The sun., 1908-05-17

insnt with some athletic club, IL he has
not already engaged himself 10 train club
| nthletos for the intermediate season.
Regarding that freahman rule. IL comes
hnding tho regulation working out accord.
,, ing to their needs. They report that II
actually 10 working harm to their teamA
The result 10 about what every other OF the
, smaller colleges has achieved by adopting
or indorsing . rule that u meant only 70
tions cannot furnish teams for all their
sports II they bar the first year men, II for
| no other reason than that they have not
the college population TO- draw against.
n the larger universities they do not have
1000 70 1900 students registered and they
can afford to bar the frsshmsr and the
| graduates too, which the colleges num-
bering by hundreds where they do thou
sands, cannot Afford to do.
varsity sports Is oonaidered TO belong pri-
marily TO the individual colleges. II was
something Of that idea which defeated In
the meeting Of the I. G. A. A. A. A. this year
an attempt to pass q rule forbidding fresh
ns. nsn 70 appear IN the ssmes phs aSis sSs. %
ing OF their authority. and although the
universities objected that this was per.
pittinE class OF men to compete for Other
colleges whom they themselves did not
allow 70 compete the smaller colleges pro.
vailed by point Of numbers. 1t was ruled
that In place Of freshman rule such an wea
passed byt the Western conference this should
60 on the rule books: =
.The executive committee by unanimous
vote may reject the entry OF any com.
country run apd debar any competitor from
composition therein This ,is section 8 oi
Article XVIII. Of the Laws Of Athletics.
This regulation makes it possible to shut
freshmen out from the games il the execu-
tive committee is 80 minded. Most of the
universities in the l. G. A. A. A. A, do already
bar them, but there are some colleges which
do not. II they, choose to enter freshmen
In the meet they are at liberty to do 80,
although they may be barred under this
regulation.
The Michigan men quit the conference
body barring the first year men. How
ever. they. do not now feel themselves
qualified to send to the meet the first year
men who have shown up well. even though
sending them would make a difference IN
Michigen's point score, That reverts back
Michigan left the conference because Of the
freshman rule and some other restrictive
regulations and is apt to find them opera
tive in the I. G. A A. A. A. too. There is
no small chance that the Wolverines. finding
the Eastern atmosphere none too favorable
conference after all.
For the man who isn't ona varsity athletic
team and isn't of the quality likely to help
out that sort Of team the colleges now are
seeking to provide. At Amherst, for in
stance, they are making plans that will lead
to the Inauguration Of a playground such az
Cornell is building very elaborately In q re-
cent number Of the Amherst Student appears
the following: SThe-rapid growth In the
number Of undergraduates participating In
interfraternity and class baseball games
this spring is undenably step toward the
ideal system Of college athletics. The
accommodations for this sport, however.
are very inadequate. inasmuch as Pratt
Field, owing to the requisitions OF the
various varsity organizations. 10 for the
greater part OF the afternoon closed to the
college at large.
sIt would only be continuance Of the
former policy Of the department of physical
education, which has always been a oon-
spicuous and able advocate Of physical
exercise for the entire college. to provide for
proper repairs at Blake Field, where the
greater part Of the fraternity contests will