The sun., 1907-03-31
ATRLETTc .aIR eAsTLEA.
Fine Harvard Teams Could De Made Nith
Men DcNArped Oy Eligibuity Rules.

cAMBRTDoR. March So.-soms Harvard
undergraduates. several Of whom we're prom
inent In athletics, we're recently chatting
together aud the talk happened TO turn to the
great changes which bad been worked by the
modern college eligibility rules.
Did Il ever occur to any OF you. one Of
them asked, what a wonderful lot Of teGnna
this university could turn out II there were abb
solutely no eligibility rules whAtsosvor infercel
just think OF the number OF great athletes
who are Ut present registered in our graduate
and professional schools, Take the old baser
ball men, for Instance
AT the present moment there are any uuan :
tlty Of men In the law school alone who
either have played or expect to play pro-
fessional ball, many Of them In the big leagues,
There is Morgan. the old GEORGETOWN third
baseman. who played with the Boston Amsri-
cans last year, Storke. the ex-captain Of AM
herst who played last year with the Providence
team and has been drafted TO Pittsburg
ths season; Grant OF last years Jersey City
team. who has been signed by the Philadelphia
Nationals for the coming season; Hoye. the
old Brown captain aud third baseman, and
Nssbltt. who cAptAlned and played shortAtOp
on williams a short time ago. Then there Is
Castle OF the last years Harvard nine.
What a tremendously powerful aggTega:
tiop a team made up Of this material would
down over any, college team in the country on
their hitting ability alone"
going 10 waste. put In a football man. There
is Bowditch, the old Ail-America player. prob
ably the best end who. ever wore a Crimson
knowlton. the great tackle and end on the
1905 team saulIss: ne Rlunglng t9esie; Gut
Tssfy oi The 1905 Harvard M eiessS. % and md snyder
P we're ali promissnt ointment IN HsrvaFd fSot6aii within
ns bsr Ss Waters hsTs sa' Was ss the nSna "
one of the greatest tackles that had ever
With such material available it would
OF course ee necessary to Rhift some OF the
men from the positions in which they won
be used to ADVANTAGE at centre. where nis
great strength. would be available, while
his slowness. which hampered him at tao ckle.
and cutterscn Would eOmpiets q centre THO
and tsysnss would be able 70 take care 'si
OF good material for the ends that Snyder
could be shifted to halfback. which position
ne Dsysd 9T nS years o5 on ae
tioDably be first. choice for the ends. and
team that could gain consistently. around
Hurey eS' VS Would % of CO eohTs. s thS Old
position Of halfback, with Snyder as running
mate. Grins; who played yerL fast game
developed tremendously In strength and
size SHOULD make powerful plnngips fplh.
SSGs SSSs S b1, N..TS STd sos BE se
work has always been excellent. should be
able to take care Of IL unusually well on ac-
count OF his clear headedness and good gem
eTalship.
-Lsary, who was always one Of the best
kckers In college, would do the punting
Such team would come mighty near stopping
any eleven that played last season, and
when L had he ball there would be always
Well" said = third speaker. "the grads
would be worth considering in track also
There Is GriSwold. the last years ca plain
and crack huTdler Of Williams and Oveson,
Clarke, Turner. Cobb. Young, Stone and
Gring, all old Harvard men who have won
their on the track while undergraduates,
They would come near winning meet by
themselves. Yes, II certainly is an sRKrava-
tion to see such splendid material going to
waste under our very noses with no possibility
OF using any Of VI.