Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-20 | Page 13 | 'Big Nine' Will Define Amateur

j BIG NINE WIll 4 DEFINE AMATEUR r c Urbana lit Ill April 19 A A meeting of ot Big Nine professors to define amateurism ama vima- r. In college e athletics was called 5 to r by Professor Protessor James of or S the University of ot Illinois Tho They wi will ll attempt to define ama tourism and will HI answer the question f Is the mone money test the true criterion J I of ut amateurism In his call President James stated 1 that tha t other things to be considered are arc Can Cana a college athlete obtain remuneration remuneration alton and remain an amateUr Is It f feasible to permit baseball players to toJ play J Ia for tor mono money on unofficial t teams ams during the summer Is 10 th the money money- test a convention con handed down from Cram t the English aristocracy Idea of ot a gen gen- and a a. tradesman 1 The meeting will bo be unofficial and t without legislative e powers but a general general gen gen- eral agreement on what constitutes an amateur Is Jg expected to have havo a far- far reaching effect It IL Is believed It will wUl be bo tho the first attempt to decide e the questions to be made b by a 11 body or other than one ono engaged In tho the supervision of or college col col lege athletics u Whitey Morse lorse will manage e the Valdosta Valdosta Val Val- dosta team In n the Empire State league Last JAst year h ho iu was with Helena In the Union association