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Prosslytins Condemned.

That Is the Brown way OF dealing
with the vexing hummer ball prob
lem. who is there to doubt the words
Of this gentleman and OF President
Faunce. Dean Randall and a host OF
faculty men from many colleges who
stand unanimously In approval OF 1t?
There can he no doubt that Brown has
solved this one big question In SO far as
Il is concerned. that Brown believes In
his rule and il ready to fight for IL.
Frankly. the Brown collegiate and ath-
letic authorities will admit that there Is
another evil, that of PROSECUTING. which
they condemn and fight. Bot Brown
does not think that talking Brown to
a prospective athlete IL PROSECUTING. The
average Brown student IL not rich.
There are approximately $50 scholar
ships for $50 students. ample proof that
many Brown men work their way
through. Brown maintains a student
employment bureau and helps students
and helps athletes. But when the cap
tain of the football team is found wait
ing on the training table there is not
much on which TO base the criticisms
that sometimes are directed at Brown.
In a broad general way they are
going at athletic problems at Brown as
it was shown last week. they we're going
at them at Princeton. Harvard and Yale.
They want to conf1ne their athletics 10
those students who would be at Brown
whether or not they had intercollegiate
athletics. Each group Is working on
much the same lines, though they scme-
times 10 not seem to he. II one IL to
Judge by the stories told by one about
the other.
Brown has been criticised on accoun,
OF its decision to send It's eleven TO the
Pacific coast during the holidays, The
team misses exactly one and one-half
days OF college work, scarcely a reason
for scandal. And Brown replies to these
criticisms. II wonders why Brides left
its preliminary training camp before the
opening OF college to 60 to Yale: why
Knowles spent a year at Brown and then
jumped 10 Yale or why Sherwin. fol-
lowing the Brides example. went TO Yer
mont n on TO Dartmouth later in tho
same season? Got that Brown bears
any malice or imputes hat there vas
any consideration at stake, but u an
swers criticisms directed aGaine itself
with questions like these and adds
there probably was no aid given to these
boys other than We would give them
here. This seems fair.
Scholarship IL the slogan at Brown.
n a student falls In a course at Brown
he cannot take a denomination until
he has repeated the course. II n stu
dent fails In two courses at Brown he is
ineligible until he mas repeated those
courses. Brown men are not eligible
part OF a season as at Harvard and
Yale. They are either ineligible or
eligible.
There Is a fine spirit at Brown. a
clean and healthy spirit In control OF
and back of It's athletic teams. The
students. holding much power. delve into
athletic problems. They had a debate
on the one year rule the night I was
there. And they are doing much tow
ard eliminating ungentlemanly and
un~sportsmanlike conduct on the field.
All things considered. they have a re-
markable record In football. due TO the
coaching of Robinson and n splendid
fighting spirit.
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IL Without Foundation.

Much OF the criticism aimed at Trinity
ON the ground hat II Is avoiding an
athletic problems by its broad rule Is
without foundation. Trinity has had its
athletic relations severed by old and new
friends. has been subjected to criticism
OF a notorious sort, has had It's coaches
aud players nsulted and snubbcd. It's
name knocked about n its athletic Of
metals made the victim OF anonymous
letters. some almost of a threatening and
Matchmaking nature. There can be no
reason for this. An athletic problem the
like of which no college ever has known
has been jammed down the throat OF
Trinity. Tha its authorities have held
i'm leash their eOrely tried tempers Is the
wonder OF it all. Others might profit by
their example.
When the Brlclley controversy
was At white heat, when criticism
was at its height, Trinity did not
bar Brickley. because his case had
been zone into Thoroughly. Trinit 4
worked according to its rules and the
consciences OF It's representatives. II did
not dodge the ISSUE that Brickley was "A
professional. What manner OF man il
he"' they might we'll have asked. In
and scholarship George Brick
ley stood the test and they gave him
Wv - III II lht 1dCt oI
this most trying situation they could not
understand. do not understand. wherein
his boy could do any harm to Trinity
or its athletic competitors. (And they
much pride in their collcge) That
Brickley has stood the test OF their con-
hdcnce Ia now proved. He mas been in
suited by competitors. advertised in n
way that could not be OF benefit 10 him
and has been the recipient Of many
anonymous letters. Through II all he
has kept his head and remained the
gentleman. Trinity asks no more and
stands pat.
