New-York tribune., 1910-12-26
Athletics = Baseball Bowling = Golf Automoblng Other Sports

voted TO working out severa, other nrob-
lens No question is more pertinent tbar
the one Of ser,i-professionaIisr, in raseh.II
or summer baseball as il has cor,. 70 he
caiieo- Inc amateur question ,n all its
phases is another that is still open. i
oroao oenn,tion for an amateur has beer
PROMISED Tor some time. but IL Is hard 70
IHa1fe tor two or three years now able
one might say profound, treatises have
oeen prepared and read on the subjects
n,enuoned The trouble is there has been
100 much theory and too little practice
too much Of the ideal and too little of the
practical
II may be asking too much that the asso-
ciation should solve the complex problem
this year, but at least some definite policy
shoulo oe outlined guide 70 those col
ieges who may care to follow it Summer
baseball IS prohibited in some educational
institutions, overlooked in some and OPEN
iy allowed in others Summer baseball is
not the greatest Of athletic sins, but sum
mer baseball when INDUCED in for the sake
or gain opens the way TO many evils and
snlirches the amateur standing. not only of
the individual but of the team. There
should be no half way measures. a COL
tese man IS either an amateur or he is not,
and the one who plays for money should
be made 10 accept the consequences.
The poor oppressed baseball player who
earns from s2,0o0 to 5000 or more for six
months work or play will have another
grievance next season He must pay $50
for his new uniforms and out of his own
pocket.
Il begins 10 look as If an innocent little
purter, backed up by a ruling Of old St.
Andrews that is anything but discrinlinat-
ing and enlightening, would bring about in
ternal dissension which will work a great
sr harm TO the sport Of golf in this country
Than fiat declaration of independence from
the ruling body of Great Britain. Golfers
are divided over the question to wheth-
er the action OF the rules committee abroad
in barring the mallet headed putter shall
be recognized The Garden City Golf Club
has declared in favor of following the rul-
ing a number of the Western clubs about
Chicago are said TO be in the same hurlor.
The Plainfeld Country Club. on the other
hand, has declared strongly against follow
ing blindly In the footsteps of the ruling
body in Great Britain, and other clubs are
known to be in sympathy with this posi-
ton. What q merry little warfare will be
waged at the annual meeting in Chicago
next month,-and all over silly ruling
which. so far as 1 can see, has little or
nothing to recommend it. AS said in this
column z week ago, the controversy mas
reached a point out Of all proportion to its
merit. No question Of loyalty should be
raised. as no basic principle of golf is in
volved- The United States Golf Associa-
tiun would do well 10 make ruling of its
own on the subject, without any thought
or care for what has been done in Great
Britain
The old saying that a man cannot serve
two masters was well illustrated by Alfred
De ORC last week. For three short weeks
the brilliant Cuban held two worlds titles
at pool and three cushion billiards, but his
effort to turn from one game TO the other
did not meet its just reward De Orc lost
his three-cusIlion billiard title 10 John DAILY
and will lose his pool title also II he con-
tinues 10 Jump from one game to another,
when they are so dianetrically opposed
Most OF the rowing colleges, including
Yale and Cornell, are clamoring for race
with Princeton, which will put a crew on
the water next year for intercollegiate rae
ing for the first time IN thirty years The
return Of the Tigers TO the sport in a broad
e- sense Is welcome, and the faculty, as
well as the undergraduates, is TO be con-
graduated for making this condition pos
sible Rowing will be the gamer.
I welcome this opportunity to extend to
all nv friends and readers greetings Tor
+be season HERBERT.