New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-12-31
BASEBALL AS A BENEFIT
Bio Majority Of Colleges Believe
in the Game.
HOW IT MAY BE IMPROVED
Seventeen Institutions Adm"
That the Amateur Law Is
Not Enforced.

>, Tho so-caIled summer baseball evil. the
r.,or, in detail compiled by Professor
Frank ". Nicolson is interesting.
RESPONSES TO the letter Of inquiry sent
o,,, nv the association were received from
100 different institutions, and the general
attitude on the all-important question
clearly indicated in the comprehensive sum
mary prepared by Professor Nicolson- IL
follows:
First-In YOUR opinion Is college baseball.
az now PLAYED. a benefit 10 your insttu-
ton? ., 4,
the a affirmative though thirteen make GER
tain qualifications; four colleges are douDt-
mi two OF them replying Yes ana no
eight colleges reply IN the n .,tLnn ollsge.
Shurtleff College Washington GnIEeIsIy,
Western Reserve University ana I gs ~
versitv Of Southern California. Inc ne H. IT,
lowing colleges do not play baseball: ia
yerford Lewis Institute, Park CoHees' Ian
isle Indian school. the IniVersly o, III ~.
taua the University Of Nebrasks anu VEG
Massachusetts Institute OF Tecnnoiosy.
The T-niversity Of Nebraska reports tnat
baseball was dropped there because no
college team I'm that section. inciudlns OF
own, could meet the pressInnt, oa1e Confer-
Missouri Valley and the chicago Coiie
enCes. 49,. L..
Second-In what ways may college oase-
KepIles '' NAV be grouped under several
heads First. IN favor OF eliminating ..
reducing tho professional element Fll, sl
colleges use the phrase eliminate ~ no.
sionalism" Fourteen others FAVOR the aOo
Ution Of the professional coach. -Four rec
cmmend rigid enforcement OF UNIFORM , eIasI
/ bility rules. Three others think me enIe,.
pent Il the amateur rule Would lmproEs
conditions Two colleges are in favor o.,
prohibiting professionalism in SUMMIT.
baseball and one Of keeping college nler
out of professional teams. On the ONE,
hand seventeen colleges thing. basebai
would be improved If any bona noe student
were allowed 70 represent the colese, .hs
The second general suggestion IS IN tns
direction Of emphasizing the game
sport and not as a contest Eleven coHs
report themselves IN that fasnlon;. eaebe
others favor tie prohibition OF loud coaSns
ing and chez: ing when manifestly intended
I TO dlsconcert the other side. - Al,
4 third line OF suggestion is IN the ui-
recton OF diminishing interconeslate COL
tests and increasing intercollegiate saIles.
/ Twertv-two colleges altogether oner TINS
as a solution 81 the difficulty. Inree LsEot
the abolition OF any games except on &c. 60,
games. two the giving up or long trlps
one advocates giving less time % oaseoah
games; a second giving less time 70 pr rae
tice. Two others favor reduction IN ,ne
total number Of games played. on the
other hand. one college thinks the oasepsh
season is too short
A
with the control OF the game, TWO tavorins
stricter faculty supervision, one full control
by the faculty, one permanent coscn
under control Of the faculty, two the 1or-
nation OF leagues controlled by the col
leges The West Point suggestion Is that
the control OF the game should De nnlte9
TO n-professional ofhcers, students ara
alumni non professional being used IN the
sense Of including only those properly on
an amateur basis"
Miscellaneous suggestions FOR the Inn
hn
coaching" better grounds, keeping the
; fraternities out OF the sport advocated
/ by one college,, and AN EFFORT 10 bring
about close relations between home play
ers ard their opponents tof which plan
two colleges speak favorsbly)
| Third-Do you enforce the amateur law IN
/ baseball?
Eighty-three colleges reply in the sffrma-
! tive. seven Of them with certain quallnca-
/ tons seventeen In the negative. and sixteen
/ others In the negative so far as summer
does not know what the amateur law is
! Fourth-Is the conduct Of the student
spectators satisfactory and sportsmanlike?
