Evening journal., 1907-08-13
COLLEGE SPORTS
COST MUCH MONEY
Immense Sums Spent in
Maintaining Athletics at
Big Universities

II the reformers OF college athletics
are seeking some tangible evidence of
their labors they can md it in a study
of the financial athletic reports of the
big universities of the country, which
have been published one at a time
during the course of the last year The
profits made by several universities
and the vast sums of money handled
by student and graduate managers
resemble the operations of some big
Wall street corporations, and it is no
wonder that staid professors held up
their hands in horror when the vast
ness of the financial end Of their
athletics was brought home to them.
In not a few instances. notably Yale.
this brought about a supervision of
on the part of the faculty.
Tho reports contained here are for
the academic year of 1905-O6 The
collegians are always a half year be-
hind in making out their reports. so
we viii not know how they Jared
during the last academic year until
next spring. What features the last
reports for 19O5-06 is the cutting down
OF the expenses for the conduct of
athletics.
The following tables show the COM
parison for the years of l9O5-,O6 and
t9Oi-O5:
/. 19o5-ieOc.
Harvard-Receipts. S1o5,ooo; ex.
penses, $77,1S4.
Yaie-Receipts. sios ai9; expenses,
SS2.212.
Observation-Disclosures, s9s.s97; ex-
penses. sSS.SG3.
Princeton-R Receipts. scoOoOi ex-
penses. $4,000.
corneli-Reeeipts $4,000; expenses,
S6O.OoO
Total-ReceiDts, aa5.ois; expenses.
Ss5s.259.
?. 19oi-i9O5.
Receipts, Sil1,6sO; ex-
penses, Ss3.SOe
yale-Receipts, siOs,es2; expenses,
slO6,6s2.
Pennsylvania-Rec $SS,441; ex-
penses, $94,46S.
cornell-Receipts s55.759; expenses,
$56.7Oi.
Receipts. $4,000; ex-
ponses. $4,000
Totai-Receipts sis55i2; expenses,
$4O1 500.
According to the reports the Harv-
ard association earned the biggest
profits for the year. the gain of the
Crimson being S27,Si6 Yale came next
with SlS0O7. Pennsylvania's profits
for the year We're only Sl0.034 The
profits Of Princeton and Cornell are
only approNimated, because OF the in
complete nature of their reports.
AS has always been the case. foot
BAH has been compelled to bear the
burden of supporting all the other
sports at the different universities OF
the big Five" 1t is true that base
BAN pays its own expenses at Halv-
ard, Yale and Princeton. but the
profits from It are verv small, while
there is always a deficit at Pennsy,-
vania and Cornell and other universi-
ties.
Harvard proved TO be the most eN-
pensive eleven in the East. with S55, 20.
as its outlay. But this sum includes
the expenditure of a large sum for inn
provements attached to football
which did not properly belong TO The
maintenance of the team. The team
itself cost less than $4,000. The Yal'
eleven was the one which spent The
most money, for it cost the Ellis SS7
S77 to develop their championship
team, a saving Of less than 5000 frol
the previous year just why it shoul,
cost Yale a third more TO develop
football team than It did Harvard
Pennsylvania and Princeton is one o
the mysteries which only an investi
eating committee can unravel Bot
Pennsylvania and Princeton spent lit
tie more than $4,000 for their 100
teams Cornell kept her expense
under $4,000. for the Ithacans dor
have as much money to spend O.
athletics as some of their wealthie
rivals. A little figuring win bring {
light the remarkable fact that at Yal,
Pennsylvania and Princeton il cost
about $1,000 for each nember Of ~
varsity SQUAD But since they ear
double this amount no complaint ca
be made on this score.
Economy at West Point.
In connection with The heavy cos
of football at the big universities
viii be interesting TO know that H.
West Point team cost only SSlO3.
There We're only three universitie
which made money at baseball Thes
were Harvard. Yale and Princeton
| Pennsylvania, Cornell Columbia an
all the minor colleges ran the game q
a dead loss and were obliged TO ca
on football to make I'D for thei
deficits
Baseball has made a hard fight I
win its way as a self-supporting spor
II has succeeded at Harvard. Yal
and Princeton because Of the create
prestige these teams enjoy and IN
many years they have been fightin
it out for the intercollegiate champ
ionship. Occasionally Pennsylvani
and Cornell pay expenses in baseball