Show PROfESSIONAL COACh DEfENDED AT YALE YAE NEW HAVEN VEX Conn Coon Aug 14 Ex H.-Ex- Ex Exception is taken tako by Ben Farnham Yale 97 Di to lo a recent editorial in the tho Yale alumni w ekly on the tho subject of baseball baseball base base- ball ban at tho the university Farnham played left field for Yale when ho was a student stu atu dent at college Mr Ir Farnham said In In the tho Yalo Alumni Weekly there appears an editorial under the heading of 01 Baseball Victories' Victories that can scarcely scarcely scarce scarce- ly be allowed to pass ss without a word of comment Obviously the writer of the tho editorial lias has either a very sll slight ht knowledge of the game which would tend to lo bias his better b better judgment or orbo orho bo ho docs does not believe in fair play which would account for lor his lack lark of fair mindedness for no fair minded true trite conscientious sportsman would go JO so 80 far out of his way to strike a blow so undeserving undeserving un UD un- un deserving in it its nature and so 80 apparent apparent ent in it its intended destination Had the team lost tho the seasons season's series ono one might expect an article of or this character attacking both the tho system aye ss tem tern and tho the coach but bitt under the circumstances circumstances cir cir- cir cir- it is extremely difficult to understand such a sarcastic cutting editorial edi tonal which ultimate intention int is to deprive de tie- prise the coach of the credit that thal ri rightly right right- bt ly Iy belon belongs to him Why Why should Why should the professional baseball baseball base base- ball coach be ain singled ltd out as a target Is iii it because it is the only branch of athletics that retains the professional coach No Ko Were the crew and track crack team tf-am hit or miu miss teams teams' Both of the these e were coached by br professional men Did any anyone one attack the coaches of either cither of these teams in an any such lIAr ar- sar tactic aslie manner manner No These m men n were err accepted as aR a matter of course with scarcely a word of comment In tact fact each w was given giveR full credit for the work done and yet et both lose at his respective respective respective tive line 0 of port sport S Then why should the maintaining of ot the professional ball player to coach the professional sport Aport of al all sports ports call for such stub a tarr sarcastic sHe article after turning out a winning team The Tue editorial H of ot this years year's team te-am hein being the thenn nn t since 1905 1005 It ItI ix III singular that both of these teams should have ha been the product of attempted af at tempted professional Ja league ul scientific playing or professionally trained skilL and perhaps still more singular in that the same coa coach h hn handled 1 both teams team With but bitt one player of this ear vear tram tam picked for the fhe All 11 American tram was n-as it HO so railed called hit or tulsa mitcH ball bali that won or was wal it not rather the result of the coach that finally won the tue series f fI I am inclined to think that wo we shall shan have havA to acc accept t the latter in the tho spirit of If fair lair play |