Word: players
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most vital contests. The advantages of scrapping the Spring sessions have been too often enumerated to bear repetition. The most important consideration in this case is that such a move would fall in line with the new retrenchment policy, which favors informality rather than gate receipts. A player will not feel in duty bound to attend Spring practice to the exclusion of other activities which he might prefer at that season. Participation, if any, should be entirely voluntary; and to this end, we move that Yale follow Harvard in abolishing formal Spring practice. -Yale News
...should be opposed; 2) the U. S. should join the League of Nations and the World Court: 3) Prohibition, as it exists, is unsatisfactory: 4) the Volstead Act should be retained: 5) college drinking is not a problem for student jurisdiction. One group of delegates decided that a football player who adds to his school's fame should get a free scholarship. Examined was the first issue of The World Student Mirror, a monthly published by N. S. F. A. with the aid of the Columbia School of Journalism. Before going home N. S. F. A. delegates elected Francis Kelly...
...Commission were deposed to make room for the Advisory Council, headed by Tsar Landis. A few years later he saw what he thought was a chance to settle a grudge. A mediocre outfielder named Fred Bennett, on whose services the St. Louis Club held a contract (which, like every player's contract, gave Club-owner Ball the right to sell or retain him without his consent) complained that Clubowner Ball was unfairly keeping him in the minor leagues. Tsar Landis considered the case, gave Outfielder Bennett permission to sign a new contract with anyone who wanted his services. Clubowner...
Long before last week, the Bennett Case, rarely discussed" on sports pages, had become a cause celebre. Clubowners were afraid that, if the matter reached the U. S. Supreme Court, the fundamental rule of baseball, which makes players chattels of clubowners, would be found illegal. If illegal, any player dissatisfied with his contract could desert his job, negotiate for employment elsewhere. Under these circumstances, rich clubs could buy up all the best players, organized baseball would soon fall to pieces...
...being decidedly astonished at this romantic turn of events. Delicious is a fair example of their work. As soon as Miss Gaynor is seen, as a Scottish immigrant girl named Heather flitting about the steerage of a liner bound for the U. S., you know that Farrell, a polo-player returning to Long Island, will presently make his appearance from the first-class decks. You surmise that minor difficulties?an immigration official who wants to keep Miss Gaynor outside the U. S., and a blonde who wants to keep Mr. Farrell?will separate them temporarily. Though you might not guess...