Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1925, Page 27

“% times under other ciassif SPORTS South Carolina Expects Big Year on Gridiron MAY BETTER FINE RECORD MADE IN LAST CAMPAIGN . Practically Al of Varsity Men of 1924 Are Back and Much Promising Material Will Gome Up From Freshman Aggregation. o BY H. C. BYRD. OLLOWING what was perhaps the most successful font ball season it has enjoved in a decade. the University of South Carolina looks forward to the coming Fa'l with the feeling that the 1925 efevén “$hould surpass the combination which a year ago did so much to put ath- Tetics where the Palmetto State people think they should be 2 good deal, but it did win 1 The South Carolina cleven did not annex all its games in 1924, not by & two it desited most to win, and in mo con- test did it make other than a good showing Last Fall both Clemson and North Carolina went down before the! j ‘Columbia <chool. and such victo than Mentally South Carolna defeated e Jimmie Driver, athietic directe “Bouth Carolina. feels confident t the team this fall will prove difficult for any other eleven to Aefeat and Sams 1p his opinion of what the sea Son has in store hy ing “Last year's team was one of the et in our whole history and we Should have an ®ven better team this ¥ear Seventeen Latter Men on Hand. “We have back 17 Ttter mbn from st vear's squad. practically the Whole varsity team. intact. In addi i tidn we have some Eobd MAn coming QW from the fréshmen and the best of the scrubs of Leabe “ 3% “Both our centers, Boyd and Dukes & back, as are all four of the guards And all four of the tackles we used in these positions. The Ruards are Bar- “tall, Gunter. Pruitt and Mills. the tackles Long. Seidersan, Murdaugh fand Russamano. Lilard and Swin 1924 reguler ends. and Wright. Boa [o#richt, Fennell, Jeffords and Rogers cks, will be on hand for the openin practice, September T | “Our best men from_ the scrub line- mp are Bruke and \'erner. ends; Price, renter; Boylston and Wingfield, back the last mentioned a capable quartel “Our 1924 freshman team sends up t6 us the best materfal any firs ‘efeven has given the varsity sin adopted the rule. Wimberly, Wanna- naker and Swink have excelient pros- pects as bag Holcomb is going to 1924 also will be avail (Copsrizht, 1095 by North They apparently w “Costs a lot of dough to ‘ready foot hall I w after that management and train: primarily a commercial enterprise. The sporadic outbreaks of the re- Tormers, who shoot all around the is- ve without hitting the mark. have fone nothing more than to augment this feeling. -4 Frenzied Finance. Princeton me North Carc Forest, the fast mentioned the team than whipped Washington and Lee | Roxie South ( Storyofa Graduate Manager The Truth About College Foot Ball Financ CHAPTER Vil Hocws Pocus in Annual Reports. Ambrican New REMEMBER overhearing a conversation het l politan visitors at a big Eastern Broadway theatrical producers show like thi Yes.” replied tht other. “but look pav! I'll bet somebody’s getting fat ou I resented this casual assumption of dishonesty on the part of collegy s destined to hear this slir in one form or another many tifes 1 began to realize that the tre- méhdous investmenta in. stadia, me}FACE FACTS FRANKLY, desperate competition for players, to-| gether with the big staffs of coaches | gradually were building | pajer The St Dear Your artictes on colleze foot ball | finance have’ been zoue over hy me with | mueh intere ap the impression that foot ball was | 3 1 have given much thought to this| es represent no more to South Carolinians ould victories over Yale and w to Harvard. Inc a State and Wake make good at end. Brewer looks like a | find at center and Thomas is a tackle who should give some of last vear vargity men a rub for a regular job.” Brock is Head Coach. Driver took charge of athletics at at shape. It is said that greater harmony exists in connection with South Carolina Athietics than hax ever before heen known. Driver is a for- mer University of Virzinia haifback and just prior 18 geing to South Caro. lina was William and Mary One of Driver's first acts after the tast for ball