The sun., 1916-01-17
SUMMER BASEBALL
QUESTION DODGED
IN PROJECTED RULE
II Adopted by I. O. A. A. A. A.
That Phase Of Problem
Will Still Exist.
OTHER AMENDMENTS
FOLLOW CONFERENCE

Amendments TO the constitution ana
bylaws of the Intercollegiate Associa-
tion Of Amateur Athletes or America
were discussed at meeting OF me
executive aud advisory committees held
at tho Waldorf Hotel yesterday. As q
result the association will he asked at
its annual convention on March 70
pass amendments to ue constitution
that will embody all the restrictions on
amato,rism recommended at the recent
snort conference.
.rhe oucstiou OF summer baseball.
which the conference failed to solve, ~
no nearer solution, for the delegates AZ
the meeting yesterday left " In tho came
chaotic condition IA they found It 1t
.s truo they sanctioned an amendment
which prohibits man competing on
team on which there are playing others
who receive financial benefits. but no
penalty accrues II the consent IN writ
ing ,s obtained % the faculty authority
Of tho college which the man Is attend
ing Thus after months or wrangling
Brown students may still play summer
bail. becau-r Brown allows her students
60 do 70. hut Yale mon may not, ne
cause the authorities at New Haven
do not think that such course Is con-
sisicnt with the proper amateur ana
college spitt.
Th, itilo against the capitalization OF
athletic fame II recommended substdn-
TALLY as passed at the recent conler'
ence here No college athlete IN future
will be allowed to sign his name TO
newspapcr articles unless such articles
are actually written by him and paid dor
at the regular rates. Neither Will he
tYaar
10 have his name advertised IN any
situation that is connected with sports.
Until the present time the ]. G. A. A
A A. has made no provision IN It's
constitution for the reinstatement OF men
who have broken the laws laid down.
Under the new amendments reinstate-
ment Is provided for and is made par
t,cularly easy for men who have coached
for money and have violated the rules
by playing on team or against team
on which there were professionals.
II the amendments are passed at the
annual convention there will be nothing
70 prevent an amateur competing against
n professional providing lie receives tne
consent OF the governing body OF his
snort Tha, and the summer baseball
question are treated in the following
three paragraphs. stating WHAT oeoars
An athelcte:
'By participation In any public COM
petition or exhibition as an individual
and not merely as a member OF team
against one or more persons ihehgioie
70 compete as an eTaateur IN 'he spor'
An which such participation occurred.
rithout having obtained as a condition
nrecedent special permission 10 do so
from the organization governing such
connection or exhibition. unless " ,s
the general practice or custom In such
SPORT for such character OF competition
or exhibition to take place.
"By participation IN any public COM
petition or exhibition as member OF
"a team on which there are one or more
,nennhers who have received. do receive
or who are to receive directly or in-
directly nay or financial benefits Tor
narticipatlon without having obtained
a. condition precedent the consent IN
writing to thus participate from Inc
proper faculty authority or the uniVer-
sity or college Of which he is AT tne tins
OF such participation matriculated
student. 80.
..By participating In any public com
netition or exhibition as meinpef
against another team. one or more mem
bers OF which are Ineligible to compe,e
ae amateurs IN the sport IN which sue!
norticinatiou occurred unless the team
connected against represents Wen es
,ab,ishrd organization and also that tht
comics, or exhibition Is IN generally
recognized sport and between e'the'
groups or players participating AZ ON
time or consisting Of a series or moi
v,dual contests, which both al 70 'h'
number and character thereof would con
stitute "A generally recognized series O
events" ,.,.,.,
In EXPLAINING the above prohlbition'
..ustay,is r Kirby. chairman or the ad
S,sory committee Of the / c, A. A. A.. a.
sa,d mat there was no bar TO Yale o
anv other college playing the Giants u
an exhibition game, neither would Ia,
be prevented from competing IN a ,raci
meet against the Springneh Iralnin
,,,ther,o has been prohibited