New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
COLLEGE MEN EXCITED
THE UNDERGRADUATE LAW THE CAUSE
VARIOUS ATHLETIC COMPLICATIONS YALEw
ATTITUDE

| VARIOUS ATHLETIC COMPLICATIONS - YALEw
ATTITUDE.
l. The recent passage OF the Undergraduate law y,
the intercollegiate Football Association and the a..
termination OF its promoters TO have the rule appv :.
ali branches Of college sport have brought about SOW
era complications. \ storm OF protests IS heard from
the different seats OF learning. willie shouts OF an
prevail also arise. The Yale campus Is aroused whIa
Harvard is discussing the question earnestly Prince
ton saws she Is satisfied with the rule. the Unyers,v
OF PENNSYLVANIA IS not. while many colleges and un
yers,ics arc thinking the subject carefully before
| taking q decided stand.
81 think the rule will be n good one" ssd ve,l
known New-YOrl Yale alumnus to the writer the ohs,
day. "By restricting all college teams to undsr.
graduates every tnge OF professionalism will be thrown
ont and purer amateur sports all around will be tho
result Such reform Il unqIlestiOnaby much needed
and the practice Of getting young men TO 20 TO YALE
Princeton and Harvard simply bccarsc they great
track athletes wonderful football PLAYERS EXPERT
manipuators Of the baseball and hat will he dis
coura gcd And the only way TO bring about such an
innovation and have It successfully carried through Is
IN do AT once lust as Yale has done. Delay Is nj.
WAYS dangerous. ! favor the rule and believe that
every far-mnded lover OF prize amateur sport will DO
the same. The change vii! be hard on some Of the
colleges this year. but II will be for the benefit OF all
In the end. There Is no question In nv mind thst
the rule will apply from this time out TO all COLLEGE
sports"
The rule IN question which has caused much dis.
cussion is follows. copy having been furnished the
writer BY 4. Mafitt. Of Yale:
No member Of graduate department special student
shall be eligible nor any undergraduate who is registered
or has attended rccitans az any other uni.
,ersty or college undersr duat who not pur.
suing course for degree requiring attendance for az
least three years.
There does not appear TO be that unanimty Of orin-
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exist for the wearers OF the blue are still discussing
the r1lc almost to the exclusion OF their courses OF
.ourse Professor Richards likes the idea for he has
said So there MANY In coll"C" Who while itev
approve the pan suggest that It should 20 into force NJ
the beginning Of the new college year In september
and not until then. They say that the football men
did NOT suggest the innovation unit, after their season
had ended The rule will not affect football until
next fall and they maintain that it should not affect
rowing track and field athletics and baseball this
year.
Captan Lawrence r. Bliss at Yale. received
communca ton from an old Yale man at Chicago the
other day which is responsible fer the disclosures OF
certain complications which the new rule brncs ou'
II +, suggested to have college tournament N Ch'
caco at the Worlds Fair TO last for three weeks ana
Yae's baseball team has been Invited TO take part
and ,o meet the other college teams which VIII play
here The question at once arises. What KIND OF
.hoyinc would lalc's team have against tAe other
college nlnesl
II tho rule Is applied to baseball for the coming
Yale will lose six of her best mer' whiie
Harvard accepts the proposition ste VII lose more.
Yale will have only Jackson TO do the ccblDG' ana
he Is none too strong. Carter Will not eaten "s""'
MS he will try for the pitchers position. Ile La"
school men Yale are vigorously opposed 10 the I'M
mediate adoption Of the rule. and the Neo"a scho'
In slightly less degree. They say tlat onN wv
academic department viii be Interested In the a'e"o
achievements Of the university. and that 'he m"'
medical and theological schools might even r'''S" '"'
defeat OF the college teams.
There IS already talk Of organizing rival piSe'"n
team at Yale. using the six who will be debarred
from PLAYING. This would give the opposition 'e""
Bowers for pitcher and Graves for catcher. anu inv
are confident that such team would easily peat ""'
nine which Yale could get mp among h'r u'o''
graduates Both Harvard and Yale tried haru TO get
Graves from Trinity last year. wanting Linn Ior LUZ"
back on their football eleyens.
The Yale men had placed great store upon the oase
hal team which they would put in the field THIS YEAR
believing that It would be- the best batting ana heuhS
nine ever sent from Yale. As originally ihteilu'u
O'Ncill Of Holly Cross. and post graduate. Wohu
cover first base: Norton. Of Dartmouth. ana Il La"
school man. second base: Graves of Trinity ana a
Law school man. could catch play second base or IN
tho outfrld: Greenway. last years end rush, VINO
come, from the University OF Virginia and who Is st
A freshman. Is also good catcher and batsmah'
Kcdzie who comes from the Northwestern UNIVERSITY
" II, T., ,,o ,omo with Harvard and " Burt"
ana WHO caught III 'h' S'''' VIVA i,"' -, ia,
Bowers. the pitcher VINO diu S0eh c'Ncr ""'N '"''
year. are all debarred according to the new rule
49, 49, 4, a., o,hor .o,lcyos tho ulayers have
III i"ie 10 III ''' - w., r., a. r, ,hirt II
gone into regular training. ana theN 10 h"' '"'N -
fair NJ this late Gay be told that they cannot pav'
-, I. ooooh,rr c,rtor but whether the latter will
be able 10 do lale's pitching remains 10 bc seem
Yale has also arranged spring tour. which makes
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York on March 30 the university OF I'h"SN'"" -
March 70 and II q Johns Hopkins on March 81. Two
- ,,, o,o hocp ARRANGED for Richmond and
gaines nav ~" -, ,.,..,,,. ., yircint, can
Charotfe'Nille WIN Inc ,nN'i'"' VI -, ,,,t
JUS T,a' much Interest II Harvard agrees the