The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-18

teams who were fr the nzhft Of PLAYING
professional league teams.
hen R1o<aau became popular rh@
principal athletic clubs q .ae East. ard I
might s&y clubs OF the West ard sozkh
axaal@S themselves OK this rule and rad 4
bsppy faculty % playing tfleiT profsss.oa-
a coaches on teams ~ match games
A. toe annual meeting of the A A. T.
II the year ~ u was decided 20 wipe o1s
these tive sections. prohibiting ~. play
fn& o. amateur teams and professional
teams and prohI5stiag RE pszygng
OF professional coaches On baseball
teams and football tears. Il vert into
e1est a. once As . result. the colleges
paid 10 attention. whatever 10 thss RUE
o. oass. ard before TIE mgutn Of May
many 81 The colleges o. the East rad
MADE Themselves professionals ~ ct@ytng
league or minor league teams. TIE re-
sult was thar before. the month Of June
all the leading college athletes and play
era IN this section Of fne country we're
professionals. and tine A A. Il. found
Themselves In = very much muddisd cor
dIflon.
AT 3 special meeting Of the A. A. Z.
1eia aaring tie year 1sss. he matter WAS
thoroughly discussed. ard the gentlemen
present admitted they bad made seFi-
Gus mistake For the tire being ~ least
We tried TO force Or I've up 70 the rule.
should Tie secretary vas Instructed 10
send cat 10 . mail vote for adoption the
Two clauses agogs referred to--thaf Is, 10
put them back Ia the BOOK. The matter
the vote closed II was found that not
enough Of th1ze who we're entitled 10
vote had voted. and u was consequently
lost.
The matter came up again for discus
sion al the annual meeting OF the a. A.
r.. held in TIE A-t0r house. New YORK.
November fe 5ss. The necessary thirty
days having been given. the two amend
nenEs were considered IA order. and after
a full and lengthy discussion by the rep
rsseutatlvss there 80 attendance the two
sFrssa 4r4sta "a q T.
section. The first section. allowing the
playing OF aHaatear teams against pro-
feEsf0nal teams. Was adopted. follows:
. Constitution article f9. conditions OF
competition. add article Z, 10 read as foi-
The prohibitions OF this article shail
not be construed 20 6ebar the teams OF
Union bsseb and football clubs from
playing professional teams. provided. that
no member % Union club shall receive
any share OF the gate money or comPen-
sation, under AIRY guise whatever, Tor
participating N any such game
that IL, the paying ~ professional On 3
team. much discussion ensaed aud a
great difference Of opinion existed. and X
finally decided not TO re-en4et that
clause and as 4 result from th4t day on.
fun and due notice was given 10 ali clubs
In the association and the Secretaries
that any player VINO played on cam
with professionals thereby made ninse1I
a professional
while II IL true that al the time you
PLAYED this professional on your team
the IA. WAS imperative, owing 70 the In
structi0us received from the a n u, YET
/ think yoa are certainly relieved from
All responsibility Of violating the rules,
and beg 10 inform you that in the fa-
ture this playing OF professionals on ana
feur teams wili be followed up closely,
and all who violate the law VIII certainly
disaualify themselves IL their local assoc
Citations"