Eligibility matters. as shown, are
simple at Trinity. Its authorities long
had thought that too much was made
OF intercollegiate athletics and they had
tried. and are trying. to be %sane'about
them. They had no problems. Because
OF Its geographic position much of the
bad in college athletics had been
brought home to Trinity. DR.. .McCook
told me OF instances where his boys
who were star athletes had been ap-
preached by alumni OF the so-called Big
Four to get them to leave Trinity. He
does not necessarily condemn a ma for
but he does not believe In a boy
going to college for athletic purposes.
Trinity does not make a play for ath-
letic material,
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involving scholarship. absence or moral
conduct. The athletic board OF the
students promptly set aside the old rule
and submitted one. still In force. that
makes summer ball permissible. IL In
as follows
NO student shall he allowed to repre-
sent the university In any public attn
letic contest, either individually or IA .
member OF a team. who either before
or since entering the university has
played on any baseball team under the
national agreement or IN the Tri-State
League.
M B-National agreement shall he
construed to include the leagues under
the Supreme National Baseball Commits
sion and the National Association or
Professional Baseball Leagues"
Brown is not alone at this day in
is stand. In New England Colby.
Tufts and Maine have the same rule.
1t Is a much criticised rule among
those colleges that do not follow II on
The ground that the summer ball player
brings back 10 college a bad influence
which he instils into the college game.
At Williams they say that when they
had summer players ON their teams
years ago they did not play for Will
Jams but for themselves. In other
cases II Is stated that the summer
player has learned to expect pay for
his services and has demanded II at
college. For nine years Brown has fol-
lowed its present rule. az first as an
experiment and later as a permanent
law. TIL point In question IL such n
mooted one that II IL best to- quote
from a letter written In May, 1914. by
Prof. f. r. Delebarre. al Amherst man.
for many years chairman OF the
faculty committee of student organ.
~izatlons at Brown. to Frederick S. Allis.
Amherst, In answer 10 a request for a
statement OF the reasons why Brown
permitted summer ball
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~ SOL


When Trinity refused to bar George
brickley. who had played professional
baseball with the Philadelphia Athletics.
from Its 1916 football team, in the face
Of cancelled games and considerable
criticism. It caused not only a head-on
collision In eligibility matters among
the New England colleges but brought
TO light a new and radical way of hand
ing the question which In confronting
institutions OF learning. II because
or its radical stand 1t has placed itself
even more in the public eye. so far az
intercollegiate eligibility matters are
concerned. thar did Brown In 1906,
when the latter adopted It's present po-
sltion permitting summer ball. Thus
these " New England colleges occupy
the limelight, az II were. In that one
openly sanctions professionalism and the
other couMenances emt-professionalism,
the two so-called evils that most Of
the others are most DESTROYS OF stamping
out.
While the views OF Trinity and Brown
may be termed radical In the eyes OF
the college world. II is the purpose Of
this article 20 present them as favorably
as they are viewed at their birtiplaccs
so that the public may Judge, In weigh
ing the pros and cons Of the question.
II the reasons back of them and the
principles they stand for are correct.
There Is no question that these two col
le8es have caused a stir In athletic
especially among their WI
friends. which group IL considered i'm
this article. Their positions are es-
pecially interesting in that they sned
much new II different light on the
matter OF athletic eligibility. In fac,
they strike. especially Trinity. at the
very heart of the principle OF amateur
ism. for which most colleges strive.
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Rule of Long Standing.

