Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-02-20
E. F. Chandler, Repre-,
senting The University OF
North Dakota, Will Prob
ably Not Consent To Rules
Preventing Students From
Earning Moi ~ During
Summer Playing Ball.
BY G. ID. Locklin.

REPRESENTATIVES, OF the proposed big
Nine athletic conference will be held
at 10 a. m, in the st. Francis hotel
! at St Paul. The matter of organiz-
ing the conference has e taken up
Ewith Michigan Agricultural College.
kMaruuette University University of
EEtSouth Dakota, MornIngade College,
university of North Dakota, North
dakota Agricultural College, st.
Thomas College, Creighton University
and South Dakota State College and it
ttions will be represented at the meet
ling. The stand Of Marquette, Michi-
gan Aggies and University Of South
Dakota has mot been learned here as
tyet, but there does not seem to be any
reason why the Coyotes at least
should not want to JOIN such a. on
ference.
Rules WI Be Interesting.
Aside from the question of whether
Marquette and the Michigan Aggies
will join or not is what sort of rules
will be adopted. Ordinarily this
would not be 8 interesting as it is at
the present time. but due to the re-
n so-called scandals in several of
h large western schools, it ma be
that stringent rules as to professional
ism may be brought up by some of the
schools.
It is probable that Prof. z. F.
Chandler will represent the Univer-
siy of North Dakota at the St. Paul
meeting. Prof. Chandler was the
the main cog in the wheels of the late
Tri-state conference and his views as
to what kind of athletic rules the
local school. should play under are
well known. Unless he has changed
HE, wind in ropay1 tn cr1 nv ho yea
ball. he will not consent to a ruling
that would prevent North Dakota
students from earning money by u
means during their vacations and
later playing on university teams.
Scandals Ovcrdrawn.
No one who studies the situation
from both sides, the recent athletic
upheavals in Notre Dame n Illinois
seem very much overdrawn. One
cannot C the athletes breaking
the rules, but there seems to be room
for a question regarding the rulings.
Numerouse college and university
heads have loudly expressed them
selves regarding the great menace of
professionalism in college athletics,
when as a matter of fact, there really
is no menace from that direction at
ALL.
The real menace to college athletics
is in the colleges themselves, which
are strRining every esource to get
the best coach possible and in some
instances to get high school stars to
their particular institution without
stopping at mere mora persuasion.
If the colleges would legis1ate less
there would be less scandal. Num-
erOuS and strict rulings as to what a
are going too far, and only making
liars out of the players. Make it IN
necessary for a player to lie about his
status and the scandals will cease
Rulings Not Clear.
just why a man who has played
baseball or football during a vacation
for money should not be allowed to
play on teams while he is in school
is not clear. A man may go out and
speak on c~hautauQua circuits during
a Summer and still be eligible for q
debating team, even though he is paid
for the work.
There should be but one test for
il college athbete. Is he a SUDDEN,
: In good scholastic standing at the In.
stttat3on which he represents?
A college athlete should not be al,
. lowed to play on professional team.
during the school year. Such activity
would interfere with his studies anc
might work out to the injury of the
college team, but what he does during
his vacation is his own business.
At the time these rulings regard
ing professionalism were made, the,
were proper. They were made to pre-,
vent interruptions coaches hiring out
sdders to play during the season of
particular sport. The one year resi-
Z dence ruling and h fact that a mem
Der of a team must be up in hi;
studies at all times makes the rule
that place a TAI in the professional
class If he has played on a profession
al team unnecessary. .
X. Begin ( See Light
A good many college and %universit,
presidents are beginning to see thi
professional mena in a new light
and it would not be at all surprisin1
to ee a sudden change in the attitud
Oh many who have long sponsored
strict regulations regarding the play
ing OF college athletes on semi-pr'
team. President M. l. Burton o
t1he University of Michigan expresse.
himself only a few days ago as favor
ing a ruie that wouh allow an athlet