The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-03-03
FULLERTON COMMENTS ON FHo-
PoSAL OF PRESIDENT R1SShN
FOR FORMING UNION.
big Three Started It and Should Lead
In Cleaning Up--Dtscusses
Racing Tax.
sY HUGH FULLERTON

Tres. dent i,ptTN = S'T''~ >N".'" 49,
a union. = ,riunvira'e Of ra,", Harvard
and Princeton. ~ sweep from college
athletics all tain. 90 professionalism -
Constructive Tic proposes a triangular
agreement with zach Of these great uni
yr-si.ies represented on n committee 20
supervise and regulate sport. eSp"cI2l'S
football.
The broader proposition vas. believe
advanced by the Yale "NswA and the
same idea. perhaps not IN sU'h concrete
'orm. was advanced by PreSld'n'
Lowell OF Harvard. President lueeen
more concrctN suggestion seems 70 nav"
he central idea well In hand,
Tho alliance = national. Yale. liar-
ward and Princeton hava set IN" tone
os college athletics ever since fh"ee
were college athletics. TIE high l"ea'S
60 Sportsmaa>h!p were incul"a'ed IN
heir own non. and - was their men,
going forth T. Other schools, who es-
. .ahnshrd N" same principles.
Tradition and history CIV" th"S" three
universities the right. IN FAC; make X
,hrir duty. - tax" the lead. Given
,,rchie with originating III" Ideals or
craftsmanship ard fair play. these
three canno; dodge the responsibility
Ct being in part 10 blame for the lower
ing Of the Ideals. There have oeen
generations IN each OF them that Tor
sock tire higher paths in order 10 get
winning teams.
Big Three Started It.
We who have followed athletics close
v. especially the development OF foot
ball. know that Yale. Harvard and
Princeton really commenced 20 clean up
football years ago. When n the last
decade many OF the smaller schools
commenced 20 think that 20 20 scores
were more importaH' than entire purity
IN athletics these older establishments.
which had fallen a BIT OF the way under
the Same temptation. reacted. DC
casionally. II ia true. the sporty e'e
ment gained too much strength. both
N the student body and among the Ola
grads. but whenever the issue was made
clear this element was dehorsed and
thrown out.
We also know that. Tor several years.
the football teams OF Yale. Harvard and
Princeton were not the best teams, from
a purely playing standpoint IN the
country. There were perhaps half 4
dozen teams last raR that could have
beaten any OF them. or all.
Which fact. by the way. Ia the finest
proof that scores are only the secondary
tests in football and that sentiment and
ideals count more than mere victories
Two hundred thousand persons would
rack themselves around 70 watch Yale
Snd Harvard aEht for mastery. with
each school represented by the pick ct
it's students battling for the honor OF
their schools. Perhaps 10000 or 1000
would pay 70 see Podunk college play
Unison Weed University II they were
represented by ftty % the greatest foot
bail players in the world.
Try Il on your own ScnttUotor ana
see II II IS not true
II Yale. Harvard and Princeton take
the lead. the others must follow. They
have no other course.
As TO That Racing BIZ
New York State racing men. and tho
Jockey Club especially. are all wrought
ND IN opposition 70 tho Prent!ce-Betts
bin. which purposes soaking the life out
OF the running horse tracks around New
York The Jockey Club Is waSing an
intensive and perhaps expensive night 20
resist this lax. claiming Il would !n)nre
horse racing. In these days every one
opposes any tax that is proposed. II Is
natural And this proposed tax Is
straight and perhaps prejudiced class
legislation. The proposition TO tax one
lass OF horse racing and 20 exempt
.rotting horses Is not right. In proper
ton there Is as much betting on harness
racing as on running racing. Neither
can the legislators Justify any tax on
the grounds that hey are taxing gam
hing enterT-!s as n" State cannot rec
ccpizc gambling and tax II as such.
Probably both state 49, nation need
much money and must g"t /; where they
can. |" horse -ac.nE can stand such a
AK. al! -tsh:. L Viii haze 20 stand II.
-1l.-
ground New York are tremendously
Ugh and the already existing taxes are
neavy. To add 10 them would hurt the
came There IS orc solution which
n,rht help. AMI that ia (. lower gate, or
.wo classes oC gates. \ general ad-
mission 20 the field would bring many
,-ot-s>,idS 20 races who cannot afford
present prices. Tho tracks already have
NO classes - admission. grandSta nd
.cd clubhouse SO 10 make a third
would not lie inconsistent.
The argument advanced by the oppo-
rcnts 70 the proposed law are almost
- Wild rs the proposed law Itself. The
race track people cannot blind the up
state legislator with the bunk about
Improving the breed Of horses 4.
sounds good TO some. but not the up
slater. Ten per cent added TO present
taxes would lift prices out OF all rea son.
Il ruins $40 bin to attend Belmont
park one day. even without a bet. II
The tax should be soaked on 4 would
rot be because il Is just tax but be-
rause the legislators see a chance TO
grab 4 lot OF money. One solution
might be for the racing associations. II
he tax is levied. cutting prices and as
stunning the tax themselves The easiest
way for the racing associations 10 beat
such a bin IS TO amend il 10 as to in
rludo tho upstate fairs and then call
for q vote.
How WIN They Get Pitchers7
Just now the most interesting dcve,-
opment OF baseball Is the effort OF tho
managers to get pitching strength. Tho
Over development OF hitting and the
fact that scouts. managers and owners
ror three years have spent most OF their
time looking FOR and developing hitters
has resulted IN reaction. Fact is. the
reaction started about July last seas
on. when the pitchers. aided by a less
ararchistic baseball. commenced 10 re-
gain some OF their oid-time control over
tho hattcrs. The result OF the world :
~orscS last fail showed tho manager
hat Il IS possible 10 slow up the wild
r.tt'NE The manner IN which the CT.
ants pitchers stopped the Yankee slug.
gers and the easier manner IN which
tho Iank twtrleCs held the Giants proved
CorclusIvely that good pitching can he
had yet. and that a large part OF the
secret % the heavy smuggling Is that .hs
hIt'cCS have come % know too much
about what ~" pitchers are pitching
Last fan the owners and managers
commenced :" huac Cor pitching talen,
This spring n" MANAGERS and assistants