Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-19


to interfere with his business methods.
Kavanagh, of course, is ticlxled as af-
fairs turned out, but Newark lost a
} good ball player Just the same. Kav-
anagh began his baseball career as a
catcher, then he tried first base; last
year he played third base for the
York CPa.) team and now ne is break
ing In at second base with Detroit.
He has had wide range of expert
ence and he ought to make good.
Here Is hoping that Marty is as for
tunate In the big Show as Dots
Miller, who played on the worlds
champion Pittsburghs the first year
he broke into the major leagues.
@
The recent discussion over "sum-
mer baseball" as played by college
men, seems to have brought forth
about as many In favor as there are
against the practise. 1t is pointed
out that baseball Is an honorable
sport, and that there should be moth
ing against a college man earning his
living and his tuition fees by playing
the great national game. That seems
to be the view taken by many of the
proad-minded men, yet, strange to
relate. Old Bill Clarke who is coach
ing the Princeton College baseball
nine, and who was professional
player himself, is out strongly against
| SUCH proceeding. Coach Clarke is
willing to have the men practise. but
ne Is strictly against them receiving
any reward. This is what Mr.. Clarke
has to say on the subject In the
Princeton Alumni:
Il am very much in favor of q
college man playing summer baseball.
provided. however, he in no way
whatsoever accepts a material reward
either In the form OF money, board
or position. His only reward should
be the practice and the enjoyment
which he gets out of the game. The
intiexibility of the rules and the
harshness of the penalty for d.sobey-
Ing them have caused many men to
~NANSA WIG AaNL lAARl thCy nave pldYeU
for money; and on the other hand
placed many men under a cloud of
suspicion of professionalism who are
perfectly innocent of receiving recon-
pense. I think that some measure
should be adopted which a man could
sign, pledging his word of honor, and
thus clear himself of suspicion In the
eyes of both faculty and other coll
leges. The pledge suggested by Mr..
Parke Fl. Davis, '93, a most admirable
one, is as follows: L certify upon my
honor that 1 have never directly or
indirectly participated in any branch
of sport for pay; that I have never
received any valuable thing in leu
of money except medals and prizes
regularly offered and that I have
never participated in any branch of
sport under an assumed name The
signing of such certificate will tend
toward the publication of amateur
ism and at the same time allow a
man to get practice and enjoyment
without continually being subject to
suspicion and criticism"
o
Coach Clarke can say what he
wishes, but there Is no rhyme or reas-
on why a young man going through
college should not be allowed to earn
the money to pay his flare in an hon
orable way. A professional, In the
broad sense of the word. is a man
who performs for money for a liv-
Ing and who makes sport a business.
For a college boy to be termed a pro
because he had received few dol
lars for his services with which to
pay for his education doesn't seem
right at all AS to professionalism,
there are numerous interpretations
For instance, man who has bowled
for money all his life can go into a
golf tourney and not be hampered
in the least. 1t is so in other sports.
1t is my opinion that a person who
is necessarily professional at baseball
is not a professional at golf. OF
course, it will be argued to keep the
amateur clean and pure and a cry
of holy horror would no doubt be
raised in certain circles If any len
iency were allowed, but with all that.
a real simon-pure amateur is about
as scarce as Ty Cobb on a bush
league team.
Jay Gould has surprised the tennis
world by his great match against
George Convey, the English expert.
Gould, an amateur, allowed the great
foreign pro. only one set out of nine.
His play was masterful at all times
and he now becomes the open court
tennis champion of the world. Gould
has been a great player for years,
but he capped the climax of his
career in his match with Convey. Co
ing into the play on the opening day,
Gould was considered as only diff
cult opponent for Covey. Surely he
was not looked upon as a likely win
ner, yet he won four sets the first
day and three out of four sets yes
terday. Really it was such remark
able exhibition that the world is
talking about it today and England,
above all. Is giving the match all
kinds of attention and the Yankee
player all kinds of praises.
O.
Gould is only twenty-six years of
ag, and he has won many honors on
the tennis court. When only seven
teen he defeated Peter Latham, who
was one of the leading players in the