The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02
UlEG|ANS PLAY Ball
SEASON HAS BEEN MOST
SUCCESSFUL.
PROFESSIONALISM CUT OUT
ST Thomas Captured One Pennant
by Sheer Force of Heady
Playing and Competent
Coaching

The Minnesota intercollegiate baseball
season is now practically closed A few
games vet remain to be played but the
result viii not materially effect the pres
ent standing of the various CO lege cubs
The league this year compr sed ST.
Thomas, Carleton, s.. Olaf, HAml ne an
Manchester. ST. Thomas emeTg5s from
struggle with the much-coveted D nuarI.
The Saints won all their games and
hence stand out above all other gol'Ige
teams with a percentage OF 1000 The
other teams follow In order: Carleton.
ST. Olaf Hamline and Maca,esteT.
The college season began April IS and
from that time onward the race for the
penriant grew more intense and exciting.
Experience has shown that victory in
baseball must not always be attributed
wholly to the nine players partic pati1g
in the game The element o: aid ntri-
buted by the external crowd must be rec
koned with No one understands this
more fully than does the faithful co &c
rooter This year the interest shown IN
the various championship contests was
productive OF the most pronou1 ed en-
thusiasm and widest demonstrations
ever witnessed on an athletic field In
these parts
Several elements have united to make
this the most memorable season in local
college baseball. Prominent among them
was the absence of professionalism. This
is certainly q step in the right direction,
and one which will insure a permanent
popularity for pure college athletics The
rules of the league relating to the eligibil-
ity Of players IN championship contests
were carefully framed and rig div enforc-
over those of last year, which allowed
Coach Conway to play on the St. Thomas
team and Pitcher Bandoline to play with
Hamline. Nor did the elimination of pre-
fessionalism lower the standard of col
legiate baseball. THE record of this
years games viii bear witness to the con-
trary Professionalism has never con-
tributed to the ultimate good of college
athletics. A fact which is becoming more
apparent each year is that professional
ism works positive injury to college ath-
ietics 1t brings legitimate college sport
into disrepute. 1t puts a da5aper on the
aspirations of the college youth
striking illustration Of what success
can be attained in the amateur ranks Is
found in this years intercollegiate cham
pions All the members of the St Thomas
team are college-made ball PLAYERS That
team deserved to win because il was
head and shoulders above all other col
lege teams in heady playing and all
around team work. 1t must be snid
however, that the St Thomas boys had
the advantage over all other college
teams, inasmuch as the Saints were train
ed and coached by a first-cass athletic
instructor. This fact goes long way in
explaining the superior work Of the
Saints this year.
st. Thomas was the first to realize the
necessity Of raising the standard of COL
lege athletics. This could best be done
by securing the services of a competent
Instructor in athletics. In the present
athletic instructor at st. Thomas, II. P.
Conway the college found Just the man
1t was looking for. Mr.. Conway has
been at st. Thomas three years and his
work at that institution during that time
bespea6s his praise. He is an Eastern
college man, having been graduated from
Dartmouth in 1896 with high honors. In
that year he was the mainstay of the
pitching department of his alma mater
and his success against such college
teams as Brown, Harvard, Andover and
others is matter OF Eastern college
Baseball history.
The unparalleled success Of the cole
giate season of 1901 should serve as an
incentive to still greater progress In 1862
1t is inevitable that the present high
standard Of collegiate baseball must be
maintained at all hazard. Professional
ism is now eliminated; the college should
see to It that 1t be ostracised.