The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-02-06
MORE STILL To
BE TOLD AB0DT
PAID ATHLETE
Easy Jobs, Scholarships and G..
to Figure in Further Reyel,
tons, Report.
BY LAWRENCE PERRY

/ 80 @AACA oCAACGLLlOIdA E2ERHnnas.--
in the present college athlete -.
in the middlewest are expeete5 b
half of the situation has vst a.
unfolded. it was asserted ~
! cellent authority today.
There is every indication :.
authorities in the leading univs,-..
les of the east are eager IN I'd
low the lead of the west in ~
mating the mercenary athlete f.-N
intercollegiate competition On
| the most important seats Of -
ing is at the moment the scsDa :
an investigation designed h III
term1ne the status of certain a.
letes. What the outcome viii n
has not been determined but 4, 4
not to be doubted that the ravsl.
lions regarding athletics in The MA
dlewest are regarded as PRESENT.
occasion for a rigid and connie
adjustment of problems ASSOCIATE
with college sports that have In
been worrying educators even
where.
Certain Forthcoming revelation
in the west. it is predicted. nh
reach into the east. However IN,
may be, it is recognized that DroF
lens east of the Alleghanies an
just as acute although not so mani
fold as in the west. Authorize
there have to deal with sinister hi
ffuences arising out Of commuDi
football rivalry and out of Drol
fessional football. However. an
great evil affects the institutions d
the country in common. an inordir
ate desire for winning teams TIL
element of sport for the sake !
| sport in American intereollegiai
athletics is everywhere subordina
in greater or less degree. Food
ball and other sports have bee
| seized upon by almuni and in son
| cases by college authorities thenl
| selves as a means of institution
advertising. This was a naturs'
outgrowth of inCreaing public IN
terest in college teams and CO.
lege athletics. Affairs eventual
have come to such pass that d
team that cleans up in its secti1
and perhaps defeats a couple
strong intersectional rivals, OccJ
pies a position in the public pril
and the public mind comparable 4
any public character that may
named. Can you imagine wha
such publicity and prestige mean
to a little backwater college, y
means much that is not so intrilSt
ally hollow as mere reputation
means college spirit among the st1
dent body and enthusiasm amOls
alumni that is manifested in sub
stantial gifts. 1t is employed 4
an important medium in the raj
ing of endowment funds In brief
it means place in the sun.
Now, how is the small college
attain this place and having Al
tanned it, hold it consistently? Wll
by recruiting of material for ttf
eleven. No one believes that an 10
Stitution whose enrolment range
from $50 to 700 can put for
! teams year after year that are %
to meet upon even terms teams
institutions that are from three o
! ten times as large. Such recruiting
does not mean that secondsf.
school stars or stars drafted ron
sister colleges. or dropped IRON
other institutions because OF pooI
scholarship are hired on a doWl1
right basis. However, the storlaI
one hears of this being done are lo'I
numerous to allow anyone 10 pei
lieve the practice does not e1is
But actual financial consideration Y
not the only way d boy can 0'
bought. Cinch jobs in college 81
wages sufficient 10 pay all eAl
penses, with attractive SUNNI
jobs thrown in are the prlncp-
considerations of this barter N-
athletic material.
The small college that does uo.I
possess what amounts TO sco1'
who has authority 10 make a
engagements whereby athletes wi
be procured and sent through l1..|
lege. is the college that is L-'
standing very high in post se-5-i
team ratings. Unless, OF collss
the coach attends to duties oil ~.
sort In either case the collegA.
authorities do not know, or 81
not supposed TO know Of acL!'l'. q
of the sort. as witness the gag y.
Lone Star" Dietz when the PuiG-.
faculty discovered the alleged p'y.
cesses through which he sough. !
recruit next years team Inc W
universities are almost driven
nut forth successful eie's--
through the necessity Of mall''5i- a.
ing expensive plants that nave ~
yeIoped in recent years ana "a.
ing interest on the investments ~
yolyed. Also football ana pa
ball must make enough pfol.
shoulder the burden Of MINOR sg ~.
and intramural athletics IL
anyone think that those denl-- ...
interested in the athletic slCess5i
of these universities sit back o.. o.,
wait for a star or d bunch OF - 81
to appear in normal and na, I'm
process? This must NOS oe 'a
to infer that in all cases tH@-
letes are bought but is tneLe .E,.
outstanding football system ID Il, -- \,
country. part OF the maieIL@- ,f,s-
which is not secured year . ~,
year upon the bass Of some -s pr
of consideration Schol-l' 5 i--.s
funds so camouhaged that 5 i eos
not appear they were establ .. 5..
solely for athletes; self-suppol' 5 Is
reaus; alumni funds secretly ~
tributed; all schemes Of the ,, m
may be employed and, sma1 - -.
are employed in the interest Oh "--
ming teams. g. all
What is the answer TO II ,5s
Perhaps the universities o. f
western conference will supply "
To Cure a Cod in One Da! ,yF