seasoh. with which Sol Metzger's contract expired. was to ob. n the services of Branch Bocock Bocock took charge of the hasket ball teanmi last Wintdr and_developed one of the best quints the Gamecocks have ever bad. He will be in full cha of fodt ball this Fall. South Carolima’s schedule involves zames With Erskine College |ber 26, at Columbia; North “niversity, October '3 orth Carolina_State, October 10, Raleigh: Wofford, October 17, at tumbia; Clemson, October 22, Columbia; Citadel, October 28, Orangeburg: Virginfa Polytechnie Tn- titute, October 31, at Richmond, VA.; | brainiest men have lacked scholastic Furman, Novembef 14, at Greenville; | training. But no one seems to have Presbyterian College, November 21, at Columbia. and Centre College, Novem- ber 28, at Columbia. por Alliance.) foot ball game several vears ago. <aid one of them at that gate—and nd salaries to of this.” , STANFORD HEAD URGES Stanford Univemity. Calif.. Aug. 26 The cwssion. T (hink thex give !n«- ‘exist in some institutions. not exfat with us, There can be n# réasonable obiection hall because ®f the size of | 2 ut i that there E matter, and 1 believe -that the best|.and thut the Inewme hing to be done is to tell the real | htory Anancial budget. You will recall that such a budget Is bublished Bur it is not the real budget. It does not ear the items of the | ho man's land." to which 1 have| grae of underzraduate partieipation | % préviously referred in this series We will aprpoach this demain by port. 1 have before me the 1924 re- port of a biz Eastern university. For exactly detail. but 1 have only slightly virtually correct. university has passed the half-million mark "he bursemenis include $293,000 of legitimate and open ex These are: To visiting teams, $120, promised guarantees when the sched- ules are arranged; $118,000. including such items as upkeep of athletic fields stadium, repairs, preparing programs, cquipment for team. officials and at| ¢ endants, hotels, traveling expenses. No M s Land. | In following down this list from here on vou enter “no man's land.” This is where a ed graduate manager and his coach find a way of doing the impossible. o itém. Many a freshman. ineligible the firkt ve the nex has bedn taken care of as a “rubber.” Sometimes the “rats” And “widows" get by as tutors. some- | ions; the | seoute are slipped in in any poseible | way; any student régistersd in histol- | ogy or a premedical course usually! can be worked into the doctor’'s squad. | I never have known this zone of the raport being used to carry any direct payment of money to players. 1 !13\#‘ knowh it to be used innumerable times; in treating various soft jobs by which | we carry along players whom we would be unable to retain otherwise. The above total of $203.000 deducted from $322.000 leaves $230,000. Tha‘FARRE items which 1 have selected #rly belonging to “no man’'s land, and which they appear. do not dis- close the real expenditures, total in this report $137,000. “#Fhat is about the margin n which he, graduate manager work i about $125.000 to $150,000 in afon th American college. !in Dyker Beach Park vesterday and instrumental in the vic- he and Macdonald Smith, the new Jsland open champion, over Leo Diegel and W. H. Cox. the local professional. Paying for Oiher Sports. Deductin, he $137,000, we have left | 000. - Foot ball usu~Hy carries about 15 other sports which are main- thined at a loss. College base ball usually will show a lose of about $5.000 a season. Basket ball, hockey, tenpis, lacrosse cer, wrestling, hoxing, fencing. swimming and golf show losses of f 000 to $10,000. In the report 1 have béfore me the total loss of other sports carried by | foot_ ball i& about $50,000. Deduct. ng fthis from the remaining foot ball |¥ ceipts, there =till is a ‘profit of of the average anhual foot ball| ] 2 | up-and.coming team will try but se sutiining the main details of this re-| eral hundred men for varsity, fresh- man and intra-mural squads. obvious réasons. 