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Show o TODAY'S SPORT ANGLE Directors of athletics in colleges throughout the country are taklnK some hot shots at professionalism In sport. ' First came Knute Rockne, the famous fam-ous Notre Dame coach Through tho intrigues of professional football promoters. pro-moters. Rockne lost three of his star players. After tho close of the football season, sea-son, a western promoter anxious to win s bis tamo on which much money Wiia watered, induced three Notro Dame stars to play under assumed names. The affair became known the players play-ers ronfeicwed and were . xpeib il from athletics Rockne, howeer, had lost I three of his stars and didn't like It He came out with a statement In which he eharacterized professionalism as the i biggest menace of college sports. Later Coach Ust or Michigan fiay- ed the same feature. aLso the barnstorming barn-storming idea Which has grown SO 1 much of late Perhaps Vest s feelings In the mat- 'ter were Influenced by tho Jrtlc.ns of iKrnle Vlck, his ull-Amerlcan center Vlck li as big a star on the diamond nit the gridiron. He was expected to be of much strength to the baseball ! team this spring A news item says Vlck has signed With the St. Louis Cardinals of the N'atlortal league hOJ quit his studies In ilhe medical school and Intends to go on the spring training trip I Branch Rickey, who iKncd George Slsler after be bad finished his course at Michigan, no doubi induced lck I to roach his decision |