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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
Too Much Victory.

The trouble with Pitt Hnd w. & J. II
mostly victory. Severed athletic reld-
tions have taught each much OF value.
Recently rough play was the charge. but
this past year the Pennsylvania players
state emphatically that the Pitt team
played the cleanest type Of ball, ! know
that W. T. J. did the same against West
Virginia when matters were strained II
the breaking point over eligibility ques-
tons. These two institutions have en-
tered into Il bi-State conference with
West Virginia. Tho rules have been
simple and few--simply n starting point.
They consist Of the four year rule. the
migratory rule. the bona fde student
rule and the one permitting restricted
summer ban, There Is no amateur rule.
The authorities are for amateurlsm,
whatever II IL.
These two colleges nave done wrong.
What Institutions have not in dealing
with athletics? They even admit It. The
player back OF the w, & ]. trouble with
Harvard was a notable tramp athlete.
lie had previously played at Pennsvl-
vania, attended Brown, tried 10 matric-
u,ate at Penn State and eventually er-
tered W. & J., Hut The editorial in tho
December Outing. According to state
ments made and repeated publicly ami
privately he had been playing his sev.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
Any Condition a Bar.

Colgate mas eventually solved It's wi
problems. mainly by scholarship. Col
gate and Hamilton are the two COLES es
which stand head n shoulders above
all others In this respect. Each bars the
athlete who has any conditions what
ever. Colgate has a four year rule and
thinks q freshman rule would be n
great handicap. Colgate has a sum
mer ball rule which c~oun'enances sum
mer ball when the student obtains per-
mission to play In other than an or
Sanized league. Consequently Colgate
knows that other colleges. which bar
summer ball. are not succeeding.
Some years ago Colgate attempted 10
enforce "A suinme hall rule and barred
Whitaker. the best pitcher Il ever had.
Prot. G.. f.. Hamilton told me recently
that he had asked n dozen men engaged
y. solving this problem why the Colgate
stand was wrong and had not yet re-
ce!ved a satisfactory answer. Colgate's
scholarships and jobs for needy students
are handled ny the president. The jobs
are ap.ortioned among the students,
the athletes getting their proportion only,
Colgate Ia against PROSECUTING. Conse-
auently run,or. in opposition to the facts.
! has taken some hard pokes at Colgate.
Lafayette and Iehigh work along
much the same lines. Each has made
mistakes in the past. For example
Lafayette got Fielding Yos; 10 leave
West Virginia University for a few
days back in 1895 TO play tackle against
PENNSYLVANIA. Yost returned to West
| Virginia shortly. but In most football guides
Yost rs given as "A Lafayette graduate
L.ehigh also had Hohan, a former Dart
mouth player. III its cam. lIoban
played o years. which Is contrary
10 rumor. Princeton called Lehigh's at
tention TO the fact that IIoban had
been paid $3.50 for coaching the Dart
mouth freshman eleven and az he was
not barred refused further games with
Lehigh.
Recently a former Lafayette baseball
captain gave me a list OF men he had
| played summer bail with and against
abou, ten years ago. II seems that q
Lehigh professor appeared AZ Lafayette
| one afternoon to advise that Iehigt
would protest many Of the Lafayette
nine on accoun, OF summer bal. The
| Lafayette authorities went up in tho
| air The captain thereupon wrote dowi
| the list above referred to. 1t Mas on /,
| six Iehigh players. seven Rucknell. ninf
| Georgetown. six Dickinson. eight Brown
two Franklin and Marshall. two Iiar'
ward. s.x Yale. eight Princeton, five
| Pennsylvania. three Dartmouth. three
| williams, three CORNELL and nine Pcnr
State players then IN college. Needless
TO say there was no protest from Lee
high. To-day n protest Is out OF the
question between these rivals because oi
the better feeling existing. due to mer
like Reiter. Ready and Crowell.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09

gently prepared to enter college. 'Wlns
10 the death Of the Lafayette registrar
and a change in adininistration the tenn
porary officers were somewhat lax put
not in athletic matters alone. \ study
OF the records OF these FIVE boys showed
that three OF them had the necessary
credits from accredited high schools he-
fore attending private preparatory
schools and thai the other two were al
mitted with III. units OF credit. each
carrying 3 units Of conditions. II IS
perfectly certain that all Of these boys
wiil be compelled to toe the mark in
heir studies or leave college and that
such cases will not occur In the future.
Each Of these institutions has n loan
fund from which needy students may
borrow certain sums 10 aid them. which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
STEPHENSON LANDS
HIGH SCRATCH PRIZE
Breaks 93 Out Of Possible 100
in shoot at Traps Of
n. Y. 4. T..
YOUNG SPOTTS ACCT RATE

