Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-11
POMONA WRATHY
At OCC|DENTA
SAYS PRES9YTERIANS HAVE
NOT KEPT FAITH
Chairman Of cIaremont Athletic Asso-
citation Declares That Los Angeles
Students Are Using St.
Nineent's as a Club

ITO avoid this, II necessary all col
leges in Southern California should be
willing to retire from all inter-collegi-
ate athletics"
The disa greement which has again
arisen among the local colleges in re-
gard to the affairs of the cinder path
world appear probable of assuming
serious proportions and unless some-
thing is quickly accomplished to
ameliorate existing conditions an all
Southern California track meet, or
even a triple meet. may not occur.
The present trouble lies largely be-
tween Pomona and Occidental, who
have fallen out over the fact that
Chaplin, the Highland park mile run
Iner. has been declared Ineligible by
Pomona to compete in college athletics.
The Occidental students, on the other
hand, say that the athlete in question
is undoubtedly qualified from every
point of view to enter, and as a result
another one of the bothersome dis
putes which have for years made anna
teur athletics in Southern California
anything but peaceable proposition
has bobbed up.
A. M. Smith, chairman of the Po-
mona Athletic association, has entered
a strong protest against the actions
of the Occidental college men, and
said yesterday that the situation has
been misrepresented in local accounts.
In regard to the matter Mr.. Smith
said:
"On October ., 1905, the following
rules were adopted by representatives
of Pomona, u. S. C. and Occidental"
The rules follow:
Ito be eligible to represent Po-
mona, u. S. G. or Occidental in athlet-
les students must be above passing
grade from the beginning of the term
in which the contest takes place, in
at least twelve hours of college work,
or at least ten hours in the affiliated
professional schools Two hours of
laboratory work will count as one.
"A student who in any term fails
to receive credit for the amount Of
work mentioned in section 1 shall be
ineligible until said conditions are re-
moved.
3-New students must be in residence
at least one semester before they are
eligible, unless regularly entered as
| freshmen in full standing for the first
time from any high school or other
preparatory school.
| 4-No one may compete for more
than four years after he is of college
rank, nor for more than four other
| years while in the preparatory depart
ment. Participation ON college teams
elsewhere shall count the same as
though it were in the aforesaid col
Ileges.
| 5-Attendance must begin within one
month of the opening of the semester
save as the contest comes within six
weeks of the opening day, in which
case attendance must begin within a
week of the opening day.
6-All participants on athletic teams
shall be amateurs in accordance with
the definition of amateurs as included
in the western conference rules.
mo person drawing salary for
services rendered the college or stu
dent body to do other than manual
labor shall compete.
These rules shall go into effect Jan
uary 1, 1906.
The Associated Students of Pomona
college, Thomas 7. Giffen, president;
Charles G.. Wharton. The Student
Body of U. SC, John K. Hubbard,
president; Oliver w. Best. The Assoc-
ated Student Body of Occidental col
lege, Watson B. Burt, president; j.
Percival Hagerman.
"ThoSe interested in athletics will
remember that few days after these
rules We're adopted an article pertain
ing to Occidental affairs appeared in
a local paper The article stated that
these rules We're almost identical with
lHOSe Which lHe faculty OI OCClueHldl
had adopted a week before.
SAYS Occidental Broke Faith
"This is true. 1t might have been
stated also that these rules and those
adopted by the faculty We're almost
Identical with the rules adopted by
Pomona six months before. This fact
is mentioned as having some bearing
upon the failure of Occidental to use
her own rules, despite the publication
of the article which exploited Occi-
dental as a champion of athletic re-
form in Southern California.
ALLEN Merrill was played on Occi-
|dental's football team last autumn in
violation of Credentials published
rules. In the meeting of a few days
ago, which was held to arrange for
the Southern California conference
meet, Occidental expressed herself in
the forenoon as against inviting st.
Vincent into the conference. A few
hours later, after Pomona and U. S.
|C. had both insisted that Chaplin could
not compete under our rules, Occidental
threatened to withdraw from the con-
ference and arrange a meet with st.
Vincent, or including st. Vincent.
st. Vlncents Held as Club
Occidental has taken steps in this
ulrectlon ana consequently Ionlona
position is that no decision whatever
will be reached as regards st. Vim
cent until Occidental ceases to use
the latter as a club. Pomona desires
to stand by the rules
Occidental claims that Chaplin
should be allowed to compete. If Occ-
dental is a college Chaplin has already
had five years of collegiate compet-
ton. If he could compete at Prince
ton this year it is only Prncetons
assumption that Occidental has less
than a college standing.
"In Southern California we assume
that Occidental is a college and there
fore our rules and Occidental's oblige
us to uphold them. If exceptions to
these rules are to be made in favor of
one institution they must be made for
all and once more our doors would be
omen to rotten professionalism"