Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-30

NrN York. Jan. -. Tia, SUMMER
u >'h.il.' the most imuusiLut i>~r, wv
cHrrpnl college athletic. is NOT \ mo m
crn sports evil j. a;tc-ici ~ Pagkc Dav-
i ID 4 treatise recently prepared on III :
subject. lie writes:
The lr>timont Of rNuerirno. ~
%Stronel against the nraciirahilifv n-
umrirr ia~rhrll IN thr rtrll Ga,~ a.
iirr diam"rd. ,hr decade OF ~ e ars. cas-
oru %colie.r star VERY in great d,man lt
he pro vssionai teams. par, ~cularis
Harvard. Prlnre'Hn and Vale were st
pfrior 10 ~ cite pincs. Tor q lime there
was m objection to the cullr.ianS plt
ING with ,ho pru-c~Sional, during the
summer vacation. although the former
openly were paid for Their services. ~
The Sprin. ~ 1879. however. tWn flu-u~
rnllcec rlavcrS from b. : me institution
hn af,rr gradualiuf were PLAYING vith
4 great civ uinc. suddenly lrt The uri
md ~ III ~ pre- rnrc lifted The %cnllcgr
>~iunil team and re- cntcrcd colleen
nine from me Icir az jhc front \ ;nc Az
rrculifeilir campaign.
This Spectacular occurrence uatur
ally conferred .''truiiun upon lhr >uhirr:
professionalism which followed NJ w
rr~uli ~ the agitation which followed.
~iN colleges. namely. Amherst Brown.
Dartmouth. Harvard. Princeton and
Vale. mti ~ IT, Oh Mn~~n' House uf
Springfield. lfcrcmlrr n. 1879. far ilc
purpose n drafting \ rummsm eligibility
rule and III possible III form y ha~rh "
lrIg'ic. Th ir deliberations eventually
prudurcL both. Til. rule adopted go that
urc.i> ~ rar a~ :ui'"v>:
An, >tr icHi who has hc umc iu rcG
diir lif,rdlncr r"r ,h. whole u- ann r.!
lrer YEAR III am, trplr n,ni ,h N a. cli"
he ID ih4f wear flr the nine Amy .tu
Dent who after tni~ date snail pi9N f.r
money az upon ANY prot @>-ioual team
-hali pot Il. 81 glide
This pioneer r1'c struck directly ~
-. .r'g,au,,~ a, thc, existed IN the sin
lc avs q 1870 bu. 70 ucriod wa, ou The
horiyon n which implicitly IN sport VS.
io develop randi vinto coiuplcNity. With
the decade uf IA, >n~ rl,.. ihc organized
amatcur athletic club n.uc. The summer
rr>orj nine, DE manufac'ory nine. and
The small city amateur Hinc. some 81
phich were So m1nagcl that the public
uncnnSciu.~iy ~i,lrl them ~ semi IIna
tour mines. Thee urganizai on> likcwi>r
chiefly sought thr %tullrer stars. Again
49, ohicriion WIS raised vi first a. irr
cn.l, zion PLAYING with these ~. ri> pro
,idcd h. received only his expenses
~ was Hul long. however. ir'ar' rU-
NOR were rife of pl,kltl eSnoIe ac-
rnnniS. NJ y rhly valuable @ii-. ~ hieh
>%llaritd comn"rti ! Positions. IN rhiciI
in %Srrticy was rrtliIrti. sId even u ~c
tri plt rolls. M, only WERE the cu.itGi
ans ciubruilcd III charges AMI ropnt"r-
charges hi, the pdrti~.ns uf these -tm
mrr 'rlm~ likewise iu mel .hr hrr AMI
rr,. The divided allr.iincc ". acGr NJ
H., latter I"i ircm tu nitli>h ~rrrr'iv 'n
their college urnCfS tn prufc-siunalism
Hi Ii.ll y i%lc-ianS.
en-" lu n, a. was '~oulliil tial >uf
tcrrrd mos ir ~ the ensuing ,tnria iH'
- H. luuhlr fact that The star y. tie ~
amunl u>u~ali, were p star III thr grid
iron. Th1- ih FIJI az 1850 found the Cd
American INTERCOLLEGIATE Football AsSH-
ciatinn. whirh hal founded ami murtur
"a ~ ,h. lntrrcn.lrgiatcl came boxed
in "a bitter Row over charges of pre- c>-
uuali>m which had arisen iu summer
BASEBALL 81 row that eventually wrecked
he A~>>iciatiou. This was fniluwrl hN
similar cor%fraNrr~lc> among the various
institutions Turning dual l%clguc~ in ath