The courier., 1903-04-04
BACK UP SHEDD'S ACTION
ATHLETIC BOARD MEMBERS SAY
BEITZER CANNOT PLAY.

Members OF the athletic board at the
university are backing up Registrar
Shedd's refusal to permit Jim" Belt
ger, one of the candidates for pitcher
on the university team to register.
The matter was the talk of the campus
yesterday and both sides of the con-
troversy are receiving support Belt
ger was not permitted to register be-
cause ne entered near the middle of the
semester and because II seemed APP
parent to the university authorities
that he was entering school for the sole
purpose OF playing ball.
Persons who have been interested In
having him register defend their posi-
tion by saying that Beltzer intends to
take "A medical course next year and
concluded to registe ter this spring In
order to get In on the baseball team.
They declare that he is not receiving
~ salary or any other pecuniary gain
on account of his playing. They de-
clare also that he will wait until the
| beginning of the next term In the law
| school and register there. Registrar
Shedd said last night that he WAS in
| clined to believe that the objections
against Beltzer would stand against him
even IL tried to register I'm the law
! department. He says that the author
tiles are not required to register any
body who applies If they have good
| reason for refusing. Members OF the
athletic board who called on him yes
terday commended him for the stand
he mas taken and indicated that even II
Beltzer registered lin the law school the
baseball committee which has author
! ity to pass on the qualfca ton OF MEM
bers OF the team would not permit him
to join the squad.
The prevailing student sentiment as
| expressed yesterday took the stand
that Beltzer Is needed and no obstacles
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playing. The members OF the board are
not inclined to let this influence them
in their judgment of the case.
Coach Gordon apparently does not
| consider BeltZer an indispensable ad-
| junct of the team. He said yesterday
that even II Beltzer We're kent from
registering there would still be plenty
OF good material left. He places Belt
ger close to the head Of the list. how
! ever
Gordon's Inst Day.
Coach Gordon will leave today for
| Denver In response to two very urgent
| letters from the manager of the league
team there. insisting that he report
for work at once. Yesterday was his
last day with the squad and after prac-
tice he expressed himself as well
pleased with the outlook Batting Is
still weak feature of the work but he
thinks that with little more practice
! TIE team VIII ne dDle TO 90 from Idlr
| to good work at the stick. Considerl-
bic Improvement was noted in the work
| yesterday.
The team lined up about o'clock
against nine from the law school.
Beltzer, Longanecker Rhubnsky,
| Thompson, Gore and Sampson were in
the box. Thompson Is an old man and
has speed, but is inclined to be Little
| wild.
Bender was behind the bat during
! the entire game. Wilson and Moore al
ternated at first and Townsend held his
place on second. Steen, Ramsey and
Johnson were al short and Hood had
his old position at third ShciVer, Cook
Burg and Whitcome were In the field
! The game was tryout and the cauil
dates We're shifted frequently in order
to bring out their good qualities.
Manager Bell has not taken definite
action regarding the request for game
from Chicago. In order to accommodate
them the game with Lombard univer-
sity will have to be cancelled.