Evening star., 1921-12-07

IYc southern 1901 Dall. =,
sIt is foregone conclusion that this
tsstic regulation will be adopted in
fher sections Of the country sooner or
inter-. Only in this way will the in
Grcollegiate game be saved. Fhe east
Spuld learn a great deal from the meas
ires intended to preserve the purity OF
Intercollegiate sport which prevails IN
h western conference. Now the soutn.
1here foot ball is younger and where
fqe would hardly expect the full Hover :
81 OF ideals. has gone even further
3lan the west. The one-year rule, also,
Has unanimously adopted. No. player
freshman teams. Training tables will be
9SoliShed. ~ -.
:: Is Substantial Organization.
s'Nhen the colleges <tfiliated with the
S,I c. are noted it will be srasped just
dow influential any actions taken by
slIis body must be. The list includes
Ae University of Alabama, University
se Tennessee, Auburn. Clemson. Georgia
Tech, University of Georgia, University OF
Maryland, Mississippi, A. and NJ. North
Carolina State. North Carolina Cniver-
s3ty, Tulane. University of Virginia. Nir-
sinia Poly and Washington and Lee.
sNothing more inspiring. nothing that
gives greater hope has ever taken place
IN the history of intercollegiate sport
than the code which the southern inter-
collegiate conference has just devised.
There may be. no doubt that eastern
foot ball has been marked of late by
indecent and intolerable scrambling for
players. One might say that there are
few teams in this section sxeri one OF
whose players came to particular col
lege through natural inclina ton and
was not attracted through Inducements
OF various sorts. These may have been
downright payment of cash or Oppor
tunities of working his way through
an institution on the basis of more. or
less lucrative employment.
College authorities say-Lafayette
authorities said it to the. writer last
week+-that they have no way of
knowing whether an athlete has been
induced to. come to their institution
or not All they can do is see that
he studies and meets scholastic stand
ards. They can do more. than that.
Those that have not a freshman rule
can enact ore. That will help some
and all-cofiuSes can follow the eX-
ample of the S. l. c. i'll passing the
migratory athletic rule. 1t may work
IN injustice in some few cases. but
this would be negligible as compared
to the vastly larger good
Need Confidence In East.
What is needed in the east right
now is a conference such as the Big
Ten. or the new S. l. c.. to be COM
rosed of those colleges whose au-
thortties hold brief for sport. 100
per cent clean, who appraise foot ball
in it's values as a developer Of manly
qualities. general student morale and
alumni solidarity and not as pro-
ducer of gate receipts and medium
for advertising. a. line could be drawn
between thosa-. .&institutions where
Young men rres4H study and those
seats of learning who permit students
70 take cinch courses and condone
practices even more reprehensible.
Huge gate receipts, absorbing pub
lie interest have already affected the
game as pure college sport. The side
show is overshadowing the circus A
former big team captain said to the
writer the other day that there was
not college president in his sect3n.
who would rot throw foot ball out OF
his institution neck and crop If he
dared. Prep foot ball stars are watch
cd and besieged1 from the tme
they enter their last year at scnool
until they select their college. Play
ers on one college team are approach
cd with inducements of various sorts
TO transfer to another. 1t is high time
for a new deal aud2a radical one
-s(Copyrirbt 1921