TOO MUCH IMPORTANCE ON GAMES
Received Tuesday, 7 p.m. LONDOXT, Sept. 30. Because he disapproves of publicitv for boy footballers, the headmaster of, the Leicester City Boys' School has banned its soccer team from playing in competitions. It won the English Schools' sliield two y.ears ago and is accustomed to playing shield games bef'ore large crowds. In future it will play 011 lv friendly games "with no fanfare of trumpets," against other grammar schools and colleges. "To attempt to attract big gates and niake nioney, even if it goes to charitv, has a tinge of prof'essionalism, " the headmaster says. "Not onlv the bov playing but also those watching get an inflated opinion of games. Their sense of values is distorted and they think games moje important than anything else. "
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 October 1947, Page 5
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