The surprising part OF the Trinity
case is that the rule in question is one
or long standing NJ this college. This.
60 far as IL known. is the hrs, time an
admitted professional has pay ed on n
Trinity team. That the position OF
Trinity was not taken sud i.nlN IL
proved by the above statement. on
the contrary. II IL the result OF much
thought By learned and honorable men.
including the clergy. In fact the clergy
Is much in evidence in Trini,y's athletic
council, and when this ~ pc puts rs oni-
sanction Ia one side OF n dcba,ablc
question there Is reason to give heed To
1t. az necessity the moral side Of TN"
problem has been duly dellberatcd. u.
j. j. MCCook. a graduate Of Trinity. n
Hartford clergy man and u professor
many years at the college. is the long
star ding chairman o: the committee on
athletics and college organizations. DE-.
Mc'ook believes in the Trinity -ulc. He.
10y the way. is one OF the Fighting Me-
Cooks OF civil war fame. But Just
what is Trinity's position
There is a professor at rhIs institution
wlro IL n lover OF outdoor life. lie is a
mountain climber. a hunter and a fisher
man. He Is one Of the faculty members
who do not agree with the Trinity posi-
tl'H. fsdcn COlIcSe mas plenty OF the
same. In "A friendly discussion of the
AT issue with another member
of 'he faculty he stated that he had ut
times sold some ~ tle fsh hr mad
caught. Then" la%ughingly replied his
contemporary. you are a professional :
YOU are no, Mt tn associate with other
sportsmen.'
This story. In n nutshell, defines
the Trinity position. Trinity
holds that the complex rules governing
intercollegiate athletics have M much
reason back 81 them as would one bar
ring their learned and respected pro-
fcssor who sells his fish from association
with his outdoor friends. Trinity believes
Its purpose Is educational. scholastic and
moral. Hence II draws no sharp line be-
tween its athletes and the balance Of
It's student organizations Its committee.
which controls both. thinks that one rule
should govern both. This one rule is
scholarship. n a hoy 's a registered
doir', satisfactory work he can
play football or debate or box. II ne
does not answer to the above reauire-
mcl'' he can do neither the one nor the
There is Just one exception. Trim
ltv is about 90 adopt the one YEAR ir,gra-
tory rule. w'ch II previously agreed 10
IN its relations with nearby
We|e! ar.
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Apprentice allowance
JUAREZ RACING RESULTS.

First Race-selins; four y.ar-olds and
up six furlongs-Frances q, 100 IHenry)
Ito !, . to and even, hrst; Hardy, los
Matthews, d to |, > to and even, sec
ond; Miss Edith, los Hawkinsl, 10 to |,
! to , aud . to I, third. Time, l;i3, Lofty
He,wood. Nireo, WaSemall. Swede Sam,
Hoisington, Little Maid. Taper Tip, Tecto,
Palma and Willis also ran.
second I,ace-Selling two.y ear-oldr: six
furlongs-Brooks. lo5 tshilling), 7 to 10,
10 to 4 and out. first: Bolina, i05 Cphil-
lipsl, $ to. s.. : to . and to g, second
SAVING, llS l.oftus). & to |, s TO & and /
to ., third. Time. l:l2 3-5. Andrew John
son. Water Warbler and Thelma Marie also
ran.
Third Race-Selling three-year-olds and
up; hve furlongs-Rosemary, 1903 (Shamcr-
horn. TO 81 TO : aud to !: hrst;
Stella CRANE, los ,Matthswsl, so to /. 10 10
and I to I. second Panhachapi. los
utusseln. q to L.? to | and even, third
Time, 100 l-b. Rluebeard, Mack n. Eu-
banks, Ncne Won, Type and |Brighouse also
ran.
Fourth Race-seilins; .hanaicap;. three.
year-olds and up: one mile Brookncld, ."
IMarcol, ! to .. s to . and \ to :. first
star Of Love, l02 tStearnsl, to l.. even
and ? to :, second white. i92 .Huntl, >
to /, 4 to ) and . to : third, Time, i;aS.
