New-York tribune., 1909-04-04
AMATEURSIN BASEBALL
4 NEW RULE SUGGESTED.
Would Make College Standing Test
-Tzc0 Professors Disagree.

State College. and Professor A. A. FIagg, Of Chi
cago University take opposing views OF ens 81 shs
most knetty problems OF college athletics. the
teuF status OF the college man who plays Baseball
with professional semi-profsssioual mines during
the summer vacation
More trouble has been caused by college beys
joining BASEBALL mines and playing for money or is
equivalent during the summer months than ey ali
of the oIher so-caled e=lls of amateur athletics"
recently remarked a well knasva edseata- Uhe -
closely Identified with the intercollegiate Athletic
Association OF the United states "oRs Of the
fundamentals OF The amateur Law is that who
makes athletic skill of earning living
is professional Under this accepted provision all
college men Who play in minor leagues u on hotel
mines during vacation and receive paw for IL be-
come ineligible contestants in intercollegiate
games"
Some colleges permit summer baseball playing.
preTerring 10 accept any evils due to this cause
rather than those due attempted but Ineffective
efforts to prevent it, Brown University and Penn
sylvania state College have joined the Intereele-
giate Athletic Association. and actively
assisting in the solution Of this vexaoJ.s problem
Professor Judson P Welsh. of Pennsylvania State.
defines the attitude of his eoIsgs as follows.
I am greatly interested in the work of the In
.terccileglate Athletic Associatious COMMITTEES
not know how long Il w tsks ths ajSrity e
S9lieZeS , to get to It. but feel positive thar ne
OF this question This win De based on funda-
cationaI institutions. not athletic associations
Athletics is one Of the manifestations OF eolsss
college no matter what he has been before Or
af DO n RI mqB fBs ig n r. 4s sSgy 95 Thss re ax
and attending to college duties. is integral part
His first duty is to maintain good. scholarship
If he can do this and have some time left for
college sports It is right for him e, e ePKase IN
Is coming when intercollegiate contests vtn ee
athletic field large enough 10 aecoE1modats al
students inclined @ 70 engage in college games 81
be between classes and college organizstio tions IN
tests continue. no set Of rules or definitions VIII
ever be devised that can keep a genuine student
3ias smed ae6a 9Hs{ them boss s So
ue!lLs ge1ause t!ley nave AZ S..i-5 ne -
honesty and tear down stan staadsrs q scaoIsrssp
views Of those Who would Ike % see schoiarzP
Amateur Cas regards college studentsl shAn
mean student in fun standing in college. taxing
Who has attended college not fess man One yssr
This ne dsnniT2n . PTssqPpCsss m the foSSls an
trance conditions, other conditions.
by the faculty after he has been one year IN col
He must bs IN sttendanes throushout the en-
tire college wear He must not drop out at the
D A student can represent hts college only three
Nov, suppose all colleges we've OF such a basis.
,+ me %hoS Vsq s go ggssSen 81 . tsyy ~ psbe9
the colleges under such conditions He would not
give VI. a good position on league team to sat5
isfy entrance requirements and maintain good
standing in college for year s ~ IN % oTas 70 saks s
iege under these CONDITIONS it would be for ths
purpose Of gettins an education: & e that that sssnE
q professional and become a student he would
life, and his college would be entitled 10 his rep
resentation in athletic contests as much as Il he
Ts' plan n has sss % foofa s sG G an ps s2
70 deceive 1t does not raise the eusstioP q pro
a professionaI II shuts the real professional out
pse the f faGgs saes not not rd 1Hs the gussS
OF summer baseball. II a student can make money
the same freedom as the book agent.
Professor A 4 stagz Of Chicago University.
gives following statement from point Of view
directly opposed 70 that of Professor Welsh:
II must be Acknowledged that the enforcement
Of the amateur rule for baseball in our colleges
has caused our athletic committees more trouble
than all the other sports combined Fhis is due to
the E,1t folloEing reasons son f -,ons b Dlsvtnx
person VII earns II happens 70 be a worthy fsl-
small minority of our faculty This favorabls
opinion lends support to the cause OF such base
ball men wish TO use their skill for gain
Second-Because the baseball PLAYERS tnernsetyes
have made studied effort to prevent their I PrO1,ss-
under assumed names or oy playlIng n reaoSs noe
parts Of the coun ry or BY ostenSioIy ning 5nsa5
Third@Becauss the failure Of some institutions
ganization or from gross neslsehee OF ne - ssn
scisntious athletic committees eoTrespondinsy
harder
Fourth-Because the composition Of some Of cur
athletic committees consisting Of students. aIurant
and members OF the faculty, Is distinctly unfavoT-
aSIe to the enforcement Of such rules as viii WORK
hardship 10 their teams
III must be also acknowledged thet the ENFORCE
nent OF eligibility rules has failed more ~ eo
nection with baseball than with any other line OK
sport. - -. -
rortuptfes for deception in this form or at1letcA
due to the fact that baseball is played in Thousands
OF cities and all over this great conntry.
The American loves win, and we are W1Li1S %
nav the price This creates wide demand 1or
good baseball players. and certain type OF coIess
Siayer sooner or later gets involved MoreoTer ns
inanasers OF these teams, approaching Jne Pesl1on
in Which college men placed, ana unoerstano-is
,bsr tbay viii he debarred from their college teams
A. Ibsv are known 10 have played for salary. have
entered into leagues with college men Wne ars
willing 10 hire themselves out and protect tnen IN
every way they possibly can