Evening star., 1921-04-12

allowance checks from nome
mfe rns paaSdea adSpea 9 that the ne onp
shall players not engage in summer
ball for money, but that they shall
get permission to compete with any
strictly amateur team with which
they intend to affiliate themselves for
occasional amateur contests. Some of
the players are accepting the situa-
tion with good grace; others are dis
playing about as much good will to-
ward the ruling as a bolShevik would
toward the edict of law and order
society.
How They View 1t.
On recent trip south the writer
TOOK the occasion to question directly
several college ball players he knows
have been receiving rather large SAL
aries during the summer. and the re-
actions have been diverse, to say the
least. least; One player; in response to the
to do this summer. now that you cam
not play ball any more?" replied i'm
mediately: Nothing. 1 suppose. ex-
cept get an honest-to-goodnesS job
somewhere Another man when asked
the same question. said: go some
where under an assumed name, where
they won't know ME The fellows up
north come down here and play under
assumed names and go back and play
college ball. If the big university
and get away with it, see no reason
why I can't go up north and play up
there under an assumed name and
come back here and do the same"
Some of the men laughed at the sit
uation developed by the new ruling
and regarded it as being something
which they expected to come some
time and that now or later made little
dinerence- All realize that as far as
the south is concerned. and it is well
hot
in hich summer ball has been played
most generally by college men. the
matter of summer ball is going to be
as dead as Electors pup" because the
whole south is in accord on the ques-
tion and it would be almost impos-
siole for any man to play under an
assumed name or to accept money
under any pretense without somebody
connected with one or more of the
institutions which have adopted the
rule learning of it.
Starts Opposition Move.
Two players at a certain school re-
Gently approached players of a team
this brilliantly conceived plan: You
fellows go home and start a propa-
ganda to have the rule done away
with; we are working here to get up
sentiment against it; also. playing. as
We do, most of the representative
southern teams, can get the players
on the other teams to work up senti-
ment against the rule in their schools
and in that way we can kill the whole
proposition" This kind of sentiment,
happy to say, is not typical of the
general sentiment.
One man who has played professional
pail under an assumed name unknown
to his college authorities presented
a view of the situation which shows
an opposite trend of mind, and which,
while not any more general than the
other extreme mentioned. certainly is
worthy of absorption by all college
ball players:
I'm glad the rule is passed. It shows
that all are going to try to live up to
high standards, even if they are not
able to do SO in all cases. Personally,
! shall not play any more summer
ball. as prefer to remain eligible for
college teams; also. personally, I in
tend to try to help my college enforce
the rule, even if we do have to bar
some good player once in a while.
Frankly. / have been paying a good
part Of my expenses through college
by playing ball in the summer time.
4 shall miss the money, but will get
by in one way or another. And just
as frankly. I don't mind telling you
that don't believe that summer base
ball ever did me or any other college
ball player any good