Bonanza, Hardball and curlicuc also ran.
Fifth Racc-Selling, four year-olds and
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Brown Has lts Own Rule.

Brown University took n whack at
the present amateur problem In 1906.
when 1t came out openly for summer
ball, that is baseball played by It's STU
dents during vacation for a considera-
ton. In 1904. when II was following
the rule of strict amateurism In college
sport. it barred practically its entire
from competition and took Il strict
stand for what Is termed clean sport.
The conditions 1t encountered in clean
ing house did not lead Brown to he
lleve it was meeting with success. es-
pecially AS its alumni and u~ndergradu-
ates demanded "A change. Brown learned
by experience hat II was one thing
to try to clean college sport OF the semi
professional faint hat summer baseball
brought Into II II quite another thing
to meet with success In the attempt.
All sorts OF evasiOns. like the L.egore
case at Yale and the Lear and Vaughn
AFFAIRS at Princeton. were cropping up,
SO the Brown faculty intrusted to the
students the deciAion on all matters not
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Mr.. Metzger has had to deal with eligibility matters from all sides
and is eminenty fitted to handle the case of the college athlete. He
is a graduate of Phillips Andover Academy and the University OF Penn
sylvania, a former track athlete, college football captain and coach OF
the last intercollegiate championship eleven Pennsylvania boasts Of, the
1908 team. Mr.. Metzger also managed the Pennsylvania crew and this
past year was coach of the West Virginia University eleven, which won
the championship of that State.
The articles will cover all the principal institutions in the New
England district, New York State, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan
and the South. Numerous incidents concerning individual cases will
be told. and-the moral of it ALL
Mr.. Metzger's fourth article, in which he will deal with Dart
mouth. Columbia and other institutions, will appear next Sunday.
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NO, IL, MISS Fanny &. Osgood, Brook
line-ln the Boston tourney Miss Osgood
tied for second place in the qualifying
round and was beaten In the semi-hnal
by Miss Margaret Curtis. She tied for
fourth place In the Eastern championship
and in the Griscorn cup matches heat
Mrs. stockton inc Mrs. Barlow, a con-
siderable achievement. She also was one
of the Boston women who did no see fit
10 go to Ontwentsia.
No, 10. Mrs. j. ". Hurd, rittsburp
Fie!d-When she was Miss Dorothy
Campbell Mrs. Hurd held British. Amer
lean and Canadian championships. but
she no longer plays the great golf that
made her famous on both sides of the
Atlantic. She won nearly everything
around Fittsburg, this year, and at on
wentsia finished well up in the qualify
ing round. She beat II good Chicago
golfer. Mrs. Lee W. Midas. in the first
round, hut in the second was beaten nv
Miss Eleanor Allen.
No. 10, Mrs. II. r. Stockton. Plain
feld-Her victory over Miss Hollins at
Sleepy Hollow, her 1875 In the Ia stern
cha mpionship, which put her IN a tie for
fourth place. and her splendid play in
enc day tournaments all through the
season entitle Mrs. Sto ktOn to her
place. She did not play at Onwentsia
and won one Griscom cup match and
lost the other.
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Wants Aid of Alumni.

Trinity expects It's alumni TO aid In
maintaining the college, II holds (and
who can dispute the point?) that IA COL
lege. In order to exist. must have the
support OF It's alumni both In a material
way and In sending students to the col
ler". II has scholarships and these are
given by President Luther to students
who need aid, Prof. Frank Nicholson
or Wesleyan, secretary Of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association, told me
a few days z that college presidents
should have the sole right to distribute
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up: six furlongs-Metropolitan, liz CC.a..
TO > l to . and | 10 4. nrst; Chr..aw.
100 'shamerhornl : to Z. I to 10 urt -
even aud | to .. third. Time, ri -
dova, Delaney, Butterhail and r , -af
also ran.
sixth Race-Sclling: four -year r's -
ur: six furlongs-Upright. loo ne .
