Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
BY j. w. Heisman.

A WEEK ago | briefly outlined
"A some of the $. |. 4. a. rules
regarding the playing Of sum
mer baseball by college players. 1
will now outline few more that the
rule makers have laid down.
A point little understood by pre-
paratory players about to enter col
| lege is that they are not required To
/ have any particular number Of units
I'm order TO be eligible to play on the
/ baseball team their first year.
This rule applies only to football.
and Il provides that to play football
in his first year collegian must Ice
able to present IA or more Carnegie
units. of any kind, or else that ne
must be able to enter the freshman
class of the particular college he in
tends to enter without conditions If
| any kind.
| some colleges have a freshman re-
| auirement OF only ~ or 3 units. bus,
| then these are likely to be units Of a
4 particular understanding upon he
| kind OF college II is.
A candidate for the varsity football
team has to satisfy one or the 9th ~
81 these two conditions and then he
can play his first year, no matter
what class he is in or what course he
is taking
or, again. after he has been at A
particular college for one year he can
thereafter play on the varsity team
mo matter what class he is In, in his
second year
But In baseball a boy can play in
his first year, no matter now te"
units he possesses or what class he IS
In This rule is of advantage to the
college that has a sub freshman class
or apprentice class, as II Is called at
some colleges.
IF a boy has already attended some
other college-no mater whether
In or out of the S. |. A A.-he can
play anything but football in the first
year of his attendance at his new
college. provided he did not play in
tercollegiate games at his former in
stitution. If he did he will have to
be in residence one fun academic
year at the second college before he
can again figure In intercollegiate
contests But no matter whether he
ever played on the varsity football
team OF his first college or not, he
can not play on the varsity team of
: the second until he has years resi-
denCe.
9 OMETIMES a purse is made up,
- on the spur of the moment by
the admirers of a college player for
doing something extraordinary in the
course of a summer baseball game.
] He may not have been offered any
. thing in advance of knocking out
home run" or whatever u was. yet
the rule Is that he must not take this
purse lie may have had money sim
= ply thrown at him from the grand
stand after his feat, hut he must not
: take H.
Neither may he accept money for
umpiring a game Of bail, or for acting
as manager of summer team, al
though he can do either of these
things with impunity when and where
he pleases SO long as he does them
, for nothing and doesn't violate the
/ playing rules already laid down.
A BOY who hopes to try for any Of
, - the varsity teams of his college,
d i'm any year OF his course must make
, sure Go enter and matriCulste in that
; college not later than 80 days after
the opening of the fan term Of that
q college Thus, for baseball i'm the
! spring. he can not afford to wait until
+ the opening Of the second or third
/ term Of that college i'm January or
+ March. as the case may he
/ Thus we see that the rules regard
I ing eligibility 10 participate i'm inter
p collegiate contests are not only uu-
, / merous. but rather complex as Well
There are even some further rules re-
garding playing on athletic club
g / teams ia good or bad standing in the
I Amateur Athletic Union, but as we
, have but few athletic clubs In the
7 South. and those about all in good
. standing now. the force of these rules
= is reduced To- where they are hardly
I worth outlining.
1T may be- worth while stating that
the question of individual scholar
, / ship after entering is one with which
, he = l. \ A does not concern it
self This rs left To the faculties of
the individual colleges. each of which
makes It's own rules regarding the
proper relationship II athletics 20
{ scholarship
Again, ii is not a question q Wheth-
or "a PLAYER has made his college let
ter m his first college in cases where
Ie has changed his Institution. nor In
= questions relating To the number of
p wears he has PLAYED intercollegiate
games. aut merely whether he has
taken part an all Tor one single mo-
mert as @ member of team engaged
lu an intercollegiate contest The
reason for this is that each college
prescribes for itself what conditions
. ( shall govern the award Of its college
letter. as Is the state Of affairs in the
matter q scholarship. Some college
Ear5ing the requirements for making
s. the letter while others have vastly
5 different regulations.
Finally. no coliegiar i'm any college
iU America can compete in tuterCo.-
p .eElate games Of any character for "a