The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-22

Endorsing summer baseball and op-
posing the plan for a board Of gov
ernors to determine the eligibility
of players, the Associated students Of
Whitman college this morning took
a backward step in the compaign for
better college athletics. The meeting
was held for the purpose of instruct
ing delegates who are to attend the
conference of the big Six at Seattle
full student body
The students at the local college
want their athletes, who may play
summer baseball allowed to take part
in college athletics. This was an un-
expected move on the part Of the local
college, as at a meeting last night
the students voted to abide by the
present rule; regarding professional
ism and even adopted such resolu-
ton at the meeting this morning. The
baseball resolution follows:
eff the question Of summer baseball
comes up at the conference, we favor
permitting man to take part in col
lege athletics who plays summer
baseball provided he does not play
on any regularly organized league"
Regularly organized league" was ex-
planned by Vincent Borleske, who
introduced the resolution, to mean
where a player has to sign to stay
through the season. such as the North
western and Pacific Coast leagues,
which are the only ones in this part
of the country. 1t would not mean
playing in a league such as was oper
ated here last summer.
An objection was at once raised that
the students could not consistently
instruct their delegates both ways,
that a resolution had already been
adopted to stay by the old rule, and
that the new rule would directly con-
flict. Also the objection was raised
that it would professionalize all the
men who played with the team and
that it would simply mean wiping out
amateur sport in colleges.
Captain Borleske explained that by
saying that the colleges could deter
mine among themselves what is
meant by professionalism and that in
the east and middle west they are
allowing summer ball. He stated that
in some schools in the west 1t is now
allowed the athletes to participate in
games where prizes not exceeding $25
are given. But he said here a base
ball man cannot play for any money,
u. rules he stated. all the college ath-
letes are professionals anyway, as they
have played with professionals and
against them. at some time or other.
In fairness to baseball men, he asked
for recommendation favoring sum-
mer ball. The resolution was over
whelmingly adopted.
Following are other resolutions
adopted by the student association Of
the college at their meeting directly
after chapel this morning:
81. That Whitman is not ready to
vote members Of the preparatory de-
partments Of the conference college
out Of varsity athletics.
"2. That the students Of the con-
ference colleges shall continue to have
a voice in making Of the conference
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the rules shall be left entirely in the
hands Of the different faculties
"3. That no athlete shall be per-
mitted to play more than four years
of varsity athletics, and that the in
terpretation Of this should be that four
years Of varsity athletics includes
four years Of work in any branch Of
athletics.
II. That the present conference rul-
ing regarding professionalism shall be
supported.
"5. That in the case where one stu
dent comes from the preparatory de-
partment Of one college or univer-
sity and enters the freshman class of
another varsity athletic work which
he did in his preparatory work shall
be counted against him as regards
both the one year and the four year