One Of the largest fields Of the year
reported at tho Travers Island traps
OF tho New York Athlete Gu yester-
day. Although the weather. was de-
cldedly cold on the firing line .ht~e was
little or 10 wind aud as a result the
major.i, Of the shoots were won by ex-
cellent scores. Frank u. Stephenson of
Brooklyn managed to win the high
scratch prize, the most important trophy
OF the day. lie took the shoot with
% out OF a possible 100 targets.
Stephenson also was one Of the few
gunners 10 MAKE II straight run OF 20
targets during The afternoon. He made
his perfect run IN the shoot for the club
Guy thereby winning a leg on the prize.
TIN only other straight scores were re-
turned IN the shoot for the accumula
ton prize. Bo;h -. H. Martin and H. VI.
Higginson won legs through straight
scores.
r.. X. SPOTS. Jr. one of the young
est gunners in the metropolitan district.
had the distinction of earning two prizes.
lie first annexed the Travers Island
trophy. after A shootoff against l.. =.
Wing, tr. e. J. stein. Conrad stein. ".
u. Ogden. B VI, HiggiHson. ". =. Strine.
l.. ". Thompson. Il. l.. SPOTS and \.
W. curric. MI had full scores of %
targets in the first time at the traps.
The high ~handic0p prize was the other
trophy captured 10y young SPOTS. a
shoo, OF against c. A. Brown. B. NJ.
Higginson. II. &. Strine and l.. W
Thompson was necessary before the
trophy was annexed. These gunners al
had full scores of 100 targets In the first
time at the traps. The win was the
most important one that the youthful
gunner has reg stored at Travers Island
this season.
There were the usual ties In the shoot
for the monthly cup. All the gunners
who made 20 targets got legs on the
prize. They Were &. A.. Brown. e. W.
Billings, :. g. Williams. q NJ Thomp-
son and Il. *. SPOTS. Jr. Two gunners
also tied IN tn. race for the distance
prize. They were D.. :. Mcmahon and
J. II. Hendricksou. \ leg on the novice
cur Was won by l." ". Thompson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
FEW LINGER TO SEE
CALUMET TEAM WIN
Winter League Lives Up to
Name and Spectators Re-
main at Home.
ONLY ONE GAME PLAYED
THE STANDING

Playing before a crowd which filed
twenty seats the Winter League re-
sumed It's baseball activities yesterday
on the outdoor diamond at Ninety-nfth
street and West End avenue. by the
fourth inning seventeen Of the specta-
tors filed out. leaving but three loyal
roote"s, and umor said that they were
substitutes. Only one game was played
instead Of the usual double header. The
Twelfth Regiment team found the win
try blasts n little too wintry and for
feited to University. Calumet and Union
were not to be frozen GU and at the
end of seven innings the former was the
winner by q score OF 10 to II. Victory
came in a thrilling sixth inning .nish.
which proved the last at bat for Calu-
met. Union also rallied. but fcl, -four
runs short of tying the score.
William T. Tt, who formerly served
the ball up the lane for Columbia. rep
resented Calumet Oh the mound. For
siN innings ne got along smoothly. ana
then N" lost control OF his mysterious
twists. Union WAS quick TO take adj
vantage ~ his weakness. and in the sew
euth batted nut five runs. His team
mates then came to the rescue and with
fingers almost frozen managed to toss
out three runners.
\. Tilt OF Calumet welded the ash In
good style. getting six hits In as many
trips TO the rubber. Kendall, also oi
Calumet, and he Saullcs and Washing
ton OF Union also were heavy hitters.
Calumet piled up eleven uns ia tive
innings. pounding the offerings of johnny
De Saulles, who once played ~ quarter.
back on the va" eleven. The latter
then thought he would he Of more scr.
vice 10 Union a. shortstpp aud 10 tina,
! position he %trnttel. while II r B,ujd-
m.H took up where lie lcft III. Ecuitm.i
went three inning, holding GHuuiuc,
srureless Even his arm became sub.
tec' 20 tho cold 10 the sixth. and rs'u.
me- made nj for lost tan" hv mdk'ur
fiv" runs, putting tho gam" on ice The
score
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
GOBLET TO MEET MORTIMER.
Wins >cMi-HnRI Match In tuxedo
Court Tennis rOur0~H.

