The St. Louis Republic., 1900-09-09

cago. Is bitter against the so-called mis-
sionary work that has been done by alumni
and coaches One day last week while dis
cussing the prospects of the Maroons, lie
said: 1T appears TO me from what | have
read and heard that alumni and coaches
from our rival universities have picked up
all the football material for this fan"
Stagg then intimated that some rule had
been violated. With the fierce rivalry be-
tween Chicago, Wisconsin, Michigan. Illi-
nois, Notre Dame and Northwestern. a new
feeling has arisen. The motto is: Secure
tbs. most promising men in nigh schools
and academies. Let every alumnus do his
duty around his home town. Keep the ma
teur rules intact. but do not fail to present
athletes are invited to visit certain colleges,
the benefit and opportunities of social life
are pointed cut. the entrance to a desirable
frat" Is promised, and all In all. the
young athlete becomes a great parsonage
If the desired man is poor, perhaps a way
can be found to secure him employment by
the aid OF students. but not by the univer-
sity. This is politely called missionary
work" 1t is not a direct violation of any
amateur rule but Professor Stagg contends
that IL Is against the spirit Of amateurism
Columbia University must have the cour-
age OF her convictions, for she is undertake
Ing more heavy games than any other team
in the country. She has Harvard. Yale and
Pennsylvania in the space Of two weeks.
This is very big contract In itself. TO say
nothing of her many other hard games. It
does not take a. ciairvoyant to see that
eighty men he now has in training.
A fall handicap meet is said to be under
advisement at the University of Chicago.
The plan is to open the meet TO all colleges
but the special purpose is to try out the
Maroon track men, and give them the bene-
fit and stimulus of competing athletes from
other schools. This will be new departure
In track athletics among the Western col
leges, and probably will become an auuual
fixture.
While in Europe Coach Stagg became con-
WINGED of the efficacy of keeping the athletes
at some sort of work all the time to harden
their muscles and generally strengthen their
physical condition. He observed that some
Kraenzlein are continually at some kind
OF athletic exercise, and are thus kept In
the best OF condition all the time. so that
only little added training is necessary to
prepare them for some special meet.
St. Louis athletes, as a rule, start train
ing few weeks before the meet in which
they intend to compete, and when il is over
they think no more of training until anoth-
er meet is announced 1t is this system
that deprives ST. Louis of many star ath-
letes. II fall and winter work of light
kind WAS indulged in, and particularly prac-
succeed In: such as the hurdles. the jumps.
runs. or the weights. the men hereabouts
would IS sh9S at Iosst % Rs cent int
in st. Louis who have been winning this
summer; not one of them knows what it is
to train more than one month continuously,
although the fall meets that are TO be CIV
en- will give them a lot of extra work and
the close contests that they are bound to
be mixed up in may convince them that
more work. with a reduction in the daily
amount of tobacco, and, in some cases,
of hops. will be of great assistance in win
ming medals.
When James l. McCusker, champion
swimmer of America; and Percy Cavill.
tralia, finish their series Of races at Bos-
ton next Saturday one OF them will be