Daily camera., 1901-03-27
OUR SPORTS ASSAILED.

State Unive rslty Men Lack Dignity and
Honesty In Their Athletes.
Do the students of the University OF
Colorado lack manliness. independence
and fairness in sports? "Shep" in the
Denver Times pretends to think there is
something "shy" here of the proper.
sportsmanl,ke spirit of amateurs and
be!ches forth from stomach .eemipg
with the fumes of Indignation and linn
berger cheese the following partially
true, most largely inaccurate and false
diatribe:
There is nothing more ridiculously
funny in this end of th. land than the a.
tempts made by the colleges of Colorado
to become amateur organizations and
conduct their sports under the same
ironclad rules which govern the college
games everywhere else in the land As
soon as college sees that it is going 10
have weak team or that the other fel
low by breaking the rules trife can &c.
up a strong team, an immediate how |
goes up against professionalism, which
lasts a very short tim.. The state uni
versity athletic teams have de6ed all
amateur rules laid down for years; but as
there is nothing to gain by an infringe
ment of the rules now. it is willing 10
listen to proposition to put the sport
on clean amateur basis. For years the
alleged sportsmen of this institution
wanted to rule or ruin and at one time
were expelled from the intercollegiate
association for breach OF the rules. No
attempt is made BY the col!egians OF this
state to live up to rules which were
adopted long ago in the east and which
are now looked upon as the only protec
tion Of sport. II is time that the college
m:n OF Colorado are wheeling into line
and purifying the sport. There is a
wave of interest IN amateur sports
sweeping over the country. Never in
the history Of sport in this country has
amateur sport been stronger and pro-
fessional sport weaker.
The man who exh.bi bis strength and
agility merely for the money conside ra-
ton is looked down upon, and people are
to realize that the only true
sport is found in the games where college
men are participants and enthusiasm and
pride the only incentives for victory
With the sport in its present condition i,
is absolutely necessary for college men to
be more careful of their amateur stand
ing than ever before. Everybody inter
ested in sport should hope that the state
university is through for all time with
scraping up men from all corners Of the
earth when it comes time to play foot
ball with the Denver Athletic club. For
years the other colleges Of the state have
been trying to get this institution at Foul.
der to enter college agreement no. to
play professional organizations: bu,
Boulder has always objected. Last year
ended the agreement of the D. A. c. to
give the Thanksgiving day game to Boul
der, and now these men of the foothills
are willing to enter into the agreement
which will keep the other colleges from
getting the Thanksgiving day date in
Denver, and which has been forfeited by
them on account of poor teams. This
looks like the real reason. bur maybe
new interest in amateur sport has sprung
up in Boulder and the college men Of
that town should be given the bent flt of
the doubt and congratulated on at las,
seeing the light. 1t is time that the
colleges of Colorado 60. togelh and
formed strong association, and the
spirit seems to be in the air now.