New-York tribune., 1910-12-07
Timely BITS Of SPORT
Princeton Basketball Team May
Lose It's Amateur Standing.
POSITION OF UNION STATED
Luther n. Gulick Issues State
ment Warning Athletes Not
30 Play Unregistered Teams

Luther n Crulck chairman Of the No
ticnaI Basketball Committee Of the Anna
teur Athletic Union, mas stated The poSf
ton which the organization he represents
will take with reference 20 college avn
Ietics While deprecatius the ioea 'h1'
the union wishes 70 interfere WIN t"e
athletic sport in the colleges Mr.. QUICK
and the committee wish to preserve the IN
tegrity Of the amateur standing In dis-
cussing the question IL is affirmed that tne
Princeton basketball team and Brooklyn
Prep. school five will he disqualified If they
play certain teams their schedules
The statement reads as follows:
Some persons have the impression that
the Amateur Athletic Union wishes 10 con-
troll athletic sport in colleges. NhSi me
Amateur Athletic Union desires 10 do 1s 10
and the main object of this control Is 10
see that athletic sport shall be fair ano
fairly conducted II desires to keep out tne
professional from competition with the
anna teur. It wishes TO eliminate those VINO
7 compete Under assumed names. II Wlsnes
to eliminate those who have been suspend
| ed for violation of the rules OF clean sport
and SO on. in dong this II has TWO mayor
methods: one for the Identification or the
individual (this is registratlon); the otner
for the identification of the games (tn1s is
sanCtOnJ.
In basketball the Amateur Athletic
Union says that any person competing
without registration and without SANCTION
will not be eligible to compete IN any
sport governed by the Amateur Athletic
Union This is not an attempt to contro
the athletics of any other bodies II is
an attempt TO keep athletic sport within
the Amateur Athletic Union as clean as
| [,osSible by Sa wing to young men that II
they wish TO compete in games under the
sanction of the Amateur Athletic Union
/ they must live up to the regularly estab-
/ lished rules Of clean sport, If college, a
! preparatory school. an industrial asSocia-
| ton. a church or a lodge desires TO have
athletic sport in which cash prizes are
! offered and in which professionals are al
| lowed to compete with amateurs, the
| Amateur Athletic Union has not WORD
! TO say. but the individuals competing in
| such games cannot thereafter compete IN
Amateur Athletic Union.
Failure to understand these things
brings these other bodies particularly
educational institutions, frequently into
| unfortunate relations with the Amateur
| Each year at the beginning of the bas-
| ketbaH season the Amateur Athletic
| Union Of the United States. through its
| sary conflict with educational institutions
/ IN relation TO their playing aShetban with
/ teams from non-educational institutions.
and year after year much Ill feeling is
: caused when the Amateur Athletic Enion
| announces that the players on such and
such team have automatically disquall-
teir Athletic Union are perfectly clear
/ those that take part in open sport must
/ be registered; and all open games must
De sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic
/ tnion, or some one of its allied bodies
/ that has the power to grant sanctions for
I open games, such as the 7. NJ G. A
With the announcement of this college
I team or that school team that has been
disqualified much hard feeling usually
crops out, and as d result the players that
desire to compete in track and field sports
/ are forced 10 apply TO the Amateur Athletic
/ Union for reinstatement Now. why have
i this trouble year after year. Is II not
much better for those in charge of inter
/ collegiate and scholastic sport TO investi-
matter of fact. Princeton University has
announced a basketball game with q team
/ III create New York that is not an 4. A.
/ [. OF Y. NJ c. A team. Therefore the
| if they play that game I notice a prom
/ inent prep. school of Brooklyn has sched-
uled a game with a team that is not reg
istered with the A. a. L. or 7. VI. z. A.
! If this particular Brooklyn Drep. school
plays that game it must then forfeit all Of
/ the games II has scheduled with Brooklyn
/ lies Schools Athletic League. because the
/ Public Schools Athletic League is a mem
ber of the Metropolitan Association of the
A A. Z and should any one of its players
4. A [. the boys would disquaufy them
selves.
No transfer of control developed yester-
DAY at the annual meeting of the Boston
National Baseball Club. John P. Harris
of Pittsburg who bought George Doveys 3
interest after the latter death. was elected
! presidert and John s G. DOvey was elect
cd treasurer. Mr.. Harris announced that
he believed in q minority representation.
and therefore William H. Russell. OF New
York who purchased Fred Tenneys stock
few months ago. was made director
:. :. Robertson, counsel for Mr.. Harris,
was made the other director.