Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-03-23
PUBLICATION OF FINANCIAL.
STATEMENTS Bl ATHLETIC AZ
SOtIATIONS BRINGS EXPENSE
WILDLY TO MIND
FOOTBALL MONEY MAKER
THAT GAME MAKES POSSIBLE
ALL COLLEGE SPORTS. AND SUP
FLIES FUNDS FOR MAJORITY or
ALL OTHER GAMES.
(lsSociafcd Prs REPRESENTATIVES,,

$3.50 - annual IIifiI' Ntl ~AtAN|
nlent brings wildly To mind The larg.
sums Of money received and expended iu
Inc course 81 4 year for the support W.T.
varsity sport. These reports also point
with uncrring aim to the sport, aud
competitions which, because VI popular
Favor and attraction. not onl, pay for
themselves hui carry the burden % 9th
en- wherein expenditures are lIr !n cN
cess oi all receipts and subscriptions.
some years ago. during thr rriud
when football was subjected AZ bitter
sitack. "a amouS defender al The game
declared boldly that football. despite an
the SINS charged against III. mlur pu~
sibIc all the colrlgc sports which he ~
formers were %cun>tnutlt comparing Vita
The gridiron game, much tu th. |llttrr'~
detrincnt. That there has been littic
change ia the >iuotion 100 recent ~rl~Du,
- clearly evidenced lt these cIrrrut ath
lctic associatlou financial reports. Funt
l,all is still the biz mouc, maker and
The sport that supplies thc mh~ inr th.
support of The majority uf The other ath
leiic teams each year.
some idea ~ The amount NJ mnur, rr
ceiVcd and d%i>burscd ht the football al
1horitieS during a season of appfuNi
matcly ten weeks may a. gathered from
The annual report, of thr Princeton Jut
Hardware athletic a>>oc.aii4u-. THESE
financial states. ~ far a~ fuuthHll Y ruu
ccrncd. refer AZ thr season III 1912 huI
since there is noi much deviation from
q general average they SERVE uIl practical
- rpuScS when used pu l comparative
basis. Princeton gate receipts ton uiuc
games amounted tu ~G1.3ii ut which
$i1,!r.i or more han one halt wits wv
ccivcd ~ the Tigers share 1T The Nalc.
Harvard and Dartmouth garr,. The
six contests with minor colleges uciJvl
Princeton but $50 an average. ct les
than SlOuO per game. a source ul rr,c
nue., ia addition tn thc gale receipts. WAS
the training table. the PLAYERS paving
$tsJ6 for board while thr lrHthlll 90
grams ncttcd rill.
Against this revenue were expense,
amounting a. siGuGl. showing Il balance
Of S;:e313. far iu rNrr,> NJ thc uct NV
ccipts of ~ other sports c"mlinad. The
various items M cNfrudit bees lnrI shes
an insight INTO thr Wide range We activity
AID OUTLAW necessary ga connection with
the staging at , hfg varsity football
campaign. Princeton spent -p1Gl iu
travelling eAfcaScS and guarantees given
other teams. The services uf coaches ru-i
| $3.50; south Iud supplies ~lh~1. Rub
hers, physicians and medical supplies a.
| quircd an outilt ui -.i>. Payments malc
TO those serving l~ officials at th. niur
games scheduled amounted ~ -lui>
Printing. advertising. tclcgrlm> "nd
telephone bills tutallcd $50. while IN.
expenses oi manager and captain W,r.
set down at 80. one of thr biggest
items was ihr repair uud ul.A-tr ul lhr
wooden stands surrounding th. .,nthlI
field, S10l23 being expended for this prr
pose, which explains thr present ueita
(tion for a permanent concrete stadium vi
rrinceton.
No other sport at Princeton approach
fi these figures either in receipts ny WV
lenscs. Baseball cost ~l1nil while rr
sccpits were IT, tri. leaving u balance uf
~l0.659. Thu track Iul field tcll
showed n not loss "t ~}a>2: eNmua~jic
80 ISOLATION ~1i~. basketball ~in.. swim
ming s7li; wrestling ~al> ana ron iug
Sll,i Hook, showed q profit uf 80.
which puts ihr .rr sport in ihr fiuar-iai
category with football ami baseball WV
Princeton.
Al Harvard similar condition. urr
vailed. Fouthlll receipts amounted tl
@lii.S6i, against Expenses 80 -'t.IIl.
showing thai while lhv Cr.ia~ n~ prufti>
we're <t6i1N greater than gt Princeton
the expenses were -19li less. bIt 70 must
b. taken into consideration that liar
ward with it> concrete stadium escaped
the wooden stand upkcyp uccc>>ar, ~
Princeton. Baseball at harvard was "A
money maker I'M thr extent uf -isni
while hockc, made 49,. Rowing showed
a net loss 81 ~ll.5i1. track athletics
s..OS2; as>o,iHtiuu football ~l.IGl: In
crosse S2.36s and gymnastics ~lqC.
STRONG ON BASEBALL.
Clemson COLLEGE WI south Carolina
haycesom cchauyc uf becoming first rant
m.n in SONS one iiue. II j. Am evil ar,i
dent ii high specialization that thc aver
~, man il ruled out. That IT, au r,il NV
have college athletics restricted % ID,
lew possihiliti,s nj winners lna advocate
4. athletics a. " Wholesome pllrr uf ruI
ers. activity viii agree.
The recommendation I'D ihr n 4 A.
a. 4 seems. therefore particularly time
l.. Group competition sholi,l encourage
the lay student 10 come ont aS DE- dDc~
not now. Further IL nnght tn broaden thr
area Of competition mlsmurh W. thc
SMALL colleges aud the western college.
which have less chaHcc under whaf