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! — — --, Gideon Smith, of Hampton Institute, ' Criticises Prevalent Forfeiture of Games.f!Sn- ---y (Ily Gideon K. Smith.)m Director of Athletics and Coach, to Hampton Institute.th ____sr- 1is Is it possible for two wrongs to mako n* a right? Quitting a game because you hellevo some injustice lias been lt;lono is your team iloes not Justify tlto act. In to looking over tlie records of schools and g colleges in the 1022 Football Guide. 1 rc find that the forfeited games of 1021 'n were among the high schools and cob i?o ored colleges. Tn athletics we seem to is- keep in Hie liigti-seliool class.1* Nothing is ever gained by forfeiting u*- tVo do stand a chance of winning, if vo the game is played out. hut wo lose ng even tho sympathy of the rootors when it- »vo walk off the field. A football fan is rt luo from forty-eight to sixty minutes er of football and he is disappointed th when lie is forced to accept loss by a team leaving tho field.Fvory school should insist that its eleven play out the entire game, no matter what the decisions of oflicials arc. It was much bettor for Columbia University this year in her game with New York City College, that she play ed tho game out rather than walk off tho field when an unjust decision was given. Tho decision of the referee can a r»i Columbia to lose by a narrow mar* g'n; nevertheless. Columbia swallowed the hitter pill and would not even so-•opt soothing syrup afterwards. A few days after the game tho referee admit lad his error and conceded tho game to Columbia. Columbia did not accept 11:o change. That was true sportsmanship. The public is with Columbia in her standIttany of our leaning sehoo’s at one time or another have forfeited games,:(Seo Sport Column, Pago 8)'
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Richmond Planet
Richmond, Virginia, US
Sat, Dec 02, 1922
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