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Show II MUCH SPORT AT THE COLLEGES Professors Say Pupils Are Dis-( organized for Days at a . ; Time. i FACULTIES HOPE TO I " REDUCE ATHLETICS j . '. i Yale Alumni Weekly Favors i More Games in All i Branches. ; i 1 Tribune Special Sporting Service. NEW YORK, April -1. The agitation agita-tion which is being fostered b3r university uni-versity faculties in mau3' of the lead- ' ing institutions in the country for a curtailment of athletics in the colleges promises to occupy a prominent place in the world of sport for a few months. , Whether anything in the wa3 of drastic dras-tic reforms will bo accomplished be- 1 tweon now and the closing ,of the col- ! legiatc year in June, is doubtful. The basebnll schedules, track and field dates, the games for the cricket and lacrosse teams and the big regatta days have alrcad3' been selected and an3" attetnpt to eliminate contests would result re-sult in great , confusion and dissatisfaction dissatis-faction among tho undergraduates. That the crusade will continue, however, how-ever, appears certain, judging from re. ports from the principal leading universities univer-sities of the East aud West. Man3' members of tho various faculties who have heretofore suppressed their private pri-vate opinions regarding college athletics ath-letics are now speaking out boldly, against, the present condition of affairs, af-fairs, which is not at all to their liking. lik-ing. Tho result is most encouraging to those pioneer roformers who have had the courage of their own convictions convic-tions aud have not hesitated to ox-press ox-press them publicly at over3' opportunity. opportu-nity. According to the expression of one Eastern universitv professor, it did not hope to accomplish much before next fall at least. Tf present plans go through, however, it is said that the schedules in both major and minor sports will show the result of pressure during tho indoor season of 3 903-Oi) and the outdoor contest of next j'ear. The contention of those who arc most interested in the crusade against college col-lege athleticB is that too much time, interest and activit- arc devoted by a large majority of "the undergraduates to the various classes of sport, to the detriment of the scholastic progress and standing of tho students. Particular Particu-lar objection is found against a great number of so-callod intercollegiate contests con-tests which are pla3-ed either outdoor or indoor during the entire college year. Many members of tho various university faculties would be less opposed, op-posed, to sport were the matches confined con-fined strictly to the undergraduates of each institution. But when teams of one college meet those of another of equal rank the interest aroused is at limes so great as to disorganize for days at a time, according to the average aver-age 'professor, the class recitations and study periods. No less than fifteen branches of athletics ath-letics are represented in the general categor3'- of intercollegiate sport. At times the candidates for as main' as five different teams are in training at the same time. Ever3' month of the collegiate 3Tcar has its intercollegiate contests of more or lesB importance, and although the major sports arc confined con-fined to the fall and spring tho increasing increas-ing interest being shown in basketball j and hockey furnishes two for the indoor in-door season, which fall but little short j of major rank. j The Yale Alumni Weekly in discussing discuss-ing Harvard's attitude on athletics favors fa-vors more athletics, a newboathouse. more football olevens, and baseball nines. It snys: "We look upon the latest phase of tho Harvard athletic situation as a pnrely Harvard matter aud as one that can hardly concern Yalo or Yale policies, except in so far as it affects the relation which Harvard Har-vard bears to Yale on the field and water. No such effort as Harvard is making to curtail sports is to be made at Yale, at least, where in spito of common report, to the contrary, athletics ath-letics and athletic policies do nbt take up the major part of tho time and thought of the undergraduates and of tho facultA'. "Each "university must look upon these perennial questions of athletic, policy from its own peculiar point of view and decide them on local grounds." |