Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-10
PREP SCHOOL LADS
HAVE THEIR PRICE
University Men Make Big Mistake in
Offering inducements to
Athletic Stars.
EVEN MONEY PAID TO SOME


the very existence OF the game. These
boys quite calmly accept as fact that
preparatory school stars have their price.
and discuss. as though it we're the most
ordinary state OF affairs, a condition
chiefly marked in the attitude of prep
sratory school players who apparently
have come to view foot ball not so much
as game as an opportunity OF one sort
or another. MANY preparatory school
players have come to believe they have
a price and are concerned only in making
the most of their good fortune. What IS
that prices
This question IL difficult 10 answer.
because the facts. It Is probable, could be
obtained only through testimony given
under oath in court OF law. Probably
there sre various sorts OF prices. with the
coin Of the realm not an insignificant unit
on the list OF Inducements When
coach Of smal college team is quoted
as going about Dragging that the eleven
cost HIM SO many thousand dollars. the
previous season, what Is the inference
This Is the time for plain speaking.
particularly on the part OF any man who
loves the great autumn game OF foot
bali better than any sport that exists.
The time for remedial action Is now: later
the timo for action may have passed
At Yale, for example. there exists what
IL beginning to amount to positive antag.
onlsm TO foot ball on the part OF pro-
fessorH, feeling solely due to the atti-
tude of underclass foot ball men toward
their class room work; men who camo
TO Yale from various schools with their
chests out, filled with the belief that the
university owes them immunity from all
the essential work Of the university. They
are not particular TO Yale, II might be
remarked parentheucaliy. Fortunately
for the sport at Yale. the foot ball au-
thorities have grappled this situation
with iron hands. They were moved to
this not alone because only eleven OF
last years powerful freshman squad OF
forty-seven came to New Haven as
sophomores this year. with scholastic
standing sufficiently high 20. enable them
TO play foot ball. but because OF tho at
titude OF those boys who sweIled around
the university, with manner suEgestine
Willingness to let the coaches do the
worrying for them. But they found the
coaches this year were not OF a mind
to help them with their professors, or 20
intorcede for them in any way. Neither
was their presence about the foot batl
quarters tolerated.
Follow EIps Example.
They arc going about New Haven 10.
day with dased faces, and when the fac
ulty enacts the proposed rule depriving
them Of the numerals they won last
year II may be imagined their emotions
will be seven more unsettled When
every seat Of iesrning follows YaIs's
example in this respect ono phase Of
the present situation win be ameliorated.
But there are other phases. The follow.
ing dainty little tidbit. dated lynn, Mas,
September e. is taken from the Boston
! Globe:
When forced this week to make q
selection between Dartmouth and Yale,
the two eastern colleges which strongly
appealed to him. Thomas ]. Whalen. the
best athlete in Lynn, decided 20 enroll
at Dartmouth, and as soon as the nee.
essary papers can be secured from Notre
Dame university. where he was a student
last year. he will take up scholastic
work at Hanover. The decision OF
Whalen to enter Dartmouth was a sur.
prise to representatives OF Yale, who
have been attempting to convince him
during the summer that New Haven Is
the best place in the country. Coach
Cavanaugh of Dartmouth, who followed
| Whalen's work at Worcester academy
ana at Notre Dame. paid several visits
To Whaien this summer and the Lynn
student was much impressed by the
Dartmouth coach. Ralph W. Reeve.
Dartmouth alumnus, got In touch will
Whalen and was instrumental In havinr
the Hanover college picked as the fins
selection.
Had Many Chances.
"Whalen was offered, Il Is said. i'm.
ducements 70 go 10 fourteen OF the col.
leges In the east and middle west, and
some OF the offers which were made L,
MIN promised to be Very remunerativs
during his spare time. But IN the fina
decesion his choice rested between Dart.
mouth and Yale. Whalen is a baseball
player, a football man and a track star
Baseball is his favorite game. He 4.
a first baseman. and In addition 70 beins
a fine fileder he Is an exceptionally haro
hitter, Another Lynn athlete who has
enrolled at Dartmouth IL Charies "
Hap Phillips. an English high grad
uate, who was one OF the fastest sprint.
ers on the Exeter track team last year
A third. who Intended to register a
Pennsylvania, but who has shifted tc
Dartmouth. Jimmy Phelan. who was the
fastest sprinter at Exeter. but was pre-.
vented by the age limit from oompetins
In the interscholastic meets.''
! Now. II Yale alumnus or Yale alumni
were really bidding for whalen's ser.
vices, basing Judgment upon the pres.
ent temper at Now Haven. it Is safe Il
say the graduates were working solely
OF their own initiatve-and without
the knowledge OF the football authori.
ties. And II, as stated In the foreEomg
excerpt, a Dartmouth aiumnus finally
won out, 1t would be interesting anc
valuable and righteous for Dartmouth
university 70 ascertain the grounds upor
which this victory. was won, and 10 make
/ the findings public. Universities. under
present conditions, are not responsible
} for actions OF over-ent husiastic alumni
but Il is high time that the various in.
stitutions Of our country took action OF
a nature designed TO impress their grad.
yates that they have come TO regaru
themselves as responsible and that ideals
which alumni were supposed to hav,
accepted with their diplomas will here.
after be binding.
Bid for Casey.
q