10 J. TO and even, first r .-
los Niross), 10 TO !, I to s T..
second Little Jake, lo5 Or d,
:. even aud 1 to ., third. w... F. -
Bertha V, Manadero, cecil, y ',t a. .
iornia Jack. Aun'ie cur. pr.tN eu1 r.
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DIGGING INTO SYSTEM BEHIND
LIE GORE AND BRICKLEY CASES
HHE SUN has dug into the in
teresting problem behind

THE SUN has dug into the in
teresting problem behind
the lie Gore and Brickley
cases, the problem behind summer
baseball, the problem behind the
eligibility problem. The digging
has extended also into the inner
workings of the whole system Of
athletic PROSECUTING in preparatory
schools-something that will inter-
est every parent of every athletic
boy about to 60 to college.
This digging has been done by
Sol Metzger, known for years as .
writer on college athletics, with the
purpose of bringing the good IS
we'll as the bad to the surface. In
a series of articles Mr.. Metzger is
writing the facts are told dispas-
sionately and in an interesting way.
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spend whole Day at Trans.

BLOOMFIELD. y, j.. Dec. :5-Tvt 0'v
target shoots were held on tho No-".
field Gun Club grounds TODAY.
morning William Garner was = o ~
with a6, Will" Walter 'To.'... -
Charles Fredicks tied for sc.Url PFC
with -. In the afternoon Stsr', h...
win was n winner with a.
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| placed tho FLY record at 2;OsG No.,
was counted good enough for a hoo. ~,
1908. III
Among the new pacing rccnrds a..
mile In 1 1853, by Dircctum |. g ,ta.,,
a windshield TO aid him as b1, p,.M
enjoyed the mile in a race IN al,
by the th~ree-ycar-old colt General 1olt
ana Williams hvc-yeat-old record %,
:5Sh were the most notable. Who
the opened some brilliant rec.
ord breaking performance. Ncr. a.,
pected from last years rb.ro,onsi
thr~ee-year-old PAGER Anna Rr,Jro,,
2:00H. She did not train kindly A.,
a four.year-old filly champion arne,roi
In Sayde Densmorc. Il South D,ko.'
PAGER by Don Densmore, . or, ,..
reduced n record OF long standing ~
the Year Book. When She won m On"
ut Lexington she reduced the . ois,
which The Maid established Siy,esn
years ago. Following are tho r.,,
worlds harness records of lGIi:
TRorTiNG.
Four year old colt-.Peter voio. h
by Potter the Great; reducing ne
2;oat of Etawah In 1914 IT W
Tire. year old diiyLMary Pu,ney' 'm
h. e., by San Francisco: reducing
the :;o6H OF Native Belle in 1910
ok, ID MrNlAhOfy ansn.
Two yr'. o'd n.dy-vG,sa' On 10y
Of Native Belle In 1909 m =.
yeariing aily-Ansciila, b VIZ
Prince Ansel reducing the 2;is.
81 Miss Stokes In 1909 N g
Yeariinx eeiding-Anselot. l. N"S
Prince Ansei; no previous record
Fastest Two heat rae" rscS by :t aailliion'a's
~ NA1A bE lpAt.s a..
ducinr tbcc oS.oau" ,mf SS!,oos,i r.
This Harvester in 1910 ~ NJ
Mummy a.Osi. Wv "'.-
Fa.te.t two Ia ,b,e WI
heats-Lee Axworthy, h. o. NV
heat: rsSueinr The ,,oaYp "Ssnuhn'
.:0tis OF pudia ArchS;to -
Anvil In 1918 Nv. J. Andr.wN
c:o?, 203I
Ross H.. b. e.. BY Pretonious and
redsc,ns tn, h.: sS:o!S.: ooiy r Sht,s Nom
and Equity in tis0t'oJ r. Mccin.S ,.asn
Trotting stallion to wagon-Pe,.
