Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1903-11-17
REVIVAL OF OLD LEAGUE.
Interest Being Taken In The Re-
establishment of Mary
land Inter-Colle-
giate League.

A definite movement has begun Il
reestablish the Maryland lnter-Colle-
giate League, which some years age
was very successful for a time, but
which, for different causes, finally Went
ont of existence. Lit is proposed that
st. Johns, Western Maryland, Agri-
cultural and Washington Colleges
should become members of the League
and that annual championship contests
should be arranged in football and
base ball and possibly field and
track athletics.
Prof. James w. Cain, president of
Washington Collge, who is entirely in
the confidence of the friends of st.
Johns with which institution he was
so long connected, expressed himself
on Saturday when the football teams
of the two institutions met that he
was heartily in favor of the move
ment. This feeling is shared by Prof
b. Vernon Cissel, vice. president of
st. Johns College, who since the de-
parture of Prof. Cain, has been the
leading authority on athletics at St.
Johns. Oyertures will be made shortly
to the authorities of Maryland Agri-
cultural and Western Maryland Col
their attitude to the proposed league.
The prime idea of the proposed or
ganization is to form league of col
leigate institutions which, on account
of the relative number of students in
attendance can put athletic teams on
the field which should meet with
equal chances or in other words are in
the same class. 1t is designed that
the body can pass such eligibility rules
as will insure that the membership of
all teams shall be absolutely on a field
and consequently the State collegiate
championship in any branch OF ath-
letics can be definitely determined on
a perfectly fair basis. 1t is not be-
ieved that any irregularity exists in
the teams mentioned, but it is thought
that if all of the schools enter into an
agreement upon the matter which is
sanctioned by the faculties that the
eligibility of player will be exactly
defined and future temptation to de-
part from pure college athletics will
be avoided.
The old League became disorganized
chiefly because number OF the instl-
buttons composing it failed to put
teams in the field regularly and the
membership became reduced to prac
tically two institutions-Wes Mary
land and st. Johns. Now it is be-
Heved that the four colleges mention
ed can be relied upon to put teams
regularly in the field for an indefinite
period and the four should make posi-
BILE most interesting contests. 1t has
been suggested that the scope of the
League might be widened little and
Gallaudet and Delaware Colleges in
vited to enter. This is one of the
subjects that will be discussed if a
preliminary meeting of the college
representatives could be arranged. The
admission of these two, particularly
that of Gallaudet, the deaf mute in
stitution of Washington, would add
great interest to the workings of the
League. Still it is urged that it might
be better to confine membership abso-
lutely to Maryland institutions.
Johns Hopkins University was
member of the former League and at
different times there were applications
for admission from some of the Balti-
more professional schools. The feel
ing among the promoters, however,
that none of these will be invited to
enter the League unless Hokpins would
put q team of under graduates exclu-
sively on the field. Anything else, it
is thought would prevent the teams
meeting ON a fair basis and would de-
feat the main object of the League.