The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-06-20
COLLEGES AND THE A. A. u.
James r.. sullivan Tells what Csn he Dom
to Raise the Amateur Standard. a

James Z. Sullivan, president Of the Anna
teur Athletic Union. recently answered for
the Yale Ddiiv Neus q question about
the colleges could best doto help the A, A. u.
in its task Of raising amateur standards.
Mr.. Sulli an was of the opinion that the
colleges should unite in refusing to meet
opponents who permitted athletes TO COM
pete in defiance Of the amateur law. and
he. suggested that it as the duty OF tbs
In q better way. He said he believed great
improvements h d been made in the CON-
duet Of college s ath.e ~ sbs sn aqes sdd i@nrov..
think. S one respect IN which the colleges
can cal; imp Towh the 81 STATE ies Fl aaai1s' v daebe q
though they occupy, q prominent place m
the field of competitive sport. play men
on their teams whose amaseur STAINS un,9sos as
when any complaint is made over their
PLAYERS take refuge in the defence that they
have iesitimate right to define their own
~conine their. activities to intracolleeiate
competition %ast o9 sbs when sbe ahe Say ask nc o' riHht c0 To-
attempt TO disregard the conventional
meaning OF the word amateur and to de-
a sne inc s 10 tSeif 81 ia q %ah an r sie.' esa1s
friction on this point shows c~onclusively
the need for some organization with q mem.
6e Tsi Pr o CO ib p coq sas more important
u This calls for a tribunal with power,
and the way TO organize It. IN my opinion.
Is ns iSr w the eSlle : eo ofs snt tsst ln plsy ss s 3 pse-
f~essional on its team could not play with
any other college. This is one way and the
true way OF bringing any one pSI,lc .r go,
obey a fixed set Of laws. II a college per-
sists in playing men on its teams VINO are
known to have transRressed the law u -
the duty Of other colleges to instruct its
managers to cease scheduling games with
hat institution.
snort sTsef feI is ne 6S pi msn In w sS%p sas tn s~fssIs
crossed the line. and turned professional.
Not that there Is any objection TO a man
Of his doing so he should come out In the
open and compete with the men In his class:
One mears Of helping amateur sport that
Is not only TO keen It's own name above
suspicion but also to give teams playing
men who are known to be professionals a
sHPerhaps the greatest. work WHICH swaits
the college In the field of sport Ii the forma.
ton Of an ihterscholastic association to
Union OF the United States has been re-
peafedly, asked % resuists schSUlsoy
believing that this regulation should be
done, by the colleges. which are by naturs
a. an interseholastic champion Or an inter
se ht1S so,s record sId,ol NeaT syy.c AZ .ss so msess
regulate the events, laws and rules them-
selves and there is absolutely no association
OF affairs Ia absolutely wrong.
The various problems involved call for
serious consideration o N the part 81 the
III there Is any one organization that IL at
all qualified to take up the work II - the
intercollegiate Athletic. Association. In the
task the colleges should create a tribulnal
that would unity the laws Of l~nterscholastic
sport and afford q board Of appeal open to
the boys through their representatives
In the different schools y