New-York tribune., 1912-02-26

as the constitution Is 10 any s'aIo ~ "
ton
Whenever the summer baseball question
crops out, which applied to college alhie'i'S
is only a question of the amateur rule'
some modern Don Quixote sets MS lanoe
AZ rest and goes charging about 10 chdln-
MON the cause Of the young man Who
wants an education and is deprived OF MS
ability as a baseball player TO earn money
enough in the summer playing WIN pio-
fessiopals TO help pay his way th'ou9 u
college in winter. These arguments le@u
we'll and ofttimes are convincing TO those
who have given the question little thous NJ
hut as a matter of fact they are sPeclouS
Here Is an argument to which my attehuoh
was called a day or two ago:
The AGGREGATION of college authorities
+bsf holds up its hands in holy horror az
the idea Of a young man playing pdsepat .Sn.
for money. and winks at the syslesl ysf. ,ots
permits gratuities In the way OF SUI bssoce yTs
fron, classes, had better commune WIN ~
eaIf and pry the beams from lts eyes
When IL can see clearly and thlnk cleaIy
the status of a bona-fde student VINO Pla!s
ba sebaIl in summer for pay ana goes 70
school in winter with the real lntehu9n oi
Getting an education will not cause IL SO
much worriment
>-o fatr-m,rded person will discourage
tba real student, who, to aid IN getting an
education, makes use OF MS aDli'ty DIS
baseball player to earn money III lhe sum
mer. Certainly it is no worse ana ldi
more heaIthful, than c!erking ana tuto'-
Ing. But the amateur problem neither pc
Gins or ends there. BY taking down the
bars for worthy fellows who Woulu not
abuse the privilege 1t opens huge gap ioi
those who would prostitute the yer! name
of auateurism and good sportsmahshlp' ~
,,o,,lS onen the doors 10 proselytnS ana
corn1ercialism in their worst forms. II
rorId mean professionalism both in and
80. ~ college and would discriminate
against the undergraduate who would rep
resent his college on the diamond from the
pure love Of the sport in favor oil the palu
nIaver who went TO college not to study
but 10 win baseball victories. There can De
no middle course, The young man VINO
,nust n1av baseball in the summer to earn
money enough to help him get an eduCatlon
in fbe winter should be big enough any
nroad enough to make Sacrhcts anu 'i'u
his college team without REPRESENTING ~
Major Allen. U. S. A., said at the Sports
mans dinner last Monday evening tnat
mans were being made TO have the army
represented with a polo team at the
national tournament at Narraganssett Fier
this YEAR. This means far more than "ouio
arraar on the surface, for 1t insures
xriler participation IN a sport that no" Is
, nonfnsd largely TO men Of means because
! ~ the cost In maintaining the necessary
nuubsr Of ponies Polo Is one OF the great
as, snorts In the long list, and II thriVes
IN England among army men for the rea-
son that its value has been recosnized as
~, eaFc,ent school for cavalry officers IL
O. tai,an this country long time 10 dP-
-ireciate the benefit, but recently army pOI1
teams have been organized at seNeIai
nosts under the sanction ana encouIdse
nent of the War Department. ~ 10 son oiny 70 q
question of time, then When th' So'"
suits will be appreciated.
oscar Hedlund, the Boston a. A. runner
NAV not he credited with eaualllns the
worlds indoor record of 41S 40 Tor one
Lii AZ a set of games in Troy on Thurs
a., nigbt IL would be pity IL such Iurns IIs
oHf N he the case, as II was otI'hd"'
performance.
n Mas previously told in the III"
h,,,o street. the new catcher OF the Ian
- &c called "Gabby' street, because ne
~ ~ ibe silent man of baseball. es' ne is
nI,renst sure 10 strengthen the team az ne
a. a. 9tSd as one of the best catcheTs ID ID rne
Is rdteu DO ohS HERBERT.