1 am not giVINZ it in | repeated charge that only a tew men participate in major college athléties. altered the items, and the totals are| Ada to the foot Ball aspirants, the 3 | varfous candidates for teams in the he totel foot Dall receipie Wert 15 sther brahches of sport. and then $523,000—the first vear in which this| 233 1o these the gymmasium classes. nd you ve pretty nearly covered the entire male undergraduate body. ¥ faithfully reported. | 000: £55.000 to “small-timers” who aré| ,sges, this does not mean that thes | are not considered important, or that | tendance at contests is small. The | fact is that in these sports oas well greater expenditures for coaches, i | trainers and equipment are necessary. But it happens that foot ball is the jone big. outdoor game that has so) >V > } caught the popular fancy that it can] 8!l else are apt to develop a perma- ibhers and supplies” is a useful | ¥ there would be any public uproar. 1 hope they will lat us tell the | truth. § 1f not. we will have to continus to|Df MeF recently purchased slippers depend on “no man’s land.” hav Tomorrow:- | Sons, Whould in no wav he e 1h advAnes The weTERAL ety AL the pla: %, R Tont ar Taol i 1" WAR W hona: O & hine $1s8 in_conhection with submitted by the raduate Manager to | hail aitnation rn he met he he faculty committee every vear and | of the businens facts. Ay voer, AY MAN WiIELRL Prexiient, SIaRtabt Ry ety some form of athlbtic A bix T am impatient with the frequently Foot Ball Pays the Bills. Although the minor sports show foot ball competition continually | becoming sharper. Greater and | the second match | nome asvies with Cone: | try Club. Bannockburn 12d the victory By a count of M i to K15, | | rolina just abomt a year ago | and has pulled thein®s towether | etn two sleck metro- | | has been { | tories. Yt ome of her action photo- | be made to bring in tremendous | owds at high admission prices. | So far foot ball has valianiy car-| ed the load. This is possihle hecause of the fact | rive for wl tea s piteh of skill and spectacular interest which: ve it a appeal. If university regen would allow us to tell the exaet trut lasting and genuine public | ts and faculties our annual report, 1 don’t think Honors for Rich Men's | imay appear so, but in slippers they | 1 | Since 1313 tells us that her Shoe size | ber reduced avoirdupois. 'BANNOCKBURN TEAM 1S VICTOR ON LINKS . | Playing aver their awn courss Inp By the Aseociated Proxe APE GRIS-NE home-and. asional Coun olfers A trio of matches snded all evén at the eighteenth hole. po R P Harrall Congressional, defsared ward, Congréssional, and Arthur Binfiett | llyevgn. Tear magei b Conreesional & yo: 1.3 annockburn, Abfeatdd | Bruce 1. Tarior Conzreenionsl. & and 3: E | AlVord defeated Jowsph E. Mirphy. Coneres | siog Rogehien 5 and 4 S F. Colladay, Congréksional. and Charies annackburn. all even: De. Waldo Bannockiurn. defeated Royes Coneressionkl. § and 3 Tears mmteh o Un. Middleton B Mar G T Wiiheim 3 and 3 Fielier defpated TW 3. Team by Cong . Ban: . Comdr. Kilmaster. cressional. 2 and 1° 7% Noten, Bawnockburn. and Charles Daily onsressional, ol eve eam match. all kburn e feated Fred and_1: E. J. 4 Dr. W Team mat d S F. | Waldo | defoated Rovee | REvesional. 5 and 1. T | S9N by Bannockburn. 2 and 1 tended women for sport ér sport for women 2 one sweeping gésture, he includes all sport and all women in mer Georgetown athlete. as coach. | his remarkable deduction that thifigs athletic were nadt mdant gentle sex. He opines that womeén do not naturally enjoy sport; that it} | robs the fair oncs of their femininity and charmi: that it makes them |th® #cdfe Being knottéd fater by Bey- awkward and produces large flat fcet and complexions like a Colorade . and, finalis, that the fadies can never hope to attain | W homesteader’s w |the degree of grace cxhibited by 2 4 . | what's the use? He further suggestx that the mothers of many of the healthiest men in history were never known to indulge in sport. We recall reading that the mothers of some of the thoughl to suggest that therefore, Tor | the good of the race, women should cease to Indulge in edutation. It is doubtless true that men ex hibit superior grace in some fields of sport—on the track ahd base ball diamond notably. because a man runs more easily than