Evening star., 1921-04-01

doing, and took chance
ciate the unenviable emotions which
fill this pitcher when he thinks of
the college ball players who last
summer sold their services just as he
did and yet-their guilt undiscovered
are playing ball on various under
graduate teams. The evil of summer
ball was never So alarming in its
proportions as 1t was last summer.
College base ball drips with it.
Wait Instead of Acting.
II college faculty committees are
really anxious to extirpate this con-
dition. why do they not begin an
investigation with view to general
reform, instead of sitting back and
acting only when one poor devil, out
of many no better than he, is caught?
Let them. for instance, investigate
tains not so far from New York, with
a view to ascertaining whether one
lone college ball player was in 1920
the sole exponent of mercenary base
ball.
Either the rule against playing sum-
mer base ball for money should be
upheld through measures designed to
catch college stars who use their pro-
fictency as means of adding to their
bank accounts, or else it should be
ouVSdtSu AL Inc present time tne
effectiveness of the stipulation rests
almost entirely upon the willingness
of some one to tell tales upon a COM
rade or to double-croSs a friend, and
a process of this sort is worse than
the original fault.
There are many estimable persons,
indeed, who believe that the summer er
ball rule is unjust, inaSmuch as it pre-
ventS-or is supposed to preyent-a
boy who is working his way through
college, as many ball players are,
from earning sorely needed money.
They maintain, also. that it has no
effect other than converting a lot of
otherwise decent young fellows into
liars and tricksters. There is merit in
these contentious; on the other hand,
even a broad Interpretation of the
spirit of amateurism would seem to
justify the rule.
KS. American Athletes Abroad.
Four American college athletes have
been represented in important Eng
lish intercollegiate meets in the past
fortnight Trowbridge of Princeton
and Nees of Nebraska were members
Of the Oxford track team in the dual
meet against Cambridge; F. B.
Lothrop. who rowed in the Harvard
crew last year. occupied the No. 4
position in the Oxford eight which on
Wednesday was defeated by Cam
bridge. while J. H. Douglas, formerly
a Princeton student, played on the
Cambridge team in the recent golf
meet with Oxford at Hoylake.
VIII Evans Go Abroad
From Chicago comes word that de-
spite reports that Chick Evans had
decided to go abroad on May to
compete in the British amateur cham
pionShip he has not as yet been able
to arrange his business interests in
suoh = way as to enable him posi-
tivefy to count upon going. He hopes
to be able to make it, and will try
hard to this end A golf fan writes
It will be under vastly different cir
cumstances than the last time he
crossed the pond.
That is ali the fans say. but, as a
Ipattec Of fact.- the last time Evans
went abroad was in 1914, when he
In good style. What the golf enthusiast
evidently had in mind was Evans
hrst transatlantic journey. in 1911.
when he went over on a cattle ship
mat was the year he played at
Prestwick-
Res.rdinx Golf Standards.
Whenever an American golfer goes to
write Of the ancient and honorable
pastinae for the DELEGATION Of British
readers at once proceed to make a
monkey Of him-or her. In the present
instance it is Miss Alexa Stirling. who
has to stand for the unchivalrous proc
ess; they have her boasting that she
win defeat Miss Leitch in the women's
championship at Turnberry. Ayrshire, in
May. Now, Of course, Miss Stirling
never made any such statement. Those
who know her-or know Of her-do not
have to be told this. One recalls that
Last year they had Walter Hagen doing
and saying all sorts of absurd things.
And he never said nor did any Of them.
Just what is the idea over there?
We deal more fairly with Calling visit
ors from the other side. Last year we
paid vardon and Ray $500 an exhibition
per each and sat reverently at their feet
We win do the same with Abe Mitchell