The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-07

Or. Hand Explains to Students
What Rules Were intended
TO Overcome.

A. A. {. problems before the students
of Oahu College yesterday morning and
passed under the eligibility rules. The
bows pat abou, SIX leading questions up
10 him and he answered like he had
attended twenty periods week on ath-
letics alone The students first wanted
70 know if membership in the A. \. L.
would prevent oahu College from com
petrng with schools that do not Join !?
Doctor Hand 5 reply was "Yes. If a
school refuses to Join it Is the same as
admitting that it Is crooked in athletics
and does not wish to abide by fair
rules.
'.Would it prevent individuals Of the
school from representing other organiza-
tons such as the Punahou Alumni Club
and the Myrtle Boat Club as they do
now?' was the next query from the
Puns
s'If individuals are members of the \.
A. u Doctor Hand responded. "they
can be members of as many clubs as
thew can afford, but they can not rep
resent those clubs in athletics unless
those clubs are in the A. A. T. and they
can not represent more than one club in
the same event within one year from
the date of their last performance. -
Doctor Hand explained that this rule
was to prevent what is known as club
humping so that a man could not change
over to another club and play against
his own team in the same series or
come INTO competition twice against the
: la h.,
A. A. T.. however, has a special college
clause. the doctor said, permitting mem
bers of school teams TO play with other
organizations during the vacation
period
The third question was: eff Oahu
College does not join the A. A. c.. but
Individual students take out member
ship cards, will these students be per
mitted to play on Oahu College teams 2 .
EYES, replied the doctor, con base
ball, basketball and football teams, pro-
vded the teams they play against do
not belong to the A. A. T., that is, pro
vided that none of the players with
whom or against whom ne is playing
are paid players. The idea of this
rule is as Doctor Hand explained, to
prevent members of the A. A. L. from
playing against their own organization
in participating in games with nom
members
"How would failure to join the A.
A. U. out here affect the amateur stand
ing of Oahu College graduates when
they 90 to the States?'' was the fourth
query fired To this Doctor Hand an
swered:
'.If the A. A. L. is organized here
and an individual refuses to support 1t.
he will be asked the reason why, and it
will be up to him.. - Hand then ex-
planned that man might have a legiti
mate reason as for instance, the doctor
said he might only participate in base
ball and football, which as sport does
not come under the jurisdiction of the
A. A. e., and if he could satisfy the
A, A. Z. board of governors that he
had not taken part in games with pro
fessionals or received money himself
for playing and there was no one TO
dispute his record, the A. A. l. might
take him in when he went to the States
The fifth question put was: If
schools and colleges on the mainland do
not consider it TO their advantage to
'
nolulu schools do so?''
''All schools, secondary schools and
colleges either belong directly TO the A.
A. L., to the collegiate branch of the
A. \. e.. or to the Public School
League which Is affiliated with the \.
4. u
The sixth and last question to which
Doctor Hand was called upon to respond
was; "As football and baseball, two
Of the three sports in which schools are
most interested. are not IN the JurisdIc-
ten Of the A A l.. what would their
status be as compared with track ath-
letlcs over which the \. A. Z. does
claim jurisdiction. Article TX Of the
constitution
The A. A. u Doctor Hand said,
does not claim jurisdiction over base
oail, basketball or football. but they do
claim jurisdiction over the player, a.
regards the Kind Of prizes and a TO
whether ne receives pay for playing or
pays with OF against professional play
ers =
after The question and answer class
adjourned, Doctor Hand discussed the
ihte7seholastlc League situation. which
mas become somewhat strained Of late.
VITA President GritfIch- and group Of
students. The difference IN grades be
tween the schools here competing to-
gefher in athletics : chiefly responsible
Tor the difficulty in formulating rules
OF eligibility which viii maintain
Iairly equal basis between the schools
ne eod-ses at the kamehameha Schools
taAe the students through two years OF