The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-05-15
EARLHAm May
DROP BASEBALL
OFF CALENDAR
Financial System Proves In
adequate to Needs of Three
Branches of Sport-Press
Suggests Revision.

A movement is on foot among the
faculty members Of the athletic COM
mittee at Earlham to abolish baseball
from the list Of intercollegiate sports
at the Quaker college next year This
matter has been discussed informally
by members of the committee and it
is proba bic that definite action will be
taken before commencement
Money Falls Short.
The reason assigned to the opposi-
ton held by some faculty members is
that the college is unable to support
financially two branches of spring ath-
letics.
Coach Whiteside's opinion follows:
Both baseball and track cannot be
maintained at Earlham under the pres
ent system of financing college athlet-
les. | believe that Earlham is too
small a college to maintain winning
teams in both baseball and track and
personally, | am in favor of maintain
ing track. Another factor that enters
into this is that it is difficult to get
the colleges in the state to adhere to
the eligibility rules of summer base
ball and professionalism"
President Kelly made this state
since Earlham has had baseball, and
before that time Earlham had an en-
viable record in track and field sports .
A severe protest is expected to be
made by the student body, and promi-
nent athletes at the college believe
that the authorities will not feel justi-
fled in eliminating this branch of ath-
letics when they realize the general
;,,;o 70 he +,, Remarkably
is this SO this year, when Coach Bru-
baker has worked up winning team
that has a good chance to capture the
state penant.
Paper Will Protest.
1t was also indicated by member
of the faculty committee that action
would not be taken if they could see
the expedency of maintaining both
branches next year. 1t is also under
stood that the "Earlham Press" the
school weekly, is to make protest
against the present method of financ-
ing athletics at the college. The esti-
mated loss from baseball and track
this year is S40O and the faculty COM
mittee has ruled that on account of the
low condition of the fund it will be i'm
possible to send a track team to the
state l. G.. A. l.. meet at Hanover.
Athletics as we'll as other student &C
tivities at the college are maintained
through one association known as the
Student Affairs Association. All the
receipts from games, etc, are turned
over to this association and the eX-
penses of the various branches of ath-
letics are paid out of the fund. The
main objection to the present system
is that the managers of the various
teams do not know how much money
they will be allowed, and it has gen
orally resulted that in the fall, when
the fund is large the managers of the
football teams have been granted a
much larger amount of money in pro-
portion to the Importance of the sport
that is granted to other lines of athlet
les. 1t is probable that this method
Of proportioning funds for the various
activities will be charged this year.
The Chesapeake & Ohio railway has
published a very attractive folder, Civ
ing full directory Of al resorts and
boarding houses on its line, and which
also presents attractive scenic views
and descriptive matter of the historic
mountain and seashore territory. Cop
les can be had for the asking Or will
be mailed promptly, il YOU will send d
postal card, to the c. & O. agent. 15-1S