a woman. And sase is one of the essentials of any grace. ful wotion. But even should men 2xcel in gracé on every athlatic field this would not argue that girls should abandon sport. Certatn it is that the average sport will not destroy whatever hatural gracefulness a girl may Possek. T know of fn oné more exquisitely aceful than a cert Philadelphia tenniz star, whose slightest motion described as “poetic rhythm.” And yét shé has indulged in the mdst vigorous sport since :he was oM endugh 1o hold a racket An eminent golf expert rémarked to me that he eould think of moth-| ing in thé world prettier or more graceful than Gleana' Collett driving a golf ball. Our mid-Victorian dreamer cites as proof of the extreme ungracefulne: of women in sport numerous press pictures of the leading tennis stars | in action—Lengien among them. He stresses the grotesque poses as evi dence of the extreme awkwardness developed by sportswomen. ‘A local grapher, whose business is “‘action” pictures of this type, arked that these grotesque and unnatural poses caught in action are ordinarily not due to the awkward- ness of the performer, but rather to the unfortunate timing of the picture. He illustrated his point with the French star himself. Writers who cover Lenglen's matches. he said, have described her repeatedly as a vividly graceful figure fashing through her unbroken line of vie raphs are impossible. “The reason explained the photographer, “is that thé human eve caught the complets picture, while the eamera snapped only AR URARIShed motion which ap- peared awkward anfl out of propor- tion.” Own Child Worries Him. Poor Adeluded critic! He fs sven now worrying bacause his 10-year-old daughter insista upon taking “sundry wipea at A Rolf ball.” He fesls sure that she will grow up with “large, flat feet and a complexion ke a Oolorado homesteader's wife. And he knows she will be utterly un- feminine! He has Abubtiess noticed some feminine star with the above-men- tioned characteristice and immediate- Iy drawn the conclusion that indulg- ing in Rer favorite pastime made her that way A glance at her photo- Eaph taken at an early age would doubtiess have convinced him of his | |er . Tt was God and not sport that made her that ws There are mas- culine women just as there are feminine men. Both are creatures of fate, not environment. It is true that women who make a business of sport to the exclusion ot t tan and perhaps some unfemi- nine lines, but, observing the average sportswoman, we can safely say that the innately feminine women remain so. even when they overindulge in sport And their feet do not hecome large ind flat. In their sport shoes they are really quite a reasonable size. A | local woman golfer Who has played ust the same today that it was be- fore she acquired the insane desire’ to purana an elustve little pill over hill and dale. 1n fact. she saye some | e been a half-size smaller, due to | The worried parent ma: saftl}" smooth his furrowed brow. Small | dauzhter i= in no danger of losing her s Ederle to Have No Jazz - | In Second Channel Attempt SWIMMING RECORDS AND STAGE TOUR LINKED i France., Angust 31 —Gertrude Ederle, the American | W08 SRR 00 O astabiished sev. | EW YORK. August 31.—Just what hit Benny Léonard and Billy girl swimmer, mast do without music as a stimalus when che #nters | eral new marks at intermediate di= | ain the water on her sccond attempt to swim the English Channel. The_jazz band. which accotipanied the swimmer on a tug #8ring her i mate, Virginia Whitnack, vesterd August 18 artempt to negotiate the rough waterway, i . fundergn such an experience nk Thurton, Bannockburn, § and 2: L. €. [ from seasickness trip that they leht Boulsgne immed. | ately the tux put back, and on land- | al. i and 3.° Team match won by Ban-|ing returned to their homes in Lille | SWIM AGAIN TOMORROW | world recora of 2608 was made hy the Keith rircait. Catch i BOULOGNE, August | February. 1914 Mise Mec .—Swimining conditions in | lowered u for pay for their services. the English Channel were improv- ".