Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-07

the age of nineteen, had received Don-
 ey in contest after lapse Of two years may be placed in good standing
 at the discretion of the college of which he is member
 It is absolutely a matter over which the Amateur Athletic union has no
 Jurisdiction whatever. and at present
 do not think it would be good judg- ment for the A. A. r. to take any ac- tion or Co pay the slightest attention to these new rules.
 The Amateur Athletic Union or the United States has an alliance with the Intercollegiate Association Of Amateur Athletes of America Of which Yale and Harvard are members The Intercolle- ,giate Association of Amateur Athletes of America Is an allied member Of the 4. A. U. of the United States, and the two organizations have heretofore
 worked together in harmony. The A. 4.
 '. officials will naturally have to wait and see what action the Intercollegiate association will take in relation to this new eligibility rule, which is a direct violation of article 16 of the constitu- tion of the Intercollegiate Association Of Amateur Athletes Of America, which Is their definition ssSs an amareur-that is, that -An amateur Is a person who has never competed in any open com petition or for money etc. Therefore ] think that before any other body off eially takes action it will have TO wait for the Intercollegiate association to go on record. and If t does not then most sassuredly the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, which Is the body that governs amateur sport in this country. will. in the interest of pure .nmateurism, be obliged to go .On record, md forcibly at that
 Personally I am of the opinion that the creating of this new eligibility rule whereby an Individual college can whitewash a professional is the worst kind of a rule to make. and it is one that will react and react strongly Jt looks to me as though this was the be ginning of movement Of Yale and Harvard tO do away with amateurism and have professional sport and Irofes- si0n8l sport only. As one who is Inter ested in maintaining an amateur stand ard can only depiore the adoption Of fhis rule. 1t iS a step backward. There Is no g-osslhie exeuee for sueh a law today.
 There is something back of fhis new eligibility rule and what Vale and Harvard are striving fo attain is Q mystery at present unless. perhaps. thar both of them have professionals they want 70 turn into amateurs There can be no other exeuse for the Hdopfion of tIss rule. We have today in fhe United States thousands of young men who have not as yet reach /. ed fhe age Of nineteen, but are profes- ! sionai athletes in every sense of the word. and they glory in it. All of these thousands of athletes Will now be eli gibIe, providing they show some desire to enter Yale or Harvard. and when they are twenty-one will be trotted out as simon pure amateur
 The Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes Of America should . sf once convene and call the atten- lion of Both Harvard and Yale 60 the fact that they cannot relDstate or aI- . low professional athlete to compete, ! and # Yale and Harvard refuse to abide by s.ie laws of the Intercollegiate association then the Intercollegiate as- sociatioD should expel rhem. and ezpel them at once.