Mac. b .. by pc,er ,Le Gr.at, y.
ducing the s:io OF John A' Nc.
Eorron ,p ,ooo ,p,,t, St,, "..
'''"'eVH
FACING.
One mile. In the open-Dtrecsum +.
oh. =, by Directum Kelly: rcducins
his 1858 IN 1914 IT. " MURPHY, f~sS
hv Abe II. reanrinS n,.@ta; -
H. ri, reuuo,ms VIZ -. ~
VIM W" W. ,.,,,.
-Four year old nily.saydc pcns,nors,, ''"A
"a ~ I'm , mn f,PN.ins
and Of stellar Adyica in III, -
rbre. ye,r oil, coi.. .o... ''s
~ CO. - 'If' I"''.
tho lax -, W:ui,;1,,n, 'iir' t"'u,.s
~ Va "''''" NV i''" ''1
r,s,ne, o,,h h,, i,n '''i
cb, hv Vita n,,,,""n,, HW'
No :. .asyy. W." va, p H. r'd'''9f
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College Athletes and the Problem of Professionalism;
7rd1ay,s Bnckey Case and Brozvn's Sunmner Baseball

: morals. through the cleansing and clari-
flying influence of abolishing a provision
against a practice that Is unobjection-
able In itself, that the students believe
In. and that, when prohibited, mars true
sport instead Of furthering It,"
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American women golfers was eliminated.
No. I. Mrs. Ronald n. Barlow, Merton
AT no time Is Mrs. BARLOW far from
the TOP. and she kept her accustomed
place in 1915. The only title that she
holds Is the Philadelphia championship.
and TO get II she had TO beat Mrs. Van
dcibecN. She was second In the Eastern
championshlp after leading the field on
the first day. broke even In her Girls
com cup matches, and at Onwentsia
accomplished the difficult feat OF putting
out Miss Marion H,llins In the first
round aud Miss Hyde in the second
Jhen in the third round she was badly
on her came and was beaten by Miss
Ernestihe Pearcc. the Western girl win
nihg by up and = to play. Late in
the season Mrs. Barlow won the medal
ana chief cup at the Lakewood women's
tournament and broke the course record
while doing 50.
Miss ROscnthRl NJ. =,
No .. Miss Elaine Rosenthal. Ravis.
iot-She gains her position solely be-
cause OF her splendid golf IN tho West
ern championship. which she won. and
because in the uationa championsh,p
OF 1914 she proved her worth beyond
n doubt. Il Western at Midlothian
was made to order for her this year
and she romped through II. A week
later AT Onwcntsia something unex-
piainable went wrong. She b rely
qualified with a score OF IO2. and was
beaten In the second round by Miss
Marjorie Edwards. II was "A dismal
ending for her hopes, but In no way
detracted from her known reputation.
No. =, Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex
County Mass What Miss Curtis
might have done IN the national cham
pionship nobody knows. for she was one
OF the group Of Boston women who qa:,y
refused TO support the tournament by
going to Chicago. Miss Curtis has been
national champion three times and this
year reached The final In tho Boston
women's championship. where she was
beaten by Miss Ramsay by : up and s 10
PLAY. In the Griscom cup matches Miss
Curtis beat Miss Hyde I and 2 and was
beaten by Mrs. Vanderbeck . and 1.
No, :. Miss Marion i%iollins. Westbrook
In the Metropolitan championship at
Sleepy Hollow Miss ~iioll;ns won the
medal with a 81 made on a wet and
windy day. but in the second round was
afflicted with a streak OF poor putting
n lost to Mrs. II. u. Stockton by a
. ! margin. In the Griscom Gun
matches she beat Miss Harriet Curtis
4 and 3 and was beaten by Mrs. Barlow
) and >. II was Mrs. Barlow again who
put Miss Hollins out of the running at
onwentsin. the New York girl losing on
tn last green in the first round.