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"SUMMER BASEBALL"
To the Editor:
men are created free and
equal." It may seem a far cry
from„this fundamental Americanism
to., the. much-mooted question of
"summer baseball," nevertheless
there is an intimate connection be
tween the two. If the wealthy col
lege undergraduate can spend his
summer vacations in lolling about
some fashionable resort, doing noth
ing at all but getting rid of his
father's money; if the student of
musical ability can turn this talent
into , money during his summer
months; if the exceptionally bright
student does well financially by
"tutoring" during his summers;
if the technical undergrad works at
his chosen profession during his
months out of college; and so on
through an almost endless list: then
why
,in the name of justice and good
common sense should not the needy
college man who possesses baseball
ability enjoy his vacations among
college men, and also earn the
money necessary to defray his col
lege expenses, by playing summer
baseball?
"This is a question squarely put.
Does the college baseball athlete
come under President Roosevelt's
maxim, "A square deal for every
man?"
The writer of this article has
played summer ball himself, and
with or against college men from
Princetna, Yale, Brown, Dartmouth,
Penn, State, Lafayette, Amherst,
Michigan, Pennsylvania and a. dozen
other institutions; and has taken
part in much interested discussion
of the remedies necessary for the
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chaotic state of affairs Here are
aid
four suggestions that may in the
solution of the problem.
First: any college student to be
eligible for his varsity nine must be
in good standing in his college work,
and must sign a certificate stating
that previous to entering college he
has never received money for play
ing baseball.
Secondly: if in working his way
through college, the student plays
baseball for money during the sum-
mer, all well and good; but he shall
not be permitted to play upon any
club in organized professional base
ball. Neither shall he be permitted
to play under an assumed name.
Thirdly: no professional coaches
shall be hired Eoi college teams.
Fourthly; all our colleges shall
agree upon some definite code of
rules upon this question.
The fact remains that tnousands
of ambitious young college men
have made and are making their
way through college by means of
summer baseball, and who has
the right to deny them such - a privi
lege? An open and frank discus
sion of this question by all the
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parties concerned, which means
every college of consequence in this
country, is the only way to solve
this question. Alumnus.