Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-28
TO
DISCUSS BASE BALL
Summer Sport Main Problem
for National Intercollegiate
Athletic Association.

NEW YORK, December S.-Base DOLL
is a major topic of discussion among inc
advance guard Of the delegates TO 'ne
meetinp of the National intercollegiate
Athletic Association, many OF whom a
r,ved in town yesterday morning. fro"
o,, Indications the session OF the Dooy
which takes place in this city TINS week
l.. .,,,r- RI he an interesting one. Inc
organization occupies peculiar place IN
collage athletics, for it has only ADVISORY
.e .,d Cant. Palmer E. Pierce, u
A who is at the head OF H. Is oe-
,,rous that it shall develop into q iesis-
Iative concern It is probably the Hos'
loosely organised Of any Of the university
associations, but in the past three years
u has exercised widespread innuenc0 W
noiIege snorts. There are still coupe
of the largest universities whlch nave re.
NAMED out of the folo, put nloss " - y
nrominent colleges, east and west. WIN pc
renresented by delegates. Many OF the
men who will take prominent PaII LA
the session are already IN new Io ~,
One Of the main problems 20 Dc coa-
sidered will be that OF SUNNI" the os ;ns and
outs Of big league base ball would PIUD-
ahiy give up the ghost If asked 10 oein.e
the term ''amateur'' for the coileee pass
hal, world. There are all snanes ana
ria
diamonds, and even the most entn ,3; s I,c
snnnorter of academic athletics VIII nave
10 admit that some OF the perlo. NC
ore pretty SHADY when II comes ~
genuine amateur status. AL tne ps,n
zinc a considerable number OF coheees
frankly admit that they allow tnelr STU
dants To play for money during the sum
mer months and that they 10 nv. Ill IN,
elder this a bar to their eiisipHty vi
the base ball teams OF .helI ,,i AAr r,;ii not
hermit men to play on regularly ore-
izad teams but who permit them 10 rep-
resent hotels and resorts In reeuin A01
their living expenses. -.,.,, \.
c,arss that none of their players has
ever played for money. AS mAtter y.
Sacf. there was scarcely untverAty te1u.
In the country last year winch GIG nOs
number from one to seven men VINO NJ
lost the right to be termed salAo"-SA
amateur athletes.
There are two sides to the SUMMER
base bali proposition and It is an exceed
ingIy big problem for the atnieuc neaos
of the collie es today. Inete arc 80 n'd ny
overburdened with this worlds goods. Io
them the chance to save three or iou1
hundred dollars during the summer meane
the ability to get through their soa AGA snnaS
rsthsr hard to make fellows who can
NAV hase ball go out and sell DOCKS OF
do the other things which the average
col,eee student of small means mas &c
resort to in vacation time.
on the other hand. 1t does not seem
fair TO make the man who does not play
hall regularly during the summer com
pete for his position against 2 man who
has had the advantage of this pro1es'
sionaI or semi-professional training. The
college base bail season IL short. It ENDS
before the big leagues have become
warmed up to the seasons work-and
the man who leaves his practice to the
stray catches which can be picked UP IN
the course of q summer is running
GOOD chance Of having another player
heat him in the race for the positions or
fhe varsity nine of the next spring. Foi
| this reason many men who don't actualls
mead the money have kept their hand II
the game by playing in the bush league.
| In the interval between June and October
The practice has been 30 widespread thai
NO one college has been able 70 protest
arainst another because No. could
me about the record Of some Of the meI
IN the No. 1 aggregation. The result
has been that unless men had played
IN a second or third class league they
| came back the following season and were
NOT found in the batting order OF alma
| mater.