Catholic University of America - Cardinal Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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g., Larry H1irlnvtt's stock in trade--the soft luy And athletic endeavor has its concrete awards also. When the cross-Country runner snaps the tape at the finish line. his lam-els may seem small tokens for the effort he has expended. Worth far more is his feeling of a joh well done. the improvement made and the promise of Contests to Come. And for the Cross-Country runner. the gruelling two-mile Course he follows builds up in hirn an endurance and stamina that will stand him in good stead the rest of his life. Like the channel swimmer. the runner must exercise mind over matter: the mind must Control the weary body and push it to the nth degree. Intense competitive drive distinguishes between the mediocre and the outstanding. in basketball as elsewhere.

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From briefing . . . is so important to the overall effort. At any one point in the game it may he the goalie who clefentls his post magnificently or it may he any memher on the Heltl who starts an offensive run. Yet as this teamwork represents lwut one aspect of competitive sports. there remains a common element found in every phase of the vast athletic realm. To par- ticipate in athletics according to the rules of clean and holiest sportsmanship is to apply the principles of the moral law to the athletes daily life. This lesson nmst he learned early in life in order that the student may attain the stature of the whole man-spiritually, morally. mentally and physically, through sighting to scoring.

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