Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1914-01-26
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lug with thc professionals during
ihr summer facauon. although the
FORMER OPENLY wore paid fuf their
services un the sprlug of 1879.
however. two famous rullcro players
lrim the sHmD Institution. who after
EHduHfiou were playing with great
..tU mime suddenly ltn the profess
Iuunl team. tc-cutersd college and
bf their pfyaene, lifted their college
mine from thD rear to The front in
thr intercollegiate campaign.
'rhiH spectacular occurrence nat
urallr cent rcd attention upon the
subject cot professionalism. Az re-
sult of the agitation which followed
HIN colleges namely Amherst
Brown Harvard. Princeton. Darts
mouth und Ynlr. met in the old Mas
sarut house nt Springfield uecom-
hor @. 1879 Cor the purpose or drau
ing common eligibility rule and 10
possible Goo form baseball League
Thrir deliberations eventually pro-
ouccd both Tho rule adopted on
thni oDcasiou ran aa follows:
ANY student who has been lu
| regular attendance Tor the whole uf
amy college year in auy department
shall hc eligible boz that year for the
nine ANY student VINO after this
date shalt play for money shn' not
| bc eligible
"This pioneer rule struck directly
I az the grievances us thoy existed in
She simple DAYS OF 1879. bat O. period
was on the horizon IN which sim
ullrity in sport WAS Go develop rupid-
Ily into comploXity with the de-
/ cude OF the Sus came tho organized
lumutcur athletic club nine. the sum
mer resort nino. the Innuufnciufy
mine. and The small city amateur
mine. some of which were go man
aged that the public unconsciousiy,
hut accurately styled them as sotni-
lamntcur mines These organizations,
likewise. chiefly sought the college
lstars Again mo- objection was raised
al flrst To she cullcgian playing With
thso trans provided ho received
oniy his expenses.
1T was not long. however, before
lrumors were rife of padded expense
laccounta. Of highly valuable gifts, Of
lhlgh snlnricd commercial positions
In which no service was required
and even OF secret gay-rolls. Not on
lly were tho coilegians ombroilcd In
charges and countor-chargcs but
the partlsans OF these summer teams
likewise Joined the hue and cryThe
divided allegiance OF some 81 the
Halter led them 10 furnish secretly
10 their college proofs Of the pro-
feHsionalism OF rival eolleglans.
"Curioualy, II was football that
suffered most from the ensuing
storm, due 20 tho double fact that
the football season followed baseball
and that the star OF the diamond us
ually was n star OF the gridiron.
Thus the fall az 1889 found the old
American Intercollegiate Football
nsHocintion. which had founded and
nurtured the intercollegiate game
locked In "a bitter row over chargoa
~ professionalism which had arisen
In summer baseball row that
J eventually wrecked the association
This was followed by similar CON
troversies among tho various lnsti-
tu,lons forming dual leagues IN ath
letics and the breaking Of lntcrcol.
leglate relations made great din
during the early years Of the decade
~ the 'a0s Tho bitterness ~ the
rival student bodies extended to tho
alumni and 20 the faculties. Thus
the condition became intolcrable.
"Up Co this time college faculties
had regarded competitive athletics
ns exclusively a matter Of student
management They now perceived,
however. that the institution had
reached stage 81 evolution when
II was as much n matter 81 faculty
supervision as any department ~ In
ytructlon or business administration.
with the adoption Of this theory on
She subject reform began"