests very even, especially between big rivals. h> college, especlaly, is the spirit of manliness developed. In foot ball the coaches teach the men to I iv hard football —but to play the r.um fairly and cleanly. When an athlete gets into a big game of football he is opposed by men who are his equals. He must fight his hardest to win, yet he must always keep his head, he must always play cleanly, he must always remember that there is something else in football besides the mere playing of 'h. game. This spirit of manliness was well i ustrated in the Harvard-Yale game of this year. Every player on both sides was out to win. but • win by good, hard, clean foot ball. 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It is wonderful the manner in which a man will develop physi cally by participating in athletic sports. When I started to play football 1 weighed 140 pounds, yet by the end of that first season I weighed over 160 pounds. 1 have seen weaklings come out for athletic sports, with apparently no chance for physical health and attain wonderful physical develop ment. The system of training, es pecially In college, enables a man to be at his best at the time of his most important games. At Har tard they believe that a good man in splendid physical condition is better than a star player in poor condition. As a trainer. I think "Pooch” Donovan, of Harvard, ranks with the best. He certainly had our squad in wonderful condition for the big games. Every one who takes part in athletics is developed morally to a high degree. A fellow learns that to enjoy the respect of his fellow athletes and outsiders he must not only be clean while actually per forming on the athletic field, but must also lead a good, straight life while off the field. I think you will find that the average college ath lete is a good, clean, upright man. with high ideals and high stand ards of living. I really think a col lege man would rather die than break training. In my opinion, one of the highest benefits received from participa tion in athletics is the spirit of un selfishness which is instilled Into the athletes. I have seen so many examples of this that I am abso lutely certain of what I say. I can give you two Instances of this un selfishness of athletes which hap pened this fall. Captain Shows Unselfishness. In the Brown-Harvard game Captain Wendell hurt his ankle and was out of the play until the Princeton game of November 2. He started In this game knowing that his ankle was very weak, yet the memory of last year’s 8 to 6 de feat by Princeton and the hope of being on a team that would defeat the Tigers kept up his confidence. He had played only five minutes when he realized that he was not at his best; that he was slowing up the backfield on account of his ankle. Without further hesitation he left the field, and Bradlee, a most capable substitute, took his place. Here was the captain of a Har vard team in his last year, a man who had never had the honor of being on a winning team against Princeton and Yale, yet he takes himself out of the game when he might have stayed and played well, but not his best. Then, after the game, Wendell offered me the ball which had been used in the Princeton game. Os course, it is the captain's place to keep the ball won in a game, but in his absolute unselfishness he gave the ball to me because I had been fortunate enough to kick some field goals. Surely, athletics must be of -benefit, when they can pro duce a man of Percy Wendell’s type. As another example, take .1. P Jones, the great Cornel! runner, whom 1 know personally. He is always helping his team mates along in the race, even sometimes at the risk of being defeated him self. I saw him this summer at the Olympic games in Stockholm do his very best to help a fellow American qualify in his trial heat of the mile run. That his team mate failed to qualify was no fault of Jones’, but was owing to the THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TH I RSDAY, DECEMBER 19. 1912. worth of Jackson, the great Eng lish i miner, who won that particu lar trial heat and next day annexed the world's championship. Determination Another Trait. Another trait which athletics do velop is determination. No matter what contest an athlete enters into, he is determined to win. Be It a track meet, a baseball game, a foot ball game or a boat race, it is al ways that spirit of determination that carries him through. And with this spirit to win must be coupled the ability to be a good loser, to suffer disappointments and come back stronger than ever. To illustrate this, 1 might give two examples from my own career. Two years ago I played with Ex eter academy, and before the game with our great rivals, Andover, we ■ were the favorites. Badly out played from start to finish, we were beaten by the overwhelming score of 21 to 0. It was the bitterest