The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-03-03

Baseball fans in this city who have
been particularly interested In the pro-
gress of the game at Brown have been
wondering why the schedule for that
team for this season has been delayed.
To many Of them the solution offers itset
I'm the announcement that the faculty ana
the students are now I'm the throes OF
another athletic dlscussian and purihca<
tson.
= Shortly after the basketball season
be~an. Arthur Upham Pope and few OF
his fellows who started the Sphinx, inc
story goes. began series OF classic dis
sertations upon purity TN athletics and
stirred up a regular hornets nest on the
hill So great was the furore created
that the captain and one Of the strongest
of the players on the team were forced
10 resign
This so hampered the team that II
was a failure and soon the entire sched-
ME had 10 be abandoned and the team
dlsban6ed TIE talk OF professionalism IN
athletics een started anew the talk or
The standing of the present baseball team
rnd it's ruiity. This talk brought mat
teis to the same pitch and status that II
was In 1903 when Mike Lynch was the
star performer
The students and the Cammarian club
have been advocating some action on
natter and now they want. the rules so
changed that summer bali Will be al
lowed rot 10 count against a mans ama
teur standing The faculty has been
crarpling with the question for some
weeks nast and now that matter Is the all
absorbing topic on the hill with the result
that baseball matters are tied up and
unless the faculty takes the stand that
the students desire at it's next meeting
4t,n
lie no team In the held this season.
There Is a strong feeling OF rebellion
growing among the students against the
present ruling and the situation has
reached such a pitch that something VIII
have 10 he done or there Is no telling 10
what ends the students will go I'm the
matter OF settling the vexng question.
The men who are candidates for the
team would have hut little TO say when
the Cammarian club strove TO get their
opinions but II is known that the most
successful OF them have played summer
ball and in fact &c Is asserted that there
is not a man who becomes prominent In
college baseball but that takes practice
and gains proficiency by playing ball
during the summer season. Were the
men individually 10 he named over and
their records searched nearly every one
OF them WI have been found 10 have
played ball during one OF the more recent
summer seasons. The matter OF their
having received money for the same Is
dificut TO prove. but they have nearly
all played the game steadily.
with the arguments that are coming up
Is again revived that old question OF what
difference does II make whether n man
turns his ability 10 good account during
the summer season so as 10 enable him
70 return TO school successfully In the
<on hxs x,1o tp0 ha ha q
il a man more OF professional because
he receives money for playing ball than
when he receives money for services on
the glee club. A few years ago II was
conceded that the rule was unjust. but
the advocates OF the old rule argued
that II was better for some OF the larger
colleges 10 take the step first. Now Cor
nell has undertaken TO settle the matter.
ana with Brown following In her steps
the rule may be changed satisfactorily.
At any rate II Is thought that the
faculty VIII settle the status OF the team
at its next meeting on Tuesday after
noon.