Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-15
By j. w. Heisman.
WEEK ago l briefly outlined
some Of the S. I. A. A. rules
regarding the playing of sum

A WEEh ago DTleny ouuiheu
! "A some Of the S l. A. A. rules
regarding the playing Of sum
mer baseball by college players. l
win now outline a few more that the
rule makers have laid down.
A point little understood by pre-
paratory players about to enter col
Iege is that they are not required to |
have any particular number OF units |
/ in order to be eligible to play on the |
| baseball team their first year.
This rule applies only to football, |
and It provides that to play football |
/ in his first year a collegian must he |
able to present IA or more Carnegie |
units Of any kind, or else that he
must be able to enter the freshman
class Of the particular college ne in.
tends to enter without conditions IF
any kind.
] Some colleges have a freshman re
uuirement Of only 70 or 10 units; but, |
/ then, these are likely to be units of "A
particular kind-depending upon the
| kind OF college II Is
/ A candidate for the varsity football
team has to satisfy one or the Other
/ OF these two conditions and then he
can play his first year, no matter
what class he is in or what course he
or, again. after he has been at a
particular college for one year he can
thereafter play on the varsity team,
no matter what class he is in, in his
second year.
But In baseball a boy can play in
his first year, no matter how few
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 ~
some colleges.
TT A boy has already attended some
4 other College-no mater whether
In or out of the S. l. 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
tercolfegiate games at his former in
stitutiou. 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 a 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 summer baseball game
He may not have been offered any
: thing in advance Of knocking out
home rum or whatever II was, vet
the rule is that he must not take this
! purse He may have had money sim
: ply thrown at him from the grand
stand after his feat but ne must not
take IL.
Neither may he accept money for
umpirinE a game of bah. or for acting
ass manager Of a summer team, al
though he can do either OF these
things with impunity when and whore
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,
, I'm any year Of his course must make
sure 20 enter and matriculate in that
college not later than 80 days after
the opening of the fan term of that
college Thus. for baseball in the
. spring, he can not afford to wait until
the opening Of the second or third
term Of that college in January or
March. as the case may be.
/ Thus we see that the rules regard
ing eligibility 10 participate in inter
r ColleGt9te contests are not only uu
merauS but rather complex as We'll
There are even some further rules re-
G8rjing playing on athletic club
i teams in good or bad standing in the
Amateur Athletic Union: but as we
, have but few athletic clubs in the
, South. and those about all IN good
standing now the force of these rules
is reduced 10 where they are hardly
worth outlining.
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