dis appointment 1 iiad yet met in my short athletic career. But it made me resolve that very night of the game that 1 would never give up until I had mastered football and played on a winning Harvard team. As 1 had only one chance against Andover while at Exeter, I have two years left to learn football and have already been on one winning' Harvard team, so have had better luck than I expected. This summer I was fortunate enough to be chosen as a member of the American Olympic team, one of the men picked to represent the United States in the hop. step and juQip. Now. in sftte of the fact that this is rather an unim portant event, yet I wanted to win a place that I might have the honor of scoring for my country. I trained hard and faithfully for the event, which came on the last day of the competitions. In prac tice I was jumping better than ever, and felt confident of winning. But on tile day of the actual com petition I fell down badly and failed to jump within two feet of what I had been doing In practice and what I had done befor.e leaving America. I only hope that I get a chance in 1916 to make good where I failed this year. “$15,000 A YEAR FOR 3 YEARS OR I DON’T PLAY,’’ SAYS T. COBB PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.—Ty Cobb, the wonderful fielder, announced today that he would not sign with the De troit Americans for less than $15,000, under a three-year contract. Evidently the matter will come to a deadlock by spring. President Frank Navin has declared positively that he will not pay Cobb or anybody else what he considers an extravagantly large salary, and Cobb is equally determined that he will not play for less. Considering that Cobb has saved his money and invested it well, and that he married a wealthy girl, there is no rea son why he should not lay off a year if he eared to. It will not be at all surprising if the opening of the American league season finds Cobb off the Detroit lineup. STOCK DEAL IS SAID TO HAVE COST CHANCE JOB CHICAGO. Dec. 18.—Frank Chance lost his job, manager of the Chicago Cubs, it was runwred here today, because he refused to sell his 100 shares to Presi dent Murphy for $20,000, and disposed of it instead to Harry Ackerland, of Pitts burg. for $40,000. Murphy's failure to get Chance’s stock is said to have blocked his plans for control of the club through his own hold ings and those of his friends. CLAIMS K. O. ACCIDENTAL. NEW YORK. Dec. 19.—One-Round Dav is, the Buffalo heavyweight, who was knocked out in the first round last night by Soldier Kearns, declared it was an ac cidental blow and was today clamoring for another chance. BASEBALL ■ Diamond News and Gossip The American league batters found | Russ Ford for more home runs last season than any other pitcher. The Cubs tried out forty men last sea- I son—almost as many as the Crackers. * * • Augusta aspires to a team in the Geor gia-Carolina league. » • * When Sherrod Smith joined the Pirates he inquired his first night out: "Who all’s Bleepin' in down berth 11?” And now the Pirates always refer to lowers as "down, berths.” Smith, by the way, will be with Louisville in 1913. * Frank Chance doesn’t like Chief -Wil son, and this is why: one day Chance was spiked and as he sat taking off hfs shoe, Wilson passed, with the remark, ”1 hope you’re not hurt.” “I don’t like that kind of a chap,” said Chance. “He ought to have said. ‘I hope you lose your leg next time.’ ” * « ♦ Will Rixey, a brother of Eppa, is going to try for the University of Virginia nine next year. « • Loaded balls will be barred at the Amer ican Bonding congress in the spring. Loaded ball players will be barred by the Crackers all next summer. » ♦ 4 ♦ McGraw says the Cubs ruined Miner Brown by keeping him “warmed up” on days he was not due to pitch. a • • Garry Herrmann will go after Roger Bresnahan as hard as he can. He says : that his purse is as long as Barney Drey fuss’ when it comes to buying real play- 1 ers (gentle slam at the O’Toole trade therein implied). • • • ’I Harry Lord was the only batter who made home runs against Johnson .and Wood last year. We are’ waiting to hear., from the pitcher who struck out Cobb. Jackson; Speaker, Lajoie and Mclnnes. » * * Charley Ebbets has his new park doped out so that fans standing in line to buy tickets will be under a roof ♦ » McGraw says that the team that wins the National rag must beat the Pirates. Thai's true wisdom, Alsu be must beat, Brooklyn. Boston and the Cardinals, not to mention a few others. « • * We note by a Chicago paper that Anderson, S. C., is In the “Canadian League." * * ♦ Rill Schwartz, Nashville's manager, has a new salary limit scheme. He wants to pay every player in the league the same salary. Foolish as it sounds, it is not an altogether bad idea. It couldn’t possibly work more injustices than the present system. • • « Tim Keefe, one of the greatest ball players. Is now tn the real estate busi ness. Charley Murphy, Cub president, will soon come South to look over some train ing camp sites. ♦ e If the Yanks gd Chance, the I‘. L. may decide to play first base himself and put Hal Chase on second. * » « herd Schupp, one of the new Giant pitchers, has developed the impossible— the “rising curve." Demon Runyon sacs he’d better not try it on Wilbert Robin son, for Wilbert’s heart has been weak ever since that world series episode that Jarred $1,400 out of his pistol pocket. 