New-York tribune., 1907-12-08
SUMMER BALL DOOMED
TO PURIFY THE SPORT.
An appeal to Colleges to Join the
intercollegiate association.
Intercollegiate ASSOCIATION,
HARLAN (Princeton).

-r, rrtarcoUoriata Athletic Association OF the
rrrited States at its meeting in the last weeh Il"
1,ecen,ber. hopes to kill summer baseball me
rao+ica which has been of the most pc,
.to ,,ory Ills that have affected the cor.
- snort,nr body has been more or less pr pr 80
for more than a decade SporaoIc - hit none
tean made from time to time TO stop ~. -, scone
- - ,aaaodcd in doing more than to limit us oo'p
- a ,.ear the executive committee mas 90 as,,i+
rarod In a sweeping investigation anu cue oiIages
~ II will be laid before the conNgnT op Deceu1-
or OF alIbIc II W at the Murray Hill Hotel OH D''
Der % -, .,rociation's work
,-,a f,otbaII nroblems that have heid the a., -
The ioo'oaii for the last two years VIII con-
tinna 10 interest It means VIII De +rlont
manenty settle the question ol irahi M the men
~ the football rules comTnlttee' "Ao sro,,, its
ol ~ - bae, identified with the game iIo.li , 10
,ror,Ion and been responsible io' - e. com
r,ent will be insured continuance uP acrre A
.t..ao while changes Will be nhdde 80 - +ba
mt mt +~rm Of service for every member u '''
committee. - ,or,,,r meeting
80 - ,rbether or not Yale. Harvard frlnce.on "a "a
.,I 10 :. oil, join the association. PennsylVahi ata
chicago have already allied theriseI. - ,,eor
now bodv whose membership during ti's i" srnast
- - SC,,Licd President Pierce makes an ear -,
oaI - 10 all colleges 10 join In the "orh ol '''o
assoriarfon and declares the oeheIi's W AZ -
the general intercollegiate ih''''9'S '''
able lie says. In part ,., 80 ~.
United states formed for the purpose oi ~ ~
waiting college athletics throughout our iai'd.
need Of q national organlza ton. fully represeI.la
tive of the colleges and universities or the coltS
&C. beyond question and II is earnestly desneu tat
- -. ,,rn In nstjtution where intercollegiate athletic
snorts ere maintained. shall enron as d ~ ~A0i.4oe.
and thus take its proper stand lor pure alha'oui
srort and contribute it's due share OF efort ana eA
- 81 ,n nrouottnr a reasonable control OF college
athletic sports. This association devoteS huhdI Gus
Of dollars every year TO the expenses OF '"e -, -
hall rule. committee is your lhsutu'i'" F"S'-e
10 r-oper share? II not. IS there any soou r'tSoh
yshg II should not now join this association! has
not the reform in footoah a!oiis pee' V+'' " ~
agitation and expense
Ha rational organization such this can and
will accomplish great things in the way OF REFORM
. united movement VIII be effective Where ihde-
neraent efforts are Of avail except IN Ile III
st,3a,ai institution concerned. The influence eN-
erted VIII be in geometrical proportion 10 the mum
ber ~ institutions enrolled in it's membership lou
oi | ttforo again urged to Join In the work. which
INST have your sympathy and which needs your
active cooperation r.,.
1.-THE membership OF our association mas aoo1'
doubled during the present year Among the
larger institutions the universities OF Pennsylvania
and Chicago have become active members ana 'ieir
representative character will contribute greatly 10
tho practical result of our dehDetdtlohS anu VI
the conclusions reached.
some OF the functions of n national organization
sucb as ours may be formulated follows:
''Ffrst-As n clearing house of athletic IDEAS
The country is large that institutions in one
section have not known what those in other sec
tions have doing. This association now az
fords a means of reciprocal heIp.
a'Second-As q central bureau OF propaganda In
intercollegiate athletics which is OF the greatest
,n,nortance because they keep the need of purity
in athletics prominently before the people and tend
to educate them along lines that are too often neg
lected.
'0rhird-As agency of practical reform The
general aim is TO suggest methods Of purifying
athletics and to reform, standardze so TO
speak, the eligibility rules.
"Once more, then. earnestly invite your
operation in our work You Will not in any wise
lose your Independence of action by doing You
will simply unite in the great national movement
which has been begun for the betterment of college
athletics.