New-York tribune., 1910-12-30

many Of the rules. A fourth thinks the
referee and umpire have too much to do: a
! fifth that the officials were slow in signal
! ling that the bali was dead the result De
| ing that piling on the runner was allowed.
One of the reports, signed by a prominent
coach, expresses the opinion that the ON
cialS were too strict in the matter OF the
use of hands and offside play, and not
strict enough on kneeing, piling up. crawl
| ing and unnecessary roughness. one col
/ lege considers the system of selecting ON
cials to have a tendency TO produce clasS
OF unnecessarily highly paid umpires. whose
interest in their work is not g3verneen gea.ras ny
| complain OF the high charge or or1claiS
which seems to be prohibitive in some small
colleges. In some OF the Western stales Il
appears that no good coaches are to be had
except at heavy expense in the case OF
/ officials brought in from other sections OF
the country.
The Question of Baseball.
| Fourtf-Are the rules on amateurism In
baseball enforced in your locality?
| This question worded unfortunately.
since ii is not possible to say with exact
ness whether the rules are enforced in a
given locality or not. IT would have been
better to have phrased the question as to
apply to the institution reporting. In New
England, for instance, about half the col
| Ieges try 10 enforce amateur rules strictly,
and others do not Thirty-five colleges re-
ported that they were enforcing the rules
and nine others that they were enforcing
them fairly well: two others. that they were
enforcing them except regards summer
ball. These forty-six colleges apparently
approve OF strict amateur rules. Eighteen
colleges reported that the rules We're not
icing enforced in their locality, and four
others that they were rot being enforced
the rules were being enforced better than
previously.
Fifth-What Is your solution Of the sum-
mer ball problem?
| Il appears from the replies to this ques-
| ton that twenty-nine colleges allow sum
rneT ball. though in some cases with Ger
1 Tao. for
bid summer ball. or at least playing paI
! in the summer for money. One college Of
| fers as solution Of the problem that the
game should be abolished IL the rules
against summer ball cannot be enforced
| Another college recommends that the game
of baseball in colleges be abandoned, since
II has proved impossible to enforce the rule.
One institution In the association has al
ready dropped baseball, because summer
ball and professionalism could not he eiIll-
mated One institution thinks that the oues-
ton will settle itself with the growth of the
principles OF amateuTism, while an6tner
/ through state or sectional agreements work
| ing toward amateurtsrn.
Hard to Control Baseball.
! Much of interest was brought out in the
carefully prepared reports of the repre-
sentatives from the various districts. Pro-
fessor r. ". Marvel. OF Brown University,
In speaking for the New England colleges
| and incorporated a resolution adopted at
| the third annual meeting Of the Association
! of New England Colleges for Conference on
| Athletics which was as follows!
| The committee on summer baseball be-
| lieves that ali athletic sports in colleges
should be on strictly amateur basis We
believe that playing on summer baseball
| teams. that expression IS usually under
| stood is ininical 70 this standard. We do
not deem It advisable to recommend rules
! to control summer baseball in all the col
leges represented. as We appreciate that
different conditions exist in each college,
but we do believe that al colleges should
| work rapidly as possible through their
own rules and through their league agree
! ments TO secure a strictly amateur rule
We believe rhat the DEVELOPMENT of IN
tramura, sports will assist greatly in the
attainment Of this standard. and we recon-
ro~rd their erccura cement.
Professor Marvel also gave some stafis-
tics on football, which were well received
In reply TO a list Of questions to twenty
one educational institutions II developed
that OF thirteen answers received onlv three
reported any serious injuries, and not one
q IA atality. OF the six serious injuries the
opinion was expressed that most of them
were purely accidental which might have
happened In any strenuous sport.
AS to minor injuries two colleges re-
ported that there were more under the new
rules, five that there were less and six
answered that Il was about the same To
the general questions DO the new rules
tend to decrease serious injuries?" all an
sHered yes; while to the question
do the new rules tend to decrease minor
| injuries?' nine answered yes and two
| answered no" Professor Marvel wound
up by saying that he could report a dis
tinct Improvement in the ethical side OF
sports and q more lively interest in ath-
letic activities.
The same happy vein ran through the
reports Of the representatives from the
other districts Professor Byer, of Iowa
! State College said that the institutions in
his district at q conference in Kansas
/ City had ordered the abolishment OF the
/ training table; that freshmen should not
/ play in an Intercollegiate contest: that no
/ student should be a member OF more than
! two intercollegiate athletic teams In one
year, and that athletic games on Thanks
giving Day should be abolished. He added
that summer baseball and its attendant
/ evils were considered more important than
! football In the Middle West and that IL
was the opinion of bis associates that the
question could be solved only in one of two
! ways:
Abolish baseball as an intercollegiate
sport, OF permit 1t under restrictions. the
/ observation of which could he enforced by
/ honest men OF average intelligence
lie said further that in letter on foot