TrNEpn I'AEK. y. V, Ian S.-Thc maj
round IN IN" first class court tennis
iardlr,r, which has been IN pr"grrs,
800 in" Tuxedo Touus and RACQUET 'lu,,
iur the p,s; three wc"k-nds. Vas reached
to-day In tn-day's match Robert ioclct
won from + I. ~Frelinghuys sen. = 4.
S.. and viii meet Stanley q. Mortimer
IN the iiuals tomorrow Among the
others vino played IN tho event were
Pierre lnrlllard. lr.. who was defeated
IN IA" first round by Mr., Mortimer.
-, s. William Post. e. :. Ice.
&. :. Cutting, LLOYD Warren. y, W. Til.
ton. George 81. George and Maurice
Roche.
Tomorrow AT noon tn" club cham
p.uuship iu rscqu"tS viii hc played. &,
e. Pei n 5, - Mortimer. amateur
.hunpiurs In doubles, viii h" pittcd
against each other and a fast game Is
expected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09

Mr.. Metzger has had to deal with eligibility matters from all sides
and is eminently fitted to handle the case of the college athlete. He
Isl 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 sixth article. in which he will deal with the condi-
tons which exits in the Western Conference and the PROSECUTING prob
lem in preparatory schools. will appear next Sunday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
Colgate and Hamilton stand
Firmly by Single Test Of
Scholarship.
LAFAYETTE AND LEHIGH
HAVE SIMILAR RULES
~ sol. NETZGER.
Article =.

Dean Briggs of Harvard. addressing
the National Collegiate Athletic Associ-
alton meeting Il, New York. said that
mutual distrust Is the greatest evil In
intercollegiate sport. Even as | am
speaking he added. ',ou are thinking
OF Harvard as a college that tolls great
athletes away from other colleges at the
sums for nominal labor and meantime
gives public thanks that she is not an
other colleges are"
The good deAn IL right. Success in
Intercollegiate athletics goes hand in
hand with suspicion. The recent rise to
athletic fame OF the elevens Of COLGATE.
Pittsburg, Rutgers and Washington and
Jefferson II ample proof. The pertinent
point IL To present the facts. On them
must condemnation or praise rest. This
article deals with such cases "a we'll
IA those of other institutions in a field
including the Middle States. II shows
what Is going on. what Is back Of the
ZANE a. IL has been aud Is being played
In this section. or necessity only the
more prominent institutions as well as
the more motto able examples Of eligi-
bility at other seats OF learning are
under the s~earchlight. This history is 20
prove the truth or Dean brigfse con-
tcntlon.
In a~lphabetic order Colgate comes
first. ny eason OF a victory over iale's
1919 eleven. a clean cut one. runor
began its work. Colgate got into eligi-
b,lity matters When Frank Castleman
vas its track team. or the biggest part
OF II. back In l9o5-s. Castleman held a
Job as head bellboy at PAUL Smiths one
surnne and there played several games
Of ball. The A. A. L. started an in
v~estigation. which lasted so long tha'
this sterling athlete could not attend the
Olympic games at Athens COLGATE Ike
wise Investigated. Roth parties I'M
earthed the fact thai thls'boy had re-
ceived no money. The only harm done
vas by the investigators. I; isrt
pleasan, Ia mise a trip like the one 'Ne
American athletes took TO Athens TVS
Is n fair sample of many eligibility
problems.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
Rodgers Gaze Explained.

W q j. and West Virginia have
had an unfortunate time In their rcla-
lions, Each - in a typical college town,
whose citizens demand victory All SORTS
~ deals have boon put over IN N" past,
and their relations ar, therefore fun OF
fights and protests. TIL" Rodgers case
this last fall ~ an example. The h
state conference met tho week Of tho
game and declared Rodgers irclle bile ON
two counts, tho migratory rul" and tho
four year rule, II a'to agreed to secrecy
so the bad blood living dormant would
not be stirred into action. The facts
wer" that Rodgers had played four wears
on th" Bethany College. West Nirg MIA.
teams while in the preparatory DEPART
ueu'. Rodgers was 20 Years OF age and
had JUS, cuou.h credits to enter col
lpge. West Virginia, in a peculiar
situation from an athletic standpoint,
ruled him eligible and SO maintained him
IN spite ~ The conference decision on n"
ground that Bethany was not 4 college
according to III" United States BuNcau at
Education. Hut It agreed to withdraw
him, inc conference agreeing 20 main
tain secrecy It's representative asked
my cooperation a. coach aud We made
our plans. That sam" day the IIt;shurg
newspapers had the story of the confer
enCe meeting and its decision. The Old
feeling was famed into fame and after
much dickering tn" gtine was p'sN~l
with Rodgers IN the lineup, II resulted
In n Tie AZ & to
Carnegie Tcch next protested Rodgers
on the four year rule, a. the same time
stating 1t had no migratory rule, and.
enormously. that such "A law did not
exist In that vlvinity. Carnegie refused
10 play the game. though assured that
Rodgers would not appear In the lineup
on account of injuries. Carnegie de-
manded that both teams play under its
rules ami 'tS Interpretation of these rules.
Whether West Virginia or Carnegie was
at fault depends upon whether an In
depreciation OF a rule opposite TO Your
w Interpretation is more heinous than
n broker contract. West Virginia hu,
followed the Interpretation used In tho
South by teams like Virginia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
CLUBS LIKE TRAPSHOOTTNG.
DaItusroI IL TRking'lp h sport
with Enthusin1m.

