The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-10-23
HOGG LEADS BARONS
TO VICTORY OVER
CUBANS IN EIGHTH
In Sporting Circles
BY ASA RoUNTREE, JR.

A 5AIN a scandal is brewing in the
~ Southern intercollegiate Athletic
\ association and this time Georgia
Tech is the victim. The suspension of
Jim Preas, enc of their star linesmen,
and the report that several others will
be investigated, probably means that the
Tech team will receive the same treat
lnent that was accorded the University
of Mississippi, which was the scape goat
last year and whose team was almost
wrecked on account of the wholesale sns-
pension OF members of the team. And
ii this does prove to be the case then
the chances of the Yellow Jackets maxi
ing respectable showing on the gridiron
this season is very slim.
This state of affairs at Tech brings
again into the limelight the total made
auaey and inefficiency of the present
Southern intercollegiate Athletic associa-
tion's rules governing athletics. The
most rigorous OF these are almost absurd
and they would practically be unbearahle
to the college athlete were they enforced
TO any considerable extent.
The foolhardiness in the action taken
by the S. I. A. A. in suspending Preas
Is revealed in the fact that he is being
suspended for accepting tuition and board
in prep school several years ago, and
OF that time he probably never knew of the
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic associa-
ton. And why then should this promising
young athlete be suspended without being
given a chance to defend himself and
before sufficient time has elapsed for a
complete and through investigation?
This same hasty action took place last
season when several of the Mississippi
stars were declared ineligible and were
suspended by the S. l. A. A., without be-
ing given chance To defend themselves.
At the close of the season these players
were found innocent and were reinstated,
but not until after they had been kept
out of the game for almost the entire
season.
Every year the S. /. A. A. causes trouble
Bmcng various teams by hasty actions
and careless Investigations. In the spring
of 1908 both Auburn and Alabama were
investigated. In 1911 the Louisiana State
Univ ersity was dragged into the mire
and last year Mississippi was wrongfully
injured.
Should preas be barred it is almost
certain that Tech win file counter charges
against other southern schools and should
this Be the case then the conditions that
exist in the Southern Intercolleg ate Ath-
letic association will be given a thorough
airing. New developments are looked for.
\ rumor is current that the Federal
league authorities in Chicago are about
TO shoot a bomb she'll into the ranks
of organized baseball by making public
some details of their plan of cam
paign for next season and these, ac-
cording to tips, will be a big surprise
to the powers of the baseball trust.
IT is also understood that the signing
of George Stovall to manage the Kan
sas City team is merely the opening
wedge in a baseball war that is be-
ing predicted for the coming winter.
And IL such plan should materialize
the National commission is more than
prepared to take care of the exigency.
According to a New York sporting au-
thority the National commission has
stored away nearly $2,500,000 for COM
batting anybody who is sufficiently rash
TO dare enter the field of the vested
baseball interests.
But why should not another league
enter the N,inajor league field? With
everyone of the major league magnates,
with one or two exceptions, cutting
melons of from $250000 to $4,000 each
per annum, it. is only natural that 9TH
.ers should have desire to rake in
some of the great profits which are now
being gobbled up by vested few, who
claim that they are the only ones en-
titled to furnish the great national
pastime to the people OF their respec-
tive cities.
The coming battle between Auburn
and the Mississippi A, & M. has be-
come the cynosure of attention among
the local gridiron enthusiasts and in
terest and enthusiasm is very keen over
the contest. The Auburn alumni are
preparing to give their team a rousing