The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-11
"HE present code OF rules is admitted,
to be a farce by most thinking foot

THE present code OF rules is admitted,
to be a farce by most thinking foot !
ball men in the west The profes! I
sional spirit of victory at any cost could
hardly be more evident in the management
OF many western college athletic teams, !
were the payment Of salaries openly en-
couraged Nor is it likely that any code
more satisfactory than the present, can
be devised as long as the English theory
that a professional cannot be a gentleman
Is accepted by American colleges. I do
not advocate reducing college sport to the
level Of the prize ring and the race track.
fessional who competessin college athletics
from love of the SPORT will not lower the
tone Of the sport So much as the man
whose former record IS clean but who re-
ceives compensate ton, direct or indirect
for his services to the, college teams. And
that the latter class are common, few who
know the inside Of western college ath-
letics will have the courage to deny.
Several well known western college ath-
letes and managers have recommended a
simple code Of rules, whose purpose should
be simply to insure that every college:
athlete should be bona fde STUDENT and
receive no compensation, direct or indi-
rect, for his services while in the insti-
tuition. Many think It necessary only that
the athlete should maintain prescribed
standard in his college work, and that no
students should be allowed to take part
in intercollegiate athletics during their
| first year in college, ~ -. $3.50 u
! Perhaps these rules would not prevent
athletes receiving compensation for their
services to their colleges, but they would
I believe eliminate the professional spirit
to a great extent, and, whatever their
| effect they could not possibly work worse
| than the present code:
! MALE beauty. show will probably
| ~ be regarded merely as a joke by
Americans, but there are some inter
esting points reused by the contest Of this
nature held recently in Vienna. The
prizes were awarded to the men who in
the opinion of the judges, combined come
illness of feature with symmetrical deve1-
opment of figure. There were 1O3 entries.
and Of these all but thirty were classed as
the reverse Of handsome. Two only of the
lot would be deemed fine lockers in the
United States, according to the CORE
spondent of a. New York paper
The interesting feature Of the xhibi-
i ton was the opinions Of the two Apollos
in regard to the form of exercise which
had given them their handsome figures
2 and easy carriages One of the winners
4 is member of turnverein, but has
) never engaged in heavyweight athletics
i He recommends games in preference tc
4 gymnastics for sound development. be-
cause in the latter the attention is fixed
i ION doing things in form, not on giving
( Efree play to- the muscles. The other
s victor is an expert swimmer and a bal
Z player OF some reputation. He recon.
mends the latter sport as the best for all
purposes. Both might have added with
equal truth that such games as bail play.
Ing are much better than heavyweight
exercises to promote general health, and
to develop agility, and the strength which
ana suIql6ur nj ufJssns asom eq rIA.
strength contest. Thor.