‘I:M“n. made at thé national cham. | - fn the swim the saxophonist | mbed 1o mal-de-mer and sought | man. Bannockburn. defeat~d | “‘thé exclusion that the eabin He was followed shortly afterward by the trombonist and the other members Gertrude Ederle postponed until this evening final . Hecision ax o whether she will be. |the way. When she had covered only | ticket, Says Leonard: “Hello. Billy. | he would undoubtedly re-sntsr the Zin her second Attempt to cross | half the distance she hnd established a | I A being pestered to death Wwith of- | profession, since right now hé Wwighs from England to France temorrow |new world record of 1 ut. | troublesome time Should she decide to make the |established a new mark of 1235 attempl, she probably will start at The national 1,000-vard vecord of |1 am directing that all fight offers be | the ., & little more than |135%8 2 four hours before high tide. the cots batween decks. a few day about & A.n them to come to Boulogne Sunday with a view to fur- the American gi [ ux by man, water for the 22.milé journey heaving hosont of the Channel. “Send us the thousand france due again takes to the dertake to play again for thrée timés that amount. [LOCAL SOCGERISTS PLAY | naukee dax'zoc’is ‘ri’f WOMEN IN SPORT BY CORINNE FRAZIER. MASCULINE critic in a sort of mid-Victarian haze has A the ncin German Soceer Club hootérs batt1sd | mark of 7:08 for 400 mettrs made by A= a matter of cold fact. Leonard | 1han a quarter of the Polo Ground ) te with the Winkfeot Club | MIse Géraghty at Miami, of Raltimore in their second the Eeastn At Washington Barracks on from personal observation that Béyerlin sent Washingion ahead in | thind, Timk sent ond | o 4 pass By | N i Sehomaker %00n évened the count. Baltimore took {the 1ead at the dpening of the second About $12.000,000 will be distributed | exélusively a big city luxury in Téxas, | #chems e making monay for him | o |In racetrack purses in the g Canadh and Mexico this sea. | State Beasts of iis country LL SHOOTS A 67 AS HE AND SMITH WIN YORK. August {Farrell's 67, four under par, was th {best medal score in the four-ball match Marine and Field Club course 31.—Johnny | was largely Johnny’s 67 was the best by three {strokes and won the cup offered for he low medal round. The match was |played for the benefit of . one of Cot's assistants, who is ser r— ughly $13,000. ! Foot ball not only has kept col-| lage athletibs =olvant, but in sup- poriing the Athar hrahcher of college orts it has wistly widened the de- P T B T —— ——~ | feminine charms on a golf courss | through satisfying her natural pleas- ure in outdoor spert. And notwith- | standing his opinion that the pleasure is forced. we believe it to be quite natural. Two women who direet hun- dreds of girls daily in their athletic activities declare that in their opinion girls derive the same keen enjoyment from sport that boys experience. It i8 their opinion that the average sport, | if not overindulged, is highly benefi- {cial to the fair sex and was intended ! by nature as a part of their lite. | MGKIMMIE AND DIESTE | TIE IN GOLF TOURNEY R. Cliff McKimmie and Bill. Dieste tied for first prize vésterday at Argyle Country Club when 23 of the golters participated in an 18-hole handieap medal play tournament. The two leaders turned in gross scorés of 7i, while George J. Voigt ran second with a 72. Georgé Miller, Nelson Pixton and Louis Dieste qualified for the low net AwArds. Miller shot a 76 with & off 1o taks Arst, while Pixton's eard wad 0 83—9—74, and Diéste, 81—8—175, 192! SPORTS : Leonard Gets Some Publicity ~ |WOMEN BREAK FOUR RETURN TO ARENA RUMOR | _PORTSMOUTH, N. H.. Avzust 1. | | Ethel McGary of the Women's Swim- | BY SPARROW McGANN. | ming Assoriation of New York broke | Gibeon early in the week. Benny was quoted saying he wo tancas while scoring 4 hrilliant victory e ’ in thé l-mile swim agamst her club.