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Show , STANDARD OF ATHLETICS f- MUST BE MAINTAINED The charges of Logan upporter of the Agricultural college that Fenn and Ingersoll of last year's A. C. football i team have been offered inducements to come to the University of Utah and j play orAhe U. of U. team have aroused considerable feeling both at Logan and 1 on the East Bench. ; Coach Maddock denies that he offered .; these men any inducements to come to ! the U. of U., but that he simply heard . they Intended coming and assured them ; of a warm welcome. This is without doubt thef act regarding the letters, but the controversy has had the effect of renewing the Ill-feeling between ths two Institutions. There was a much better feeling engendered last fall than has ever prevailed between .the. two schools and It is a pity to see any further fur-ther disagreement come up. The two schools are bound to be rivals in athletics ath-letics and their rivalry ought ' to ibe based on a mutual respect of. which both schools are worthy. " The question of amateur '"standing cannot receive too much attention. The U. of U.- management made a splendid stand last year when it turned down a number of gool players here who were not bona fide students and it is hoped that they will hold Arm to this standard. stand-ard. The offering Nof Inducements to play on athletic teams has been tried among all the Eastern colleges and they have found emphatically that. It did not pay. That one thing is now keeping Wisconsin and Michigan' from securing games with the big colleges in the East and will continue - to do so until the Middle West institutions maintain . higher amateur- standard. - - - College sport should be without a taint of professionalism and the honor of playing on a college team should be so great as to bring competlUonfor places on the team to a high pitch. If that is the case a team is not going to need professionals. It is belter for the school and the spirit of the students to lose every game during a season honestly hon-estly and like gentlemen than to win every game by unfair means, and the offering of special inducements to .'layers .'lay-ers is unfair both to the players, the opponents and the school itself. |