El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-11
COLLEGE OPPOSE
SUMMER BASEBALL
Athletic Governing Bodies
Would Preserve Amateur
Stauts Of ColIegians.

New York, March 9.-That the status
of the collegian who plays summer
Baseball, viii remain unchanged at
the leading eastern colleges and uni
EerSlUeS appears certain from recent
statements issued by those in positions
of authority. Notwithstanding that a
number of varsity team captains have
publicly stated their belief that a
student may play baseball for money
or other Inducements during summer
vacation and still preserve his anna
teur athletic status while in college,
these UtOpian days are not for the
present world of undergraduate sport.
Colleges Oppose It.
A consensus of opinion among the
athletic governing bodies: university
faculties and prominent amateur ath-
letic authorities shows an Overwhelm-
ing majority against the innovation.
A recent canvass of the institutions
whose baseball teams appear on the
Amherst schedule, undertaken by the
official organ of that institution, in
dicates that of Il colleges including
Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Dartmouth,
William, Wesleyan, Columbia, Brown
and Y. NJ. G. A college but two, Tufts
and Massachusetts, Agricultural col
lege, favor summer baseball. Three
colleges Yale, Y. NJ. z. A college and
Tufts are non committaI and have
taken no definite stand, while six col
leges, namely, Harvard, Princeton,
Dartmouth, Williams, Wesleyan and
Columbia, have definite rules pro-
ulDlLlQG
Dean La Baron r. Briggs quotes the
Harvard rule governing the case, as
follows:
No student who has played on any
semi professional nine or in any such
sccalled summer baseball nine, shall
represent the university in any pub
lie athletic contest until he has re-
ceived special permission from the
committee Any trifling or merely
technical violation of this rule, shall
be judged on its merits by the COM
mittee."
Found II Didn't Pay.
Speaking of this rule, dean Briggs
wrote, so far as I know, we have no
intention of changing it" He also
adds, ! wonder whether you have
ever communicated with former
Amherst player named Kane. He was
an extraordinary pitcher in his day,
played summer ball, and was, think,
either directly or indirectly, the cause
OS a falling out between Amherst and
another New England college which
objected to him on the score of pro-
fessiOnalism- A year ago he spoke in
an exceedingly interesting way at a
meeting of the National COLLEGIATE !
subject was summer BALI; and he /
dWelt, if I remember rightly, on the !
disadvantages and dangers of it, on I
the money rewards of it, and on the J
desira bIeness of warning undergrad |
yates about it in perfectly clear Ian
guage."
DR.. Raycroft states that at Prince
ton complete opposition describes the |
attitude of the Princeton athletic. au- /
thorities to both summer baseball and !
the tendency of cOllegemen to take up ]
professional baseball after graduation. /
1t is felt that, in spite Of the fact that |
professional baseball is a perfectly /
legitimate and honorable vocation.
men with college training, even /
though they are good baseball players,
should be encouraged to engage in a
more useful occupation in life"
Opposition On Moral Grounds.
DR.. Fauver of Wesleyan university
wrote: Our college is opposed to
taking part in summer
baseball The reasons for Wesleyan's
position are: .
I'VE are opposed to summer base
ball on moral grounds. Students who
engage in summer baseball usually !
have little else to do and thev are I
thus subjected to temptations which
many cannot resist I could give you
definite illustrations of the fact not
of Wesleyan men but of men from
other colleges"