The San Francisco call., 1897-01-01

true does not matter. The men remain
under the ban until they are properly re-
instated by the courts that passed upon
their particular cases.
The charge against Hall is based largely
upon an allegation that he once received
m oney for coaching a football team and it
is the more serious of the two. Haswell
is charged with, and the printed pro-
gramme so indicates, that he was entered
in bicycle race as pace maker for pro-
fesslonal rider.
He was injured before he was able to
fulfill his attention, but the League of
American Wheelmen suspended him for
year. He did not prote st the action, and
so there he is. The rules OF amateur ath-
letlcs are very much stricter. than most
persons even imagine. II at any time in a
man S life he has received money con-
sideration even OF trltiing smallness for
athletic work or won q money bet on his
own athletic performance, or competed
with or against a known professional, he
is undoubtedly a professional athlete and
could be so declared were the case pushed.
But very often because of the compare
tive insignifcence of the transgressor or
fhe want of professional intention, as
with small boys competing in baseball or
c otherwise for little amounts the v1olators
of the amateur code is not brought to task,
nor would he properly be unless he should
undertake to compete in a recognized
amateur contest. 80
o As an instance of the far-reaching
effect of the contact of professional it
might be stated that Heffelhnger, when
here several years ago, made nearly every
football player in the big four California
teams professional.
Heffelinger became professional ath-
. Late inn oodi of vi n m
for coaching the Berkeley team. He then
played with the Olympics in a regular
game against Stanford, and although no
notice seemed to be taken of it ct the
time his undoubted professionalism GER
tainly tainted. according to amateur
erules, air the players that participated in
. that contest and all the others with whom
any of them afterward played'in regular
match. Had the charge been made all
these men would doubtless have been
readily reinstated because of unitention-
ally violating the rules.
For the same reason Walter Camp,
Butterworth and all the other coaches
that have come here from the East could
be objected to as competitors in strictly
amateur athletic contest.
For some time yesterday the Butte men
quietly but firmly declared that the Butte
eleven would not play unless Hall and
Loswell were on the team. Their record
this season means more TO tnem tnan the
matter OF expected gate receipts to help
defray expenses. So far they have over
whelmed every team they have met, and
rather than risk game with two impor-
tant players out of the team they pre-
ferred to cancel the match.
Even at late hour last night Captain
Hooper and Acting Captain Benson were
still hopeful of making some arrangement
by..which Hall and Laswell may be al
lowed to play this afternoon. They will
not give up hope until they shall have had
another conferences this evening with Mr..
Humphreys, president of the Pacific Coast
branch of the Amateur Union.
The game, however, will be played. II
necessary, without: Hall and Leswell. Ed
Perham, "the only bald-headed football
PLAYER in the WORLD" will take Halls
place at guard and Dygert will take Los
wells place at fullback, while little
mickey" Harrington will go in at half
back in Dygert's old place. Onlyi case
several Butte men are injured will the
giant red headed captain play, for he has
not yet recovered from a recent attack OF
rheum matism.
The Olympic team has been changed
somewhat. Sheehy will play right tackle
Instead of Ersklne, and HOBBS will take
Seehy 3 place az guard. Nolan, the crack