New-York tribune., 1909-01-03

fancy and was endeavor!ng to raise the standard
q college athletics without representing itself as
governing b5dy IN any sense OF the word He e1-
r,aired that every institution welcome to
-oll on the declared object, as expressed IN the
constitution for the regulation and supervision OF
college athletics n order that they may be main
tained ethical plane In keeping with me
dignity and high purpose Of education.
L vas plain that some = the delegates, IN their
effort 70 reach the ideal condition too quickly were
carried away by suggestions not altogether prac-
tica be while others believed that tie evils OF semi
professionalism must be educated out, and not
gislated out. The convention came 10 an ehd
however, IN absolute peace and harmony
Professor Judson p, WeIch, of the Pennsylvania
State Agricultural College, and Professor Chase'
q Tufts who took the place of " l. Metzehli'l~iI
argued on the affirmative side OF the debate or
sumner baseball while Professor T. J barIeIt
T Dartmouth, and Professor A A stage OF M
cago argued II the negative
Professor Welch declared that man who earned
money during summer vacations playin baseOai!
was no more professional than the man VINO
worked At other occupations to get through COZ
,esa
:sz-.,,7,, l,noyvs that nearly al the college
trans have. been padded with professional play
ers % he said; and, he noticed me 0Asse1-'i"s
attitude Of some OF the delegates adue1' 80
.,-, nv co,sFe or your college, but our coege5-
-r+..a men have no class standing, prepare no
r.z-,-z go to no recitations. This should hoI %
tolerated We should have men who are sluuei-'''
But why legislate against men VINO are lIo' pa
fess,oraIs at heart and simply accept money 70
Dlav baseball in summer 10 heIP PaS '' '
getting educatonE g, .1o+
o,m ,,la+ ne care 20 know OF a player Is thai
he s in good collegiate standing We need go no
further than that He must not Ds Co--9s
tramp. a baseball loafer: he must De up IA ms
studies and Conscientious college H'~'
ali that should be necessary.
"A.rratIca!lv We are not comparable TO European
nations \ few OF men may suTpass' oU' nm
,7-e5 To hundred We not IN the same c-aSS'
Professor E J Bartlett, IN arguing on tle mega
u "a. ss;a that the colleges which regarded
,-,-lf-, ss the only -equsition for etgieliily %
rla- tr c-Ilege contests were going back 70 ue GUN
dirIons that were prevalent twenty-five yeas aSo as
before he amateur regulation was eSlaO
ado11rion of this code by any college "Out' DO 60,
r,art justification subject the institution 10 00
..,r,r colleges are primarily educational instita-
,,orz lie declared: "they not physical framing
schools birpodrornes box offices. II IS tne uu''
~ institutions 70 stand for honesty and fair pay
and should not have the lce4 ii'o'-- '
to win but must
.,r,,a MIGRATORY. the subsidized, the perpetual
lite &c ,gr,aliy associated with men who make
money from sport not that they are professional
.t-+az ard are all evil. but that the environment
- ~, ,er7r-a1iors are harmful. The college attn
Ito breathing this air becomes hardened ne can
--+ t,acoroa accustomed 70 playing without proht
Tho sneaker went on 70 tell Of now the man WAo
took mar, in professional athletics had oad IN
ggerce On his fellow players. The best IN coiese
athletics are not produced from me pI0les9io a.
he said in closing his arguments the eIna' : :
- z-,-r from the men IN the game for the love ot
the game alone ,, ...,
pr6fassor II. C. Chase OF Tufts College theh
took nm the affirmative side. He malItalheu a1 "a
the sumner bali player was no worse @,a,,a .l@ do
amateur who had his way through ccllese i'
- for him by getting privileges and beng e1
ctSed from TecitatlOns- r..
~ --.r+ed t. know u the professional VINO
rra.-a5 for money was any more 1etTlHlehl@4 " ~
college than the athlete who accepted eo!u S1''
and Ike valuable prizes He TeleIIeo 10 -.
zZ-fer. the Harvard fuHback and asked where tI'r
difference lay between keeping the "atch pl GO
to hin! bv aduiring friends and returning l.-e -
the balance OF the amount coiiecteo - -
,v.tgb He suggested d cure in the aooh''on "a "a
..-, courses iy the faculty. which "ou!o TeSU''
f. lzaer,inc the 1nel up to their work
The training table, the box ONCE fecelp's Anu
the unlimited athletic schedules SAID FF"IeSSo
chase IRE points Of which the athletic anll3orl-
g. met Ike notice. The colleges should be d.
,-f5e3 into classes according 10 size, ana tAs
would in a good measure do away WITH this IN
tense rivalry which Is utterly out OF proloLIoiI 49,
the importance Of the event Inc oIiLl1u4'' u
summer baseball and other problems can ne met
,rly by ethical education Tho students must De
s,ad with the spirit OF fair play before anything
can he accomplished
The rule now IN force against summer baseball
has failed 10 cure the evil on paper IT may 90
so hot in practice It has failed
The negative closed the direct argument win
the address Of Professor A A Stagg- He SAID
that to allow professionals TO compete in American
college sports would lead to athletic anarchy. 10
let the bars down for summer players In beseba!i
would mean that the other teams "ouio pe o'el
run with professionals.
.~7-r,e ouestiou as to whether he were gentle
man said Professor stage, would be secondary
to the question as 10 whether ne "efs so'o
player" III,
TrofessionaIs and declared that neither students
-or r,Iavars would be benefited This influence
would go back 10 the secondary schools and affect
ing the students in their formative age. would be
an evil
He smoke Of the marked Improvement in the game
ip the last lew years and said that the training
+abIa which he was strongly in favor OF some
three years ago when It was abolished in Chicago
University, a source OF trouble ana coirup
ton The high tone OF the athletic teams as II
exists at present with its reactonaTy influence
mon the student body generally, he said. woult
he entirely lost II professionalism Of any kind wa:
permitted to creep into the colleges. that fouI
Iangllage brutality, unfair tactics would return
10 the colleges f professionals were on the team
The moral force Of athletics would be destroyed
he said and then gave II as his opinion that h'
would rather see all athletics abolished in the col
leges than To have summer ball players on The
teams
In Tebuttal, Professor Ne!ch SAID that SO lar d
he could all hands were reaching TO the same
end and that the only difference how TO 20
about IT, Professor Bartlett, also in rebuttal gave
an instance Of what had happened al Dartmouth
last year. He said that eleven men. including
the captain, had been declared ineligible 10 play
on account OF summer baseball, and that II was
necessary to build Up entirely new team. The
eleven men remained ia college and did their best
10 help along by mixing nine for tho purpose
Of PLAYING games with the Taw recruits. The
new team he said. vas beaten again and again IN
the early games but at the end OF the season and