Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-31
BAN ON SUMNER
BASEBALL URGED
By COLLEGE men
IBy Latest NALL

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NEW YORK Summer baseball. a
term applied to the playing by coll
Iege men of the national game for
money or other profit during their va
cation. is handled in exhaustive fash
ion By Parke H. Davis. In order to
eradicate the evils resultant from this
mote in the eye of the makers of the
rules, Mr.. Davis advocates two
schemes. the adoption of which he
feels will make for the publication Of.
Iamateurism. and bring about that
state of affairs so much desired by the
Legislators for the game among coll
lege men.
The author has probably touched
the crux of the situation in his pro-
posals as to requirements. the first
being personal certificate for COM
petitive team member to sign and
which is as follows:
I certify upon my honor that / have
never directly or indirectly participat-
ed in any branch of sport for pay:
that L have never received any valu-a
able thing In lieu Of money except.
medals and prizes regularly offered,
and that / have never participated m
any branch Of sport under an assun-8
led name.
He further states that ''the penalty
for falsely signing such certificate
should be expulsion" Some will say
that such penalty Is too severe The
answer to this is that the honor OF
representing college upon a compet-
tive team is large and that the obli-
gallon imposed should not be less.
The rule for athletes after matricu-l
lation which he prescribes Is:
No student shall be eligible for
membership upon any competitive
team who after matriculation partici-s
|pates in any sport at which an admis-
sion fee is charged, except as menu
Der Of one OF the college competitive
teams, or who receives. directly or.
Indirectly, any compensation, remu-
neration, reimbursement. or payment
of his expenses for participating in,
any sport at which an admission fee
is not charged.
Mr.. Davis states that this Is u.
strong rule, but it is made in behalf
of q great object, the orderly conduct
of competitive college sport.
Amherst FayOrs 1t
The initial vote on the question OF
permitting the playing of Summer
BASEBALL by the students Of amherst
College showed 227 votes in favor Of
the plan to lis against the proposal.
The balloting, which was in the record
of straw vote. has no direct or POI
sitive bearing on the final action Of
the Student Council which may be de-
layed for several weeks.
The question will now go before
the Student Council for final decision.
The action by the council Is IN ac'
cordance with the constitution of the
association which grants to the coun-
ell the power of formulation and en-
forcement of eligibility rules except.
ing scholarship rules.
In this decision the council will
take into consideration the vote Of
the Students Association as one Of
the important factors connected with
the question but 1t may not necessari-
~ decide the question in accordance
with the student vote Among other
probable factors it will consider are
the opinions Of alumni and faculty.
The vote cast by the student body
last year upon the summer baseball
question totaled 100 votes for and 81
against summer baseball. A conpari-
son of these figures with the pres
ent vote shows that last year. Of the
247 men of the college voting, u per
cent favored the measure while this
year only 66 per cent out of 342. are
for it; or that IL per cent more Of
the votes cast are against summer
baseball.