The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-26
LAYS BARE The
EASTERN SYSTEM
How the Big Universities bid
Up for the Promising
Athletes.

New York Sun Special Service.
4 New York, May 26.-That American univer-
stiles barter in open market for young men
who give promise Of excelling in athletics is
charged in an article published in McClures
Magazine for June under the title 1.-THE Col
lege Athlete-How Commercialism Is Making
Him Professional"
The writer, Henry Beach Needham, names
the most prominent American institutions in his
article, and cites individual cases in support
Of his contention that system prevails which
1t is charged that colleges subsidize athletes
In order to secure teams which shall shine in
intercollegiate contests. Victory means adyer-
tsement for the college which has purchased
men who will insure winning team.
Deals Concealed.
Actual money transactions between an ath-
lete and the college which bids for him are
concealed, 1t Is alleged, by Inducements but
which of such substantial character that
they amount to subsidizing. In illustration Of
this, the of James Il. Hogan, famous tackle
and captain of Yale's champion football eleven,
is cited. - s- I
Hogan entered Exeter a poor boy, at the
age of 23." Mr.. Needham writes. ''He had
been earning his own living when he set about
praiseworthy, and Exeter gave him the chance
to work his way thru school. Hogan took his
preliminary examination to enter Harvard. Har-
ward Joined Yale and Princeton in competition
for this great prep athlete. The claim Is
now made at Cambridge that Harvard lost him
because no definite promises would be made.
AS proof Of this contention cited the facts
that Hogan passed all Of his Harvard entrance
examinations satisfactorily, and that he applied
for and assigned Price Greenleaf aid
Ia scholarship paying about 5000 the freshman
Year,. But Hogan went to Yale. -
....... Hogan Does Well.
1.-THE career Of this great athlete has been
one Of marked success Hogan, with his room
mate, Rockwell, the star quarterback, occupies
a suite in Vanderbilt hall, the most luxurious
of the Yale dormitories. which is the 'hangout'
for the seniors. Hogan has forsaken the eating
club he formed in his freshman year. He
takes his meals at the University club. This
liar to any social club The initiation fee and
dues RENTED in special cases, however.
"Hogan receives 500 year, the income Of
John Bennett scholarship. In addition, ac-
cording to the DEAN his entire tuition is abated.
The baseball association gives to Hogan, Rock
we'll and another athlete the score-card privi-
lege. Hogans income is further augmented by
commissions paid him by the American Tobacco
company, whose agent he is. -.-r ,-
Booms Cigarets. 81
It is well known about the campus that thru
the influence Of Hogan the brands of cigarets
which he sells were placed on sale at 'Mory' 8, ,
a New Haven grillroom frequented by Yale
men. These brands spoken of at Yale as
'Hogan's cigarets.' 1t is not to be argued that
this employment affects Hogan's amateur stand
ing. The business arrangement is important
only as showing the growth of commercialism in
college sport =. .>
Harvard, Yale, Princeton Pennsylvania, Co.
lumbia and in fact all Of the colleges whose
| gate receipts from athletic contests total into
| the thousands, are charged with commercialism.