4 • Johnny Evers has tried to trade George Stallings out of Hub Perdue and George Tyler. George says it’s a shame to trade with anybody. Nap Rucker excels In control, but Rube Marquard has a wide advantage in press agents. M * 4 •Tosh Devore has been exposed. He is maintaining a Boston bull terrier at great expense in a dog boarding house in New York. $350,000 BID: $425,000 ASKED FOR PHILLY TEAM PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 19.—1 t was re ported here today tiiat Charles P. Taft, who owns a controlling interest in the Philadelphia National league team, wants $425,000 for the club, and that $350,000 so far has been the best offer. MIKE MURPHY IMPROVES. THOMASVILLE. GA., Dec. 19.—Mike Murphy, of Pennsylvania, the fatnou athletlc trainer, is spending the winter In Thomasville and is pleasantly lo cated at the residence of William' Mil ler on Broad street. Mr. Murphy has improved very much since his coming here and hopes that the rest and fine climate will restore him soon to perft t health. CORRIDON NO FIELDER. CHICAGO, Dec. 19.—“ Red" Corridon, the shortstop for whom Garry Herrmann, of the Cincinati club, paid SB,OOO, so that he could close the Tinker deal, fielded only .904 for the Kansas City team, in the American association, last year. MAKE SOMEBODY Happy with a Kodak—the gift that pleases both young and old. Jno L Moore & Sons have a complete llnei 42 North Broad St. (Advt.) Herrmann Secured Not Only a Manager, But a Much-Needed Shortstop REDS MAY IMPROVE NOW; TINKER FILLS WEAK SPOT By Bill Bailey. A MANAGER wasn't all that Garry Herrmann wanted, and it wasn't all that he secured when he got Joe Tinker .as man ager of the Reds. He wanted a shortstop and lie se cured one, and if Joe will go down there and play the game that he did for the Cubs, the chances are that he will be hailed as a great manager. For if Joe plays a good game at short, the chances are that the Reds will cut considerable figure in the National league race. And if they do that, Tinker will be hailed as a great manager. For a successful manager is rated by the standing of his team. A man may be a joke as a buss, but if he finds he's on top he is said to be a wonder. ' Not that joke managers are in the habit of land ing their teams there, but it is pos sible. Reds Weak at Short. Consequently. Joe’s playing is likely to have much to do with his reputation as manager. Some ' teams have weak spots. The Pi rates for years have been howling for a first baseman, and the cry has gone up there at the end of every- race that if they had pos sessed a first sacker of champion ship caliber they would have land ed the pennant. The Cubs last year claimed that if they had possessed another pitcher of class they would surely have nosed out the Giants. Another club is sliy just one out fielder, and some other team would be a contender if they- had a catcher. Well, the weak spot on the Cin cinnati team, for two years at least, has been the short field. They've tried out man after man, but not one lias showed the class. Grant was played at short. Phe lan filled in there. Esmond Looked Good. During the close of the 1911 sea son it was believed that Esmond was the man who would fill the bill. It would be remembered that he joined the team during the closing days of the race of tnat y ear, and the Reds looked better than they had at any time. Last winter it was predicted that the Reds would be in the running, and Esmond was the man banked upon. For with a good shortstop It was figured that they had a well balanced team. But Esmond's health went back on him and they were right where they had been, a good, strong team with one weak spot. Garry Herrmann had this in mind when he selected Tinker. And Joe's playing ability probably had as much to do with the strenuous and victorious light which Herrmann waged as Joe's ability as a man ager. 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Bates and Marsans to look after the fly balls and drive in the runs. Looks like Joe’s, most difficult task would be to iind a catcher. That is, a heady backstop who can be relied upon. Larry McLean would be all right if he could be depended upon. Past managers in Redville haven't found him reliable, But Tinkei may, and again Joe may not. Clarke, second man on the string, is considered only a fair sort of a catcher. 7