The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-12
CoLUMBIA'S ATHLETIC REFORMS.
Faculty Committee Bars Freshmen. Gradu'
ates. Trainers and Training Quarters.

The uncertainty which has marked the
athletic situation at Columbia was entirely
cleared up yesterday when it became known
exactly what were the reforms decides upon
by the faculty committee of nine appointed
several months ago by DR.. B tier TO solve
the problems of sport at the local university.
The findings Of this committee showed a
desire to sweep to one side athletic competi-
tions with other colleges: to limit the eIpendi-
lures ordinarily made for the conduct OF
sport, and in general 10 limit the importance
OF athletics at Columbia.
The committee have put the results Of their
Investigation in the form Of a general recon-
mendation to the University Council, and this
body will deal with them at it's next meeting.
1t is safe TO assume that these recommends
lions nave the force Of actually enacted laws
and that they are as good as in force right
now.
The recommendations Of the faculty COM
mittee can be summarized in the following
terms: Nc graduates and no freshmen will
be permitted on varsity teams, and the term
of eligibility for sports is TO be limited to
three years. This is in imitation OF the
Harvard Yale-Princeton agreement recently
made. Training quarters and training tables
are barred and no professional coaches are
athletic contests are, to, be held after COM
mencement day. with the exception OF the
IONllk TdCeS at j Ou6 ihOCBSlV
The committee also recommend, that sport
be made more general, especially rowing,
and furthermore that tennis be enoouTaged
by the building Of more courts on South
Field and also by the hiring. Of the courts Of
the West Side Law Tennis Club at nth
hours for the use of the students. The adop-
ton OF En- glish rugby as the university game
Of football also Is mentioned but this t is made
of the other recommendations
From the tenor Of the report it is inferred
that the faculty committee think that rowing
1t is ruled that no team shall be allowed to
| play more than three out of town" dates in
s,ds ssss0 % b AZ one on u S Of sSW a stsa s%e l Is SSPs
part must be absent from IL o'clock noon Of
one day until 0 o'clock OF the pext and be
lectures. Cnder this rule games with Prince
ton, PENNSYLVANIA and Yale are not neces-
sarily out OF town. as the trips can be made
under these arrangements.
But further than that teams are limited
to three home games, 50 that such organiza-
withdraw from the Intercollegiate league.
The basketball team, plays five games, at
home and FIVE abroad d. and n thse os, re- t while
Cornell, Yale, Princeton and Pennsylvania
ing more than three of these on their own
floor. The baseball team schedule also will
have to be cut to a ridiculoualy small number
OF games to At the new requirements. The
regulation against games after commence
ment time hits no other team as it does base
ball, ,
The committee recommend also that Their :
be a number OF bar ges for the use of the
students kept at the boathouse, with the idea
OF making rowing more general. These
barges, it is presumed. win be. furnished by
the university and will be free for use, as are
the tennis courts on South Field.
Freshman class teams will be allowed
to compete under the same restrictions as
the varsity teams, in order 10 compensate
for the loss OF varsity competitions for the
frat year men, The rules against graduates
have no originality, as they are borrowed
from the Westerners who used them first
The abolition Of the professional coach II
ference. The truly Columbia ideas are those
which make rowing and tennis the permitted
and favored sports. The economies instituted
down will probably sa We, a sum Just about
large enough to meet the debts of the crew.
Thte fact that Columbia has so large a per
centag &c. Of graduate students and that az
many OF these come out for teams is likely
to make the enforcement OF the graduate rult
n hard blow,