The log cabin Democrat., 1912-06-11
IS
 GIVEN DEQUEEN
HENDRIX MEN DISCIPLINED
OUACHITA ALSO LOSES BASE BALL CHAMPIONSHIP BY
 PROFESSIONALISM.


 . not have a 'look-in" for the state , secondary baseball championship, in the opinion of the executive commit tee of the Arkansas Athletic Associa- , tion, who awarded the honor to De , Queen high The committee also : threw out the claim of Ouachita Col } iege for the collegiate championship, 2 disciplined players on the Hendrix ! and Ouach.ta teams for alleged pro- } fesslonalism, and awarded the pen : nant to Arkansas College of Bates
 vile. The Little Rock Gazette's ac-
 count of yesterdays meeting is as follows:
 : 4 campaign for the elimination of Z all professionalism from the schools $ and colleges of Arkansas was inaug-
 urated by the executive committee of the Arkansas Athletic Association of !, Schools and Colleges at a meeting . held at the Hotel Marion in this city
 yesterday. As the first step in this f direction, the committee threw out I the claim of Ouachita College for the e college baseball championship and : voted to recommend to the general l board of the association that the l championship be awarded to Arkan-
 sas College of Batesville.
 Ouachita College had the best rec
 ord n point Of games won, but the
 committee refused to recognize the
 calm owing to the discovery that ! there were several men on the team \ who were ineligible under the rules / of the association, because of their
 having received money for playing !, ball during the summer. Hendrix 2 College of Conway was also refused
 consideration in connection with the championship for the same reason. / At the same time the committee
 expelled one Hendrix student from
 the association, suspended another
 Hendrix man until October 15 and .- suspended four Ouachita students in- ,- definitely The charge against all Q these men was that they had accept l. ed money for playing ball during the l. vacation periods.
 . J. Hiram Charles of Conway, was V the student expelled outright. John if T. Erwin of Crossett, student at = Hendrix, was suspended until Octo- a Der 15. It was stated by members of f the committee that his penalty was n made light, owing to the circum- V stances attending the case and the e straightforward statement which he h made in connection with it.
 ,- The Ouachita students suspended e indefinitely are Donald Muse of June
 ton City, Brymer Courson of Cros- e sett, Henry Easterling of Crossett l. and Savage of Hamburg.
 1t A special committee was appointed
 to continue the investigation as to
 the eligibility of players, and it was
 stated that information has been re-
 ceived which leads the committee to
 think that other institutions besides F Hendrix and Ouachita will be affect led
 "The executive committee of the
 athletic assocition has determined to n clean up the athletics of the schools J. and colleges of Arkansas" said Prof. h w. A. Crawford of Russellvlle, a e member of the committee, land the I, action taken today is only begin , ming. In these cases We had the con- ,. fessions of the students alleged to O have violated the rules of the asso- citation, as well as the statements of
 the coaches and college authorities
 who had investigated the charges
 and found them to be substantiated
 In other cases where We believe there
 has been professionalism, but where ' no confessions have been made, we will conduct a further invest; gation and then take such action as we deem
 best.
 a "We propose to eliminate profes- k sionalism from the schools and will
 resort to extreme measures II heces- $ sary to do it. No student can parti- r. cipate in school or college athletics if y he accepts money for playing during '- the vacation. That may seem a little o hard in some cases, but it is impossi- Il ble to draw the line in any other way. k We cannot say student who has re- $ ceived only $5 can play for if the '- rule is to be enforced no exceptions r can be made. There can be no money y given to students while in college,
 either directly or indirectly, to secure