The chronicle=news., 1914-01-27
SUMMER BASEBALL
NOT SPORTS EVIL
DECLARES WRITER

rot modern sports evil il stse.ied
by Parks Davis In a treatise recently
prepared on this subject lie writes;
The testimony OF experience. ia
strongly ,eaihsi the .rsstiestiiity of
summer baseball, In the early days
at the diamond. the decade of ths
.o'-. eastern college stars were IN
great demand by th. professional
teams. for IN that p-,ioa. the eoit-s-
nine. particularly Harvard, Princeton
sad Yale. ..F- superior Ia tn. city
aia-. PaF . tin. there ~. no OBJ
i-e,ioh To the eoii-sisns pisyins with
the professionals eurias 'h. sunm..
Vacation. although th. former open
ly ~-r. paid for ih-iE services In
the sprinE of 1879. however. tao fa-
nous college PLAYERS from the same
institution. AhS aft-r graduation
..f- pisyins -!'h = great s!iy nine.
sids-niy left the professional team.
re--n,-'ei coliss. and by their .'f-s-
-nrr lifted their soii-s- nin- from
the F-aE TO ih~ .fsnI in the in,.rrsi-
i.sis's campaign
'rhi. spectacular serair-ae- nat
gFsliy s.a,.E-a s,,sa,ian ursh 'h-
sisi-yt St prot-s.iaaalisn- A. a F--
ssi, OF she agitation .higs fsiio..'.
sis colleges. ha.asiy. Nnssf.,. Dart
mouth. B..rh. Harvard. rrinsegna
sas Vale. r-s Ia ,h. old Msssss1i,
House a. Springfield. p-c.ms-r (.
i.'s. 'af the parr-a-r ss drafting a
eaHnoa eligibility sui. sns II ses-
sisis TO tosn baseball ie.sus Their
asiih-Fa''aa. ~s-atnsiiy produced
both Th- Fal- adopted % 'ss, o..
sasiaa fsa as .olio-s'
Ahy s,uds.i ~ha as. be-n Ia
F-s4lss si,.asaar- .ss ;hs -sol- Of
aHf college year 10 say department.
- all 30 .iisibls ia TIA, year ,or ,h-
hia- Nay .,ui-st shs after tai.
date sAaii risy u s5n ; rfo'.ss snasi
teas. af .ss .saii piaS seF ~on.f
shalt no, b. eligible
Tai. Pioh..s tut- struck sir-s'iy
a: ;ss ssistahr-s as ,t.s existed in
the simple s,ss % 49,. su, \ e-:,e'
Nzs on The Esrisaa ia -hi.h .iH.pre-
ist u srar, -. "a Develop rapiai, To-
- sonsiss,iJ wi's shr decade "s
tao "a. came ,hs ssssslsei amateur
sisi..ir slrs a,a-. the .sm5.s s~~ns:
niae. sN- rnsnuss.ssss nine. and sh-
snail sisy sra,sar nia.. .azs q:
ssish ..rr A. nAnae--i ,hai 'ss psih-
lie uHsoasioi.i, ba; accurately
.isi-s issm zs 's-zi-sna,.aT aih~s
rsrs- organizations iis-.i.-. chief
" sought The coiirsr stars Nssin
sl ahjessinn uas fsi.~d .; 'i.s, to ,h-
saIlSriaa playing ~iih 'hs<~ teams
irrsise. hs -sr.iyes oniy hi. eyp4ns-
ee
i' Hss no, lnns. sa~rv~s. before
'sHsor. -.re rife Of padded expense
accounts. Of kishiy valuable sits. Of
hish .aisrisd rammrssi isI rosltsons in
sh,ch no service 50. required. and
even Of secret rsy-faiis Not only
.-rc 'h. ea',-zisn. .mtraii.i in
charge. and coaaser-ehaTees hat the
psetisans Of these .snirscr teams
tise~ss~ jois~d the hu. and er, The
divided allegiance of some Of the lat.
ter led them 30 furnish secretly TO
their college rrcoss Of the profession
aii.u Of rival ,oiiexisns
"curiouslF. Il ga. football that
suffered MOS, ;rrm IN. .nslins
storm. da. to- the ioahi- fac, that the
football season followed baseball and
iha, the star of the diamond usually
vas a star Of the rridifon. Thus tn"
fall of 1859 found the old American
I intercoile siats Football Association
which bad founded sni nurturc' the
in,eroniirsia,cs came. locked in a
bitter row csrr charges Of profession.
| alien which haf arisen IN summer
baseball row that ~,"ntualiv
wrecked the Association This va.
followed b, similar controversies
among the various Institutions form.
ine dual leagues in athletics and
th. breaking nf intercoliesiat rcla-
tions mad. great din iurinE the
early year. Of tn. decade Of the '?"s.
The bitterness NJ the rival student
bodic. extended to the alumni aud Ia
the faculties Thus tn. condition be-
came intoicrshie.
TN 20 this time coiles. faculties
had REGARDED competitive athletic. a,
exclusively = matter of stuicn' man
asement They now perceived. how
ever. that the Institution had reached
a stage OF evolution when II was as
much a matter Of faculty supervision
as any dc ,lr,meut Of instruction or
business administration. With tho
adoption Of this theory on the sub.