! Sixty colleges reply In the affirmative;
eight OF them with some qualifications
] Twenty-six other colleges reply Usually
/ six others Fairly; eleven others Not
/ always" Four colleges state that the SIT
uatiOn is improving. and only eleven cot
/ leges answer the question in the negative.
: one other says that conditions could De
| better. and still another that the conduct
\
FfVe.-Do YOU consider baseball 10 nave
/ been professionalized in your institution
/ One hundred and one colleges answer the
/ question in the negative, though several
/ state that constant effort j. necessary 10
/ prevent such prOfessionalizing. conditions
I seem 10 be improving, Judging from some
| reports which may be quoted as Io!io"s'
| Two years ago, but not now Al times.
| not now: 1T was in years past Has
! been. not so now. The tendency the last
| three years il the other way; Morale
] 4 La ifr,rr n
has abolished baseball said that IL had pc
/ come prOfessiOnaliZed before the game was
abolished; one institution SAYS tnat oass-
! ball would be professionalism IN the IN
sttutlon II 80 had the money.
! Sx-What per cent Of the students take
| part in any way in the sport?
one institution reports less man am pr
/ cent. 4. a very small per cent; j. from 10
) per cent: IL, from TO 10 per cent: -.
! from 10 To Is per cent, Is, from 10 10 ~
| per cent. and 9. from ~ 70 - per ctn,.
/ making a total OF IS reporting % per cent
! or less OF the students engaging In pase-
/ bali in any way Eleven give the ngures
! from q TO 30 per cent: 10. from 50 10 %
per cent; . from $j 70 70 Per cent, :, c ceo,n
/ 3 report az least 80 per cent; l. from - 70
| so per cent and p so per cent. one insu-
| tution the Young Mems Christian Associs-
| ton Training School. reports that ali tper
! students take part in some way in this
| sport. One institution, where intercohegl-
! ate baseball has been aoohsned reportt
J
| In the game before the abolition OF inter-
! collegiate baseball. whereas the NUMBER
now is 40 per cent
seven-Do you believe 1t possible 70
! q bolish gaze receipts IN all intercollegiate
contests? Please give your reasons.
! Sixty-seven colleges reply In the negative
| most Of them adducing hnanclai reasons
| SiXrv-siX reply In the negative, giving as
reason that without an admission charge
! an undesirable class Of spectators would
/ attend the game. Four others do not pc
| lieve the abolition Of gate receipts possihle
| while We have intercollegiate games. where
! the prevailing idea is a spectacle rather
/ than snort Three others do not favor the
idea because they think persons outside tho
college should pay for what they get
| on the other hand thirty-fve colleges
! think that Il Is possible 70 abolish gate 70
/ ceIpts, and A NUMBER OF mem sta.e -
institutions One college suggests that WIZ
! fewer contests. and those with NEARBY COL
ieges. the financial problem could be met
| the opInion that the abolition OF gate re-
/ ceipts might be possible In large college.
| hut not In a small college. and one other
| institution states that " Is not possible 70
| take this step until Harvard and Yale DO
| The President Of one institution thinks the
move OF doubtful possibility calling atten-
| ton 10 the amount OF capital locked up IN
/ str,ctures such as the Harvard Stadium
Ten colleges refer 10 their so-caled campus
! tax the student fee which admits students
1 10 all games without charge, ana several
! eynress the opinion that II this principle
were generally accepted and were coupled
| with subscriptions from Interested alumni.
{, would he possible 10 abolish gate receipts
| Eight colleges thing that the step could
not be taken until athletics We're endowed
bv the institution. Ike other departments
| OF college work.
FYght-If you believe that gate receipts
| car he abolished are YOU In favor OF II!
Fifty.seven colleges reply IN the afirma-
tive: thrty-four in the negative These
! eeures are somewhat inconsistent with
| those given IN connection with the previous
inouirv, where thirty-hve colleges only ex-
| Dressad the belief that u was possible TO
~. racafnfS The dlSCrepancy -