The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-10
RADGFR STUDENTS
PLAN REVOLUTION
Daily Cardinal Makes Bold
Stand Against Profession
al Football
Special to The Globe

Special to The Globe
MADISON, Wis, Oct. 9.-CharieS ii.
Fitzpatrick. graduate manager of the attn
ietics of the University of Wisconsin and
coach of the track team, also Andrew
O'Dea. coach of the Wisconsin crews
and trainer of the football team, must
go. That is the motto of a well organ
lied portion of the most influential stu
dents here and the campaign is being
waged with great earnestness and as
surance of success These students con-
and a system of pursuit of professional
coaches has been inaugurated which, II
is declared, VIII not end until the tasS
professional high Saiaried coach mas
taken his feparture The campaign is
prosecuted under the announced Title OF
opposition to professionalism IN athietcs:
but it is undoubted that the $zo.0Oo OF
debts now carried by the Wisconsin Atn-
letic association has much to do with IT.
Last week the most violent editorial ex-
preston in this regard appeared IN the
official paper. the Daily Cardlnal' quola-
lions from which are as follows:
Years ago. before coaches and Teams
began to ride around in parlor cars attn
leticS at Wisconsin were pure. Ihere was
no barbed wire threatening the students
that hedged the lower campus and en-,
Unused over team made up of unpaid
and unhired men. The professional eeacn
came from the East and said he wanted
men Men came for their price. He got
them and the second stage had been
reached. Things went wide open Tor
time Still the academic did not suffer
greatly Then Wisconsin threw up her
hands, crossed herself and said: Its all
wrong Professionalism must CO. Mlcnl-
gan, Minnesota and Chicago happened TO
be saying the same thing at the same
time and they agreed. Then ana tnere
the latest stage of this disgusting game
of hypocrisy and caSuiStry and dlShon-
esty was entered upon We are told that
Michigan has a bHSineSSllke system OF
securing professional men. Chicago ana
Minnesota are under similar charges. II
does not remove any or the odlnm from
Wisconsin to say that she has no buSl-
ressiike system We believe she Is JOS
ing her athletic prestige Some attribute
that to this plain fact Michigan and
the rest have a system OF getting men
for money. Plain currency ana caeckS.
wisconsin gets them jobs. handles pat
cafiy as she can. Men tell US she thereby
ACCOMMODATES only the 1ncrfmlnails-n OF
herself and sacrifices the privilege OF
holding sister universities to the rules or
the conference. She drags along Tor laek
of a business system at the end OF the
scoring column. We know that there IS
professionalism in every university In the
West Everyone does. But everyone
simply whispers it. 1t is to laugh
Strange ethics these. Ethics Of CONNER
cial Coaching, we say. Professionalism IS
ooine 10 wreck both academic and ath-
letic standards ultimately. We look Tor
some giant of morality, one who knows
nure athletics. some president. like that
of Brown. who is fighting rank rotten
ness, despicable lying in athletics. TO
save Wisconsin from the catacOmDS
where rest the athletic hunks Of Beloit
and Northwestern