| return to the ring. Billy Gibson backed him with a wild mana : u . ¥ geeial liowi. Then while excitement was intense ‘Beny came forth with has réfused 1o again | Agnes Geraghty alss cracked 1we - bl ot s o world racords in winning the 130.yard |» *1ATEMent 16 the effect that he had never mads the original statment | braast stroke swin. |and that he.did not intend 1o fight again. Forthwith Billy Gibzan apoio- EDERLE MAY UNDERTAKE | omeiais vocoriea Miee stetiass vime | €200 tor the mile ax 25 Th ticmer Two dayvs later Benny opencd his Fall and Winter tngagement on Some publicity stunt, dh what? At lsaet Fanny Durack at Ridney. Australia. th | that is the way the insidérs sizé it up. y also This is the way it started. according to the writer’s inform 3 » 3 o W 3 ation ef own Amarican récord of | Bijly Gibson was seated comiortably with his feet on his shining mahog Dlohanips at DeLron any desk in the luxurious office suite uptown when the telephone bell rang Mise Mol - swam like a streak all| Tt was Leonard, Gib'= old meal difficulties’ or need a Bunch of money 8 3.5 for 880 | fers from promoters to fight Walker | 182 pounds in his gym clothes, and At Indianapolis recently she|and others. Now | don’t want to be | thus shoul be strong enourh at the 3 | bothered. You aré my manager and | lightweizht limit 1o murder any of #sent crop of lightwelghts 5 made by Helen Wainwiight | sent to But only under duch circumstances 5 152% Want B9 The boatd Wies A Down come Gibson's feet from the would he be willing to take up the | McGary made the distance in 13:%0. | desk profession in which he won so much MiSs McGary also estabiished new na Does this mean that voure back fame and money { vards. wak the reply Costa re.| tional records nt 800 yards, 900 vards, |in the game and open for offers?” | v we cannot un-| 1,100 vards, : Ouatlook Is Not Bright. 0 vards and 1600 | 3 3 3 even | vards in this race, { Reply Not Recorded. The excitemént of the promote: Mise Geraghty's time for 440 yaids. | Just what Benny said in veply is|Dver l"’“ T.tonard announcement shotws in which she defeated Carin Nillwon. | not récorded. but Gibson appears to | NOW hard up they ark for Attractions New York, and_Elsanor Coleman, Mil- | have got the idea that Laonard really | Wi/h the outdoor season waning 1t ner | intended 1o take Rix gloves off the | :"‘:’l’m?’s :;'f;v--s‘firm:r‘; !’\":‘(:v,n; m:: world record of 7:1% was mads at|dusty hooks. So Gihson made TIE WITH BALT'MQREANS Brooklyn by Miss Geraghty last May. | nouncemént accordingly, then he haa [Ni8 Summér. Thiz chiefly because This time aiso bettered the world | %o ratract the pair do not promise to All mors R IR ety B = American League Park or FEbbe By T hon he Reurbe Tt ot S e waora | Field. As a reeult df his Greb bou e R et A big sum for AEhting. but hi | Walker sebme th have lost prestizh A awim-—Mige MAr Mcsheaar. arrangement with Gibson would com | And Dave Shad® hbver wak a caldriul T At e e Dot N | D8l him 13 kive up an a fftv-Afiy |fiElter. There wduld have to Be ah- ork. second: Mysp Helen Meany. New Vork. | B0 N nd. with Ather sxpenses con. | SUREr taplind bout adasd, and thAr -vazd swimeiWah e Miss DBoris | sideréd. including National and Stare | WOUId be expene e aprk: Miss Ailpetn O'Mard. |yaxes and thé like. hé doés nat sae _ Perhaps thi 40, wMist how he could mére than § Sy Bawer, Chicaen: Miss Aiteen Rifsin Benny says he cah maké that much | Dattl second. Time. 0:%7 1y without fighting. 5o why should he | ARS & like a 3500000 zate-réce:pr = - :ndex':n the ordeal of preparing m‘af‘,}?f‘: 0"‘1": brikht light ahead = ox and assume all the risks that the | TEY RESTE MEDE ahehd 1o 8 GOLF GETS CHEAPER. Fink involves” He has good theatrical | Berlenbach-Delaney battle, with Slat | ma of is SRy bnk hears a hon. Much talk thase Aavs A7 a Greb-fhaas But éaven that 83és not havé Three véars agd &8If was almost tontracts and his physical oulturs | tery and Léughran in the semi-final, United | while 16day Almast every town in tha | eve clubh and | pary golf team 1f Renny w week With little affort on his| The world bicycle record for ths I mile is 58 seconds, made by George ramer. # to gét into financial FRANKLIN "LOWER PRICES In keeping with its established policy of offering the finest motor car at the lowest possible price, Franklin announces a reduc- tion in the prices of all Series 11 models .except the Coupé and Cabriolet, effective Tuesday, September 1. 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