Imperial Valley press., 1929-10-25
THE MUCKER'


The present fuss commercalism in college ath-
etlcs, which surprise to nobody, particular
~ college men who have been of its existence
for years, recalls old case of commerciaism that
occurred in New England some dozen of more years
ago.
Strangely enough the college concerned is one given
a clean slate by the Carnegie Foundation which made
the present investigation. The college was not Yale
certain member of the college football team was
one of the best players the gridiron.
and that in day when Pollard of Brown, Mahan and
Brickley of Harvard names familiar to the foot
ball fan.
The player the star of the team and great was
the CONSERVATION in md-season when it learned
that two before he had played number of games
Ia the eDtfield for the Philadelphia Athletics when
Connie Mack trying to replace the team of he
had sold.
Although good baseball player, this man was not
good enough for the big leagues and released He
made attempt to conceal his name, merely seeking
between college terms to money honestly.
A rival college unearthed his taint of commercial
ISM and demanded his expulsion from his team His
college refused to do with the result that practically
every college its schedule cancelled games The play
gentleman from the top of his head to the soes of
, hiS feet, termed "mucker,' "cad," "crook' and
by every righteous college man in New England.
His school stood by him Loyalty and tried hard to get
him to reconsider when for the good of his alma
and to bring end to the affair." he resigned from the
team. But he still "mucker.'
He ceased being 'mucker' three years later,
when some of the very who had vified him.
were caught in shell hole in France. The "mueker.
exposing himself to the enemy rifle fire. and
of the of his comrades in the shell hole they
being of another outfit to their with a
number of we'll directed hand grenades, accurately
thrown, possibly because of his "nluckerism" in base
ball.
One of the rescued, thoroughly ashamed of himself
for the he had pursued in the previous years,
sent the story home to the papers. The "mucker"
e&tolled in the highest terms, the rescued told
how small he and his companions felt when they
nzcd who their rescucr
There is no moral to this unless it be that college
men take the Simon pure amateur altogether too
ousy The variety is mighty hard to find and insist
ing upon it is likely to make hypocrtes and sneaks out
of bows who otherwise would be models of upright
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And when it comes down TO brass tackS, why differ
Nentiae between the poor youth who takes help
hs goes through college and the of the rich
who is placed on a verable salary a he pursues his
college course Is the first any professional than
the second?
This Japanese scientist says he change ln-
dian to a negro and japanese into Caueasop What
a iokc If he could turn Tom Hcfn into negro.
The chuckljng heard today is the farmer out in the
cornfield laughing at the plight Of the boys in Wall
street.
We doubt if anyone will stay away from the games
tomorrow because of the expose OF commerclalSm.
We warn folks TO do their Christmas shopping early
il is perhaps opportune to give reminder that Hal
lowe'n comes next week.
The Los Angeles ministers abandoned the Hardy re-
call as being expensiveatter they had fallen down
ON their first collection.
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