Omaha daily bee., 1906-02-25

meets with the hearty approval OF the
college daily. The editorial continues:
There is another side to the qestion of
professionalism in college base ball, how
ever, which deserves serious consideration.
Il is the subject of summer base ball, the
discussion over which revolves Itself into
the question as to the validity of the
Brown conference rule prohibiting any coll
lege man who plays base ball for financial
remuneration during the summer from be
ing represented on an amateur team.
This rule is, in the first place, utterly
tmpracticable, and, furthermore, II Is I'M
just. Experience has shown the college
world that the enforcement Of the summer
base ball rule is impossible and that 4 has
developed an atmosphere in base ball cir
cles which is dangerous influence TO
amateur athletics. That it is unjust has
been adequately shown in the above conf
munication. We can see no moral wrong
In the playing Of base ball for money dur
ing the summer, as long as the player en-
ters college as an amateur, receives no re-
Enumeration for his work as an athlete
during the college term, and is not detained
from his college work because OF his out
side participation in athletics.
He has neither contaminated himself by
playing base ball in the summer nor has
he SO increased his powers as a player
that he will affect competition when he
returns to college, to the detriment OF anna
teur sport.
The committee of the Middle West Ten
mis- association has announced the official
ranking of the leading tennis experts for
the season of 1896. Walter T. Hayes Of
Toledo, Ia, leads in singles. with Fletcher
and Sanderson Of Galesburg, ILL.,, in
doubles.
The committee has taken the Omaha
tournament as the standard and ranked
only those who took part in it. A number
of prominent players are not included.
who played in one or more of the follow
ing tournaments: Iowa State, Tri-State
Missouri Valley Championship and various
Others but who did not participate in
enough tournaments during the year to
base their playing and award them place.
Among these are Vernon, James and Shell
don of Kansas City. Lee of Grand Rapids,
John T. Bailey of Kansas, Monnett of
Iowa, Wheeler of South Dakota, Howell Of
Sioux City, Kohn of Omaha and others
The list is follows:
SINGLES.
1-Walter T. Hayes Toledo, Ia.
2-Charles S. Peters, Chicago.
3-Arthur c. Snow, Chicago.
+Ralph b. Fletcher, Galesburg.
6-Stewart W. Gilman, Sioux City, Ia
6-F. h. Sanderson, Galesburg, Ill
a-Sonrad H. Young, Omaha Neb.
9-B. w. Matteson, Omaha.
10-C. Z. Holbrook, Onawa, Ia
DOUBLES.
FLETCHER and Sanderson, Galesburg, Ill.
2-Snow and Peters, Chicago.
3-hayes and Blatherwick, Iowa.
4-Caldwell and Young, Omaha.
5-Gilman and Baker, Sioux CITY.
.
1t looks as IL even rowing would be
more important than usual in college ath-
letics next spring. Besides the two bis
events-the Poughkeepsie regatta and the
Yale-Harvard races at New London-im-
poItant meetings have been arranged in the
American Henley at Philadelphia on May
! &c the cornell- Harvaru waist! ra at
Cambridge on the same day, and the Cor
nell Junior regatta at ithaca on Decoration
day. In addition, there are many dual
regattas planned. The American Henley
promises to eclipse all it's predecessors.
Crews are already assured from Harvard.
Yale, Pennsylvania and Cornell. Invita-
tons have been issued to Syracuse and
Georgetown, and IT is believed that one
or both will accept. The stewards are
making great plans to secure the en-
trance II the Anna DOLLS crew, and II sue
cessful this will be the first time that the
middies have ever rowed away from home.
II is expected that Yale and Annapolis will
hold a dual race on this date. Yale de-
sires to compete at the American Henley,
yet wishes to row at Annapolis also. The
stewards therefore, think that II they can
induce the authorities to let the navy crew
go to Philadelphia, they will please both
sides 1t is argued that the middies will
rot be taken from their studies more than
| twenty-four hours. In order to meet any
expense the middies might be under, funl
will be raised to pay the expenses OF the
crew If this is necessary.
| No fear of any suspension OF intercol-