THESE YOUNG BOYS PLAYING RUGBY THESE DAYS. What they could learn from the old boys, even if those old boys are just a couple of years or 20 removed from their playing days at Temple University Rugby Club. The annual Temple Alumni Game was played Saturday at Memorial Hall field in Fairmount Park, and I'm pleased to say that the old boys in red jerseys had their way with Temple's current squad of players.

Unlike last year's 25-22 squeaker won by the Alumni, this year's spanking was closer to 48-22. I can't say exactly because even the referees weren't keeping score. But the alumni tacked on eight of nine splendid tries to the young boy's four. It was a great turnout and a terrific party afterwards that continued late into the night at the Temple Rugby house near campus on 16th Street near Oxford.

Five of my former players from Temple RFC 1989 when I coached showed up for the game and acquitted themselves with distinction, if not blazing speed. Like athletes in any sport, the first thing to go is the legs, but the last rugby skill to desert an old boy is the cunning. And the extra pounds don't hurt in applying the cunning to action.

Now, if we could only teach these young boys to sing.