Evening star., 1924-12-15


mailer school, which is, perhaps, on
!, school, and, after year or two of
rger university.
terious transference Of players is
going to spill over. / have in mind
a dozen players on small colleges who
have suddenly bobbed up at larger
institutions. When a smaller college
beats any OF the big schools you are
certain to see the pick of the small
college team transferred to some
larger college the next year. One
coach 1 know well-he is with an old
New England college which has done
wonders in foot ball-has a way Of
developing players out OF apple
knockers" to whom no other coach
would give any consideration. Year
after year. these boys are kidnapped
by the big outfits.
I know another coach. who. remov-
ing from a Pennsylvania to a New
York college was followed by five of
the best players from his old school.
A big controversy resulted in which
the coach contended that the players
had followed him voluntarily. AS q
matter OF fact some alumni of the
New York school had done the job.
The foregoing shows that trans
ference of athletes from one college
to another involves two systems-the
back door college. or prep school, and
raiding. The back door evil Is to be
laid, for the most part, at the door
of the big colleges. who will bring
In their man by any circuitous or
underground. route. The raidtng Ia
more of a free -for-all. with no holds
barred. When two big institutions
big university starts raiding another.
old people and cripples had better
keep out Of the way.
Honor. Thrust Upon Him.
remember one instance involving
the kidnapping Of player from Yale.
I would tell this story in detail, as
/ know the facts, but it would hurt
one of my close friends, and further
more, 7 have reason to believe 1t will
be told before long anyway. An
other big eastern school coveted one
Of Yale'ss star backfield men. This
lad was one OF the fastest and clever
est men who ever played foot ball
in America. The rival school made
one drive after another to get this
player. but failed. Then, out OF a
clear sky, the player who was but
an Indifferent student. was Informed
that he had been awarded an i'm
portant scholarship at the competing
COlloES. AS the SCnOlaTSNlp CdGTleQ
a considerable sum of money. and the
boy needed money, he transferre ed.
He Is today one of the star men
in the national foot ball lineup.
/ do not believe the president or any
member Of his faculty knew what
took place. Here is how it all came
about.
Fixed Up at the Club.
Tho coach OF the raiding school,
considered by. many persons to be the
best foot ball coach in Am erica, took
a trip to New York. He rounded up
three wealthy members of the class
of 1908, Of the college he was work
ing for. They sat down together in
2 quiet little session in an exclusive
New York club.
We've got to have nice, brand
new scholarship which will blast this
man loose from Yale" said the coach.
Tho alumni reached for their oh heck
books. One of them was 4 corpora
tion lawyer. He rugged terms and
conditions Of administration which
actually, but not patiently. left the
selection Of the beneficiary in the
hands OF the donors.
1t would be interesting to examine
the whole list Of American college
scholarships and find out why and by
whom and to whom they were
awarded.
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