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two adult ball players nover gave a thought to the little fellow and his reaction
to the removing of ao shirt.

Our every public action makos an impression on some onee This is truly
an integrated society where cach of us is called upon to be our brothers’ keoper.

The result of imitation on the mind and action of a player can be shown
by some more actual happenings. The man I am going to talk about we will call Mr.
Black. This man, possessed of a very quick tomper, was playing football in a small
college. Ina gamo his hand was hurt and a white bandage was placed upon tho in=
jured member. A few plays later he camo up from the bottom of a pile and squared
off and hit one of the opposing playors with the hand that was clothed in white
cloth and tape. The bandago was like a flag. The officinls and most of the spect-
ators had their eyes attracted to tho swinging fist. The player loft the game by
request and the resulting ponalty placed his team in the hole, athlotically speaking.
The incident did not end thero. The following Sunday afternoon my fricnd was walk-
ing with others past a vacant lot. Thore a group of small boys were playing foot~-
ball to the best of their ability. The college boys stopped, unobserved, to watch
the plays Ono young boy took the ball and said, "I'm Jonos", a local fullback and
plunged into the group head down. A play later another boy said, "I'm Smith", and
he tried a kick such as the local college kicker used. A third boy said, "I'm Black".
and hauled off and hit a player on the other side.

The power of example is indeed strong and after witnessing the episode
my friend said that he never felt so ashamed of any act in his life. "Never again",
said he, “will I conduct myself so that some young boy could not repeat what he saw
me doing".

Character is developed by action and not by words.

This friend became a teacher working with high school boys. He became
a very successful physical education man and his teams won a high percentage of
their games. During 2 600-mile automobile trip with four others of us in the same
profession a debate arose on the point of tho intentional foul in basketball. The
same man claimed the spirit of the rules did not intend that one foul purposely,
and for that reason he would not conch a deliberate foule He insistod that any boy
on his team so doing would be removed from the game. He had learned woll his
experiences as a player. ;

What is the effect on the boys who are coached by a man of this typo?
I happened to become well acquainted with a young man who played football under
aforomentionod friend. I told this young man that his coach had taken a position
that demanded his time to such an oxtont that he would not bo able to do any direct
work in physical education with boys. His answer was, "Tt is a crime against socicty
to take this man away from boys". Ho wont on to relato a story about a game which
was to decide a championship. His boys wanted to win, he wanted to win, the school
wanted to win and the town wanted to win. Before the same started he told the
captain of the toam that he expected them to win and to do so fairly. He told this
captain in front of the team that he, the captain, must not foul as he sometimes
did when the going was toughe Tho captain said he would do his best to play cleanly.
During the first half with the opposition going on a touchdown drive, tho captain
slugged a boy in a pile. It happened where the coach and substitutes could see it,
but the official missed the act. A substitute was sent in and the captain warmed
a spot on the bench for the remainder of the game. The game was lost and the