Trspshootins IL steadily growing in
popularity az IL feature in country club
life. Organizations perfected for the de-
Nelopment Or other sports are turning to
ira pshooilug FOR an all year round pas
time.
The Biltusrol Golf club is the latest
country club To- promote ra~pshoot!ng
amor its members. Baltusrol is stag
ing weekly and monthly handicap tour
naments and from d modest beginning In
point Of entries the list is being length
ened each week.
Some years ago the New York Athletic
Club went INTO trapshonting on an ex-
tensive scale At its country home at
Travers Island and now a considerable
number of the yacht and country clubs in
and around New York have all the
modern tr~apshoOting appliances.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09

Walt"r VI, Collins won two o, the
three events at the traps of the Bayside
Yacht cub Yesterday, IN his handicap
allowance of two he returned a full scor-
IN tie w,'Hiy event at twenty-five targets
when he uroke t~wenty-tour. lie had an
other full score IN the monthly event
when he broke tw~enty-tnr"e and was
allotted the zane handicap The leg on
the yearly cup WAS won ny +. -deritk u.
Long, the club captain. who broke TWEEN
ty-four targets. Collins was high gun
OF the day. breaking siNty-seven out OF
seventy-livc targets. and Y :. Fosdick,
a scratcu man, who broke slXty-threc,
was second. Long took part in only
two Of the twenty-five target events.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
West Virginia. Problem.

Only the spring previous Fleming was
finally declared ineligible by w. & ].
because he had played NJ Gettysburg
while a preparatory student This was
probably the main reason why W. & J.
forced tho Rodgers case. Blu on the
whole the matter goes deeper than this.
There IL ground for arbitration. For
example, Pitt recognized tha its re-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
CENTRAL Y. M. c. A. VICTOR.
strOiIcrs Beatcn 4 "a t--Behtnd
From start 70 Finish.

Play Was resumed in the champion
ship series OF the Saturday Amateur
Soccer Football League yesterday at the
Prospect Park Parade Grounds In Brook
Ign. where tho eleven of the Central
Y. NJ G. a. met and defeated the stroll
lers by a score of 4 goals to /. The
ccntrals had the upper hand throughout.
establishing a lead of 2 goals TO o In
the first half. The turf was in splendid
condition and the weather. though IA bit
chilly for the goal keepers and backs.
was just right for fast soccer. The line
t,Y
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
SHANNON A DOUBLE WINNER.
CRptus-~ two Events NJ Traps Of
Poet Washington Yacht club.

IoHT W~AsHISGro>. l.. l.. Jan. Sill.
II. shannon won two Of the events at
the traps Of The Port Washington Yacht
Club t5!s afternoon ana ia another tied
with t~o other gunn,rs. The remaining
string of Twenty-Five targets. a compe-
titiou FOR a leg on the monthly cup. re-
suited in = tie uciwcvn e. l.. Thompson
80 d. :. Cornwall.
S%hannon's two victories were achieved
In the competitions for the weekly cup
and for a leg on The yearly cup. There
was y three corncr.i tie between Sham
non. Dr. ~, r. Deane and &. l.. Thomp-
son FOR tue special prize. The ties will
be decided next week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
N. Y. U. in Trouble at Times.

