New-York tribune., 1908-02-24

been accepted in a fair spirit by the undergrad
yates. judging by an editorial IN ihe |of"eH
Daily SUM-" which says in part;
Most Of the men who closest to the summer
baseball question think At is not worth all OF the
rr,rus that Is kicked up it; bSt, on the other
hand whether there is any real eVli III IL ~,
the men with good intentions. they may as wen
be professionals of the deepest aye as 10 en!os '
reputation IL also reflects OH the gooo name oi
tho university and as such had better not exist,
even despite its advantages. The aooition OF 'ne
summer baseball player from the Corneh nine WIN
mean that of the players at least VIII nave ~
do a certain amount of fall work or obtain their
odsi,io,ol exnarence In some other way. The chlef
vaue of summer baseball for college man Hes
in the amount OF real baseball WISDOM ne can t
up from men who know more about the game .hAii
he docs while the who is a star at cohese
has TO be a teacher example and learns l,'ie
from the other men on the team. In this natteT,
as in many others in intercollegiate sport Corlei
has taken a step which can only be applauoeo @iie
has once more demonstrated that she is In sport
for sports sake" In fact. the university has gone
one notch higher up than the decision OF the Brown
conference. For not only are athletes rehoefeo III
eligible when they receive remuneration for par
ticipatfon in any branch Of sport, but also when
they compete any team other than collese vi
school teams This action is step in advance OF
present conditions in the college world ana one
which must sooner or later be followed by other
universities. 1t Is a step which should nave Ihe
support of every fair minded college
the country over.
There are rules against summer baseball play
ing at most of the colleges and universities. but
II has been almost impossible to enforce them
The story is told of a college man who played
on a semi-professional team during certain
summer without pay as was said he was
not paid for playing baseball but each week the
manager Of the team would bet him $50 that he
could not jump chair, and, of course the
player always won the bet. So much for an
evasion, of which many other examples could
be given, of the rule against receiving remunef-
alton or consideration for services as player
IT will be hard to evade the rules adopted at
Cornell.
The action of the authorities at the Naval
Academy in refusing permission for the crew
TO accept the invitation TO row in the ntercoIle-
giate regatta at Poughkeepse this year. as ex-
clusively told in The Tribune last week, is cause
for regret among those interested in the sport
II seems a pity that the Navy crew, which did
so well in finishing third last year, should not
have another chance to measure its strength
with Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania and the
other crews which will row on the Hudson TINS
year Loss of time and interference with the
summer cruise are the reasons given for the
decision, and the midshipmen have no appeal
These reasons, so strong they must be TO the
authorities, may not De Welgfeu against lile Ue-
stres of the midshipmen next year or the year
following. but the Navy crew must content Itself
this season with such have been ar
ranged on the Severn River, at Annapolis. 1t
was a hard blow with the outlook SO bright for
a strong eight
There is a report from Philadelphia that this
season may be Ellis Wards last coach for
the University of Pennsylvania crews based
chiefly, It Is believed, on the opposition TO his
methods by some of the more recent graduates
of the university. The contention has been made
that Ward has not encouraged men TO come out
for the crews and that his methods have not
been the best for the success Of the oarsmen
The opponents Of Coach Ward point out that
since the victories in 1898. 1899 and 1900 Penn
syVania has been less than moderately success
ful. The crew Of 1906 which second to
Cornell, was Pennsylvanias best since 1900
Some Of this talk has been heard before, but
never has it been said openly and clearly
that unless Ellis Ward makes good this year
his term of usefulness IS Ward has been
at Pennsylvania since 1879 unusually long
term of activity a coach.
As predicted when the weights were an
nounced for the rich mile and quarter specials
the Brooklyn. Suburban and Brighton handi-
caps of $4,000 each-the aIlotments by the Off
cial Handicapped met the approval of owners
and trainers This was plainly indicated by the
few horses declared last week at s15 each The
liability is now 1925 in each if a horse does
not start for the rich prize.
The death of Persimmon. which woE the
Derby in 1896 for King Edward, has robbed the
English turf of one Of its most successful sires
Before the accident Persimmon valued at
5000 600 1t Is estimated that his earnings
sire during the year would have amounted TO
$4,000. During the seven years he repre-
sented the turf his get 40 races, Of
total value of s624,075
Automobiles have expressed themselves as
well pleased with the plan to have the annual
tour of the American Automobile Association
for the Glidden trophy start at Buffalo during
, the week Of July g. The route will be decided
at the meeting of the touring board.
HERBERT.
coon Y 8TY{YTNE IN CTEHT