Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1905-11-21
NO "RlNeERS."
CenSure Custom of Putting Men
Not Bona Eide Students on
GridirOn.

Cassius Smith, former captain
of Nevada's football team, re-
Gently contributed the following
article to the (Reno) Nevada
State Journal, and a local ad-
mirer of the sport handed US the
article, which he endorses heart
lily: MPls
With the closing of the foot
ball season at the University of
Nevada it can be safely said that
a spirit of reform has been instill-
ed into the athletic teams of the
institution. A reformation that
in past years has been solely ab-
sent has now found its way into
the hearts of the wearers of the
big IN" and never again will
''ringers'' be allowed to represent
/ Nevada in any athletic contest.
The Nevada representative team
this year was composed of
college men. It was composed
of a sturdy bunch who are at
tending the college with the OBJ
ject in view of some day joining
the ranks of the alumni. They
had their routine of duties to
perform in addition to the stren-
uous work OF preparing for the
great gridiron struggles that oc-
|curred on distant fields across
the Sierras. Only a limited
amount OF time can be devoted to
practice by team of students
carrying on a full schedule of
work. But when they do don
the moleskln and fight for the
honor OF the university and the
state they are enjoying the
honor. They are performing a
duty that belongs exclusively to
the college student, and this duty
and honor should by him be held
sacred.
The most demo1allzing ele-
ment that ever pervaded the ath-
letic department of any institu-
tlon of learning where college
football is INDUCED in, is the So
called ''ringer" or man who re-
ceives a compensation for his
services during the season to
participatein the games, or who
may be induced to register simply
as blind in order to take the
trip to California aud play in the
big games. When the season
ends they leave only to be gath
erred in the following year. They
are no credit to any college.
They simply crowd from TIE
team the good university student
the man to whom the game be.
longs.
| How sweet that 6 to o victory
at the Leland Stanford university
years ago would taste had the
team been composed of collegs
men. There was one ringer il
that team. No one can deny
that. How sweet that six te
nothing victory over the univer
sity would taste had it been wol
with pure college team. Their
was more than one ringer in tha
line up on the Nevada side.
But with the coming of Coacf
Rudolph, the element has beer
swept from the field, and will re
main away. Rudolph made
far better record with his colleg'
team than many past coache
have made with their miscellan
eous elevens. He has the in
, terest of the university and of th'
state at heart, and this yea
when an effort was about to b
made to secure the services Q
outside players, Coach Rudolph
! Immediately set his stamp of dis
approval upon such practice, an
in so doing won for himself a re
putation as man fearless, cour
ageous and intent npon doin
the right as he sees it. He ha
: stamped himself as a man wh
loves the great college game, an
not only this, he has determine
to lend his efforts to the cleanin
of the game from what savo,
of professionalism-the usiag {
6 ringers, one of the most notice
able of the results of the inaugl
ration of this movement was thu
every night he had out at pra'
, tice three ele.ens and SONS tim:
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