The New York University situation
bring {" Light "A mos, interesting case
that occurred IN 1909 The left guard
OF 'ne team, COIN. had previously PLAYED
a; Wesleyan. II" WIS irdurpd by Coach
Wilson 20 go through the fOrrnali'!es OF
matriculatlon Later the athletic con-
mittee obtained these facts. II asked
for Old obtained the resignation OF the
coach and sent apologies to- tho teams
played. Dr. Cam. the physical direc-
tor, tells Of an Interesting summer ball
cas-. som" years ago In which a coach Of
n OF the competing teams protest, |
one OF New Works players Just before
he Went to bat. "Why that fellow pre-
coded me on the batting order last st,n-
mer.' he sid. Tn. hoy denied Il and
continued 70 do so until after gradua-
ton. when n" admitted the fact. n
consequence there ~ some doubt at y.
Y /. about the ability to enforce the
summer rule.
And nov We come to i'iit aud Wash
ington and jefferson, infractprs OF all
rules Of sport and spor'smans snip. Il
rumor Is believed. I know of ono noted
educator who recently has been chosen
TO shape the future policy of one OF our
largest universities who told me that the
situation IN western Pennsylvania WIS
bad and that they were going through
what the others had been through ten
md twenty years age, ! am more
familiar with the situation at these two
institutions than AT any other. I have
been forced to study them. ha.r
played detective in this case and have
been led into some amusing situations
az well as strained ores, ! admit I had
the belief of the lobby. This was due
10 Pitt having suddenly obtained ono OF
the freshman players I coached AT Penn
s%ylvania in 1907 and to other incidents
that came to my attention in the past.
Hut the past and the present are az dit
fercnt as is day from night. In fact the
college of the noted educator referred ~
IN the opening paragraph possesses "A
former Washington and Jefferson player
who nae a hard struggle at his former
college. Now he wears fne clothes.
Nnifher IL liz nn an athletln ielnn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
HOL IS A GOOD GYMNAST.
Wins NJ Round Competition ~
-. GrOrK 4. e. CluhhOuae.

Rev. Karl Reiland. rector Of -. Georges
Church. presrlei AT an athletic enter
tainment held IN the clubhouse OF
ST. Georges 4. & last night and pre-.
scented the prizes to the winners. In
the all round gymuas site competition al
flying rings. side horse and parallel bars
Peter iIol OF the Norwegian Turn
Nerein won with lao 40 points, Frank
Krig of the bohemian ~Gymnastic As.
ISOLATION was second with li0 points and
j. Faddlo of the New York Turn Vereir
third with i21 $40 points.
IN the final of the 40 pound wrestling
competition l.. &. Nelson won after
wrestling > minutes % seconds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
College Athletics and The Problem of Professionalism:
Middle States Institutions Haze Solved Some HffftcuAtes
DIGGING INTO SYSTEM BEHIND
LIE GORE AND BRICKLEY CASES

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
understanding that will inter-
est every parent of every athletic
boy about to 20 to college.
This digging has been done by
Sol Metzger, known for years as a
writer on college athletics, with the
purpose Of bringing the good as
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.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
N. Y. U. FIVE SPOILS
FINE NAVY RECORD
Mid>hipmen Meet Defeat for
First Time This Season.
Score Is 20 to %.

ANNAroIIs. Md. Jan. S-The New
York University five gave u fine exhibit
ton OF passing and general team play
against the midshipnen this afternoon
and won. % to %. The Navy lad put
IN the s~tifiest kind of a nght before they
we're defeated for the first time this sca-
son. calhoun and Moran worked we'll
together, but the stiff defence Of the
visitors broke up most Of the Mays at
tcmptS ~ team play. The New Workers
sut far more chances at the basket than
their opponents, but their shooting was
not equal TO their passing.
White, the New York captain. started
The scoring by cagiug the ball from two
thirds OF TN" distance down the court
II was u HAIR raising shot and put the
mid>hIpmcu in awe of him during the
rest uf the game. one OF the notable
points about the New Workers PLAYING
was ~" marrc 90 which they used their
guards oT~crsivcly. The lineup
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
Lafayette Under Criticism.

Lafayette was under much criticism
this fall from several preparatory
schools, At least Ave PLAYERS were
freshmen who the heads OF Lawrence
VILE and Exeter said were not sufl-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
luud>o" Hon, club Omccrs.

The members Of the Hudson Boat
club, whose hous" Is on the Hudson
~ Ia" foot Of l|Nckuau street, elected
ofic - Last might for the Year. The
cluh lat l.'ru'l huilt = new nome II
no" has several u"W shells and win
thic IN H'll'" lart In rowing ucNt sea
son TIE new on lc"rs are. President,
william Wade; Nicr-prosidcnt. Nicholas
kunz tr"asur"r, Jus"ph ASpell; serre-
tray. Charles T. Lewis financial Sec
i"tnr. y, I. Norman, rnntniu, GEORGE
kunH d.. FIRST lieutenant, Joseph POI
Ter; second licut'rnut, f'raui Johnson.
birrtto" ioln i'"sser, I. Potter.
Thoua. Maxwell, John Schultz, q. T.,
Connolly aud George Corsiers.