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the troops of nations, especially the United States. Large standing armies of
our country will be maintained. These American soldicrs will introduce the
American sports to the inhabitants of the countries in which our troops are
stationed. Just as the game of basketball was spread by the medical missionaries
and secretaries of the International Y.M.C.A. College of Springfield, Masse, 80
will the sports and games of our coumtry be visited upon the other countries by
our American soldiers and sailors.

But while the professional sports are vieaukvang a boom and impetus,
college sports will be undergoing a great revival. Already some sohools which
had ebolished intercollegiate athletics for the duration have reconsidered and
are now planning to field teams. They realize that this year and perhaps the
year to follow will not be big years in athletics, but these schools are laying :
a foundation, planning on their directors of athletics and their various major
sport coaches being ready to take over and carry on in a big way when peace does
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The era following the first World War was known as the "stadium age"
because many schools built huge football stadia, and the era following the
second World War doubtless will be known as the “fieldhouse age". Many large
fieldhouses will be built for indoor track, indoor practice in football and
baseball, and an area that will seat from eight tc sixteen thousand in baskete
ball. Time was when five thousand in basketball was considered a big crowd.
Already twenty thousand people have attended basketball games in one field house
and these mmbers will be increased. Only the size of the field house will limit
the attendance. The Golden Age of Greece and Rome will be nothing to compare
to the post-war period of intercollegiate athletics in America.

The danger, of course, will come in the supervision of this young,

nonetractable pachyderm. This young animal may grow into an elephant of sports

gone wild. He may be uncontrollable because, true to the American habit of