The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-03-05

flavor of the thing. He decides al,
ter a while that since he IS instru.
mental in providing these big re-
ceipts he should share in them. The
frame of mind Of a college athlete is,
after all, merely a reflection Of the
condition that has arisen in the bat
tie for the dollar at the gate.
To be an amateur athlete a boy
must never have received money ror
his services. That is the strict in
depreciation of the rule. A great
many boys have received money for
playing ball, playing football, u n
ming in races or appearing in some
other form of sport where they took
) pay for their services.
Summer baseball offers one of the
simplest methods of earning money.
! Mahy of the men engaged in varsity
athletics have playing ability on the
ball field. They can with ease ger
positions on semi-prOfessional teams
or some of the minor league teams
in the summer months. Many young
men have used this means OF en-
ployment to pay their way through
college. After school opens they en-
gage in some form of college sport.
To do this they must appear as anna
tours and deny that they ever re-
ceived money. To evade the penalty
attached to taking money, which in
: the case of colleges mean being
I barred from athletics, they deny ever
] having received money. To cover up
}, the evidence, they play under assum-
ed names.
c Here we have the greatest evil
resulting from the amateur rule. The
boys love for athletics causes hin
e to play under a name other than his
y own and later on TO deny that h,
.e played for money. He practices de
! ceit and hypocrisy. The practice
that he INDUCES in are ruinOus to hi
* moral character.
e Scattered about the country ar
b. many young men who have playe
a, summer ball for money. Some Q
them played on factory teams, som
ea on semi-professional teams, some 0
y hotel teams and others in minc
leagues. These boys are engaged
We some form or other of college sport
n They are posing as amateurs, deny
It's ing their summer occupation and the
tn violation of the amateur code.
IS. Often He is Excused
all Discovery and positive proof me-
- mean disbarment, and again it me-
he not. Often the athlete continue
playing ever after ne is found on
n Excuses ere discovered and accepte
This is really official encourageme
ire of the deceit.
-er The prOfes nal tendency amor
our college "a O $ would proDa5
not be entirely erased by playir
Ids baseball in summer months, but
no would be considerably relieved. II
utter prohibition provided by the CO
iege law at present has resI-.eG
a general collapse of the object
- view, which is sport for sports saI
Z and the development of physical
we'll as the mental side in our ed
= cational institutions.
=. Colleges are not going to quit tr
: ing to get as much as possible
- sports. They will continue pIannil
for the largest possible revenl
air They will, Internationally. ccntin
an encouraging the professional tende
ni- cies in the athletes. They are ev
1nr associating the dollar with cole
sports, planning their schedules
am that the highest profit can be {
=! rived, and it is but natural that t
en- college athletes will continue as:
the ciating the dollar with the game a
len the athlete " We inclined TO ma
the varsity Z his own individl
up aim. This is the natural effect
the condition that exists.
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