The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-07-30
WANTS TO ABOLISH
RULE ON AMATEURS
Padula Believes College Men
Should Be Allowed to Re-
ceive Pay.
BY FRANK G. MENkE.

And now comes one Anthony u
Padula, of Worcester, Mass, who gets
himself in awfully bad with the cor
ege authorities by remarking that ne
sees no wrong in a college paseDan
player playing for money during the
summer months.
Padula has followed college altalrs
for many years. Few of the collegiate
doings have escaped him. He is re-
garded as an authority on college atm
letic affairs. But now, poor fellow: ne
is due to be shot at sunrise or boiieo
in oil because of his remarks.
There is great weight in what Pac
ula says. And his ideas are right.
What's the difference whether a stu
dent helps to pay his school expenses
by working during the summer at
tutoring, earring the hod. lighting
lamps, waiting table at a summer re-
sort, or playing baseball?
Padula predicts that the time Is not
far distant when the college author
tiles will lift the ban on the playing
for-pay idea during the summer. AS
soon as they do. it will mean less dc.
ceit and more honesty on the part OF
college baseball stars. They don't
have to play under the name OF Sui
Ivan, Jones, Smitn, Brown or others
on the fake order as some OF them are
doing now.
Use Assumed Names.
The college authorities, from time
immemorial, have attempted to ban
the college stars from playing base
ball for pay during the summer, by
merely forbidding it and by taking
away the players amateur status when
discovered. But the collegiate star,
who needs the money, willingly has
taken the chance of discovery by play
ing under an assumed name. Some
nave been caught in the act--but they
are the exception.
Playing baseball for money during
the summer season doesn't seem to be
any grave offense in the eyes OF the
fair minded lover of sports. If stu
dent, who is paying his own way
through college can earn $500 or $500
by playing baseball why not permit
HIM to do it? 1t seems selfish to bar
him by any rules. It's hard enough
job for the ambitious youth of parents
m only moderate circumstances to
earn the necessary money to give him
a college education. Instead Of him
dering him the authorities ought to
help. And they could help by lifting
the ban on playing ball for money.
Then the player, as soon as the school
year is over could go out and get a
good paying job with some ball team.
Padula argues that permitting col
legian to play ball during the summer
months would greatly benefit the play
er and add to his skill
LAS matters stand now" he says,
most of the players lay aside the bat
and ball after commencement and do
not touch them again until the next
spring when they begin cage work.
This is bad. The college players
season is short-much too short. OF
course, he begins practise late in the
winter in the gymnasium, but the real
practice does not start until he gets
outdoors. usually in April.
That gives him only about two
months of real playing. He seldom
gets started until May and by June
when he is travelling at full speed he
must quit.
THE practise of suddenly cutting
off a player from participation in the
game just when he is really started
means that before the next February
rolls around he has forgotten about
half of what he has learned
ION the other hand, the collegian
who continues to play during the sum
mer improves at a startling rate. He
improves not only in skill but gains ir
experience which is so essential fol
his success on the diamond