The San Francisco call., 1909-10-03
Rules Govern
St. Mary's and
Santa Clarans
Entrance Eligibility Ended Oc-
fOber /, and Both Teams
Will Begin Activities
By WILL SCARLET

Beginning with tomorrow active
preparations for the years athletic ac-
tivities will be in order at the two
leading Catholic colleges of Cali
fornia-Santa Clara and st. Mary's.
During September the thought upper
most In the minds of athletic authori-
ties at both institutions was to secure
and sift available athletic material
among the new students. This was no
easy task, since al both centers of
usually large
The athletic agreement entered into
Stack of santa clara &c college and nd
Brother Joseph of st. Mary's laws down
certain and specific and detailed rules
concerning enfs IN t the eligibipty of contest
two colleges. The points which have
time are the following:
NO student shall be eligible to COM
pete unless he be in actual attendance
by October / of the college year in
which the competitions take place.
A student entering college on or be-
Tore October /, and thereafter leaving
college during his first four months.
shall make himself ineligible for COM
year"
In accordance with these rulings
contestants in football. basket ball,
Mary's and Santa Clara during the
scholastic year of 1909-10 can be drawn
only from the. students who were reg
istered at their respective colleges not
later than Friday. October /. Students
entering either college from now on
WIZ not be permitted to take part in
the year
In order. to outwir the willy busher.
VINO would register during September
ana then lay off until the click of the
pat awoke awokA him in the spring,
the agreement declares any student not
IN regular attendance during October
Novemper % and December ineligible to
compete. This ruling is hailed with de-
light by those who look for the highest
athletic interests of both colleges.
other rulings for the benefit of the
real or prospective busher are the fol-
No student who has al any time dur
lig the college year played on a team
college shall be allowed TO compete in
any intercollegiate contest. An excep-
tlon to this rule may be made in the
case of one who during the month of
September has played on a team not
representing his own college. provided
that such team be strictly amateur.
NO student who during the summer
vacation has played on any team of or
ganized or so called outlaw baseball.
/. e., Coast, Northwestern or California
state leagues, shall be eligible to COM
pete in any intercollegiate contest
No person shall compete who is not
an amateur according to the ruling of
the amateur athletic association of
America, exception being made. how
ever. with regard to summer baseball
as already indicated"
From now on active preparations are
in order at both colleges for the Rugby
contest to be held at San Francisco
Thanksgiving day. Neither college
team has so far set it's stride The
players who will take part in the big
game are not likely to be definitely
chosen until within week of Thanks
giving day. The practice games which
the Catholic collegians are al present
holding with the universities of Cali
forn1a, Stanford. Nevada and the Pacific
are, developing some excellent material,
both at st. Mary's and Santa Clara.
The athletic agreement signed by the
authorities at both colleges will be in
force until June 25, 1912. Other rul-
ings concerning the eligibility of con-
testantS are the following:
mo regular undergraduate student
taking less than three hours of college
work daily shall be allowed to compete
in any intercollegiate contest
No special student, that is, one not
following a regular course or class.
shall be allowed to compete during the
10 college months following his en-
trance.
mo graduate shall be eligible to
compete unless he be in a course lead
ing to degree.
No graduate student shall compete
for more than one year.
No student shall be eligible to COM
pete for more than six years.
"A student leaving st. Mary's to enter
Santa Clara, or vice versa. shall be in
eligible to compete against his former
college for one entire year"