The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-11-28

There are a LOT OF persons who live In
At least scm!-transparent houses who
are hurting bricks az ne!Ehbors win
doSS following the climax OF the foot
ball sea son. While perfectly willing 10
permit the boys TO go on glass crash
!ng IL is rather unfair 10 ask sporting
writer 10 take sides in these post-mor-
tenn workings Of regulations.
have in the past week. received per
haas nifty letters from different college
mon representing possibly one-ihird that
number Of schools. charging other
teams with violating both the spirit and
IN. law OF college athletics. In a num-
her OF cases, in which names are USED
direct charges OF professionalism are
made. In almost every case the writer
saIs. Why don't you expose THIS con-
d:tion and show Thorn up:
Answering them all collectively. the
r.oson l don, Is that no one can accuse
,ootbaii players. or any others, OF being
confessional without the absolute proof
and the fact is that an accusation Is not
,ro,r sands out In almost every case
IN which accusation have been hurled At
,aams and at players the maker OF the
-1orvos has either refused TO back them
ND or has admitted that his statements
vera based upon hearsay evidence. IN
cases in which asked that the name or
The informant Is supplied. that 100 re-
suited in discovery that they say was
the chief basis.
There is no doubt in the world THAI
many. a great many, players VINO nave
starred with college teams THIS tall are
not pure amateurs. Neither Is tnete
any doubt that many have been aiaed
in college, and that some at least nave
been paid to play football.
A wroag way TO DO.
At the same time. to charge college.
or It's athletic department. or us coACh
or graduate manager with hIrths ph's
ers is wrong In the huge majority u
cases Usually these know nothinS
about anything OF tho sort--even II II IS
pulled Off, The thing isn't done tnat
way When there Is case OF hlrlnS
football players. II can generally be
thinks ne IS serving his old school By
discovering players and pcrsuadtng them
TO attend that school. There are schools
In which persons actively connected
through finding Jobs for them. Usually
The iobs are waiting table. tending fur
naces-and II must be confessed that In
a great many cases the fellows ara pre-
wanted by their football training from
tending the furnaces. and not at al,
TOO weary 70 draw the pay. All OF
which. however, Is more or less 4 pre-
tense.
Others have been hired outright ~
their friends. placed In schools. and
boosted along.
The serious part ~ the situation Is
that there must &c fair general
Knowledge on the campus ~ the status
OF those players. In some schools
one l know fairly wcli-,;herc IL con
slant conflict between the faction thai
TrcruIts players and tries to keep then
IN school and the faction which stands
FOR scholarship and for purity In ath
A Really Funny Thing.
One Of the funniest things In foot
hall season Is 10 see several or tht
highest priced tutors In college towr
working Ike beavers 10 cram enough
into the heads Of football players who
are In danger OF being Tunked out on th'
eve OF a game TO carry them past IN,
evans.
The rallylng OF every one to IN" aid
of their school and their team - Of