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Football, an excellent sport for all but the ball...
Politics in this country is very like a game of football. The sport requires that there be a ball to boot about. In years gone by, the tariff and silver issues served the purpose ?but they had their drawbacks, like all economic questions, for someone or other was sure to have his toes stepped on. Thereupon he realized quickly in what direction his interests...
...term "International" has been associated with lawn tennis for a number of years. And appropriately so, for in no other amateur sport has there been the amount of international competition that has featured tennis in recent seasons. Davis Cup contests, the entry of American players in various European national championships and the reciprocal array of European and Australian stars in the American titular events have been of almost annual occurrence...
...Davis Cup competition will undoubtedly serve greater ends than merely a competitive test between the leading tennis players of the world. I have been told many times during my official residence in Washington by ambassadors of foreign nations that International sport competition, particularly tennis, is a wonderful factor in developing closer friendships, appreciation, and mutual understanding of national characteristics. The impression gained by foreign players in a strange country, based upon the sportsmanship, camaradarie of rival players and the attitude of spectators are carried home to serve as an index of the character of the inhabitants. It is missionary work...
...accomplishment of this character and magnitude is worthy of the greatest effort and concentration on the part of those who meet in international amateur sport. They can achieve results which bring the people of various nations together on the firm ground of mutual understanding, appreciation and trust which goes far to eliminate jealousy, mistrust, and danger of war. To successfully achieve such a splendid and desirable objective raises International Tennis to lofty standards far more important than the game itself...