The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-07
IL DIRECTORS
VOICE IDEAS
OF QUESTION
Evans of Northwestern Says to Co
operate With Backers OF
the Game.

today suggested action to combat
professionalism in college sports
and agreed that prompt action must
be taken, particularly in regard TO
football
The suggestions included abolish
ment of pro football, formation or
a national organization to fight pro-
fessionalism in colleges, aid from
the press in preserving college
amateurism, cooperation with pro
organizations to prevent signing OF
college men, and general athiet-
ic house-cIeanirg at once in all UNI
versities. 20.
Some directors urged immediate
revision of the rules on profession
alism, while others said the pres
ent rules were sufficient if proper
ly enforced.
One director thought elimina-
ton of stadium drives would help,
saying there was too great tempt
alton now to overlook professional
ism for the sake of getting a win
ming team which would help in the
stadium drive Another placed the
blame for professionalism square
" on the schools themselves, say
ing they had winked at summer
baseball so long" that they had
brought on the recent revelations
of pro football.
Many urged prompt settlement OF
the summer ball question, as help
towards clearing up the matter.
Summaries of the statements fol-
low:
HOWARD JONES, Iowa: Fac
ulty representatives of the western
conference must take a firm stand
on what constitutes professionalism
and make athletic directors re-
sponsible for enforcing the rules.
Faculty and athletic heads of the
conference should meet at once to
decide how to combat pro football,
and to act on summer baseball"
DANA EVANS, Northwestern:
THE way to prevent professional
ism is to enforce strictly the pres
ent rules. These are strong
enough. but are not enforced. We
also must cooperate with the pro
associations. They must not tempt
our men,"
E. o. STIEHM, Indiana: "The
pro organizations should legislate
against college men. We must de-
velop an honest and gentlemanly
agreement in our schools to prevent
our men from playing pro games.
Shall We or dare we go so far as
to expel a man for such an Of
Tense? The sports writer's should
refuse to give space to teams using
college men. Lastly, We must ap-
peal to the college athletes from
the standpoint of morality and 10y
atty not to yield to professional
ISM"
N A. KELLOGG, Purdue: "The
fact that the summer, baseball rule
has never been enforced has caus-
ed feeling among the football men
that they also could play pro ball
and get away with it We must
enforce the present rules or mod
ify them so that We can enforce
them"
FIELDING H. YOST. Michigan:
"Strict enforcement of the present
western conference rules is all that
is needed"
TOM H. JONES, Wisconsin: I'VE
must create SO strong a sentiment
among the players and the public
that it would be impossible to in
duce a college man to turn pro.
Athletic officials must take a firm
stand. clean house and weed out
the cheap pro The press, the pub
lie and the faculties should help
in this
A. A. stage. Chicago: Enforce
the rules we have in an honest.
wholehearted way"
J. W. WILCE. Ohio State univer-
sity: There is no need for hys-
terra. Simply enforce the present
rules and the public will continue
TO see American youth in clean,
wholesome, red-blooded sports"
KNUTE ROCKNE, Notre Dame
university: PRO football should be
abolished. even for men who are
through college. Pro players work
one day for a few months. Thus
many become loafers who do not
want to work. Soon they are detri-
ments to society. AT 80 they are
{ through and have nothing for the
future. / favor concerted action at
once by every school"
- BEN OWEN, Oklahoma: when
the colleges winked at pro summer
baseball they encouraged profess
sionalism and brought on the re-
cent revelations. Now the colleges
must start all over again and be-
gin by training the young man in
the high school to play only for
love of the game"
GEORGE RIDER, Washington
Est. Louisl: Organization of a
national collegiate association with
clean sports as the motto is need
ed. Players who turn pro then
could be effectively blacklisted.
Now, If barred in one school, they
find plenty of others glad TO have
them. Coaches breaking the rules
also could be barred"
FORREST c. ALLEN, Kansas
university: "Side-stepping the sum
mer baseball question has brought
on all the trouble. We must either
approve summer baseball or quit
winking at it."
T. G. CLEVENGER, Missouri:
Instruct every new man in the
school on the rules of profession
alism, keep in close touch with him
while in school and when away,
and strictly enforce the regula-
tions."
C. w. MAYSER, Iowa State:
''The problem OF professionalism
will continue as long as there are
million dollar drives for stadiums.
You can't get stadium without
winning team. Some persons think
they can't get winning teams un-
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