The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19

Brickley case and summer baseball
the development OF the old style Of foot
ball. our greatest college sport. 20 us
highest point OF efficiency. and much
praise II due Walter Camp. Harvard
more recently. under Hauwhton. has
brought the running attack OF the mod
ern game 10 "a high point. Princeton.
due to the appearance OF Rush, seems
TO he on the eve OF big things.
We owe much OF our athletic success
10 these colleges. They have. In a meas
ure. paved the way and built up our
systems and established our presidents
For these reasons they bear careful
Watching. They should and will be care
fully scrutinized In every act and deed
and they should realize this and admit
that the public has much right in us
position because this public has made
possible their stately stadiurns and their
elaborate and extensive equipments for
outdoor sports. The actions OF each
shape the policy Of many but not quite
all OF our colleges. Brown. for one,
stands for widely different ideals. Con-
sequently 81 is sitting and proper that
this article go into the intimate athletic
affairs Of those after whom We pattern.
Much that Is good and some that .s bad
In our collegiate athletic situation owes
its or.vin 10 the policies Of the triple
alliance. They, IN iurn. have more at
stake than their " honor.
Vaiue Of winning Teams.
The tremendous advertising which
these universities receive from their
athletics has been an indirect cause Of
SOME ~ the mushroom athletic rrowths
OF smaller institutions. which nope "a
| rhsng- ~ "a. IL, .. 49,. - ,-,.
value attached TO aiming teams. by
reason of their startling victories. In the
past we have left the solution OF our
problems To- the triple alliance VIVA,
they have done others have done, The
migratory rule. the four year and the
present three year rule sprang to life at
their hands The tendency 20 limit com.
petition TO the UNDERGRADUATES OF the
college department is an offspring OF this
alliance.
PROSECUTING and the various forces OF
professionalism nave been early prob.
EN- of these colleges and In meeting
them. except II. the matter Of summer
bail, they have taken the initial steps
ana AZ all times scholastic requirement.
have oeen a subject for revision and con-
slant Improvement. In summer base,
ball Brown took the initial step. tried
what this group Is now trying as a Solu,
'f''' hfih Ai'i fNDhlAtollNNi II lbF ~ adl
cal plan.
There have been many influences at
work at Harvard. Princeton and YAH
IN the development of their athleti,
standards, AS in all activities there are
problems to be met. The wonder is tina
the colleges have handled them so salts
factorily. Rut II remained for the tripl,
alliance to meet them first and. as in IN,
making of all laws. precedent wa!
SnIv0hF IAhnt .tN..a siNny 10 az
10 England for this precedent" VIVA
more unfortunate
do not know the English standarC
frs. hand. Men who do tell me tina
is absolutely satisfactory to tn
i'titish. The English idea is to limi
rs amateur sport to the aristocrat. 4
the man OF leisure. who does not worl
. for q livelihood, The copying of thil
'dea brought us n standard that doe
=, rot make provision for an American in
/ stltut.on upon which We pride ourselve
a tn" aelf-made citizen. In his begin
nings he can he the colleeian who Il
working his way through an educationa
institution. The type OF boy we mos
4 admire is struck at in the adoption o
: tie English principle. The infusion o
$ this spirit in our amateur rule is the al
Z rect cause of our problem. 1t came I
light m the eligibility codes of the tripl
e alliance. and they ave held fast to I
and intend to test II more and more.
Have Fallen From Grace.
cults. Lear. Vaughan. IeGore and hi
$ four teammates and dozens Of other
r have failed to live up TO its demand
and have fallen from grace. The ath
2 letic authorities at Harvard, Prlnceto
I and Yale state that the boy who de
3 ceives, as unquestionably these boy
have done Is committing n moral wroni
yet we lave yet to find one criticism @
;. these boys for having acted as they did
q Their friends have not forsaken then
s n in all other activities at colleg
they have the same rights and priv
e leTes as others. They are not locke
q down on. In reality they have n
e ceived much sympathy. Are they or
q the rule wrong
The rule was not lived up to in 100
and because Of its proved infraction
q the college athlete was the subject @
p "A landslide OF undertaking articles tina
threatened his very existence. Some wer
d written by men of high standing in II
y critical sense, who O the English ide
p AZ a basis and spared no feelings, II
It result was that the American mind x,
q "A false standard and "A false view
'e matters. 1t was prejudiced and the do
ID mand was made to right things, Val
n Harvard and Princeton felt this az
went about solving the problem wilt
more restrictions OF the same kind.
Many men with whom ] have talke
II will give incidents Of the continue
D. breaking OF his rule by the baseba
10 players OF these colleges since then. h,
A. they will not allow themselves to I
quoted. ! must take the Responsible
m when I have not the facts. This In n,
40 fair, but It goes to show that there
"a much doubt In the minds Of some az
w the fact that the ball players of Il
teams Of the triple alliance are livir
ar up. TO the standards demanded Of ther
40 Such reasoning IL based on umo
ar should have no place In this article. b
n. this much 10 fact--that In no cas-
or brought TO light have the players sv