Evening star., 1916-05-25
TWO SHUT-OUT GAMES PLAYED
BY AMATEUR LEAGUE TEAMS
General Office Blanks Car Department and
Machinists Whitewash Drillery-Mary-
land Colleges Discuss Eligibility Rules.

Illness or some equally bona fde excuse.
All agreed to this except Hopkins. out
DorseyS position in this matter was
recognized as being different from that
of the others, inasmuch as Hopkins is
the only state institution that hunks
out its delinquent students at the END
of the fall term. Such a rule would
prevent a man who had been dropped
from Hopkins for scholastic deficiency
from competing the next fall, even II
he studied during the year and re-
entered in full standing with his class.
Another difference of opinion came
on the fifth article dealing with the
number of hours which an athlete
should be required to take After
much discussion it was fixed at Il, al
though Byrd favored a much greater
number. Hopkins declined to agree
since many of its graduate students
are listed at only three or four hours
work per week, whereas they may &C
tuall'' be doing five times that amount
in research and laboratory work that
does not show on schedules.
grade required by the colleges it was
found Impossible to fix an arbitrary
percentage which athletes should be
required to make, and the article was
adopted as requiring the candidate to
have an average which should equal
the passing grade required at this in
stitution. This was the sixth article.
Hopkins failed to ratify this because
any student not up in his work is
placed on the blacklist, which prevents
him from playing any game.
THE seventh and last article called
forth the most spirited discussion of all.
1t dealt with professionalism among
the athletes. At first summer base ball
was brought up and q merry little
wrangle ensued. 1t was suggested that
all athletes who had played base ball
in a league under the jurisdiction of
organized ball be barred, but this failed
to meet the approval of the majority
and the whole question finally was
dropped and the matter of professional
ism was based on the relation of the
student with his college.
This virtually permits the playing
of summer base ball by athletes who
come under the agreement. 1t was
agreed that no player should receive
a remission of fees or be given a job
at his college simply because he was
an athlete. but it also was the sense of
the article that his being an athlete
would not render him ineligible for re-
Ceiving such assistance.
The article means that an athlete
can hold a job if others who are not
athletes also are eligible for similar
positions and similar aid He must be
worthy of the help by virtue of good
character and scholastic standing. The
most important step taken in this di
rection was the clause which made it
imperative that all such assistance be
tuition or member of the faculty ap-
pointed for the purpose. thus mini
mizing the favoring of athletes"
This version of the result of the meet
ing is practically correct. with the ex-
ception that the Maryland Agricultural
College about three months ago formu-
lated it's own rules, much more strict
than the modification of them which go
into effect at the other institutions
Washington College. Western Mary
land and St. Johns. Western Maryland
in company with Hopkins. did not adopt
the four-year rule. The Maryland Ag-
ricultural College also adopted the rule
prohibiting the playing Of men who
had been members of teams operating
in league under the Jurisdiction of
organized ball. but not one Of the other
institution would agree TO bind itself
in that particular. The full tex, OF the
rules and new constitution governing
athletics at NJ. A. c., with statement
as to the stand which will be taken
in regard to athletic relationships with
others colleges. probably will be an
nounced In the near future.