The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-18
Receipts From
College Games
EXCEED EXPENSES.
Profits Wipe Out Deficits
in Other Branches.

! Whatever may be said in favor of
other branches of college sport, there
still remains one incontrovertible argu-
ment in favor of foot ball. 1t is that,
properly managed, the receipts from
the game are always far in excess of
the expenditures. College athletics
should never be fostered nor main
tanned because they are primarily
money winners. Nevertheless the fin
ancial side of the college athletic ques-
! ton is important and expenses must be
met. Many colleges would find it in
deed difficult to support their various
athletic teams if good-sized foot ball
balances were not available at the end
of the year.
| All this is most strikingly illustrated
| in the case of the University of Penn
sylVania Where the annual report of
the treasurer of the athletic associa-
| ton has just been made public The
statement of the receipts and expenses
of the association is an interesting
| document. 1t shows that every single
sport at the university is conducted at
| a loss, with the exception of foot ball.
which during the season of 1897 yielded
net profit of $32,4312S Base ball was
carried on at a loss of 4S86 As. Track
expenses were $6575.52 in excess of the
receipts. 1t cost $S593.33 to support a
(crew, and the net receipts from rowing
were but 800. In the case OF the other
| teams proportionate deficits were re-
ported
AT Cornell the story is identical with
that at Pennsylvania. At Ithaca foot
ball made money and wiped out the
debts contracted by the base ball team
and by the crew
The annual report of the treasurer,
just submitted, shows that foot ball
profits mounted up to S1271.61, aside
from Cornells share of the Penn game,
which should be about $4,000. All other
! branches Of sport were carried on with
a loss. Base ball last year brought a
deficit of $1615 and track athletics about
a third as much. Towards Coach
| Courtney's annual salary, only about
$1,000 has as yet been raised.
The winning foot ball team does not
always make the most money. Out in
Pittsburg, for instance, is a good Illus
tration. The Pittsburg Athletic Club
undertook to run a team this fall as
usual and among the paid players was
Frank H. Morgan of this city. The
eleven played well, under the coaching
of Sam Boyle of the University of
Pennsylvania, and won all but one or
two of the games. However, a prelim-
mary report of the condition of the
treasury shows a deficit of about $4,000
as result of the game. Foot ball to
be played most successfully must be by
college rather than by professional
teams.
around the zero notch and with snow
on the ground, an interclass series of
foot ball games is now in progress at
the University of Pennsylvania, and
last week three games were played.
The man who can play in such weather
is surely in love with the game. Var
slty men are excluded, but that does
not mean that there are not strong men
on the eleVens. The freshman law team
the other day had for three of its play
ers Rosengarten, who wore a Nassau
suit in "a, Jones, last years fulIback at
Dickinson. and Wilson the '9S captain
of Princeton's base ball nine.
A week ago a word or two was writ
ten in this column regarding Mr.. Stagg.
the inventor and sponsor for all things
athletic at Chicago University Some
Of Stages methods and claims were
Criticised at that time. However, Stage
has been responsible for some very
praiseworthy innovations, the latest of
which is that the Chicago eleven has
been forbidden from playing against
professional and athletic club organ
izations. The University of Michigan.
the natural rival of the University of
Chicago, has followed suit and others
of the western colleges are considering
simil action. In this respect the west
is in advance of the east, and already a
few of the eastern universities are more
and more refusing to compete with the
induced" teams of athletic clubs.
But this is not all. Chicago has re-
fused to allow any of it's athletes TO
Icompete under the colors of athletic
clubs. Were this latter rule to be en-
forced only during the weeks of the
college year, it would undoubtedly
meet with a good deal of favor. 1t is
doubtful, however, if it will become
popular when enforced throughout the
year Stagg and his followers, on the
other hand, claim that it saps the am
ateur spirit for college athletes to live
all summer and make trips for glory
and cups at the expense of an athletic
club.
A great many people would like to
see Princeton and Harvard meet in go
and already talk to that effect is going
the rounds. Harvard football author
tiles are all opposed to three big games
which means that if Princeton was to
be played either Yale or Pennsylvania
would have to be scratched from the
list. Harvard would never drop Yale.
nor would she be so unsportsmanlike
as to leave Pennsylvania out in the
cold. AS Harvard must notify Penn
slyvania before January 1st in case she
will not give the Quakers a game. and
as no policy has yet been formed and
none probably will be for some time, a
game at Philadelphia next year is con
sidered certainty.
Coach Woodruff, despite talk to the
contrary that has been ahoat will re-
main in charge of the Penn foot ball
interests in $50. He was elected bv the
board of directors of the athletic asso-
citation last week, and so for another
year at least Woodruff wedges and
guards back plays will reign supreme
at Philadelphia. Just prior to the cap
taincy election, Woodruff addressed the
players. He said it was untrue that
the Penn team had poor material IN
start with, and paid tribute to Capt
Outland
TOMMY'S GRIEVANCE.
whats the matter, Tommy?"
We had roast duck for dinner, and
didn't get any of the white meat"
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